UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Crown Hydro, LLC Project No. 11175-025 NOTICE EXTENDING DUE DATE FOR PROVIDING COMMENTS ON DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (September 20, 2016) On September 2, 2016, Commission staff issued a draft environmental assessment (EA) that reviews the effects of a proposed amendment to the license for the unconstructed Crown Mill Hydroelectric Project No. 11175. The Crown Mill Project would be located on the Mississippi River at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' lock facility in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The due date for filing comments on Commission staff's draft EA is October 3, 2016. On September 14 and 19, 2016, Friends of the Riverfront and the City of Minneapolis, respectively, filed motions to extend the due date for filing comments on the draft EA by 30 days. The National Parks Conservation Association, the St Anthony Falls Alliance, Friends of the Mississippi River, the Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership, the Minneapolis Parks Foundation, and the Great River Coalition also filed extension requests or comments in support of the motions for more time. Upon consideration of these requests, notice is hereby given that the due date for filing comments on the draft EA is extended to and including November 2, 2016. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary.
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