94-24358. Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Intent to Conduct Environmental Scoping Meetings and Site Visit

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 2687-014]

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Intent to Conduct Environmental 
Scoping Meetings and Site Visit

September 27, 1994.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has received an 
application for relicensing for the proposed Pit 1 Hydroelectric 
Project No. 2687-014. The project is located on the Fall and Pit 
Rivers, near the towns of Fall River Mills, McArthur, and Burney, in 
Shasta County, California.
    The FERC staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) 
for this hydroelectric project in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act.
    In the EA, we will consider both site-specific and cumulative 
environmental effects of the project and reasonable alternatives, and 
will include economic, financial, and engineering analyses.
    The 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 a final EA. The staff's conclusions and 
recommendations will then be presented for the consideration by the 
Commission in reaching its final licensing decision.

Scoping Meetings

    Staff will hold two scoping meetings. A scoping meeting oriented 
towards the agencies will be held on Thursday, October 27, 1994, at 
9:00 AM, at the McArthur Fairgrounds, in McArthur, California. A 
scoping meeting oriented towards the public will be held the same day 
at 6:00 PM, at the same location.
    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 the 
proposal; (4) solicit from 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 scoping meetings will be recorded by a court reporter and all 
statements, both oral and written, will become part of the record of 
the Commission proceedings on the Pit 1 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 the 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 (an original and eight copies) may 
be filed with Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 
North Capitol Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20426, until [COMMENT DATE].
    All written correspondence should clearly show the following 
caption on the first page: Pit 1 Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project 
No. 2687-014.
    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 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 Pit 1 Hydroelectric Project is planned for 
Wednesday, October 26, 1994. Those who wish to attend should plan to 
meet at 10:00 AM at the McArthur, Fairgrounds, in McArthur, California. 
The site is located near the fairgrounds. For more details, contact Mr. 
Steve Christ, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, at [phone].
    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Mike 
Strzelecki, FERC Environmental Coordinator, at [phone].
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-24358 Filed 9-30-94; 8:45 am]
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