[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24166-24167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11579]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 11181-002 Oregon]
Energy Storage Partners; Notice of Intent To Conduct Public
Scoping Meetings and Site Visit
April 27, 1998.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) received an
application from Energy Storage Partners (applicant) to license the
Lorella Pumped Storage Project No. 11181-002. The project would be
located in Klamath County, Oregon, approximately 20 miles southeast of
the town of Klamath Falls, and it would be a closed system project
comprised of two artificial reservoirs. The Commission will hold public
and agency scoping meetings on May 28, 1998, for preparation of an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) under the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) for the issuance of a major license for the Lorella
Pumped Storage Project No. 11181-002.
Scoping Meetings
FERC staff will conduct one agency scoping meeting and one public
meeting. the agency scoping meeting will focus on resource agency and
non-governmental organization (NGO) concerns, while the public scoping
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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:
Agency Scoping Meeting
When: Thursday, May 28, 1998, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
Where: Klamath County Museum, 1451 Main Street, Klamath Falls, OR 97601
Public Scoping Meeting
When: Thursday, May 28, 1998, from 7:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.
Where: Klamath County Museum, 1451 Main Street, Klamath Falls, OR 97601
To help focus discussions, we will distribute a Scoping Document
(SDI) outlining the subject areas to be addressed at the meeting 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 beginning at 11:00 a.m. on May 27, 1998. All interested
individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend. All
participants should meet at the lobby of Shilo Inns, 2500 Almond
Street, Klamath Falls, Oregon. All participants are responsible for
their own transportation to the site. Anyone with questions about the
site visit should contact Mr. Douglas Spaulding on (612) 315-6309.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) summarize the
environemtal issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EIS; (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 EIS, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the relative
depth of analysis for issues to be addressed in the EIS; and (5)
identify resources issues that are of lesser importance, and,
therefore, do not require 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. Speaking time for attendees at the meetings will be determined
before the meeting, based on the number of persons wishing to speak and
the approximate amount of time available for the session. All speakers
will be provided at least 5 minutes to present their views.
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 EIS.
Persons choosing not to speak at the meetings, but who have views
on 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, 888
First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, not later than June 29,
1998. All filings should contain an original and eight copies, and must
clearly show at the top of the first page ``Lorella Pumped Storage
Project, FERC No. 11181-002.''
For further information, please contact Hector M. Perez at (202)
219-2843.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-11579 Filed 4-30-98; 8:45 am]
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