Motion to Intervene and Comments of the U. S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Greater Atlantic Region on the application for surrender of license etc. re the Moosehead Project under P-5912.
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Summary: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) supports the Town of Dover-Foxcroft's application to surrender the license for the Moosehead Manufacturing Hydroelectric Project. They argue that removing the dam will eliminate a barrier to fish passage and improve habitats for endangered Atlantic salmon and other diadromous fish.