[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 208 (Friday, October 27, 1995)] [Notices] [Pages 55016-55017] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-26662] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [Project No. 1960 Wisconsin] Dairyland Power Cooperative; Notice of Scoping Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 October 23, 1995. Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and as part of the license application, the Dairyland Power Cooperative (Dairyland) intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) to file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the Flambeau Hydroelectric Project. Two public Scoping meetings will be held, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, to identify the scope of environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. At the scoping meetings, Dairyland will (1) summarize the environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) solicit from the meeting participants all available information, especially qualified data, on the resources at issue; and (3) encourage statements from experts and the public on issues that should be analyzed in the EA. All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited and encouraged to attend and assist in identifying and clarifying the scope of environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. To help focus the discussions, a scoping document was sent out on September 29, 1995, as part of the Initial Stage Consultation Document (ISCD). Copies of the Scoping Document and ISCD will also be available at the meetings. Dairyland will conduct a site visit and two scoping meetings on November 14, 1995:The site visit will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the Flambeau Hydro Station in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. A scoping meeting for federal, state and local resource agencies will be held in the Board Room, County Court House, Ladysmith, Wisconsin at 2:00 p.m. [[Page 55017]] The evening scoping meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room, County Court House, Ladysmith, Wisconsin. The site visit and scoping meetings are open to all interested parties. Meeting Procedures The meetings will be conducted according to the procedures used at Commission scoping meetings. Because these meetings will be NEPA scoping meetings, the Commission will not conduct another NEPA scoping meeting when the application and EA are filed with the Commission prior to February 28, 1999. Instead, Commission staff will attend the meetings held on November 14, 1995. The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and, thereby, will become a part of the formal record of the proceedings on the Flambeau Project. Individuals presenting statements at the meetings will be asked to identify themselves for the record. Concerned parties are encouraged to offer verbal guidance during public meetings. Speaking time allowed for individuals will be determined before each meeting, based on the number of persons wishing to speak and the approximate amount of time available for the session, but all speakers will be provided at least five minutes to present their views. Persons choosing not to speak but wishing to express an opinion, as well as speakers unable to summarize their positions within the allotted time, may submit written statements for inclusion in the public record. Written scoping comments may also be mailed to George L. Johnston, Dairyland Power Cooperative, P.O. Box 817, La Crosse, WI 54601. All correspondence should clearly show the following caption on the first page: Scoping Comments, Flambeau Project, FERC No. 1960, Wisconsin. For further information, please contact: George Johnston at (608) 787-1322 (Dairyland Power Cooperative), David Carroll at (608) 787-1318 (Dairyland Power Cooperative), or Peter Leitzke at (202) 219-2803 (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission). Lois D. Cashell, Secretary. [FR Doc. 95-26662 Filed 10-26-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M