[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7768-7769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4125]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 1984-056-Wisconsin; Project No. 11162-002]
Wisconsin River Power Co. & Wisconsin Power & Light Co.; Notice
of Intent to Conduct Public Scoping Meetings and Site Visits
February 13, 1997.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission)
will hold public and agency scoping meetings on March 4, 6, and 7,
1997, for the preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) under the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the proposed relicensing
of the Petenwell/Castle Rock Project No. 1984-056, and the issuance of
an original license for the Prairie du Sac Project No. 11162-002. The
two projects are located on the lower Wisconsin River in Dane, Sauk,
Columbia, Adams, Juneau, and Wood Counties, Wisconsin.
In the December 31, 1996, Federal Register, the Commission
published a notice of its intent to prepare an EA for the above listed
projects.
Scoping Meetings
FERC staff will conduct two public scoping meetings and one agency
scoping meeting. The public scoping meetings are primarily for public
input while the agency scoping meeting will focus on resource agency
and non-governmental organization (NGO) concerns. All interested
individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or
all of the meetings, and assist the staff in identifying the scope of
the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The times
and locations of these meetings are as follows:
Public Scoping Meeting 1, Tuesday March 4, 1997, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00
p.m., Prairie du Sac Village Hall, 280
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Washington Street, Prairie du Sac, WI 53578
Public Scoping Meeting 2, Thursday March 6, 1997, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00
p.m., Adams-Columbia Electric Cooperative, 401 E. Lake Street,
Friendship, WI
Agency Scoping Meeting, Friday March 7, 1997, 8:30 a.m., Holiday Inn,
655 Frontage Road--Exit 87, Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965
To help focus discussions, a preliminary scoping document (Scoping
Document 1) outlining subject areas to be addressed at the meeting will
be distributed by mail to the parties on the FERC mailing list for each
project. Copies of Scoping Document 1 will also be available at the
scoping meetings.
Site Visits
Site visits will be held at the two projects; anyone with questions
regarding the site visits should contact the appropriate contact person
below. All participants must furnish their own transportation. The date
and time of the site visits are as follows:
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Date/Time Project/Dev. Contact
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Monday March 3, 1997, 2:00 Prairie du Sac... Linda Hinseth, WPLCo,
p.m.. (608) 252-3341.
Tuesday March 4, 1997, 8:30 Prairie du Sac... Linda Hinseth, WPLCo,
a.m.. (608) 252-3341.
Wednesday March 5, 1997, 8:30 Castle Rock Dick Hilliker, WRPCo,
a.m.. Development. (715) 422-3722.
Thursday March 6, 1997, 8:30 Petenwell Dick Hilliker, WRPCo,
a.m.. Development. (715) 422-3722.
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The location of the site visits will be as follows:
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Project/Dev. Location
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Prairie du Sac......................... Wisconsin Power and Light Co.
Prairie du Sac Dam Site
Directions: From STH 78, turn
east on Dam Road, continue
east to project site.
Castle Rock............................ Castle Rock Development Dam
Site Wisconsin River Power Co.
Directions: From CTH Z, travel
west on Edgewood Dr. to dam
access road, continue west to
project site.
Petenwell.............................. Petenwell Development Dam Site
Wisconsin River Power Co.
Directions: From STH 21,
travel north on 18th Ave., to
dam access road, continue
north to project site.
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Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) summarize the
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the planned
EA; (2) solicit from the meeting participants all available
information, especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue;
(3) encourage statements from experts and the public on issues that
should be analyzed in the EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or
in support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the
relative depth of analysis for issues to be addressed in the EA; and
(5) identify resource issues that are of lesser importance, and,
therefore, do not require detailed analysis.
Procedures
The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will become
part of the formal record of the Commission proceeding on the projects
under consideration. Individuals presenting statements at the meetings
will be asked to sign in before the meeting starts and to clearly
identify themselves for the record. Speaking time for attendees at the
evening meetings 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. All speakers will be provided at least 5
minutes to present their views.
Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meetings and to
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed
in the EA.
Persons choosing not to speak at the meetings, but who have views
on the issues, may submit written statements for inclusion in the
public record at the meeting. In addition, written scoping comments may
be field with the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426. All such filings should
conform with the requirements outlined in detail in Scoping Document 1.
For further information, please contact Frank Karwoski of (202)
219-2782.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-4125 Filed 2-19-97; 8:45 am]
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