[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31322-31323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13316]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2277-023]
Union Electric Company (dba Ameren Missouri); 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: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 2277-023.
c. Date filed: June 24, 2008.
d. Applicant: Union Electric Company (dba Ameren Missouri).
e. Name of Project: Taum Sauk Pumped Storage Project.
f. Location: On the East Fork of the Black River, in Reynolds
County, Missouri. The project occupies no Federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Michael O. Lobbig, P.E., Managing Supervisor,
Hydro Licensing, Ameren Missouri, 3700 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis,
MO 63127; telephone 314-957-3427; e-mail at [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Janet Hutzel, telephone (202) 502-8675, or by e-
mail at [email protected].
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: July 23, 2011.
All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18
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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 existing Taum Sauk Pumped Storage Project consists of: (1) A
lower reservoir impounded by a concrete gravity dam downstream of the
confluence of the East Fork Black River and Taum Sauk Creek; (2) an
upper reservoir on the top of Proffit Mountain impounded by a rebuilt
roller-compacted concrete dam; (3) vertical shaft, rock and concrete-
lined tunnel sections, and a penstock conduit; (4) a pump-generating
plant with two reversible pump units and two motor generators with a
total installed capacity of 408 megawatts; (5) an excavated tailrace
and open channel to the lower reservoir; (6) a 138-kilovolt switchyard/
substation; (7) a gravel and sedimentation trap (bin wall) on the East
Fork of the Black River; and (8) associated ancillary equipment.
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. 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 impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed
action.
Scoping Meetings
Commission staff will conduct one agency scoping meeting and one
public meeting. The agency scoping meeting will focus on resource
agency and non-governmental organization 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 and Time: Thursday, June 23, 2011, at 9 a.m. (CDT).
Location: LaCharette Conference Room, Lewis and Clark State Office
Building, 1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson City, MO.
Public Scoping Meeting
Date and Time: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 6 p.m. (CDT).
Location: Lesterville R-IV School, Cafeteria, 33415 Hwy. 21,
Lesterville, MO.
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 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
Ameren Missouri and Commission staff will conduct a project
environmental site review on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at 8 a.m. CDT.
All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to
attend. All participants will be required to sign their name and show a
government-issued, photo I.D. Participants must wear hard-soled shoes;
no sandals or open-toed shoes are allowed. Smoking will not be allowed
on the site review, and firearms, knives, or weapons of any kind are
not permitted on Ameren Missouri property. Please arrive 15 minutes
early to allow time for visitor badging at the main security gate. All
participants must contact Mr. Michael Lobbig of Ameren Missouri at
(314) 957-3427 or by e-mail at [email protected], by June 9, 2011, to
attend the environmental site review.
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.
Dated: May 23, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-13316 Filed 5-27-11; 8:45 am]
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