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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 11367-001]
Peak Power Corp., Kvaerner Venture, Inc., and Las Vegas Energy
Storage Limited Partnership; Revised Notice to Conduct Scoping Meetings
and a Site Visit
November 15, 1994.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has received an
application to construct and operate the proposed Sheep Mountain Pumped
Storage Project, FERC Project No. 11367. The off-stream project would
be located approximately 19 miles south of Las Vegas in Clark County,
Nevada. This proposed project would involve federal lands managed by
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
The FERC staff has determined that licensing this project would
constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment. Therefore, the FERC staff intends to direct a
third-party contractor in the preparation of an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) on the hydroelectric project in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (Pub. L. 91-190.
42 U.S.C. 4321-4347, January 1, 1970, as amended by Pub. L. 94-52, July
3, 1975, Pub. L. 94-83, August 9, 1925, and Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b),
September 13, 1982). This EIS 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. BLM will be a cooperating agency on the EIS.
The Draft EIS (DEIS) will be circulated for review and comment by
all interested parties, and FERC will hold a public meeting for the
DEIS. FERC and BLM will consider and respond to comments received on
the DEIS in the Final EIS. The FERC staff's conclusions and
recommendations will then be presented for the consideration of the
Commission in reaching its final licensing decision. BLM will use the
information in the EIS to make its decision on issuing a right-of-way
grant for the project.
Scoping: Affected landowners, concerned citizens, special interest
groups, local governments, and any other interested parties are invited
to comment on the scope of the environmental issues that should be
analyzed in the EIS. Scoping will help ensure that all significant
issues related to this proposal are addressed in the EIS, and also will
identify significant or potentially significant impacts that may result
from the proposed project.
The FERC will conduct two scoping meetings on November 29 and 30,
1994. A scoping meeting oriented towards the public will begin at 7:30
p.m. on November 29, 1994, at the Clark County Library located at 1401
E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada. A scoping meeting oriented towards
the agencies will begin at 8:30 a.m. on November 30, 1994, at the BLM
offices located at 4765 Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada. (The public and
the agencies may attend either or both meetings, however.)
Objectives: At the scoping meetings FERC staff will (1) Identify
preliminary environmental issues related to the proposed project; (2)
identify preliminary resource issues that are not important and do not
require detailed analysis; (3) identify reasonable alternatives to be
addressed in the EIS; (4) solicit from the meeting participants all
available information, especially quantified data, on the resource
issues; and (5) encourage statements from experts and the public on
issues that should be analyzed in the EIS, including points of view in
opposition to, or in support of, the staffs' preliminary views.
Procedures: The meetings will be recorded by a court reporter and
all statements (oral and written) thereby become a part of the official
record of the Commission proceedings for the Blue Diamond South
Project. Individuals presenting statements at the meetings will be
asked to clearly identify themselves for the record.
To help focus discussions at the scoping meeting, FERC will mail a
Scoping Document I, outlining subject areas to be addressed in the EIS,
to agencies and interested individuals on the project mailing list.
Copies of the scoping document will also be available at the scoping
meetings.
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 at the meetings. In
addition, written, scoping comments may be filed with Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capitol Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426 until December 27, 1994. All written
correspondence should clearly show the following caption on the first
page: Sheep Mountain Pumped Storage Project, FERC No. 11367-000.
Intervenors--those on the Commission's service list for this
proceeding (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. Further, if a party or interceder
files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits
of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a particular
resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that
resource agency.
Site Visit: A site visit to the Sheep Mountain Project is planned
for November 29, 1994. Attendees will meet at the parking lot of the
Gold Strike Casino, located in Jean, Nevada (east side of route 15) at
9 a.m. Those who wish to attend should contact Mike Strzelecki at (202)
219-2827.
For Further Information Contact: Mike Strzelecki, FERC-OHL, (202)
219-2827 or Roy Lee, BLM Las Vegas Resources Area, (702) 647-5040.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-28663 Filed 11-18-94; 8:45 am]
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