[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 1995)] [Notices] [Page 10841] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-4825] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [Project No. 2306-016-VT] Citizens Utilities Companies; Notice of Intent to Hold a Public Meeting in Newport, Vermont, to Discuss Staff's Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Clyde River Hydroelectric Project February 22, 1995. On February 3, 1995, the Commission staff mailed the Clyde River DEIS to the Environmental Protection Agency, resource and land management agencies, and interested organizations and individuals. This document evaluates the environmental consequences of operating the applicant's existing 6.5-megawatt (MW) hydroelectric project, located on the Clyde River in northern Vermont, near the town of Newport. The applicant proposes to: (1) Operate run-of-river at the Seymore Lake, Echo Pond, and West Charleston developments; (2) limit pond fluctuations at the Newport 1,2,3 development; provide minimum flows in the bypassed reaches of West Charleston and Newport No. 11 developments and the lower bypass reach of the Newport 1,2,3 development; provide a fish passage flow and various enhancements for recreation and other environmental resources. The subject DEIS also evaluates the environmental effects of: (1) The project as proposed; (2) the proposed project with additional modifications and enhancements;(3) removal of Newport No. 11 dam with and without repowering the Newport No. 11 powerhouse; and (4) the no action alternative. The public meetings on the Clyde River Project will be recorded by an official stenographer. The meeting will be held from 7:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M. on Tuesday, March 14, 1995, at the North Country Union High School on Veterans Avenue in Newport, Vermont. At the subject meeting, resource agency personnel and other interested persons will have the opportunity to provide oral and written comments and recommendations regarding the Clyde River DEIS for the Commission's public record. For further information, please contact Kathleen Sherman, at (202) 219-2834. Lois D. Cashell, Secretary. [FR Doc. 94-4825 Filed 2-27-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M