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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 2535]

 

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company; Intent To Conduct Public 
Scoping Meetings

September 14, 1994.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has received an 
application for license of the Stevens Creek Hydroelectric Project, 
FERC No. 2535. The project is located in Edgefield and McCormick 
Counties, South Carolina and Columbia County, Georgia, within the 
Savannah River Basin.
    The FERC staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) 
on the hydroelectric project in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act.

Scoping Meetings

    The FERC staff will conduct two scoping meetings. An evening 
scoping meeting is primarily for public input while a morning meeting 
will focus on resource agency concerns. All interested individuals, 
organizations, and agencies are invited to attend and assist the staff 
in identifying the scope of environmental issues that should be 
analyzed in the EA. Staff will visit the project site prior to the 
meetings to become more familiar with the project and its operation.
    Both scoping meetings will be held on Wednesday, October 12, 1994, 
in the Savannah Rapids Pavilion, 3300 Evans to Lock Road, Martinez, Ga. 
The first meeting will be held from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and will focus 
primarily on issues of concern to resource agencies. The second meeting 
will be held from 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. and will focus primarily on 
issues of concern to the general public.
    Prior to the meetings, a scoping document will be mailed to the 
list of interested parties. The scoping document identifies resource 
issues to be addressed in the EA. Copies of the scoping document will 
also be available at the scoping meetings or can be obtained by 
writing: FERC--Stevens Creek Project, c/o Tom Dupuis, CH2M HILL, P.O. 
Box 2090, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-2090.

Objectives

    At the scoping meetings the staff will: (1) Summarize the 
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) 
determine the relative depth of analysis for issues to be addressed in 
the EA; (3) identify resource issues that are not important and do not 
require detailed analysis; (4) solicit from the meeting participants 
all available information, especially quantified data, on the resources 
at issue; and (5) encourage statements from experts and the public on 
issues that should be analyzed in the EA, including points of view in 
opposition to, or in support of, the staff's preliminary views.

Procedures

    The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and all statements 
(oral and written) thereby become a part of the formal record of the 
Commission proceedings. 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 to 
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed 
in the EA.
    Participants at the public meetings are asked to keep oral comments 
brief and concise.
    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. 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 November 12, 1994.
    All written correspondence should clearly show the following 
caption on the first page: Stevens Creek EA, Project No. 2535.
    All those that are formally recognized by the Commission as 
intervenors in the licensing proceeding are asked to refrain from 
engaging staff or its contractor in discussions of the merits of the 
projects outside of any announced meetings.
    Further, 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 is on the 
official service list.
    For further information, please contact John Blair (202) 219-2845.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-23184 Filed 9-19-94; 8:45 am]
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