[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 61862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24882]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2042-013, Washington, Idaho]


Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County; Notice of 
Intention To Hold Puclic Meetings for Discussion of the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Box Canyon Hydroelectric Project

September 25, 2002.
    On September 9, 2002, the Commission staff mailed the Box Canyon 
Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to the 
Environmental Protection Agency, resource and land management agencies, 
and interested organizations and individuals.
    The DEIS was noticed in the Federal Register on September 20, 2002 
(61 FR 6243), and comments are due November 19, 2002. The DEIS 
evaluates the environmental consequences of the construction, 
operation, and maintenance of the Box Canyon Project in Washington and 
Idaho. About 709 acres within the project boundary are located on lands 
of the United States, including Kalispel Indian Reservation (493 
acres), U.S. Forest Service Colville National forest (182.93 acres), 
U.S. Department of energy, Bonneville Power Administration (24.14 
acres) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2.45 acres), U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers (5.29 acres, and U.S. Bureau of Land Management (1.44 acres). 
The DEIS also evaluates the environmental effects of implementing the 
applicant's proposals, agency and tribal recommendations, staff's 
recommendations, and the no-action alternative.
    Two public meetings, which will be recorded by an official 
stenographer, are scheduled:

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             Date                      Time               Location
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Monday, October 21, 2002......  7-10 p.m.........  Newport High School
                                                    Cafeteria, 1400 West
                                                    5th Street, Newport,
                                                    WA.
Tuesday, October 22, 2002.....  2-5 p.m..........  Airport Ramada Inn,
                                                    Spokane
                                                    International
                                                    Airport, Spokane,
                                                    WA.
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    At these meetings, resource agency personnel and other interested 
persons will have the opportunity to provide oral and written comments 
and recommendations regarding the DEIS for the Commission's public 
record.
    For further information, please contact Timothy Welch, at (202) 
502-8760, [email protected], Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Energy Projects, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-24882 Filed 10-1-02; 8:45 am]
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