[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 63 (Friday, April 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15968-15969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8116]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Scoping Meetings and Site Visit and Soliciting Scoping
Comments
March 29, 1999.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Major New License.
b. Project No.: 372-008.
c. Date filed: June 12, 1998.
d. Applicant: Southern California Edison Company.
e. Name of Project: Lower Tule River Hydrolectric Project.
f. Location: On the North and South Forks of the Middle Fork Tule
River in Tulare County, California, partially within the boundaries of
the Sequoia National Forest.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Wesley Moody, Southern California Edison
Company, 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, P.O. Box 800, Rosemead, CA 91770,
(626) 302-1564.
i. FERC Contact: Nan Allen, Nan.Allen@ferc.fed.us, 202-219-2938.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: May 27, 1999.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure 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.
k. Status of environmental analysis: This application is not ready
for environmental analysis at this time.
l. Description of the Project: The existing project consists of:
(1) a 15-foot-high, concrete dam; (2) a 5-foot-high, rubble masonry
dam; (3) a 31,802-foot-long flow line; (4) a 2,815-foot-long steel
penstock; (5) a 3.37 acre-foot forebay; (6) a powerhouse containing two
turbine-generator units with a total installed capacity of 2,520
kilowatts (kW); and (7) a 2,352-foot-long tailrace.
m. Locations of the application: A copy of the application is
available for inspection or reproduction at the Commission's Public
Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington,
D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. This filing may be viewed on
http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for
assistance). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction
at the address in item h above.
n. Scoping Process: The Commission intends to prepare an
Environmental Assessment (EA) on the project in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will consider both site-
specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable
alternatives to the proposed action.
Scoping Meetings
The Commission will hold scoping meetings, one in the daytime and
one in the evening, to help us identify the scope of issues to be
addressed in the EA.
The daytime scoping meeting will focus on resource agency concerns,
while the evening scoping meeting is primarily for public input. All
interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to
attend one or both of the meetings, and to assist the staff in
identifying the scope of the environmental issues that should be
analyzed in the EA. The times and locations of these meetings are as
follows:
Daytime Meeting
Tuesday, April 27, 1999
1:00 pm
Springville Veterans Memorial Building
35944 Highway 190
Springville, California
Evening Meeting
Tuesday, April 27, 1999
7:00 pm
Springville Veterans Memorial Building
35944 Highway 190
Springville, California
To help focus discussions, we will distribute a Scoping Document
(SD1) outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the EA to the
parties on the Commission's mailing list. Copies of the SD1 also will
be available at the scoping meetings.
Site Visit
The applicant and Commission staff will conduct a project site
visit to the Lower Tule Project on Tuesday, April 27, 1999. We will
meet at 9:00 am at the US Forest Service, Tule River Ranger District,
32588 Highway 190, Springville, California. Those who wish to attend
should contact John W. Irwin,
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909-394-8715 by Friday, April 23, 1999.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) summarize the
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2)
solicit from the meeting participants all available information,
especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (3) encourage
statements from experts and the public on issues that should be
analyzed in the EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the resource
issues to be addressed in the EA; and (5) identify those issues that
require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not
require a detailed analysis.
Procedures
The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will become
part of the formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project.
Individuals presenting statements at the meetings will be asked to sign
in before the meeting starts and to clearly identify themselves for the
record.
Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meetings and to
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed
in the EA.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-8116 Filed 4-1-99; 8:45 am]
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