[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 208 (Friday, October 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55016-55017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26662]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 1960 Wisconsin]


Dairyland Power Cooperative; Notice of Scoping Pursuant to the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

October 23, 1995.
    Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and as part of the 
license application, the Dairyland Power Cooperative (Dairyland) 
intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) to file with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the Flambeau Hydroelectric 
Project. Two public Scoping meetings will be held, pursuant to the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, to identify the scope of 
environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. At the scoping 
meetings, Dairyland will (1) summarize the environmental issues 
tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) solicit from the 
meeting participants all available information, especially qualified 
data, on the resources at issue; and (3) encourage statements from 
experts and the public on issues that should be analyzed in the EA.
    All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited 
and encouraged to attend and assist in identifying and clarifying the 
scope of environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA.
    To help focus the discussions, a scoping document was sent out on 
September 29, 1995, as part of the Initial Stage Consultation Document 
(ISCD). Copies of the Scoping Document and ISCD will also be available 
at the meetings.
    Dairyland will conduct a site visit and two scoping meetings on 
November 14, 1995:
     The site visit will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the Flambeau 
Hydro Station in Ladysmith, Wisconsin.
     A scoping meeting for federal, state and local resource 
agencies will be held in the Board Room, County Court House, Ladysmith, 
Wisconsin at 2:00 p.m.

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     The evening scoping meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. in 
the Board Room, County Court House, Ladysmith, Wisconsin.
    The site visit and scoping meetings are open to all interested 
parties.

Meeting Procedures

    The meetings will be conducted according to the procedures used at 
Commission scoping meetings. Because these meetings will be NEPA 
scoping meetings, the Commission will not conduct another NEPA scoping 
meeting when the application and EA are filed with the Commission prior 
to February 28, 1999. Instead, Commission staff will attend the 
meetings held on November 14, 1995.
    The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and, thereby, will 
become a part of the formal record of the proceedings on the Flambeau 
Project. Individuals presenting statements at the meetings will be 
asked to identify themselves for the record.
    Concerned parties are encouraged to offer verbal guidance during 
public meetings. Speaking time allowed for individuals will be 
determined before each 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.
    Persons choosing not to speak but wishing to express an opinion, as 
well as speakers unable to summarize their positions within the 
allotted time, may submit written statements for inclusion in the 
public record.
    Written scoping comments may also be mailed to George L. Johnston, 
Dairyland Power Cooperative, P.O. Box 817, La Crosse, WI 54601. All 
correspondence should clearly show the following caption on the first 
page: Scoping Comments, Flambeau Project, FERC No. 1960, Wisconsin.
    For further information, please contact:
     George Johnston at (608) 787-1322 (Dairyland Power 
Cooperative),
     David Carroll at (608) 787-1318 (Dairyland Power 
Cooperative), or
     Peter Leitzke at (202) 219-2803 (Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission).
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-26662 Filed 10-26-95; 8:45 am]
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