[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 227 (Monday, November 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58345-58346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28779]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Monroe City Corporation; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Assessment and Notice of solicitation of Written Scoping
Comments
[Project No. 1517-008]
November 20, 1995.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has received
an application from the Monroe City Corporation (Monroe City) to
relicense the Upper Monroe Hydroelectric Project No. 1517-008. The 250-
kilowatt project is located partially within Fishlake National Forest,
on Shingle Creek, Serviceberry Creek, the First Lefthand Fork of the
Monroe Creek, and Monroe Creek, near the town of Monroe City, in Sevier
County, Utah.
The original license for this project was issued to Monroe City on
May 31, 1939, and expired on June 30, 1990. they have been operating on
a series of annual licenses since that date.
The Commission staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment
(EA) for the project in accordance with the National Environmental
Policy Act.
In the EA, we will consider reasonable alternatives to the project
as proposed by Monroe City, analyze both site-specific and cumulative
environmental impacts of the project as well as economic and
engineering impacts.
The draft EA will be issued and circulated to those on the mailing
list for this project. 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 presented in the final EA will then be
presented to the Commission to assist in making a licensing decision.
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We are asking agencies, Indian tribes, special interest groups, and
individuals to help us identify the scope of environmental issues that
should be analyzed in the EA, and to provide us
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with information that may be useful in preparing the EA.
To help focus comments on the environmental issues, a scoping
document outlining subject areas to be addressed in the EA will soon be
mailed to those on the mailing list for the project. Those not on the
mailing list may request a copy of the scoping document from the
environmental coordinator, whose number is listed below.
Those with comments or information pertaining to this project
should file it with the Commission at the following address: Lois
Cashell, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426
The comments and information are due to the Commission within 60
days from the issuance date of the scoping document. All filings should
clearly show the following on the first page: Upper Monroe
Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 1517-008.
Intervenors are reminded of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure which require all intervenors filing documents with the
Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person whose name
appears on the official service list for the project. Further, if an
intervenor 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.
Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Michael
Strzelecki, environmental coordinator, at (202) 219-2827.
Lois D. Cahsell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-28779 Filed 11-24-95; 8:45 am]
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