[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6738-6739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3145]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM02-16-000]


Hydroelectric Licensing Regulations Under the Federal Power Act; 
Notice of Post-Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regional Workshops and 
Post-Workshop Drafting Session

February 4, 2003.
    After the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) issues 
its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) for a new hydroelectric 
licensing process, Commission staff will host regional stakeholder 
workshops and conduct a post-workshop stakeholder drafting session.
    Both the regional stakeholder workshops and the post-workshop 
stakeholder drafting session are not intended to address issues pending 
in individually docketed hydropower cases before the Commission. 
Therefore, all participants are requested to address the agenda topics 
and avoid discussing the merits of individual proceedings.

Post-NOPR Regional Stakeholder Workshops

    Five, two-day regional stakeholder workshops, and the one, one-day 
workshop will be held in the cities and on the dates and times listed 
in the following table. With the exception of the one-day workshop in 
Washington, DC, each two-day regional stakeholder workshop provides 
separate days for tribal and public attendance, although anyone may 
attend either or both of the workshops. Specific details regarding the 
structure and procedures for the regional stakeholder workshops will be 
posted on the Commission's Web site by February 27, 2003.

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                Location                            Date/Time
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Portland, Oregon Doubletree Hotel        Public: March 13, 2003, 9 am--4
 Columbia River 1401 N. Hayden Island     pm
 Drive (503) 283-2111.                   Tribes: March 14, 2003, 9 am--4
                                          pm
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Sacramento, California Red Lion Hotel    Tribes: March 24, 2003, 9 am--4
 Sacramento 1401 Arden Way (916) 922-     pm Public: March 25, 2003, 9
 8041.                                    am--4 pm
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Charlotte, North Carolina Marriott       Public: March 27, 2003, 9 am--4
 Charlotte City Center 100 West Trade     pm
 Street (704) 333-9000.                  Tribes: March 28, 2003, 9 am--4
                                          pm
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Manchester, New Hampshire Holiday Inn    Tribes: March 31, 2003 9 am--4
 Center of New Hampshire 700 Elm Street   pm
 (603) 625-1000.                         Public: April 1, 2003, 9 am--4
                                          pm
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin Hyatt Regency       Public: April 3, 2003, 9 am--4
 Milwaukee 333 West Kilbourn Avenue       pm
 (414) 276-1234.                         Tribes: April 4, 2003, 9 am--4
                                          pm
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Washington, DC Federal Energy            April 10, 2003, 9 am--4 pm
 Regulatory Commission 888 First
 Street, NE Washington, DC 20426.
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    The goals of the post-NOPR regional stakeholder workshops are for 
Commission staff to: (1) Hear and consider stakeholder concerns about 
proposed rule language; and (2) find avenues for stakeholder consensus 
on solutions to those concerns. All interested persons are invited to 
attend these workshops.

Post-Workshop Stakeholder Drafting Session

    A four-day post-workshop stakeholder drafting session will be held 
on April 29 and 30, and May 1 and 2, 2003., at 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC.
    The goal of the four-day post-workshop stakeholder drafting session 
is to develop proposed final rulemaking language. In addition to a full 
group discussion at the beginning of the first post-workshop drafting 
day, and at other appropriate times to be decided, participants will 
again be asked to take part in one of several drafting groups. Specific 
details regarding the time and location for the drafting session, as 
well as the subject matter and structure of the full group discussion, 
and drafting groups will be determined after the last regional workshop 
on April 10, and posted on the Commission's Web site soon thereafter.
    All interested persons are invited to participate in the drafting 
session, and will need to pre-register on-line at http://www.ferc.gov /
hydro/hydro2.htm, between April 18, and April 25, 2003.. Anyone without 
access to the web will need to pre-register by contacting Susan Tseng 
at (202) 502-6065. In both pre-registration procedures, participants 
must indicate their preference for a particular drafting group.
    Obtaining Transcripts of the Regional Stakeholder Workshops, and 
Opportunities for Listening and Viewing the April 10, 2003, Workshop 
from Offsite
    The Capitol Connection offers the opportunity for remote listening 
and viewing of the April 10, 2003, regional stakeholder workshop held 
in Washington, DC, which is available for a fee, live over the 
Internet, via C-Band Satellite. Persons interested in receiving the 
broadcast, or who need information on making arrangements should 
contact David Reininger or Julia Morelli at the Capitol Connection 
(703-993-3100) as soon as possible or visit the Capitol Connection Web 
site at http://www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu and click on ``FERC''.
    The regional stakeholder workshops will be transcribed. Those 
interested in obtaining a copy of the transcript immediately for a fee 
should contact Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. at (202) 347-3700, or (800) 
336-6646. Two weeks after each regional workshop, the transcript will 
be available for free on the Commission's FERRIS system.
    Anyone without access to the Commission's Web site and who have 
questions about the regional stakeholder workshops, and post-workshop 
stakeholder drafting session should

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contact Tim Welch at (202) 502-8760, or e-mail [email protected].

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-3145 Filed 2-7-03; 8:45 am]
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