[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 57372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22687]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. PP-371]


Northern Pass Transmission Line Project Environmental Impact 
Statement: Announcement of Change in Public Meeting Location

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Announcement of change in public meeting location.

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SUMMARY: On September 6, 2013, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
published in the Federal Register an amended Notice of Intent (NOI) to 
modify the scope of the Northern Pass Transmission Line Project 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (DOE/EIS-0463) and to conduct 
additional public scoping meetings (78 FR 54876). In that amended NOI, 
DOE announced four public meetings, including one on September 26 in 
West Stewartstown, NH. In response to public requests that raised 
concerns about insufficient capacity at the Stewartstown venue, DOE has 
since changed the location of the September 26 public meeting to 
Colebrook Elementary School, 27 Dumont Street, Colebrook, NH. The 
public scoping meeting will be from 5-8 p.m. DOE previously announced 
this change in public meeting location on both the Northern Pass EIS 
Web site at http://www.northernpasseis.us on September 10, 2013, 
notified persons who have subscribed to the email list of this change 
via email on September 10, 2013, and the DOE NEPA Web site at http://energy.gov/nepa on September 11, 2013.

DATES: DOE will conduct four public scoping meetings prior to the close 
of the public scoping period on November 5, 2013. The public scoping 
meetings will be held in:
    1. Concord, NH, Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Avenue, 
Monday, September 23, 2013, 6-9 p.m.;
    2. Plymouth, NH, Plymouth State University, Silver Center for the 
Arts, Hanaway Theater, 17 High Street, Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 5-8 
p.m.;
    3. Whitefield, NH, Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa, Presidential 
Room, 101 Mountain View Road, Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 5-8 p.m.; 
and
    4. Colebrook, NH, Colebrook Elementary School, 27 Dumont Street, 
Thursday, September 26, 2013, 5-8 p.m.
    Requests to speak at one or more public scoping meeting(s) should 
be received at the address for Brian Mills indicated below in the 
ADDRESSES section by September 18, 2013; requests received by that date 
will be given priority in the speaking order. However, requests to 
speak also may be made at the scoping meeting.
    If assistance is needed to participate in any of the DOE scoping 
meetings (e.g., qualified interpreter, computer-aided real-time 
transcription), please submit a request for auxiliary aids and services 
to DOE by September 16, 2013 by contacting Brian Mills as described 
below in the ADDRESSES section.

ADDRESSES: Requests to speak at a public scoping meeting(s), and 
requests for individuals to be added to the document mailing list (to 
receive a paper or electronic copy of the Draft EIS) should be 
addressed to: Brian Mills, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability (OE-20), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585; by email to [email protected]; 
or by facsimile to 202-586-8008. Additional information on the Northern 
Pass Transmission Line Project EIS is available on the EIS Web site at 
http://www.northernpasseis.us.
    For general information on the DOE NEPA process contact: Ms. Carol 
M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance (GC-54), 
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 
20585; by email at [email protected]; at 202-586-4600, or 800-472-
2756; or by facsimile at 202-586-7031. Additional information on DOE's 
NEPA program is available on the DOE NEPA Web site at http://energy.gov/nepa.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 12, 2013.
Brian Mills,
Senior Planning Advisor, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2013-22687 Filed 9-17-13; 8:45 am]
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