El Dorado Irrigation District and Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Scoping Meetings, Site Visit, and Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 230 (Wednesday, December 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 67262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31157]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 184-060]


El Dorado Irrigation District and Pacific Gas and Electric 
Company; Notice of Scoping Meetings, Site Visit, and Intent To Prepare 
an Environmental Assessment

November 24, 1999.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is reviewing 
the application for a non-capacity related amendment to license for the 
El Dorado Project (FERC No. 184) to permit the planned restoration of 
the project diversion dam, to replace the original dam which was 
largely destroyed by flood waters, and the construction of a new, 
9,400-foot-long bypass tunnel from Mill Creek to Bull Creek, to replace 
damaged portions of the project's canal. The El Dorado Project, co-
licensed to the El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) and Pacific Gas and 
Electric Company (PG&E) is located on the South Fork American River, in 
El Dorado, Alpine, and Amador counties, California.
    The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) 
for the El Dorado Project, which will be used by the Commission to 
determine whether, and under what conditions, to issue the amendment to 
the license for the project. To support and assist our environmental 
review, we are beginning the public scoping process to ensure that all 
pertinent issues are identified and analyzed, and that the 
environmental document is thorough and balanced.
    We invite the participation of governmental agencies, non-
governmental organizations, and the general public in the scoping 
process, and have prepared Scoping Document 1 (SD1) to provide 
information on the proposed project and to solicit written and verbal 
comments and suggestions on our preliminary list of issues and 
alternatives to be addressed in the EA. The SD1 has been distributed to 
parties on the Service List for this proceeding, as well as other 
individuals and organizations that we have identified as having 
previously expressed an interest in this project. The SD1 is available 
from our Public Reference Room at (202) 208-1371. It can also be 
accessed online at http://rimsweb1.fern.fed.us/rims/.
    We will hold two scoping meetings to receive input on the scope of 
the EA. A public meeting will be held on December 15, 1999 at the 
Radisson Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane, in Sacramento, California, from 2 to 
4 pm and on December 16, 1999 at the County Board of Supervisors 
Office, Bldg. A, 33 Fair Lnae, in Placerville, California, from 7 to 9 
pm. The public and agencies may attend either or both meetings. We also 
will visit the project site on December 16, 1999. We will meet at Camp 
5 El Dorado Irrigation District Headquarters, at 7225 U.S. Highway 50, 
at 10 am. More information on the meetings and site visit is provided 
in the SD1.
    Please review the SD1 and, if you wish to provide oral or written 
input, follow the instructions in section 3.0. Please note that scoping 
comments must be received by the close of business on January 10, 2000. 
All correspondence should clearly show at the top of the first page 
``El Dorado Project, FERC No. 184-060.'' Address all communications to: 
The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
    Please direct any questions about the scoping process to John M. 
Mudre at (202) 219-1208.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-31157 Filed 11-30-99; 8:45 am]
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