[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 68 (Monday, April 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18392-18393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1645]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Scoping Meetings and Site Visit and Soliciting Scoping 
Comments

April 4, 2005.
    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.: 2153-012.
    c. Date filed: April 30, 2003.
    d. Applicant: United Water Conservation District.
    e. Name of Project: Santa Felicia Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Piru Creek in Ventura County, California. The 
project affects 174.5 acres of federal land within the Los Padres and 
Angeles National Forests.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)--825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Dana Wisehart, United Water Conservation 
District, 106 North 8th Street, Santa Paula, CA 93060.
    i. FERC Contact: Kenneth Hogan at (202) 502-8434 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: May 16, 2005.
    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 
intervenors 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 intervenor 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 existing Santa Felicia Project consists of: (1) A 200-foot-
tall, 1200-foot-long earth fill dam; (2) an 88,000 acre-foot reservoir; 
(3) an ungated spillway and associated works, (4) a powerhouse with two 
units having a total installed capacity of 1,434-kilowatts and (5) 
appurtenant facilities. The applicant estimates that the total average 
annual generation would be 1,300 megawatthours.
    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.
    n. Scoping Process: The Commission intends to prepare an 
Environmental assessment (EA) on the project in accordance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will consider both site-
specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable 
alternatives to the proposed action.

Scoping Meetings

    FERC staff will conduct one agency scoping meeting and one public 
meeting. The agency scoping meeting will focus on resource agency and 
non-governmental organization (NGO) concerns, while the public scoping 
meeting is primarily for public input. All interested individuals, 
organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or both of the 
meetings, and to assist the staff in identifying the scope of the 
environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The times and 
locations of these meetings are as follows:
    Agency Scoping Meeting
    DATE: Tuesday, May 3, 2005
    TIME: 8:30 am to 12:30 pm (PST)
    PLACE: United Water Conservation District
    ADDRESS: 106 North 8th Street, Santa Paula, CA 93060
    Public Scoping Meeting
    DATE: Tuesday, May 3, 2005
    TIME: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm (PST)
    PLACE: United Water Conservation District
    ADDRESS: 106 North 8th Street, Santa Paula, CA 93060
    Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to 
be

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addressed in the EIS were distributed to the parties on the 
Commission(s mailing list. 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

    The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct a project site visit 
beginning at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3, 2005. All interested 
individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend. All 
participants should meet at the offices of United Water Conservation 
District at 106 North 8th Street, Santa Paula, CA. All participants are 
responsible for their own transportation to the site. Anyone with 
questions about the site visit should contact John Dickenson of United 
Water Conservation District directly at (805) 525-4431 or via e-mail at 
[email protected].

Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the 
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (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 EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in 
support of, the staff(s preliminary views; (4) determine the resource 
issues to be addressed in the EA; 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 EA.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-1645 Filed 4-8-05; 8:45 am]
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