[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 40578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19573]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 2984 Maine]
S.D. Warren Company; Notice of Public Scoping Meeting
August 3, 1995.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has received
a ``Report on S.D. Warren Company's Level Management Plan for Sebago
Lake'', required by the August 1994, Order on Complaints. The Order on
Complaints required the licensee to file, for Commission approval, a
lake level management plan that balances the various competing uses of
Sebago Lake and that contains procedures for monitoring the impacts of
the lake level management plan on indicators such as shoreline erosion,
lake pollution, fish and wildlife resources, recreation, etc.
The Commission will proceed with scoping for an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for the Sebago Lake Water Management Plan. The
Sebago Lake Water Level Management Plan EIS will describe and evaluate
the probable impacts of the licensee's proposed management plan and all
reasonable alternatives.
One element of the NEPA process is scoping. Scoping activities are
initiated early in the process to:
Identify reasonable alternative operational procedures and
environmental enhancement measures that should be evaluated in the
document;
Identify significant environmental issues related to the
elements of the proposed water level management plan;
Determine the depth of analysis for issues that will be
discussed in the document; and
Identify resource issues that are of lesser importance
and, consequently, do not require detailed analysis.
Scoping Meetings
Commission staff will conduct two public meetings for the Sebago
Lake Water Level Management Plan EIS. All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited to attend the planned meetings
and help staff identify the scope of environmental issues that should
be analyzed in the EIS.
The first scoping meeting, primarily, for public, will be conducted
at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 22, 1995, at the Heffernan Center
Auditorium, Saint Joseph's College, Windham, Maine.
The second meeting, primarily for agencies, will be held at 2 p.m.
on Wednesday, August 23, 1995, at the Portland Public Library, Rines
Auditorium, 5 Monument Square, Portland, Maine.
Procedures
The meetings, which will be recorded by a stenographer, will become
part of the formal record of the Commission's proceeding on the EIS.
Individuals presenting statements at the meeting need to sign in before
the meeting starts and to identify themselves for the record.
Concerned parties are encouraged to speak during the public
meetings. Speaking time allowed for individuals 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, but all
speakers will be provided at least five minutes to present their views.
Scoping Meeting Objectives
At each scoping meeting, the staff will:
Summarize the environmental issues tentatively identified
for analysis in the EIS;
Identify resource issues that the staff believes are of
lesser importance and, therefore, do not require detailed analysis;
Solicit from the meeting participants all available
information, especially quantifiable data, concerning significant local
resources; and
Encourage statements from experts and the public on issues
that should be analyzed in the EIS.
Information Requested
Federal and state resource agencies, local government officials,
interested groups, area residents, and concerned individuals are
requested to provide any information they believe will assist the
Commission staff to analyze the environmental impacts associated with
the proposed Sebago Lake Water Level Management Plan. The types of
information sought include the following:
Data, reports, and resource plans that characterize the
baseline physical, biological, or social environments in the vicinity
of the projects; and
Information and data that helps staff identify or evaluate
significant environmental issues.
Scoping information and associated comments should be submitted to
the Commission no later than September 5, 1995. Written comments should
be provided at the scoping meeting or mailed to the Commission, as
follows: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North
Capitol Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
All filings sent to the Secretary of the Commission should contain
an original and 8 copies. Failure to file an original and 8 copies may
result in appropriate staff not receiving the benefit of your comments
in a timely manner. See 18 CFR 4.34(h).
All correspondence should clearly show the following caption on the
first page:
FERC No. 2984
Sebago Lake Water Level Management Plan EIS
Intervenors and interceders (as defined in 18 CFR 385.2010) who
file documents with the Commission are reminded of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure requiring them to serve a copy of all
documents filed with the Commission on each person whose name is listed
on the official service list for this proceeding.
For further information, please contact Thomas J. LoVullo (202)
219-1168.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-19573 Filed 8-8-95; 8:45 am]
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