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[FR Doc No: 94-16144]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project 2114-024 Washington]

 

Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County; Intent to Prepare 
an Environmental Impact Statement and to Conduct a Scoping Meeting

June 27, 1994.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regulations, 18 CFR part 
380 (Order No. 486, 52 F.R. 47910), the Office of Hydropower Licensing 
has evaluated four downstream fish passage alternatives addressed in 
the Mid-Columbia Proceeding (Docket No. E-9569-003) for the Priest 
Rapids Project. Staff's initial evaluation of the proposed 
modifications was issued on May 25, 1994, in an environmental 
assessment (EA). The June 3, 1994 transmittal letter for the EA stated 
our intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS).
    A draft EIS will be issued and circulated for review by all 
interested parties. All comments filed on the draft EIS will be 
analyzed by staff and considered in the final EIS. Staff's conclusions 
and recommendations will then be presented for the consideration of the 
Commission in reaching its final decision.

Scoping Meetings

    To obtain information from the public regarding relevant 
environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EIS, the Commission 
will conduct two public scoping meetings. The first scoping meeting 
will be held on Monday July 25, 1994 in Portland Oregon, at the 
Portland Building, 2nd Floor Auditorium, 1120 SW 5th Avenue, from 1 pm 
to 5 pm. The second scoping meeting will be held on Wednesday July 27, 
1994 in Ephrata, Washington at the City of Ephrata Recreation Center, 
112 Basin Street SW, from 7:00 pm to 11 pm. All interested individuals, 
organizations, and agencies are invited to attend.
    The EA will be considered the initial coping document. Copies of 
the EA have been mailed to all entities who have expressed interest in 
this proceeding. The EA is also available in the Commission's Reference 
and Information Center, Room 3308, of the Commission's offices at 941 
North Capitol Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20426 and will be available 
at the scoping meeting. We encourage all interested parties to read the 
EA prior to the scoping meeting.

Objectives

    At the meeting the staff will: (1) describe the range of issues 
being considered in this post-licensing proceeding (2) review the 
conclusions and recommendations in the EA; (3) receive input from 
meeting participants on the alternatives considered in the EA; (4) 
identify any additional issues that should be included in the EIS; and 
(5) obtain any additional information that any entity feels should be 
considered during the preparation of the EIS.

Procedures

    The scoping meeting will be recorded by a stenographer and all 
statements (oral and written) will become part of the Commission's 
public record for this proceeding. Interested persons who are unable to 
attend, or do not choose to speak at the scoping meeting, may submit 
written statements for inclusion in the public record. All written 
comments must be filed with the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 825 North Capital Street N.E., Washington, DC 20426, on or 
before August 30, 1994.
    All written correspondence should clearly show on the first page of 
each document the following caption: Priest Rapids Project, FERC 
Project No. 2114-024.
    Further, please note the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure, requires all entities to file an original and eight copies 
of any filing with the Commission. Parties filing documents must also 
serve the documents on each person whose name is on the official 
service list.
    For further information, please contact Timothy Welch at (202) 219-
2666.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-16144 Filed 7-1-94; 8:45 am]
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