[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 165 (Friday, August 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 43540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21500]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 420 Alaska]


Ketchikan Public Utilities; Notice of Scoping Pursuant to the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

August 19, 1996.
    The Energy Policy Act of 1992, allows applicants to prepare their 
own draft environmental assessment (EA) for hydropower projects and 
file it with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) 
along with their license application as part of the ``applicant-
prepared EA'' process. Ketchikan Public Utilities (KPU) intends to 
prepare an EA to file with the Commission for the Ketchikan Lakes 
Hydroelectric Project No. 420. KPU will hold two public scoping 
meetings, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, to 
identify the scope of environmental issues that should be analyzed in 
the EA.

Scoping Meetings

    The times and locations of the two scoping meetings are:

Agency Meeting

    Date: Wednesday, September 18, 1996.
    Place: Ketchikan Public Utilities Office, 2930 Tongass Avenue, 
Ketchikan, Alaska.
    Time: 1:00 to 4:00 pm.

Public Meeting

    Date: Wednesday, September 18, 1996.
    Place: Ketchikan Public Utilities Office, 2930 Tongass Avenue, 
Ketchikan, Alaska,
    Time: 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
    At the scoping meetings, KPU will (1) summarize the environmental 
issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) solicit from 
the meeting participants all available information, especially 
quantitative 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 either or both meetings to assist in 
identifying and clarifying the scope of environmental issues that 
should be analyzed in the EA.
    To help focus discussions at the meetings, KPU prepared and 
distributed ``Initial Consultation Package and Scoping Document 1'' for 
this project. Copies of this scoping document can be obtained by 
calling Larry Keith of Greystone (consultant to KPU) at (303) 850-0930, 
or can be obtained directly at either meeting.

Site Visit

    KPU will also conduct a site visit for this project on Thursday, 
September 19, 1996. Those attending the site visit must meet at the 
Fair Street Substation by 9:00 am. Those planning to attend the site 
visit must notify Mr. Ron Settje of KPU at (901) 225-1000.

Meeting Procedures

    The meetings will be conducted according to the procedures used at 
Commission scoping meetings. Because this meeting will be a NEPA 
scoping meeting, the Commission will not conduct another NEPA scoping 
meeting when the application and draft EA are filed with the 
Commission.
    Both meetings will be recorded by a stenographer, and thus will 
become a part of the formal record of the proceedings for this project.
    Those who choose not to speak may instead submit written comments 
on the project. These comments should be mailed to Larry Keith at 
Greystone, 5990 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. Suite 250, Englewood, CO 80111. 
All correspondence should show the following caption on the first page: 
Scoping Comments, Ketchikan Lakes Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 420, 
Alaska.
    For further information, please contact Larry Keith at (303) 850-
0930, or Chuck Hall of the Commission at (202) 219-2853.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-21500 Filed 8-22-96; 8:45 am]
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