[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21556-21557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8528]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2299-075]
Don Pedro Hydroelectric Project: Turlock Irrigation District;
Modesto Irrigation District; Supplement to Notice of Study Dispute
Resolution Technical Conference
On March 16, 2012, the Commission issued a Notice of Dispute
Resolution Process Schedule, Panel, Technical Conference, and Modified
Filing Times for Panel Recommendations and Dispute Determination. The
notice announced that the Don Pedro Study Dispute Resolution Panel's
technical conference would be an all day meeting in Sacramento,
California on April 17, 2012. The notice stated that further details
would be supplied in a future notice. Below are the final meeting
details:
a. Date and Time of Meeting: Tuesday, April 17, 2012. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
b. Place: Holiday Inn, Sacramento-Capitol Plaza, 300 J Street,
Sacramento, CA 95814, 916-446-0100.
c. FERC Contact: Stephen Bowler, Don Pedro Hydroelectric Project,
Dispute Resolution Panel Chair, (202) 505-6861,
[email protected].
d. Purpose of Meeting:
The purpose of the technical conference is for the disputing
agencies, 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.
e. Proposed Agenda:
The Panel will gather information on NMFS identified study requests
1-4 and 7-9 as being in dispute. Specifically, the disputed study
requests are: Request 1--Effects of the Project and Related LaGrange
Complex Facilities on Anadromous Fish; Request 2--Effects of the
Project and Related Facilities Evaluated Through an Operations Model;
Request 3--Effects of the Project
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and Related Activities on Fish Passage for Anadromous Fish; Request 4--
Effects of the Project and Related Facilities Hydrology for Anadromous
Fish: Magnitude, Timing, Duration, and Rate of Change; Request 7--
Evaluation of the Upper Tuolumne Habitats for Anadromous Fish; Request
8--Salmon and Steelhead Full Life-Cycle Population Models; and Request
9--Effects of the Project and Related Facilities on Ecosystem/Marine-
Derived Nutrients for Anadromous Fish.
Dated: April 2, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-8528 Filed 4-9-12; 8:45 am]
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