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[FR Doc No: 94-1450]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Duke Power Co.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Assessment and Conduct Public Scoping Meetings and Site Visit
[Project No. 2607-001]
January 13, 1994.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has received an
application for relicense of the existing Spencer Mountain
Hydroelectric Project, Project No. 2607-001. The project is located on
the South Fork Catawba River in Gaston County, North Carolina.
The FERC staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA)
on the hydroelectric project in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act.
The EA will objectively consider both site-specific and cumulative
environmental impacts of the project and reasonable alternatives, and
will include economic and engineering analyses.
A draft EA will be issued and circulated for review by all
interested parties. All comments filed on the draft EA will be analyzed
by the staff and considered in the final EA. The staff's conclusions
and recommendations will then be presented for the consideration of the
Commission in reaching its final licensing decision.
Scoping Meeting
Two scoping meetings will be conducted on January 27, 1994. A
scoping meeting oriented towards the agencies will be conducted from 1
p.m. and a scoping meeting oriented towards the public will be
conducted from 7 p.m. at the McAdenville Community Center, 208 Main
Street, McAdenville, NC.
Interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to
attend either or both meetings and assist the staff in identifying the
scope of environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA.
To help focus discussions at the meetings, a scoping document
outlining subject areas to be addressed in the EA will be mailed to
agencies and interested individuals on the FERC mailing list. Copies of
the scoping document will also be available at the scoping meetings.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings the FERC staff will: (1) Identify
preliminary environmental issues related to the proposed project; (2)
identify preliminary resource issues that are not important and do not
require detailed analysis; (3) identify reasonable alternatives to be
addressed in the EA; (4) solicit from the meeting participants all
available information, especially quantified data, on the resource
issues; and (5) encourage statements from experts and the public on
issues that should be analyzed in the EA, including points of view in
opposition to, or in support of, the staff's preliminary views.
Procedures
The meetings will be recorded by a court reporter and all
statements (oral and written) thereby become a part of the formal
record of the Commission proceedings on the Spencer Mountain Project.
Individuals presenting statements at the meetings will be asked to
clearly identify themselves for the record.
Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meetings and assist
the staff in defining and clarifying issues to be addressed in the EA.
Persons choosing not to speak at the meetings, but who have views
on the issues or information relevant to the issues, may submit written
statements for inclusion in the public record at the meetings. In
addition, written scoping comments may be filed with Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capitol Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, until March 1, 1994.
All written correspondence should clearly show the following
caption on the first page: SPENCER MOUNTAIN HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT, FERC
No. 2607-001.
Intervenors--those on the Commission's service list for this
proceeding (parties)--are reminded of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure, requiring parties filing documents with the
Commission, to serve a copy of the document on each person whose name
appears on the official service list. Further, if a party or interceder
files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits
of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a particular
resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that
resource agency.
Site Visit
A site visit to the Spencer Mountain Hydroelectric Project is
planned for January 27, 1994. Those who wish to attend should plan to
meet at the Spencer Mountain Powerhouse at 9:00 a.m. or contact Ms. Kim
Nguyen, Environmental Coordinator, (202) 219-2841 for details.
Any questions regarding this notice may also be directed to Ms. Kim
Nguyen, at (202) 219-2841.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-1450 Filed 1-19-94; 4:15 pm]
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