Document ID: FERC-2017-0620-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Grand River Dam Authority
Posted Date: 2017-05-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22656-22657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09955]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1494-437]

Grand River Dam Authority; Notice of Availability of Final 
Environmental Assessment

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission or FERC's) 
regulations, 18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 380, the Office 
of Energy Projects has reviewed an application filed by the Grand River 
Dam Authority (GRDA) to permanently amend the reservoir elevation rule 
curve contained in Article 401 of the license for the Pensacola 
Hydroelectric Project No. 1494. The amendment would allow GRDA to keep 
water surface elevations in the project's reservoir, Grand Lake O' the 
Cherokees (Grand Lake), up to two feet higher August 16 through October 
31 each year. The project is located on the Neosho (Grand) River in 
Craig, Delaware, Mayes, and Ottawa Counties, Oklahoma.
    Staff prepared a Final Environmental Assessment (Final EA) for the 
application which analyzes the potential environmental effects of 
approving the requested permanent change to the Article 401 rule curve 
and concludes that such an approval, with specified environmental 
protection measures, would not constitute a major federal action that 
would significantly affect the quality of the human environment. A copy 
of the Final EA is available for review at the Commission's Public 
Reference Room or may it be viewed on the Commission's Web site at 
www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link. Enter the docket number P-1494 in 
the docket number field to access the

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document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
202-502-8659.
    You may also register online at www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-866-208-
3676, or for TTY, 202-502-8659.
    For further information, contact B. Peter Yarrington at (202) 502-
6129 or Peter.Yarrington@ferc.gov, or contact Jeremy Jessup at (202) 
502-6779 or Jeremy.Jessup@ferc.gov.

    Dated: May 11, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-09955 Filed 5-16-17; 8:45 am]
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