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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 11402-000]

 

City of Crystal Falls, MI; Notice of Intent to Prepare an 
Environmental Assessment and Conduct Public Scoping Meetings

September 27, 1994.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has received an 
application for license of the existing Crystal Falls Project No. 
11402. The Crystal Falls Project is located on the Paint River in Iron 
County, Michigan.
    The FERC staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) 
on the hydroelectric project in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act.
    The staff's EA will objectively consider both site specific and 
cumulative environmental impacts of the project and reasonable 
alternatives, and will include an economic, financial and engineering 
analysis.
    A draft EA will be issued and circulated for review by all the 
interested parties. All comments filed on the draft EA will be analyzed 
by the staff and considered in a final EA. The staff's conclusions and 
recommendations will then be presented for the consideration of the 
Commission in reaching its final licensing decision.

Scoping Meetings

    The FERC will conduct two scoping meetings. An evening scoping 
meeting is primarily for public input while the 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 also visit the project site on November 
2, 1994, at 9 a.m.
    Both scoping meetings will be held at the City Hall Auditorium, 401 
Superior Avenue, Crystal Falls, Michigan. The first meeting will be 
held on November 1, 1994, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and will focus 
primarily on issues of concern to the general public. The second 
meeting will be held on November 2, 1994, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 
will focus primarily on issues of concern to the resource agencies.
    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-Crystal Falls Project, c/o Elaine Bazarian, Stone and 
Webster, 245 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02110.

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 assist 
the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed in the 
EA.
    Participants at the public meeting are asked to keep oral comments 
brief and concise to allow everyone the opportunity to speak.
    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, DC 
20426, until December 2, 1994.
    All written correspondence should clearly show the following 
caption on the first page: Crystal Falls Project No. 11402.
    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 
project outside of any announced meeting.
    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 appears on 
the official service list.
    For further information, please contact Thomas Dean at (202) 219-
2778.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-24317 Filed 9-30-94; 8:45 am]
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