[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73547-73548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33871]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Scoping Meetings and Site Visit and Soliciting Scoping
Comments
December 23, 1999.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 2090-003.
c. Date filed: August 31, 1999.
d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power Corporation.
e. Name of Project: Waterbury Project.
f. Location: On Little River in Washington County, Vermont. No
Federal Lands used in this project.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Craig T. Myotte, Green Mountain Power
Corporation, 163 Action Lane, Colchester, VT 05446, (802) 660-5830.
i. FERC Contact: Robert Bell, E-mail address,
[email protected], or telephone 202-219-2806.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: February 12, 2000.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
David P. Boergers, 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 project consists of: (1) 1,845-foot-long, 158-foot-
high rolled earth embankment Waterbury Dam; (2) an impounding having a
surface area of 1,330-acres, with a storage capacity of 64,700 acre-
feet and a normal water surface elevation of 593.00 feet msl; (3) a
submerged concrete intake structure; (4) two 205-foot-long, 54-inch
diameter steel penstocks which connects to a 79-inch diameter penstock;
(4) a powerhouse having one generating unit with an installed capacity
of 5,520-kW; (5) a tailrace; (9) four-mile-long, 33-kV transmission
line; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
m. A copy of the application is available for inspection and
reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, located at 888
First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202)
208-1371. The application may be viewed on http://www.ferc.fed.us/
rims.htm (call (202) 208-2222 for assistance). A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
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
The Commission will hold scoping meetings, one in the daytime and
one in the evening, to help us identify the scope of issues to be
addressed in the EA.
The daytime scoping meeting will focus on resource agency concerns,
while the evening 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
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environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The times and
locations of these meetings are as follows:
Daytime Meeting: Wednesday, January 12, 2000, 2:00 PM, Chapel
Conference Room, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, 103 South Main
Street, Waterbury, Vermont.
Evening Meeting: Wednesday, January 12, 2000, 7:30 PM, Chapel
Conference Room, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, 103 South Main
Street, Waterbury, Vermont.
To help focus discussions, we will distribute a Scoping Document
(SD1) outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the EA to the
parties on the Commission's mailing list. Copies of the DS1 also will
be available at the scoping meetings.
Site Visit
The applicant and Commission staff will conduct a project site
visit on Wednesday, January 13, 2000. We will meet at 8 AM at the
project site.
Objectives
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 will be recorded by a stenographer and will 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 meetings and to
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed
in the EA.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-33871 Filed 12-29-99; 8:45 am]
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