Notice of Scoping Meetings and Site Visit and Soliciting Scoping Comments

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 72 (Thursday, April 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18617-18618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9362]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Scoping Meetings and Site Visit and Soliciting Scoping 
Comments

April 9, 1999.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-2588-004.
    c. Date filed: July 10, 1998.
    d. Applicant: City of Kaukauna.
    e. Name of Project: Little Chute Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Fox River in the Village of Combined Locks, 
Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Peter D. Prast, P.E., General Manager, 
Kaukauna Electric & Water Department, 777 Island Street, P.O. Box 1777, 
Kaukauna, Wisconsin 54130.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to Steve Kartalia, E-mail address step hen.kartalia@ferc.fed.us, or 
telephone (202) 219-2942.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: June 9, 1999.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure 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.

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    k. Status of environmental analysis: This application is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of Project: The project consists of the following 
existing facilities: (1) an integral intake powerhouse, located at the 
right abutment of the United States Army Corps of Engineers' Little 
Chute Dam, containing three units with a total installed capacity of 
3,300 kW; (2) connections to three 2.4/12-kV single phase transformers 
and a 12-kV transmission line 1.25 miles long; and (3) other 
appurtenances.
    m. Locations of the application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington, 
D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The application may be viewed 
on the web at www/ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 
for assistance). A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    n. Scoping Process.
    The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) 
on the project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy 
Act. The EA will consider both site-specific and cumulative 
environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed 
action.

Scoping Meetings

    The Commission will hold scoping meetings, one in the daytime and 
one in the evening, to help us identify the scope of issues to be 
addressed in the EA.
    The daytime scoping meeting will focus on resource agency concerns, 
while the evening scoping meeting is primarily for public input. All 
interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to 
attend one or both of the meetings, and to assist the staff in 
identifying the scope of the environmental issues that should be 
analyzed in the EA. The times and locations of these meetings are as 
follows:

Daytime Meeting

Wednesday, May 26, 1999, 9 a.m., Kaukauna Electric and Water Department 
Office, 777 Island Street, Kaukauna, Wisconsin 54130

Evening Meeting

Wednesday, May 26, 1999, 7 p.m., Kaukauna Electric and Water Department 
Office, 777 Island Street, Kaukauna, Wisconsin 54130

    To help focus discussions, we will distribute a Scoping Document 
(SD1) outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the EA to the 
parties on the Commission's mailing list. Copies of the SD1 also will 
be available at the scoping meetings.

Site Visit

    The applicant and Commission staff will conduct a project site 
visit on Tuesday, May 25, 1999. We will meet at the recreational 
parking lot near the project powerhouse at 1 p.m. If you would like to 
attend, please call Karen Brooks at (920) 766-5721, ext. 13, no later 
than May 14, 1999.

Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the 
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) 
solicit from the meeting participants all available information, 
especially quantifiable data, on the resource at issue; (3) encourage 
statements from experts and the public on issues that should be 
analyzed in the EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in 
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the resource 
issues to be addressed in the EA; and (5) identify those issues that 
require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not 
require a detailed analysis.

Procedures

    The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will become 
part of the formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project. 
Individuals presenting statements at the meetings will be asked to sign 
in before the meeting starts and to clearly identify themselves for the 
record.
    Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental 
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meetings and to 
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed 
in the EA.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-9362 Filed 4-14-99; 8:45 am]
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