[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8009-8010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4247]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 11499-000; Tennessee]


Armstrong Energy Resources; Notice of Opportunity for Site Visit

February 14, 1997.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Tennessee 
Valley Authority (TVA) are reviewing a proposal from Armstrong Energy 
Resources to construct and operate the 1,500-megawatt Laurel Branch 
Pumped Storage Project No. 11499. The Laurel Branch Project would be 
located in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, seven miles northeast of Dunlap, 
Tennessee.
    Since the July 1996 Scoping Document I was issued for Armstrong 
Energy Resources' (AER) proposed Laurel Branch Project No. 11499 and 
Reynolds Creek Project No. 11500, AER has decided not to pursue the 
Reynolds Creek Project. AER, by letter filed January 9, 1997, with the 
FERC, has withdrawn its proposal, and surrendered its preliminary 
permit, for the Reynolds Creek Pumped Storage Project No. 11500. AER, 
in deciding to pursue only the Laurel Branch Project, has also defined 
the preferred transmission line corridor and alternative corridors for 
the project and reduced the initial project boundary.

Scoping and Site Visit

    FERC and TVA have scheduled a joint second public scoping meeting 
for Armstrong Energy Resources' revised proposal on March 4, 1997 
(notice of this meeting was issued earlier on February 3, 1997). The 
meeting will be held at Sequatchie County High School on the west side 
of Highway #28 in Dunlap, Tennessee. The March 4 meeting will focus on 
the proposed changes to Laurel Branch Project and the proposed 
transmission corridor and alternative corridors. The formal public 
meeting will be held from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm, CDT, with registration 
beginning at 5 pm.
    Prior to the formal public meeting, an Information Open House will 
be held from 5 pm to 6:30 pm, or later. The Information Open House is 
an informal opportunity for questions and information about the overall 
project scope and environmental review process. At the Information Open 
House, AER will have on display for public examination, a large map 
showing the proposed Laurel Branch Project, the preferred transmission 
corridor and alternatives, and private properties that will be affected 
with names of the landowners.
    After the meeting on March 5, 1997, there will be an opportunity 
for a short site visit. The site visit will be conducted mostly by 
private vehicles and will cover the project areas, including the 
defined transmission corridor (and alternatives), that are accessible 
by paved public roads. Further details of the site visit will be 
provided at the scoping meetings. Those persons who are interested in 
the site visit may contact Ginger Seeber of TVA at (423) 632-1721, to 
register. There will also be an opportunity at the meeting to register 
for the site visit.
    For further information on this process, please contact Eddie R. 
Crouse,

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FERC, (202) 219-2794, or Linda Oxendine, TVA, (423) 632-3440.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-4247 Filed 2-20-97; 8:45 am]
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