Document ID: FERC-2016-0944-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Loup River Public Power District
Posted Date: 2016-07-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45147-45148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16396]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1256-031]

Loup River Public Power District; Notice of Availability of Final 
Environmental Assessment

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) regulations, 
18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy 
Projects has reviewed the application for a new license for the Loup 
River Hydroelectric Project (FERC Project No. 1256), located on the 
Loup River in Nance and Platte Counties, Nebraska, and prepared a final 
environmental assessment (EA).
    In the final EA, Commission staff analyzes the potential 
environmental effects of licensing the project, and concludes that 
issuing a new license for

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the project, with appropriate environmental measures, would not 
constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality 
of the human environment.
    A copy of the final EA is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 
at www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number, 
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 1-866-208-3676, 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.
    For further information, please contact Chelsea Hudock at (202) 
502-8448 or by email at chelsea.hudock@ferc.gov or Lee Emery by 
telephone at (202) 502-8379 or by email at lee.emery@ferc.gov.

    Dated: July 5, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-16396 Filed 7-11-16; 8:45 am]
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