[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58068-58069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28562]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Union Water Power Co.; Notice of Scoping Meeting Pursuant to the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for an Applicant Prepared 
Environmental Assessment

[Project No. UL94-1 Maine]
November 17, 1995
    Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and as part of the 
license application, the Union Water Power Company (Union) intends to 
prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) to file with the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission for the Upper and Middle Dam Storage 
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, Union will 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.
    Although Union's intent is to prepare an EA, there is the 
possibility that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be 
required. Nevertheless, this meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping 
requirements, irrespective of whether an EA or EIS is issued by the 
Commission.
    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 
November 7, 1995, as part of the Initial State Consultation Document 
(ISCD). Copies of the Scoping Document and ISCD will also be available 
at the meetings.
    Union will conduct a scoping meeting on Wednesday, December 13, 
1995, at 6:30 p.m. at the Rangley Inn, Main Street, in Rangley, Maine. 
A scoping meeting for federal, state and local resource agencies and 
non-governmental organizations will be held at the Ramada Inn, 490 
Pleasant Street, Lewiston, Maine at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 14, 
1995. Scoping meetings are open to all interested parties.

Meeting Procedures

    The meeting will be conducted according to the procedures used at 
Commission scoping meetings. The Commission will not conduct another 
NEPA scoping meeting when the application and EA are filed with the 
Commission in early 1999. Instead, Commission staff will attend the 
meeting held on December 13 and 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 Upper and 
Middle Dam 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. 

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    Written scoping comments may also be mailed to Union Water Power 
Company, 150 Main Street, P.O. Box 12215, Lewiston, Maine 04243-1225. 
All correspondence should clearly show the following caption on the 
first page: Scoping Comments, Upper and Middle Dam Project. FERC No. UL 
94-1, Maine.
    For further information, please contact Laurence E. Perkins at 
(207) 784-4501 (Union Water Power Company) or Mark Pawlowski at (202) 
219-2795.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-28562 Filed 11-22-95; 8:45 am]
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