[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 53159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22853]


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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of Fifth Workshop; Better Stakeholder Involvement: Lessons 
Learned from Implementing the Commission's National Environmental 
Policy Act Pre-Filing Process

September 2, 2003.
    The Office of Energy Projects will host the fifth workshop in its 
``Better Stakeholder Involvement Series.'' This workshop will focus on 
``lessons learned'' from a project where the Commission's National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-Filing Process was implemented.\1\ 
It will be held in Roanoke, Virginia, on Thursday, October 2, 2003. We 
are inviting interstate natural gas companies; Federal, state and local 
agencies; landowners and other non-governmental organizations to 
participate.
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    \1\ Information on the Commission's NEPA Pre-Filing Process can 
be downloaded from our Web site at http://www.ferc.gov or requested 
by e-mail at: gasoutreach@ferc;gov.
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    We will learn from stakeholder and industry experiences with 
projects, solicit ideas for enhancing communication, and discuss the 
development of a new brochure to help stakeholders effectively 
participate in the NEPA Pre-Filing Process.
    We will specifically discuss the facility planning process, but not 
the merits of any specific proposed or existing pipeline projects. 
Participants are asked to speak from experience and be constructive, 
and bear in mind that the focus of the workshop is on discussing and 
improving the process of communication between the industry, the 
stakeholders, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission before the 
filing of an application.
    The workshop will be held at the Holiday Inn-Tanglewood, 4468 
Starkey Road, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The phone number at the hotel is 1-
888-228-5040. A preliminary agenda and directions and map to the hotel 
are enclosed. You may also go to the hotel's Web site for more detailed 
information and driving directions at http://www.ichotels.com, then 
click ``Holiday Inn'', and type in ``Roanoke, VA.''
    If you plan to attend or have suggestions for the agenda, please 
respond by Monday, September 29, 2003 via facsimile to Roberta Coulter 
at 202-208-0353, or you may e-mail our team at: [email protected]. 
Please include in the response the names, addresses, and telephone 
numbers of all attendees from your organization.
    To help us enhance our panel discussions, please consider, and 
forward to us, issues and/or questions you would like to have addressed 
at the meetings. If you have any questions, you may contact any of the 
staff listed below:

Richard Hoffmann 202-502-8066.
Lauren O'Donnell 202-502-8325.
Alisa Lykens 202-502-8766.
Howard Wheeler 202-502-8688.

J. Mark Robinson,
Director, Office of Energy Projects.

Agenda

Better Stakeholder Involvement: Lessons Learned from Implementing the 
Commission's NEPA Pre-filing Process

Roanoke Workshop--October 2, 2003

9 a.m.--Welcome, Introduction and Objectives--FERC
9:15 a.m.--The NEPA Pre-filing Process--Lauren O'Donnell, FERC
9:30 a.m.--Industry Perspective: Lessons Learned on Greenbrier 
Pipeline Project--Bob Orndorff and Sean Sleigh, Dominion 
Transmission, Inc.
10:15 a.m.--Break
10:30 a.m.--Panel Discussion: Perspectives from Local Stakeholders--
Ron Meadows, citizen/property owner. Other participants to be 
confirmed.
11:30 a.m.--Perspective from a Cooperating Agency--Naomi Johnson, 
Jefferson National Forest
12 p.m.--Lessons Learned by FERC--Lauren O'Donnell, FERC
12:30 p.m.--Lunch (On Your Own)
1:45 p.m.--Landowner ``Brochure'' Development Workshop--Anne 
Gunning, Kearns & West
2:45 p.m.--Break
3 p.m.--Summary Discussion, Overall Comments, Next Steps
4 p.m.--Adjourn

[FR Doc. 03-22853 Filed 9-8-03; 8:45 am]
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