[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9329-9330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3978]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 2493-006-WA]


Puget Sound Power & Light Co; Notice of Intent to Hold a Public 
Meeting in Snoqualmie, Washington, and a Public Meeting in Kirkland, 
Washington, to Discuss Staff's Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(DEIS) for the Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project

February 13, 1995.
    On November 15, 1994, the Commission staff mailed the Snoqualmie 
Falls DEIS to the Environmental Protection Agency, resource and land 
management agencies, and interested organizations and individuals. This 
documents evaluates the environmental consequences of operating the 
applicant's existing 42-megawatt (MW) hydroelectric project, located on 
the Snoqualmie River, approximately 25 miles east of Seattle in western 
Washington.
    The applicant proposes extensive structural modifications of the 
existing project facilities and construction of additional project 
facilities needed to expand the project from 42 MW to 72 
[[Page 9330]] MW; hydraulic capacity would increase from 2,500 to 3,620 
cubic feet per second.
    The subject DEIS also evaluates the environmental effects of: 
additional flow options and supplemental measures with the applicant's 
proposal; a minor upgrade; decommissioning the project; and the no 
action alternative.
    The public meetings on the Snoqualmie Falls Project will be 
recorded by an official stenographer. The first meeting will be held 
from 6:30 P.M. to 11 P.M. on Wednesday, March 1, 1995, at the Mount Si 
High School in Snoqualmie, Washington. The second meeting will be held 
from 6:30 P.M. to 11 P.M. on Thursday, March 2, 1995, at Lake 
Washington Technical College, West Building 4th floor auditorium, 132nd 
Avenue N.E., Kirkland, Washington.
    At the subject meeting, resource agency personnel and other 
interested persons will have the opportunity to provide oral and 
written comments and recommendations regarding the Snoqualmie Falls 
DEIS for the Commission's public record.
    For further information, please contact Kathleen Sherman, at (202) 
219-2834.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-3978 Filed 2-16-95; 8:45 am]
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