[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 63 (Monday, April 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 16870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8034]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 9948-000]
Public Utility District No. 1 of Jefferson County, Washington,
and City of Tacoma, Washington; Notice of Intent To Prepare An
Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Public Scoping Meetings
March 28, 1995.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has received
an application for license to construct the proposed Elkhorn
Hydroelectric Project No. 9948. The project would be located in the
Olympic National Forest on the Dosewallips River approximately 6 miles
west of the City of Brinnon, Jefferson County, Washington.
The Commission's staff has determined that licensing this project
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) for the Elkhorn
Hydroelectric Project in accordance with the National Environmental
Policy Act.
The EIS will objectively consider both site-specific and cumulative
environmental impacts of the project and reasonable alternatives, and
will include an economic, financial and engineering analysis.
A draft EIS will be issued and circulated for review to all the
interested parties. All comments filed on the draft EIS will be
analyzed by the staff and considered in a final EIS. The staff's
conclusions and recommendations will then be presented for the
consideration of the Commission in reaching its final licensing
decision.
Scoping Meetings
Two scoping meetings will be conducted. A scoping meeting oriented
toward the public will be conducted on May 3, 1995, from 7:00 p.m. to
10 p.m., at the Brinnon Elementary School, 46 Schoolhouse Road,
Brinnon, Washington. The school is located just off the Dosewallips
River Road near U.S. Highway 101. A scoping meeting oriented toward the
resource agencies will be conducted on May 4, 1995, from 10:00 a.m. to
12:30 p.m., in the Willaby Room, 1835 Black Lake Boulevard, at the
Olympia National Forest Headquarters, Olympia, Washington. The
headquarters building is located just off U.S. Highway 101 at the Black
Lake Boulevard exit.
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 EIS.
To help focus discussion at the meetings, scoping document 1
outlining subject areas to be addressed in the EIS will be mailed to
agencies and interested individuals on the Commission's mailing list.
Copies of the scoping document will also be available at the scoping
meetings.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings the staff will: (1) Summarize the
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EIS;
(2) determine the relative depth of analysis for issues to be addressed
in the EIS; (3) identify resource issues that are not important and do
not require detailed analysis; (4) solicit all available information
from the meeting participants, especially quantified data on site-
specific and cumulative impacts on the resources at issue; and (5)
listen to statements from experts and the public on issues that should
be analyzed in the EIS.
Procedures
The meetings will be recorded by a court reporter and all
statements (oral and written) thereby become a part of the formal
record of the Commission proceedings on the Elkhorn Hydroelectric
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
EIS.
Participants wishing to make oral comments at the public meetings
are asked to keep them to five minutes to allow everyone the
opportunity to speak.
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 meeting. In
addition, written scoping comments may be filed with the Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capitol Street, NE,
Washington, D.C. 20426, until June 5, 1995.
All written correspondence should clearly show the following
caption on the first page: Elkhorn Hydroelectric Project No. 9948.
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 or interceder 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.
If you have any questions please contact Thomas Dean at (202) 219-
2778.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-8034 Filed 3-31-95; 8:45 am]
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