[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 80 (Monday, April 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22501-22502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-915]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2082-027]


PacifiCorp; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement and Notice of Scoping Meetings and Site Visit and Soliciting 
Scoping Comments

April 16, 2004.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: New major license.
    b.  Project No.: 2082-027.
    c. Date filed: February 25, 2004.
    d. Applicant: PacifiCorp.
    e. Name of Project: Klamath Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Klamath River in Klamath County, Oregon and on 
the Klamath River and Fall Creek in Siskiyou County, California. The 
project currently includes 219 acres of Federal lands administered by 
the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Land Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Todd Olson, Project Manager, PacifiCorp, 825 
NE. Multnomah, Suite 1500, Portland, Oregon 97232, (503) 813-6657.
    i. FERC Contact: John Mudre, (202) 502-8902 or [email protected].
    j. Deadline for Filing Scoping Comments: June 21, 2004.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's rules of practice and procedure require all 
interveners filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervener files comments or documents with the 
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the 
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve 
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    Scoping comments may be filed electronically via the Internet in 
lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings.  
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's 
Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The proposed Project consists of four existing generating 
developments (J.C. Boyle, Copco No. 1, Copco No. 2. and Iron Gate) 
along the mainstem of the Upper Klamath River, between RM 228 and RM 
254, and one generating development (Fall Creek) on Fall Creek, a 
tributary to the Klamath River at about RM 196. The existing Spring 
Creek diversion is proposed for inclusion with the Fall Creek 
Development. The currently licensed East Side, West Side, and Keno 
Developments are not included in the proposed project.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

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    n. Scoping Process: The Commission intends to prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the project in accordance with 
the National Environmental Policy Act. The EIS will consider both site-
specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable 
alternatives to the proposed action.

Scoping Meetings

    FERC staff will hold four scoping meetings in the project area. We 
invite all interested agencies, non-governmental organizations, Native 
American tribes, and individuals to attend one or more of the meetings 
and to assist the staff in identifying the scope of environmental 
issues to be analyzed in the EIS. The times and locations of these 
meetings are as follows:

Evening Scoping Meetings

    When: Tuesday, May 18, 2004, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
    Where: The Klamath County Fair Grounds, 3531 South Sixth Street, 
Klamath Falls, Oregon.
    When: Thursday, May 20, 2004, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
    Where: The Boston Shaft Restaurant, 1801 Fort Jones Road, Yreka, 
California.

Morning Scoping Meetings

    When: Thursday, May 20, 2004, 9 a.m. to noon.
    Where: The Hilton Garden Inn, 3609 Bechelli Lane, Redding, 
California.
    When: Friday, May 21, 2004, 9 a.m. to noon.
    Where: The Ashland Springs Hotel, 212 East Main Street, Ashland, 
Oregon.
    Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to 
be addressed in the EIS are being distributed to the parties on the 
Commission's mailing list under separate cover. Copies of the SD1 will 
be available at the scoping meeting or may be viewed on the Web at 
http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link (see item m above).

Site Visit

    We also will visit the project facilities on May 18 (Oregon 
facilities) and 19 (California facilities), meeting at the north end of 
the Link River Trail, off Lake Shore Drive, Klamath Falls, Oregon on 
Tuesday, May 18 at 9 a.m., and at the Iron Gate Fish Hatchery parking 
lot, off Copco Road, on Wednesday, May 19 at 9 a.m. Participants on the 
site visits will need to provide their own transportation and bring 
their own lunch.

Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the 
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EIS; 
(2) solicit from the meeting participants all available information, 
especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (3) encourage 
statements from experts and the public on issues that should be 
analyzed in the EIS, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in 
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the resource 
issues to be addressed in the EIS; and (5) identify those issues that 
require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not 
require a detailed analysis.

Procedures

    The meetings are recorded by a stenographer and become part of the 
formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project.
    Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental 
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meeting and to 
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed 
in the EIS.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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