[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30124]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2246-058]
Yuba County Water Agency; Notice of Panel Meeting and Technical
Conference Details
On October 20, 2011, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), filed a
Notice to initiate a formal study dispute resolution process, pursuant
to 18 CFR 5.14, in the relicensing proceeding for the Yuba County Water
Agency's (YCWA) Yuba River Hydroelectric Project No. 2246. NMFS
disputed the treatment of several of its study requests, filed on March
7, 2011, in the Commission's study plan determination, issued on
September 30, 2011. NMFS specifically identified study requests one
through six and study request eight as the disputed components of its,
March 7, 2011 filing. In its study requests one through six NMFS
requested studies of the effects of project and related activities on:
(1) Fish passage for anadromous fish; (2) hydrology for anadromous
fish; (3) water temperatures for anadromous fish migration, holding,
spawning, and rearing needs; (4) coarse substrate for anadromous fish:
Sediment supply, transport, and storage; (5) large wood and riparian
habitat for anadromous fish; and (6) loss of marine-derived nutrients
in the Yuba River, respectively. In study request eight, NMFS requested
a study of, ``anadromous fish ecosystem effects analysis: Synthesis of
direct, indirect, and cumulative effects of the project and related
facilities on anadromous fish. On November 7, 2011, the dispute
resolution panel convened. On November 9, 2011, the Commission issued a
Notice of Dispute Resolution Process Schedule, Panel Meeting, and
Technical Conference. The technical conference date is repeated below
with additional logistical details.
The purpose of the technical conference is for the disputing
agency, the applicant, and the 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 its discretion, limit the speaking time for each
participant.
Technical Conference
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011.
Time: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Place: Holiday Inn, Sacramento--Capitol Plaza, 300 J Street,
Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 446-0100.
For more information, please contact Stephen Bowler, the dispute
panel chair, at [email protected] or (202) 502-6861.
Dated: November 16, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-30124 Filed 11-21-11; 8:45 am]
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