PacifiCorp; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment and Notice of Solicitation of Written Scoping Comments

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 226 (Tuesday, November 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64955-64956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31299]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 597-003]


PacifiCorp; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 
Assessment and Notice of Solicitation of Written Scoping Comments

November 18, 1998.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has received 
an application from PacifiCorp to relicense the Stairs Hydroelectric 
Project No. 597-003. The 1,200-kilowatt project is located on the Big 
Cottonwood Creek in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, near the 
town of Sandy, about 15 miles southeast of downtown Salt Lake City, 
Utah. The project occupies about 8.7 acres of land within the Wasatch--
Cache National Forest, administered by the U.S. Forest Service (FS).
    The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) 
for the project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy 
Act.
    In the EA, we will consider reasonable alternatives to the project 
as proposed by PacifiCorp, and analyze both site-specific and 
cumulative environmental impacts of the project, as well as, economic 
and engineering impacts.
    The draft EA will be issued and circulated to those on the mailing 
list for this project. All comments filed on the draft EA will be 
analyzed by the staff and considered in a final EA. The staff's 
conclusions and recommendations presented in the final EA will then be 
presented to the Commission to assist in making a licensing decision.

Scoping

    We are asking agencies, Indian tribes, non-governmental 
organizations, and individuals to help us identify the scope of 
environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA, and to provide 
us with information that may be useful in preparing the EA.
    To help focus comments on the environmental issues, a scoping 
document outlining subject areas to be addressed in the EA will soon be 
mailed to those on the mailing list for the project. Those not on the 
mailing list may request a copy of the scoping document from the 
project coordinator, whose telephone number is listed below. A copy of 
the scoping document may also be viewed or printed by accessing the 
Commission's WebSite on the Internet at www.ferc.fed.us. For 
assistance, users can call (202) 208-2222.
    Those with comments or information pertaining to this project 
should file it with the Commission at the following address: David P. 
Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.
    The comments and information are due to the Commission within 60 
days from the issuance date of the scoping document. All filings should 
clearly show the following on the first page: Stairs Hydroelectric 
Project, FERC No. 597-003.
    Intervenors are reminded of the Commission' Rules of Practice and 
Procedure which require all intervenors filing documents with the 
Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person whose name 
appears on the official service list for the project. Further, if an 
intervenor 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.
    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Gaylord W.

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Hoisington, project coordinator, at (202) 219-2756.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-31299 Filed 11-23-98; 8:45 am]
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