Document ID: FERC-2010-0732-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Penobscot River Restoration Trust
Posted Date: 2010-05-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register: May 25, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 100)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 2403-056; 2721-020; 2312-019]

 
Penobscot River Restoration Trust; Notice of Availability of 
Final Environmental Assessment

May 18, 2010.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regulations, 18 CFR part 
380 (Order No. 486,52 FR 47879) the Office of Energy Projects has 
prepared an Final Environmental Assessment (FEA) for an application 
filed by the Penobscot River Restoration Trust (licensee) on November 
7, 2008, requesting Commission approval to surrender the project 
licenses for the Veazie, Great Works, and Howland Hydroelectric 
Projects, located on the Penobscot and Piscataquis Rivers in Penobscot 
County, Maine. The licensee proposes to surrender the project licenses 
and remove the Veazie and Great Works Dams, and construct a nature-like 
fish bypass around the Howland Dam. Surrender of the projects' licenses 
is a component of the Lower Penobscot River Basin Comprehensive 
Settlement Agreement.
    The FEA evaluates the environmental impacts that would result from 
approving the licensee's proposed surrenders. The FEA finds that 
approval of the application would not constitute a major Federal action 
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. A copy of 
the FEA is on file with the Commission and is available for public 
inspection. The FEA may also be viewed on the Commission's Web site at 
http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket 
number (P-2403, P-2312, or P-2721) excluding the last three digits in 
the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3372, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    For further information, contact Christopher Yeakel at (202) 502-
8132.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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