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Appalachian Power Company Selects Normandeau for FERC Licensing Studies at the Claytor Lake Project

Bedford, NH. February 15, 2007 – Normandeau Associates has been selected by the Appalachian Power Company (APC) to assist with studies related to its relicensing of the Claytor Project on New River in Pulaski County, Virginia. This 75 mw project creates a 21-mile reservoir with extensive shoreline and recreational and aquatic resources. Normandeau scientists will be conducting investigations in three major areas: Water Quality, Fish Entrainment and Impingement, and Wetlands, Riparian, Vegetation and Bald Eagle Habitat Investigations. These studies will require extensive field investigations and analysis to determine the impacts of various operational alternatives. Options for mitigating potential impacts will also be developed.

About Normandeau Associates, Inc.
Normandeau Associates, Inc., in business for over 35 years, is an employee-owned company known throughout the U.S. for its technical excellence and outstanding client service. The company specializes in natural resource management, water quality monitoring and modeling, habitat restoration, environmental monitoring, and offers considerable project experience in these areas. The Normandeau team has extensive expertise in the biological, chemical and physical sciences and related areas such as environmental planning.

Normandeau Associates was founded in 1970 as a privately owned company. In July 2000, the company became employee-owned. Company management believes that employee ownership will further enhance technical excellence and ability to solve client environmental problems effectively and efficiently. Our professional team works closely with clients, regulators and the public to seek solutions that enhance economic development, meet regulatory requirements, and protect and restore our natural resources and water quality. For more information about Normandeau Associates, Inc. visit our website at www.normandeau.com.

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