[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 112 (Thursday, June 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32536-32537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1311]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Additional Scoping Meetings, Soliciting Scoping 
Comments, and Extending Comment Period

June 4, 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 
N.E. 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: Extended to July 22, 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 (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.
    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.

Additional Scoping Meetings

    FERC staff will hold two additional scoping meetings to solicit 
agency and public input for this relicensing proceeding. Over the 
period May 18-May 21, FERC staff held four scoping meetings in the 
project area and participated in a site visit. We invite all interested 
agencies, non-governmental organizations, Native American tribes, and 
individuals to attend one or more of these additional 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:

Agency Scoping Meeting

    When: Tuesday, June 22, 2004, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m (p.s.t).
    Where: Red Lion Inn, 1929 Fourth Street, Eureka, California.

Public Scoping Meeting

    When: Tuesday, June 22, 2004, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. (p.s.t.).

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    Where: Red Lion Inn, 1929 Fourth Street, Eureka, California.
    Copies of Scoping Document (SD1), outlining the subject areas to be 
addressed in the EIS, were distributed to the parties on the 
Commission's mailing list on April 16, 2004. Additional 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).

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.

Extension of Comment Period

    Our April 16, 2004, notice established June 21, 2004, as the 
deadline for filing scoping comments in this proceeding. In light of 
these additional scoping meetings, the deadline for filing scoping 
comments in this proceeding is extended until July 22, 2004.

Linda Mitry,
Acting Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E4-1311 Filed 6-9-04; 8:45 am]
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