98-4433. Energy Storage Partners; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and To Conduct Scoping Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 8975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4433]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 11181-002]


Energy Storage Partners; Notice of Intent To Prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement and To Conduct Scoping Meetings

February 17, 1998.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (staff) has 
determined that issuance of a license for the construction and 
operation of the proposed Lorella Pumped Storage Project, FERC No. 
11181-002, in Klamath County, Oregon, would constitute a major federal 
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. 
Therefore, the staff intends to prepare an environmental impact 
statement (EIS) on the proposed project in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act. The staff's EIS will consider both site-
specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable 
alternatives to the proposed action.
    The scoping process will provide a public forum to determine the 
scope and the significant issues that should be analyzed in depth in 
the EIS. The times and locations of the scoping meetings and public 
hearings will be announced in a subsequent public notice.
    For further information, please contact the FERC Project 
Coordinator, Hector M. Perez at [phone].
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-4433 Filed 2-20-98; 8:45 am]
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