[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 250 (Thursday, December 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82332-82333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33104]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment and 
Solicit Written Scoping Comments

December 21, 2000.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
    b. Project No.: 2103-002.
    c. Date filed: June 29, 2000.
    d. Applicant: Cominco American Incorporated.
    e. Name of Project: Cedar Creek.
    f. Location: On Cedar Creek, a tributary of the Pend Oreille River, 
in Stevens County, Washington. The Project occupies 2.058 acres of land 
managed by the Bureau of Land Management, 0.298 acre of International 
Boundary Reserve land controlled by the International Joint Commission, 
and 0.44 acre of private land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Bruce DiLuzio, Cominco American Incorporated, 
15918 E. Euclid Avenue, Spokane, WA, 98216, (509) 747-6111.
    i. FERC Contact: Brandi Bradford, (202) 219-2789, 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: February 26, 2001.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be field with: 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervenor 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.
    Scoping comments may be filed electronically via the internet in 
lieu of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on 
the Commission's web site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The existing Cedar Creek Project consists of 2.4 acres of land 
periodically inundated by operation of the Waneta Project located in 
British Columbia, Canada. The Cedar Creek Project area is located in 
the United States. All Waneta Project facilities, including the dam and 
power generation facilities, are located in Canada and are outside FERC 
jurisdiction. Within the confines of the Cedar Creek Project, the 
maximum pool is EL 1517.8 (Canadian Geodetic Survey of Canada Datum) 
and minimum pool is EL 1502. Cominco American Incorporated currently 
has flowage rights to lands in the Cedar Creek Project boundary up to 
EL 1521.
    m. A copy of the application is available for inspection and 
reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, located at 888 
First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 
208-1371. The application may be viewed on http://www.ferc.fed.us/rims.htm (call 202) 208-2222 for assistance). A copy is also available 
for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    n. Scoping Process.
    The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) 
on the project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy 
Act. The EA will consider both site-specific and cumulative 
environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed 
action.

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    We are asking agencies, Native American tribes, non-governmental 
organizations, and individuals to help us identify the scope of 
environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA, and to provide 
us with information that may be useful in preparing the EA by 
submitting written scoping comments.
    To help focus comments on the environmental issues, a Scoping 
Document 1 that outlines subject areas to be addressed in the EA will 
soon be mailed to those on the mailing list for the project. The 
Scoping Document 1 will also be available from the address and website 
listed in item m above. For further information, please contact Brandi 
Bradford at (202) 219-2789.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-33104 Filed 12-27-00; 8:45 am]
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