Cocheco Falls Associates Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment, 60230 [2021-23736]
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1. P–1494–438 ......................................................................................................
2. P–1494–438 ......................................................................................................
3. P–1494–438 ......................................................................................................
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1. EL21–6–000, EL21–94–000 .............................................................................
2. CP17–40–000 ...................................................................................................
Presenter or requester
10–18–2021
10–19–2021
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FERC Staff.1
FERC Staff.2
FERC Staff.3
10–18–2021
Massachusetts Office of the Attorney
General.4
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt.
10–21–2021
1 Emailed
comments dated 10/17/2021 from Richard Spotts.
comments dated 10/18/2021 from Ashlyn Roten.
comments dated 10/19/2021 from Regina Milione.
4 Rebecca Tepper, Chief and Christina H. Belew Assistant Attorney General.
2 Emailed
3 Emailed
Dated: October 26, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
does not anticipate that licensing the
project would constitute a major federal
action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment. Therefore,
staff intends to prepare an
Environmental Assessment (EA) on the
application to license the project.
The EA will be issued and circulated
for review by all interested parties. All
comments filed on the EA will be
analyzed by staff and considered in the
Commission’s final licensing decision.
The application will be processed
according to the following schedule.
Revisions to the schedule may be made
as appropriate.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 4718–039]
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Cocheco Falls Associates Notice of
Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Assessment
On December 29, 2020, Cocheco Falls
Associates filed an application for a
subsequent license to continue
operating the existing 714-kilowatt
Cocheco Falls Dam Project No. 4718
(project). The project is located on the
Cocheco River in the city of Dover,
Strafford County, New Hampshire. The
project does not occupy federal land.
In accordance with the Commission’s
regulations, on August 12, 2021,
Commission staff issued a notice that
the project was ready for environmental
analysis (REA notice). Based on the
information in the record, including
comments filed on the REA notice, staff
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Commission issues EA ......
Comments on EA ..............
April 2022. 1
May 2022.
Any questions regarding this notice
may be directed to Amy Chang at (202)
502–8250 or amy.chang@ferc.gov.
1 The Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ)
regulations under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that
EAs be completed within 1 year of the federal
action agency’s decision to prepare an EA. This
notice establishes the Commission’s intent to
prepare an EA for the Cocheco Falls Dam Project.
Therefore, in accordance with CEQ’s regulations,
the EA must be issued within 1 year of the issuance
date of this notice.
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Dated: October 26, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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[Project No. 14985–000]
Cherokee Rivers Company, LLC;
Notice of Meeting
a. Project Name and Number: Lower
Coosawattee Hydroelectric Project P–
14985–000.
b. Date and Time of Meeting:
November 8, 2021; 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time.
c. FERC Contact: Dustin Wilson, 202–
502–6528, dustin.wilson@ferc.gov.
d. Purpose of Meeting: To discuss the
proposed Lower Coosawattee
Hydroelectric Project.
e. All local, state, and federal
agencies, Indian tribes, and other
interested parties are invited to attend.
Discussion will be limited to the Lower
Coosawattee Hydroelectric Project, P–
14985. Please email the FERC contact
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 4718-039]
Cocheco Falls Associates Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Assessment
On December 29, 2020, Cocheco Falls Associates filed an application
for a subsequent license to continue operating the existing 714-
kilowatt Cocheco Falls Dam Project No. 4718 (project). The project is
located on the Cocheco River in the city of Dover, Strafford County,
New Hampshire. The project does not occupy federal land.
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, on August 12,
2021, Commission staff issued a notice that the project was ready for
environmental analysis (REA notice). Based on the information in the
record, including comments filed on the REA notice, staff does not
anticipate that licensing the project would constitute a major federal
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
Therefore, staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) on
the application to license the project.
The EA will be issued and circulated for review by all interested
parties. All comments filed on the EA will be analyzed by staff and
considered in the Commission's final licensing decision.
The application will be processed according to the following
schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Commission issues EA................... April 2022. \1\
Comments on EA......................... May 2022.
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Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Amy Chang at
(202) 502-8250 or [email protected].
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\1\ The Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations
under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that EAs be completed within 1
year of the federal action agency's decision to prepare an EA. This
notice establishes the Commission's intent to prepare an EA for the
Cocheco Falls Dam Project. Therefore, in accordance with CEQ's
regulations, the EA must be issued within 1 year of the issuance
date of this notice.
Dated: October 26, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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