[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 77 (Monday, April 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 19564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9707]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 632-008]


Notice of Combined Initial Information Meeting and Scoping 
Meeting, Project Site Visit, and Solicitation of Scoping Comments for 
an Applicant-Prepared Environmental Assessment Using the Alternative 
Licensing Procedure; City of Monroe, UT

April 15, 2002.
    The Commission's regulations allow applicants to prepare their own 
Environmental Assessment (EA) for hydropower projects and file it with 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) along with their 
license application as part of an alternative licensing procedure 
(ALP).\1\ On December 6, 2001, the Commission approved the use of an 
ALP in the preparation of the license application for the City of 
Monroe, Utah's (City) Lower Monroe Project, No. 632. The 250-kilowatt 
Lower Monroe Project is located on Monroe Creek, about 2 miles east of 
the city of Monroe, in Sevier County, Utah. The diversion dam, 
screening structure, and penstock occupy federal lands, managed by the 
U.S. Forest Service as part of the Fishlake National Forest.
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    \1\ 81 FERC para. 61,103 (1997)
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    The ALP includes provisions for the distribution of an initial 
information package (IIP), and for the cooperative scoping of 
environmental issues and information needs. The City distributed a 
combined IIP and Scoping Document 1 (SD1) for the Lower Monroe Project 
on March 27, 2002, to the mailing list for this proceeding.

Public Meeting and Project Site Visit

    The City will hold a combined informational and scoping meeting and 
project site visit on April 30, 2002. The purpose of the meeting is to 
review the information presented in the IIP/SD1 and to initiate the 
identification of areas of interest that should be addressed in the 
licensing and related Applicant-Prepared Environmental Assessment 
(APEA) processes. The meeting will be held at 1 p.m. at the City's 
office building at 10 North Main, Monroe, Utah.
    The site visit will be held in the afternoon after the meeting on 
April 30, 2002. The site visit is intended to provide the opportunity 
for interested individuals to learn more about the project, its 
operations, and the surrounding environment.
    The deadline for filing written scoping comments is June 29, 2002. 
Comments may be submitted by writing or e-mail to the following 
address: Jones and DeMille Engineering, 1440 South Pipe Lane, 
Richfield, UT 84701, [email protected].
    Based on feedback received on the IIP/SD1 and the project site 
visit, the City will prepare a Scoping Document 2 (SD2). SD2 will 
include a revised list of issues, based on the meeting and written 
comments. The City expects to issue SD2 on July 31, 2002.
    All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited 
and encouraged to attend the meeting on the IIP/SD1 and project site 
visit and to assist in the identification of environmental issues that 
should be included in SD2.
    We are asking federal, state, local, and tribal agencies with 
jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental 
issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the Commission's EA. 
Agencies who would like to request cooperating agency status should 
file such a request (original and eight copies) with: Magalie R. Salas, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE. 
, Washington, DC 20426. Please put the docket number, P-632-008, on the 
first page of your filing.
    For further information regarding the informational and scoping 
meeting and project site visit or to be added to the mailing list for 
the Lower Monroe ALP, please contact Mr. John Spendlove of Jones and 
DeMille Engineering at (435) 896-8266 or Ms. Dianne Rodman of the 
Commission's staff at (202) 219-2830.
    The IIP/SD1 may 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).

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-9707 Filed 4-19-02; 8:45 am]
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