[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7835-7836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3152]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13637-001]


Great River Hydropower, LLC; Notice of Scoping Meetings and 
Environmental Site Review and Soliciting Scoping Comments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-13637-001.
    c. Date filed: July 12, 2010.
    d. Applicant: Great River Hydropower, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Upper Mississippi River Lock & Dam No. 21 
Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The proposed project would be located about 100 feet 
downstream of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Lock and Dam No. 21 on 
the Mississippi River in Marion County, Missouri. The proposed project 
would occupy 5 acres of Federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Arie DeWaal, Mead & Hunt Inc., 6501 Watts 
Road, Madison, WI 53719; Telephone (608) 273-6380.
    i. FERC Contact: Janet Hutzel, Telephone (202) 502-8675, or by e-
mail at [email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: April 7, 2011.
    All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, 
using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the 
end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support at [email protected] or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 
mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, 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.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The proposed project would utilize the existing U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers' Lock and Dam No. 21, and would consist of the following 
facilities: (1) A new 796-foot-long by 46-foot-wide by 25-foot-high 
concrete hydropower structure consisting of 30 turbine bays, located 
about 100 feet downstream of the existing dam; (2) 30 turbine-generator 
units having a total installed capacity of 15 megawatts; (3) two new 
48-foot-long by 15-foot-wide by 45-foot-high concrete towers; (4) a new 
40-foot-long by 30-foot-wide by 20-foot-high control building; (5) a 
new 120-foot-long by 120-foot-wide substation; (6) a new 1.5-mile-long 
access road; (7) a new 1.6-mile-long, 69-kilovolt transmission line; 
and (8) appurtenant facilities.
    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 (P-13637) excluding the last three digits 
in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support. 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 e-mail 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 effects and reasonable alternatives to the proposed 
action.

Scoping Meetings

    Commission staff will conduct one daytime scoping meeting, one 
evening meeting, and an Environmental Site Review. The daytime scoping 
meeting will focus on concerns of the resource agencies, non-
governmental organizations, and Indian tribes, while the evening 
scoping meeting is primarily for public input. All interested 
individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or 
both of the meetings and the environmental site review, 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 
and the Environmental Site Review are as follows:

Daytime Scoping Meeting

    Date and Time: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 2 p.m. CST;
    Location: City Council Chamber Room, Quincy City Hall, 720 Maine 
St., Quincy, IL 62301.

Evening Scoping Meeting

    Date and Time: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 6 p.m. CST;
    Location: City Council Chamber Room, Quincy City Hall, 720 Maine 
St., Quincy, IL 62301.
    Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to 
be addressed in the EA were distributed to the parties on the 
Commission's mailing

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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).

Environmental Site Review

    Date and Time: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 9:30 a.m. CST.
    Location: The Corp's Lock and Dam No. 21 observation tower, which 
can be accessed from the south entrance to the Lock and Dam No. 21. The 
address is 909 W Lock and Dam Road, Quincy, Illinois. All participants 
are responsible for providing photo identification to enter the Corps' 
facility, and photography and video will be prohibited.
    Phone number: All participants must contact John Neyens, Klingner & 
Associates, P.C., 616 N. 24th Street, Quincy, IL 62301, phone 217-223-
3670, by February 25, 2011, to attend the Environmental Site Review.

Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, the Commission 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; Indian Tribes; and Federal, State, and 
local agencies with environmental expertise and concerns are encouraged 
to attend the meeting and to assist Commission staff in defining and 
clarifying the issues to be addressed in the EA.

    Dated: February 4, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-3152 Filed 2-10-11; 8:45 am]
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