25852 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 90 / Monday, May 11, 1998 / Notices

Scoping Process

The purpose of the scoping process is

to identify significant issues related to

the proposed action and to determine

what issues should be addressed in the

environmental document to be prepared

pursuant to the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). A document

entitled ‘‘Scoping Document’’ (SD) will

be circulated shortly to enable

appropriate federal, state, and local

resource agencies, developers, Indian

tribes, NGO’s and other interested

parties to effectively participate in and

contribute to the scoping process. The

SD provides a brief description of the

proposed action, project alternatives,

the geographic and temporal scope of

the analysis, and a list of preliminary

issues identified by staff.

Scoping Meetings

The Commission staff will hold

scoping meetings on June 3 and June 4,

1998, to facilitate its preparation of an

EIS for the proposed amendment. The

scoping meetings will be held in two

locations in the general vicinity of the

Potter Valley Project. On each date there

will be two scoping meetings: One

afternoon meeting and one evening

meeting. The afternoon meetings will

focus on resource agency concerns,

whereas the evening meeting will focus

on receiving input from the public.

However, we invite all interested

agencies, NGOs, and individuals to

attend one or both of the meetings, and

to assist staff in identifying the scope of

environmental issues that should be

analyzed in the EIS. The times and

locations of these meetings are shown

below.

Ukiah Scoping Meetings:

Date: June 3, 1998.

Time: 1:00–3:00 p.m.; 7:00–9:00 p.m.

Place: Ukiah Valley Conference Center,

200 S. School Street, Ukiah, CA

95482, (707) 686–4571.

Eureka Scoping Meetings:

Date: June 4, 1998.

Time: 1:00–3:00 p.m.; 7:00–9:00 p.m.

Place: Doubletree Inn Eureka, 1929

Fourth Street, Eureka, CA 95501,

(707) 445–0844.

As mentioned previously a scoping

document will be distributed to the

parties on the Commission’s mailing

list. The SD should help focus

discussions, by outlining the issues to

be addressed at the meetings. Copies of

the SD can also be obtained by

contacting the Project Manager

identified at the end of this notice.

Meeting Objectives

At the scoping meetings, the staff will:

(1) Summarize the environmental issues

tentatively identified for analysis in the

EIS; (2) solicit from the meeting

participants all available information,

especially quantifiable data, on the

resources at issue; (3) encourage

statements on environmental issues that

should be analyzed in the EIS, including

opinions in favor of, or in opposition to,

the staff’s preliminary list of issues; (4)

determine the depth of analysis for

issues addressed in the EIS; and (5)

identify resource issues that will not

require detailed analysis in the EIS.

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 this proceeding. Before each

meeting starts, all individuals who

attend, especially those individuals that

intend to make statements during the

meeting, will be asked to sign in and

clearly identify themselves for the

record prior to speaking. Time allotted

for presentations will be determined by

staff based on the length of the meetings

and the number of people wanting to

speak. All individuals wishing to speak

will be provided at least five minutes to

present their views.

Interested parties who choose not to

speak, or are unable to attend the

scoping meetings, may provide written

comments and information to the

Commission until June 15, 1998.

Written comments and information

should be submitted to: The Secretary,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426.

The first page of all filings should

indicate ‘‘Potter Valley Project, FERC

No. 77–110’’ at the top of the page. All

filings sent to the Secretary of the

Commission should contain an original

and eight copies. Failure to file an

original and eight copies may result in

appropriate staff not receiving the

benefit of your comments in a timely

manner. Furthermore, participants in

this proceeding are reminded that if

they file comments with the

Commission, they must serve a copy of

their filing to the parties on the

Commission’s service list.

For further information, please

contact the Project Manager, Dr. John M.

Mudre at (202) 219–1208.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12362 Filed 5–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Public Outreach Meeting;

Portland, OR

May 5, 1998

The Office of Hydropower Licensing

will hold a public Outreach Meeting in

Portland, OR, on Tuesday, May 19,

1998. The Outreach Meeting is

scheduled to start at 9:00 am and finish

at 5:00 p.m.

The purpose of the Outreach program

is to familiarize federal, state, and other

government agencies, Indian tribes,

nongovernmental organizations,

licensees, and other interested parties

with the Commission’s hydropower

licensing program. The topics for the

Outreach Meeting are pre-licensing,

licensing, and post-licensing procedures

for hydrolectric projects in Oregon

whose licenses expire between calender

years 2000 and 2010.

Staff from the Commission’s Office of

Hydropower Licensing will preside over

the meetings.

The location of the Outreach Meeting

is: Doubletree Hotel, 909 North Hayden

Island Drive, Portland, OR 97217, (503)

283–4466.

Directions to Hotel: Take I–5 North to

Exit #308/Jantzen Beach Center, You

will drive by a large Safeway store to a

stop light, Right on Hayden Island Dr.,

Hotel will be directly in front.

If you plan to attend, notify John

Blair, Western Outreach Coordinator,

fax: 202–219–2152; telephone: 202–

219–2845 or Theresa Gibson (202) 219–

2793.

David P. Boergers

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12356 Filed 5–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Public Outreach Meeting;

Tacoma, Washington

May 5, 1998

The Office of Hydropower Licensing

will hold a public Outreach Meeting in

Tacoma, Washington, on Thursday, May

21, 1998. The Outreach Meeting is

scheduled to start at 9:00 am and finish

at 5:00 pm.

The purpose of the Outreach program

is to familiarize federal, state, and other

government agencies, Indian tribes,

nongovernmental organizations,

licensees, and other interested parties