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[FR Doc No: 94-24317]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 11402-000]
City of Crystal Falls, MI; Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Assessment and Conduct Public Scoping Meetings
September 27, 1994.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has received an
application for license of the existing Crystal Falls Project No.
11402. The Crystal Falls Project is located on the Paint River in Iron
County, Michigan.
The FERC staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA)
on the hydroelectric project in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act.
The staff's EA will objectively consider both site specific and
cumulative environmental impacts of the project and reasonable
alternatives, and will include an economic, financial and engineering
analysis.
A draft EA will be issued and circulated for review by all the
interested parties. All comments filed on the draft EA will be analyzed
by the staff and considered in a 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 Meetings
The FERC will conduct two scoping meetings. An evening scoping
meeting is primarily for public input while the morning meeting will
focus on resource agency concerns. All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited to attend and assist the staff
in identifying the scope of environmental issues that should be
analyzed in the EA. Staff will also visit the project site on November
2, 1994, at 9 a.m.
Both scoping meetings will be held at the City Hall Auditorium, 401
Superior Avenue, Crystal Falls, Michigan. The first meeting will be
held on November 1, 1994, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and will focus
primarily on issues of concern to the general public. The second
meeting will be held on November 2, 1994, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and
will focus primarily on issues of concern to the resource agencies.
Prior to the meetings, a scoping document will be mailed to the
list of interested parties. The scoping document identifies resource
issues to be addressed in the EA. Copies of the scoping document will
also be available at the scoping meetings or can be obtained by
writing: FERC-Crystal Falls Project, c/o Elaine Bazarian, Stone and
Webster, 245 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02110.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings the staff will: (1) Summarize the
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2)
determine the relative depth of analysis for issues to be addressed in
the EA; (3) identify resource issues that are not important and do not
require detailed analysis; (4) solicit from the meeting participants
all available information, especially quantified data, on the resources
at issue; 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 stenographer and all statements
(oral and written) thereby become a part of the formal record of the
Commission proceedings. 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 the issues to be addressed in the
EA.
Participants at the public meeting are asked to keep oral comments
brief and concise to allow everyone the opportunity to speak.
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. In addition, written
scoping comments may be filed with the Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capitol Street, NE, Washington, DC
20426, until December 2, 1994.
All written correspondence should clearly show the following
caption on the first page: Crystal Falls Project No. 11402.
All those that are formally recognized by the Commission as
intervenors in the licensing proceeding are asked to refrain from
engaging staff or its contractor in discussions of the merits of the
project outside of any announced meeting.
Further, 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.
For further information, please contact Thomas Dean at (202) 219-
2778.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-24317 Filed 9-30-94; 8:45 am]
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