[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 66466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30747]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 11656]


Lake Dorothy Hydro Inc.; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

November 19, 1999.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) regulations 
allow applicants to prepare their own environmental Assessment (EA) for 
hydropower projects and file it with the Commission along with their 
license application as part of the applicant-prepared EA (APEA) 
process. Lake Dorothy Hydro Inc. (LDHI) received approval from the 
Commission to prepare an EA for the proposed Lake Dorothy Hydroelectric 
Project under Project No. 11556. Since that time LDHI has received a 
new Preliminary Permit for the project (Project No. 11656).
    LDHI held two scoping meetings on April 24, 1996, pursuant to the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, to identify the scope 
of environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. In addition, 
a site visit was held on April 23, 1996. At the scoping meetings, LDHI: 
(1) Summarized the environmental issues tentatively identified for 
analysis in the EA; (2) outlined the resources they believed would not 
require a detailed analysis; (3) identified reasonable alternatives to 
be addressed in the EA; (4) solicited from the meeting participants all 
available information, especially quantitative data, on the resources 
at issue; and (5) encouraged statements from experts and the public on 
issues that should be analyzed in the EA.
    Scoping Document 1 (SD1) and 2 (SD2) were issued on September 9, 
1996, and December 17, 1996, respectively. Since then, LDHI has made 
several changes to the project as earlier proposed. Because the parties 
have previously met to discuss the scoping issues and a site visit has 
been conducted, LDHI is not proposing another scoping meeting and site 
visit. Instead, LDHI is conducting paper scoping to solicit any new 
issues that should be addressed for the slightly different project 
configuration. The new scoping document is Scoping Document 3 (SD3). 
Copies of all three scoping documents can be obtained by calling Ms. 
Sue Tinney at (970) 944-1020 or E-mail [email protected].
    All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited 
and encouraged to provide comment of the SD3 to identify and clarify 
the scope of environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA.
    Written comments must be submitted by December 18, 1999, and should 
be mailed to: Mr. Corry V. Hildenbrand, President, Lake Dorothy Hydro, 
Inc., 5601 Tonsgard Court, Juneau, AK 99801. All correspondence should 
show one of the following captions on the first page.

Scoping Comments, Lake Dorothy Hydroelectric Project, Project No. 
11656, Alaska.

    For further information please contact Sue Tinney at (970) 944-
1020, or E-mail [email protected], or Mike Henry of the Commission at 
(503) 944-6762, or E-mail [email protected].
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-30747 Filed 11-24-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-M