Central Vermont Public Service Corporation; Notice of Project Scoping Meetings and Site Visits for the Weybridge and Middlebury Lower Hydroelectric Projects on Otter Creek, Vermont

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57288-57289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28686]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project Nos. 2731-020 and 2737-002]


Central Vermont Public Service Corporation; Notice of Project 
Scoping Meetings and Site Visits for the Weybridge and Middlebury Lower 
Hydroelectric Projects on Otter Creek, Vermont

October 21, 1998.
    The Federal Energy regulatory Commission (Commission) is reviewing 
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation's (CVPS) applications for 
new licenses for the continued operation of the Weybridge and 
Middlebury Lower Projects on Otter Creek, Vermont.
    The Commission's staff will hold two scoping meetings in the 
vicinity of the projects for the public, resource agencies, and any 
other interested parties. The public scoping meeting will be held at 
7:00 p.m. on Tuesday,

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November 17, 1998, at Ilsley Public Library Meeting Room, 75 Main 
Street, Middlebury, VT 05753. The agency scoping meeting will be held 
at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 1998, at Municipal Building 
Conference Room, 94 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753.
    The scoping meetings will be recorded by a court reporter, and all 
statements (oral and written) will become part of the Commission's 
public record for the projects. Interested persons also are invited to 
send written comments and information to the Commission until December 
18, 1998.
    There will be a site visit to the projects on November 17, 1998, 
beginning at 1:00 p.m. Those visiting the sites will meet at Middlebury 
Lower Project parking lot just off the Seymour Street extension. Anyone 
planning to attend the site visit should contact John Greenan of CVPS 
at (802) 747-5707.
    Parties on the service and mailing lists for the projects will be 
receiving a copy of the Scoping I document in the mail. Others may 
review a copy at Ilsley Public Library at 75 Main Street in Middlebury, 
Vermont.
    Any questions concerning the scoping process for the Weybridge and 
Middlebury Lower multiple project Environmental Assessment should be 
directed to Jack Duckworth, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Hydropower Licensing, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 
20426; or E-mail address, jack.duckworth@ferc.fed.us; or telephone 202-
219-2818.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-28686 Filed 10-26-98; 8:45 am]
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