[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 250 (Thursday, December 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 81929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33307]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 199-205]


South Carolina Public Service Authority; Notice of Workshop for 
Santee Cooper Hydroelectric Project

    On May 26 and November 8, 2011, Commission staff met with 
representatives of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the 
South Carolina Public Service Authority (SCPSA), licensee for the 
Santee-Cooper Hydroelectric Project No. 199, to discuss what is needed 
to complete formal consultation for shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser 
brevirostrum) under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). At 
the November 8, 2011 meeting, the parties agreed that additional 
dialogue was necessary to understand the project, its operations, and 
the technical feasibility of implementing measures at the project's two 
developments. Accordingly, Commission staff will meet with 
representatives of NMFS and SCPSA on Wednesday and Thursday, January 11 
and 12, 2012, respectively. The focus of each day is as follows:
    a. January 11 will be devoted to touring and discussing ESA issues 
at Wilson Dam, and for the Santee River and the Re-Diversion Canal; and
    b. January 12 will be devoted to touring and discussing issues at 
Pinopolis (Jefferies Station) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 
(Corps) St. Stephen Project.
    Each day will begin at 9 a.m. at SCPSA's headquarters, located at 1 
Riverwood Drive, Moncks Corner, South Carolina. Participation at the 
workshop will be limited to Commission staff, NMFS, SCPSA, and the 
Corps; all local, state, and federal agencies, and interested parties, 
are invited to attend. Questions concerning the workshop should be 
directed to John Inabinet of SCPSA at (843) 761-4069. The workshop is 
posted on the Commission's calendar located at http://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx, along with other related information.
    For further information, contact Allan Creamer at (202) 502-8365, 
or by email at [email protected].

    Dated: December 21, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-33307 Filed 12-28-11; 8:45 am]
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