96-8979. Haida Corporation; Notice of Scoping Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 71 (Thursday, April 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8979]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 11480 Alaska]


Haida Corporation; Notice of Scoping Pursuant to the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969

April 5, 1996.
    The Energy Policy Act of 1992, allows applicants to prepare their 
own draft environmental assessment (EA) for hydropower projects and 
file it with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) 
along with their license application as part of the ``applicant-
prepared EA'' process. InterMountain Energy, as agent for the Haida 
Corporation, intends to prepare an EA to file with the Commission for 
the Reynolds Creek Hydroelectric Project No. 11480. InterMountain 
Energy will hold two public scoping meetings, pursuant to the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, to identify the scope of 
environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA.

Scoping Meetings

    The times and locations of the two scoping meetings are:

Agency Meeting

    Date: Monday, May 6, 1996.
    Place: City Council Chambers, 334 Front Street, Ketchikan, AK.
    Time: 1:00 pm.

Public Meeting

    Date: Monday, May 6, 1996.
    Place: City Building, Hydaburg, AK.
    Time: 6:00 pm.
    At the scoping meetings, InterMountain Energy will (1) summarize 
the environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; 
(2) solicit from the meeting participants all available information, 
especially qualified data, on the resources at issue; and (3) encourage 
statements from experts and the public on issues that should be 
analyzed in the EA.
    All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited 
and encouraged to attend either or both meetings to assist in 
identifying and clarifying the scope of environmental issues that 
should be analyzed in the EA.
    To help focus discussions at the meetings, InterMountain Energy 
prepared and distributed Scoping Document 1 for this project. Copies of 
this scoping document can be obtained by calling Jack Goldwasser of 
InterMountain Energy at [phone], or can be obtained directly at 
either meeting.

Site Visit

    InterMountain Energy will also conduct a site visit for this 
project on Tuesday, May 7, 1996. Those planning to attend the site 
visit should contact Jack Goldwasser at [phone] at least three 
days prior to that date.

Meeting Procedures

    The meetings will be conducted according to the procedures used at 
Commission scoping meetings. Because this meeting will be a NEPA 
scoping meeting, the Commission will not conduct another NEPA scoping 
meeting when the application and draft EA are filed with the 
Commission.
    Both meetings will be recorded by a stenographer, and thus will 
become a part of the formal record of the proceedings for this project.
    Those who choose not to speak may instead submit written comments 
on the project. These comments should be mailed to Jack Goldwasser, 
InterMountain Energy, 115 Airport Drive, P.O. Box 421, Cave Junction, 
OR 97523. All correspondence should clearly show the following caption 
on the first page: Scoping Comments, Reynolds Creek Project, FERC No. 
11480, Alaska.
    For further information, please contact Jack Goldwasser at (541) 
592-2187, or Mike Strzelecki of the Commission at [phone].
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-8979 Filed 4-10-96; 8:45 am]
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