[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 57164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26475]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2179-042]


Merced Irrigation District;Notice of Dispute Resolution Panel 
Meeting and Technical Conference

October 28, 2009.
    On October 16, 2009, Commission staff, in response to the filing of 
notices of study dispute by the U.S. Department of Interior (Fish and 
Wildlife Service), U.S. Department of Commerce (National Marine 
Fisheries Service), and California State Water Resources Control Board 
on October 5, 2009, convened a single three-person Dispute Resolution 
Panels pursuant to 18 CFR 5.14(d).
    The Panel will hold a technical conference at the time and place 
noted below. The session will address study disputes regarding 16 
separate studies that focus on water and aquatic resource related 
issues. The disputes primarily address the Commission's determination 
on the geographic scope of the proposed project's direct, indirect, and 
cumulative effects and the level of study being required for assessing 
project related effects on anadromous salmonids and their habitats. The 
focus of the technical session is for the disputing agencies, 
applicants, and Commission to provide the Panel with additional 
information necessary to evaluate the disputed studies. All local, 
state, and federal agencies, Indian tribes, and other interested 
parties are invited to attend the meeting as observers. The Panel may 
also request information or clarification on written submissions as 
necessary to understand the matters in dispute. The Panel will limit 
all input that it receives to the specific studies or information in 
dispute and will focus on the applicability of such studies or 
information to the study criteria stipulated in 18 CFR 5.9(b). If the 
number of participants wishing to speak creates time constraints, the 
Panel may, at their discretion, limit the speaking time for each 
participant.
    If you have any questions, please contact Aaron Liberty at (202) 
502-6862.

Technical Conference

    Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009.
    Time: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. (PST).
    Place: John E. Moss Federal Building, First Floor (Stanford Room), 
650 Capitol Mall, First Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814-4708.
    Phone: 916-930-3600.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-26475 Filed 11-3-09; 8:45 am]
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