[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 19806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9813]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 233-081]


Pacific Gas and Electric Company, California; Notice of Public 
Meetings for Discussion of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Pit 3, 4, 5 Project

April 15, 2003.
    On March 14, 2003, the Commission staff mailed the Pit 3, 4, 5 
Hydroelectric 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 March 21, 2003 (68 
FR 13911), and comments are due by May 21, 2003. The DEIS evaluates the 
environmental consequences of the relicensing and subsequent operation 
of the existing 325-megawatt Pit 3, 4, 5 Project located on the Pit 
River, in Shasta County, California. The project occupies 746 acres of 
land of the United States administered by the Forest Supervisors of the 
Shasta-Trinity and Lassen National Forests. It also evaluates the 
environmental effects of implementing the applicant's proposals, agency 
and NGO recommendations, staff's recommendations, and the no-action 
alternative.
    The Commission will hold three public meetings on the DEIS. 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. The meetings will be recorded by a 
stenographer and all comments and recommendations received will become 
part of the formal record for this Commission proceeding. We invite all 
interested agencies, non-governmental organizations, Native American 
tribes, and individuals to attend one or more of the meetings. The 
meetings will be held as follows.

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             Date                        Time                Location
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April 29, 2003...............  10 a.m.-noon............  Holiday Inn,
                                                          1900 Hilltop
                                                          Drive,
                                                          Redding,
                                                          California.
April 29, 2003...............  7-9 p.m.................  Burney
                                                          Community
                                                          Center, 37477
                                                          Main Street,
                                                          Burney,
                                                          California.
April 30, 2003...............  1-3 p.m.................  Veterans Hall,
                                                          508 South Main
                                                          Street,
                                                          Alturas,
                                                          California.
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    For further information, please contact John Mudre, at (202) 502-
8902, or [email protected], Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Energy Projects, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-9813 Filed 4-21-03; 8:45 am]
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