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Federal Register: November 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 228)NoticesPage 66631From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Project No. 3065-009; New YorkElectro Ecology, Inc.; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment

November 22, 1999.

An environmental assessment (EA) is available for public review. The EA is for an application to amend the Wappingers Falls Hydroelectric Project. The application is to install a low-flow turbine that will operate on a flow of approximately 7 to 46 cubic feet per second (cfs). The low-flow turbine would allow the project to operate when flows are too low for use of the existing, larger turbines, and to more precisely control reservoir water levels. Approximately 100 feet of new steel pipe would be used to connect the existing penstock with the new low-flow turbine. The EA finds that approval of the application would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. The Wappingers Falls Hydroelectric Project is located on Wappinger Creek in Dutchess County, New York.

The EA was written by staff in the Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Copies of the EA can be viewed at the Commission's Reference and Information Center, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426 or on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/ online/rims.htm (please call (202) 208-2222 for assistance). Copies can also be obtained by calling the project manager, Pete Yarrington, at (202) 219-2939. Linwood A. Watson, Jr., Acting Secretary.

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