Notice2022-24817
Watson Associates; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment
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Published
November 15, 2022
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 68480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24817]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 6240-064]
Watson Associates; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Assessment
On August 27, 2021, Watson Associates filed a relicense application
for the 265-kilowatt Watson Dam Hydroelectric Project No. 6240
(project). The project is located on the Cocheco River in Strafford
County, New Hampshire. The project does not occupy federal land.
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, on August 23,
2022, 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 relicense 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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\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
Watson Dam Hydroelectric 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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Milestone Target date
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Commission issues EA...................... May 2023.\1\
Comments on EA............................ June 2023.
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Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Michael
Watts at (202) 502-6123 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3855515b50595d54164f594c4c4b785e5d4a5b165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f52565c575e5a5311485e4b4b4c7f595a4d5c11585049">[email protected]</span></a>.
Dated: November 8, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-24817 Filed 11-14-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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