80 FR 15593 - Turlock Irrigation District, Modesto Irrigation District, La Grange Hydroelectric Project; Notice of Dispute Resolution Panel Meeting and Technical Conference

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 56 (March 24, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 15593]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06633]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14581-000]


Turlock Irrigation District, Modesto Irrigation District, La 
Grange Hydroelectric Project; Notice of Dispute Resolution Panel 
Meeting and Technical Conference

    On March 16, 2015, Commission staff, in response to the filing of a 
notice of study dispute by the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service 
on February 23, 2015, convened a single three-person Dispute Resolution 
Panel (Panel) pursuant to 18 CFR 5.14(d).
    The Panel will hold a technical conference at the time and place 
identified below. The technical conference will address the study 
dispute regarding potential effects of the La Grange Project (P-14581) 
on the genetic makeup of steelhead/rainbow trout in the Tuolumne River. 
As directed by the Commission's letter issued on February 27, 2015, the 
panel will not consider the study dispute on Tuolumne River habitats 
for anadromous fish.
    The purpose of the technical session is for the disputing agency, 
applicant, and 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.
    For more information, please contact Nicholas Ettema, the Dispute 
Resolution Panel Chair, at [email protected] or 202-502-6565.

Technical Conference

Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Time: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. (PDT)
Place: Holiday Inn Sacramento--Capitol Plaza, 300 J Street, Sacramento, 
CA 95814

     Dated: March 17, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-06633 Filed 3-23-15; 8:45 am]
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