80 FR 55351 - Loup River Hydroelectric Project; Notice of Technical Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 178 (September 15, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 178 (Tuesday, September 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 55351]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23150]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. P-1256-031]


Loup River Hydroelectric Project; Notice of Technical Meeting

    a. Project Name and Number: Loup River Hydroelectric Project No. 
1256.
    b. Date and Time of Meeting: September 30, 2015; 2:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time (1:00 p.m. Central Time).
    c. Place: Telephone conference with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
(FWS).
    d. FERC Contact: Chelsea Hudock, [email protected] or (202) 
502-8448.
    e. Purpose of Meeting: To discuss the FWS revisions, filed on 
August 12, 2015, to its Incidental Take Statement regarding threatened 
and endangered species affected by the proposed Loup River 
Hydroelectric Project (project), the effects of the proposed project on 
the endangered whooping crane, and a timeframe by which we would 
provide the FWS with our evaluation of the project effects on the 
Northern long-eared bat and the red knot.
    f. A summary of the meeting will be prepared and filed in the 
Commission's public file for the project.
    g. All local, state, and federal agencies, Indian tribes, and other 
interested parties are invited to participate by phone. Please contact 
Chelsea Hudock at [email protected] or (202) 502-8448 by close of 
business September 22, 2015, to R.S.V.P. and to receive specific 
instructions on how to participate.

    Dated: September 9, 2015.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-23150 Filed 9-14-15; 8:45 am]
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