96-23996. Lake Dorothy Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Scoping Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Notice To File Additional Studies

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 183 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49318-49319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23996]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 11556 Alaska]


Lake Dorothy Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Scoping Pursuant to the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Notice To File Additional 
Studies

September 13, 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. Lake Dorothy Hydro, Inc. (LDHI) intends to 
prepare an EA to file with the Commission for the Lake Dorothy 
Hydroelectric Project No. 11556. LDHI 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: Wednesday, October 9, 1996.
    Place: CBJ Juneau Public Library, 292 Marine Way, Juneau, AK.
    Time: 2:00 pm.

Public Meeting

    Date: Wednesday, October 9, 1996.
    Place: CBJ Juneau Public Library, 292 Marine Way, Juneau, AK.
    Time: 6:30 pm.
    At the scoping meetings, LDHI will (1) summarize the environmental 
issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) solicit from 
the meeting participants all available information, especially 
quantified data, on the resources at issue; and (3) encourage 
statements from experts and the public on issues that should be 
analyzed in the EA.
    Although LDHI's intent is to prepare an EA, there is the 
possibility that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) may be 
required. Nevertheless, these meetings will satisfy the NEPA scoping 
requirements, irrespective of whether an EA or EIS is issued by the 
Commission.
    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, LDHI prepared and 
distributed Scoping Document 1 for this project. Copies of this scoping 
document can be obtained by calling Sue Tinney, Licensing Coordinator, 
of Tinney Associates at [phone], or can be obtained directly at 
either meeting.

Site Visit

    LDHI will also conduct a site visit for this project on Tuesday, 
October 8, 1996. Site visit participants will meet at Temsco 
Helicopters, Maplesden Way (near the Juneau International Airport) at 
10:00 am. Those planning to attend the site visit must contact Ms. 
Helen Davies of LDHI at [phone] before October 1, 1996.

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 Mr. Corry 
Hildenbrand, Lake Dorothy Hydro, Inc., 889 South Franklin, Juneau, AK 
99801. All correspondence should clearly show the following caption on 
the first page: Scoping Comments, Lake Dorothy Project, FERC No. 11556, 
Alaska.

Additional Studies

    Under section 4.32(b)(7) of the Commission's Regulations, if any 
agency, Indian Tribe, special interest group, or individual thinks that 
the applicant should conduct an additional scientific study to form an 
adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the project's merits, 
they must request that study within 60 days of the filing of the 
license application.
    For the Lake Dorothy Project, however, LDHI requested waiver of 
section 4.32(b)(7) of the regulations to accommodate their preparation 
of the Preliminary Draft EA. The waiver has been granted, so the 
additional studies request opportunity will be afforded now. Therefore, 
all requests for studies must be filed by November 8, 1996, which would 
be 30 days after the scoping meetings.
    The study requests, which must conform to section 4.32(b)(7) of the 
regulations, should clearly identify the following on the first page:

Lake Dorothy Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 11556).

    The requests should then be served on the following two parties:

Mr. Corry V. Hildenbrand, President, Lake Dorothy Hydro, Inc., 889 
South Franklin, Juneau, Alaska 99801.
Lois D. Cashell, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426.

    For further information, please contact Mr. Corry Hildenbrand at 
(907)

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463-6315, or Mike Henry of the Commission at [phone] ext. 224.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-23996 Filed 9-18-96; 8:45 am]
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