[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 214 (Monday, November 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56056-56057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27420]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 11512-000]


John H. Bigelow; Notice of Intent to Conduct Environmental 
Scoping Meetings and Site Visit

October 31, 1995.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has received an 
application for a license for the existing operating McKenzie Project, 
Project No. 11512-000. The McKenzie Project is located on the McKenzie 
River in Lane County, Oregon.
    The FERC staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) 
on this hydroelectric project in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act.
    In the EA, we will consider both site-specific and cumulative 
environmental impacts of the project and reasonable alternatives, and 
will include an economic and engineering analysis.
    The draft EA will be issued and circulated for review by all 
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 by the 
Commission in reaching its final licensing decision.

Scoping Meeting

    Staff will hold a scoping meeting on Tuesday, November 28, 1995, at 
1:00 PM, at the U.S. Forest Service, McKenzie Bridge Ranger District, 
Fire Ready Room, 57600 McKenzie Highway, McKenzie Bridge, Oregon.
    Interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to 
attend the meeting and assist the staff in identifying the scope of 
environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA.
    To help focus discussions at the meeting, a scoping document 
outlining subject areas to be addressed in the EA will be mailed to 
agencies and interested individuals on the FERC mailing list. Copies of 
the scoping document will also be available at the scoping meeting.

Objectives

    At the scoping meeting the 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 EA; (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 EA, including points of view in 
opposition to, or in support of, the staff's preliminary views.

Procedures

    The scoping meeting will be recorded by a court reporter and all 
statements (oral and written) will become part of the formal record of 
the Commission proceedings on the McKenzie Project. Individuals 
presenting statements at the meeting will be asked to clearly identify 
themselves for the record.
    Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental 
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meeting and assist 
the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed in the 
EA.
    Persons choosing not to speak at the meeting, 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 (original and 8 copies) may be 
submitted with the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426, by December 28, 1995.
    All written correspondence should clearly show the following 
caption on the first page: McKenzie Project, FERC Project No. 11512-
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 McKenzie Project is planned for November 28, 
1995. Those who wish to attend should plan to meet at the U.S. Forest 
Service, McKenzie Bridge Ranger District, Fire Ready Room, 57600 
McKenzie Highway, McKenzie Bridge, Oregon at 9:00 AM, and shortly 
thereafter, leave for the project site located about 5 miles away. For 
more details, contact Mr. Phil Raab at (503) 822-338.
    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Hector M. 
Perez, 

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Environmental Coordinator at FERC, (202) 219-2843.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-27420 Filed 11-3-95; 8:45 am]
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