[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 150 (Thursday, August 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 47721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19602]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 10942-001]


Skykomish River Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement and Soliciting Comments

July 28, 2000.

    On March 8, 1994, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) received an application for the construction and operation 
of the Martin Creek Project located on Martin Creek and Kelley Creek in 
King County, Washington. The project would be located on about 17 acres 
of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and would have an installed 
capacity of 10.2 megawatts.
    A Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) in 
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was issued 
July 29, 1994. Public scoping meetings were held on August 24 and 25, 
1994, in Skykomish, Washington and Bellevue, Washington, respectively. 
Following scoping and based on preliminary environmental analysis of 
the Martin Creek Project, the FERC staff has determined that licensing 
of the Martin Creek Project could constitute a major federal action 
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. 
Therefore, the staff intends to prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) for the Martin Creek Project in accordance with the 
NEPA.
    A draft EIS will be issued and circulated for review by all 
interested parties. All comments filed on the draft EIS will be 
analyzed by the staff and considered in the final EIS. The staff's 
conclusions and recommendations will then be presented for the 
consideration of the Commission in reaching its final licensing 
decision.
    This notice informs all interested individuals, organizations, and 
agencies with environmental expertise and concerns, that: (1) The 
Commission staff has decided to prepare an EIS; (2) the scoping 
conducted on the Martin Creek Project for the EA and comments filed 
with the Commission still apply; (3) additional comments for the Martin 
Creek Project that may result from the change from an Environmental 
Assessment to an EIS may be filed with the Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 
within 60 days from the date of this notice.
    All written correspondence should clearly show the following 
caption on the first page:

    Martin Creek Hydroelectric Project, (FERC Project No. 10942-001)

    Intervenors--those on the Commission's service list for this 
proceeding (parties)--are reminded of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, requiring parties filing documents with the 
Commission, to serve a copy of the document on each person whose name 
appears on the official service list. Further, if a party or interceder 
files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits 
of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a particular 
resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that 
resource agency.
    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to David Turner 
at (202) 219-2844.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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