[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 40578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19573]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 2984 Maine]


S.D. Warren Company; Notice of Public Scoping Meeting

August 3, 1995.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has received 
a ``Report on S.D. Warren Company's Level Management Plan for Sebago 
Lake'', required by the August 1994, Order on Complaints. The Order on 
Complaints required the licensee to file, for Commission approval, a 
lake level management plan that balances the various competing uses of 
Sebago Lake and that contains procedures for monitoring the impacts of 
the lake level management plan on indicators such as shoreline erosion, 
lake pollution, fish and wildlife resources, recreation, etc.
    The Commission will proceed with scoping for an Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for the Sebago Lake Water Management Plan. The 
Sebago Lake Water Level Management Plan EIS will describe and evaluate 
the probable impacts of the licensee's proposed management plan and all 
reasonable alternatives.
    One element of the NEPA process is scoping. Scoping activities are 
initiated early in the process to:
     Identify reasonable alternative operational procedures and 
environmental enhancement measures that should be evaluated in the 
document;
     Identify significant environmental issues related to the 
elements of the proposed water level management plan;
     Determine the depth of analysis for issues that will be 
discussed in the document; and
     Identify resource issues that are of lesser importance 
and, consequently, do not require detailed analysis.

Scoping Meetings

    Commission staff will conduct two public meetings for the Sebago 
Lake Water Level Management Plan EIS. All interested individuals, 
organizations, and agencies are invited to attend the planned meetings 
and help staff identify the scope of environmental issues that should 
be analyzed in the EIS.
    The first scoping meeting, primarily, for public, will be conducted 
at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 22, 1995, at the Heffernan Center 
Auditorium, Saint Joseph's College, Windham, Maine.
    The second meeting, primarily for agencies, will be held at 2 p.m. 
on Wednesday, August 23, 1995, at the Portland Public Library, Rines 
Auditorium, 5 Monument Square, Portland, Maine.

Procedures

    The meetings, which will be recorded by a stenographer, will become 
part of the formal record of the Commission's proceeding on the EIS. 
Individuals presenting statements at the meeting need to sign in before 
the meeting starts and to identify themselves for the record.
    Concerned parties are encouraged to speak during the public 
meetings. Speaking time allowed for individuals will be determined 
before the meeting, based on the number of persons wishing to speak and 
the approximate amount of time available for the session, but all 
speakers will be provided at least five minutes to present their views.

Scoping Meeting Objectives

    At each scoping meeting, the staff will:
     Summarize the environmental issues tentatively identified 
for analysis in the EIS;
     Identify resource issues that the staff believes are of 
lesser importance and, therefore, do not require detailed analysis;
     Solicit from the meeting participants all available 
information, especially quantifiable data, concerning significant local 
resources; and
     Encourage statements from experts and the public on issues 
that should be analyzed in the EIS.

Information Requested

    Federal and state resource agencies, local government officials, 
interested groups, area residents, and concerned individuals are 
requested to provide any information they believe will assist the 
Commission staff to analyze the environmental impacts associated with 
the proposed Sebago Lake Water Level Management Plan. The types of 
information sought include the following:
     Data, reports, and resource plans that characterize the 
baseline physical, biological, or social environments in the vicinity 
of the projects; and
     Information and data that helps staff identify or evaluate 
significant environmental issues.
    Scoping information and associated comments should be submitted to 
the Commission no later than September 5, 1995. Written comments should 
be provided at the scoping meeting or mailed to the Commission, as 
follows: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North 
Capitol Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    All filings sent to the Secretary of the Commission should contain 
an original and 8 copies. Failure to file an original and 8 copies may 
result in appropriate staff not receiving the benefit of your comments 
in a timely manner. See 18 CFR 4.34(h).
    All correspondence should clearly show the following caption on the 
first page:

FERC No. 2984
Sebago Lake Water Level Management Plan EIS

    Intervenors and interceders (as defined in 18 CFR 385.2010) who 
file documents with the Commission are reminded of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure requiring them to serve a copy of all 
documents filed with the Commission on each person whose name is listed 
on the official service list for this proceeding.
    For further information, please contact Thomas J. LoVullo (202) 
219-1168.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-19573 Filed 8-8-95; 8:45 am]
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