[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 65 (Thursday, April 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16104-16105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8131]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Scoping Meeting and Soliciting Scoping Comments for an 
Applicant Prepared Environmental Assessment Using the Alternative 
Licensing Process

March 29, 2002.
    a. Type of Application: Alternative Licensing Process.
    b. Project No.: 11894-001.
    c. Applicant: Rugraw, Inc.
    d. Name of Project: Lassen Lodge.
    e. Location: The proposed Lassen Lodge Hydroelectric Project 
(Project) is located entirely on the South Fork of Battle Creek in 
Tehama County, California. No Federal lands would be affected.
    f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    g. Applicant Contact: Art Hagood, Project Manager, Synergics Energy 
Services, 191 Main Street Annapolis, MD 21043; (410) 268-8820; 
[email protected].
    h. FERC Contact: Kenneth Hogan at (202) 208-0434 or via e-mail at: 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: May 28, 2002.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners 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 intervener 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 (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' 
link.
    k. The structures proposed for the Lassen Lodge Hydroelectric 
Project are: (1) a new 5-foot-high, 80-foot-long

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reinforced concrete diversion structure; (2) a half-acre reservoir with 
an operating surface elevation of 4,310 feet mean sea level (msl); (4) 
an intake structure located at the diversion dam to include trash 
racks, fish screens, and fish passage facilities; (5) a 19,200-foot-
long burried penstock composed of a 42-inch-diameter, 7,200-foot-long, 
polyethylene section, and a 36 inch diameter, 12,000-foot-long steel 
section; (6) a powerhouse with an installed generating capacity of 
approximately 7 megawatts and a maximum hydraulic capacity of 100 cfs; 
(7) a 10-mile-long 60-kilovolt transmission line; and (8) a 55-foot-
long reinforced concrete, box culvert tailrace discharge structure.
    l. Scoping Process: Rugraw Inc. (Rugraw) intends to utilize the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) alternative 
licensing process (ALP). Under the ALP, Rugraw will prepare an 
Applicant Prepared Environmental Assessment (APEA) and license 
application for the Lassen Lodge Hydroelectric Project.
    Rugraw expects to file with the Commission, the APEA and the 
license application for the project by October 2003.
    The purpose of this notice is to inform you of the opportunity to 
participate in the upcoming scoping meetings identified below, and to 
solicit your scoping comments.

Scoping Meetings

    Rugraw and the Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings, one 
in the daytime and one in the evening, to help us identify the scope of 
issues to be addressed in the APEA.
    The daytime scoping meeting will focus on resource agency concerns, 
while the evening scoping meeting is primarily for public input. All 
interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to 
attend one or both of the meetings, and to assist the staff in 
identifying the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the 
APEA. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows:
    Daytime Meeting: Thursday, April 25, 2002, 2 p.m. until concluded, 
Red Bluff Community Center 1500 South Jackson Road, Red Bluff, CA 
96080.
    Evening Meeting: Thursday, April 25, 2002, 6 p.m. until concluded, 
Red Bluff Community Center 1500 South Jackson Road, Red Bluff, CA 
96080.
    To help focus discussions, Scoping Document 1, prepared by Rugraw 
in coordination with the California State Water Resources Control 
Board, was mailed in March 2002, outlining the subject areas to be 
addressed in the APEA to the parties on the mailing list. Copies of the 
SD1 also will be available at the scoping meetings. SD1 may also be 
viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link--
select ``Docket #'' and follow the instructions (call 202-208-2222 for 
assistance).
    Based on all written comments received, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) 
may be issued. SD2 will include a revised list of issues, based on the 
scoping sessions.

Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, Rugraw and the Commission staff will: (1) 
summarize the environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis 
in the APEA; (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 APEA, including viewpoints in opposition to, 
or in support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the 
resource issues to be addressed in the APEA; and (5) identify those 
issues that require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that 
do not require a detailed analysis.

Procedures

    The meetings will be recorded and will become part of the formal 
record of the Commission proceeding on the project.
    Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental 
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meetings and to 
assist Rugraw in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed in 
the APEA.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-8131 Filed 4-4-02; 8:45 am]
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