[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 122 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34647-34648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16880]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project Nos. 2699-001, 2019-017, 11452-000, 11563-002, and 11477-000 
California]


Utica Power Authority and Northern California Power Agency; 
Notice of Intent to Conduct Public Scoping Meetings and Site Visit

June 19, 1998.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) received 
applications from Utica Power Authority and Northern California Power 
Agency (applicants) to relicense the Angels, Utica, and Upper Utica 
Projects as follows:

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            Project No.                   Project name                            Applicant                     
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--2699-001.........................  Angels................  Utica Power Authority.                             
--2019-017.........................  Utica.................  Utica Power Authority.                             
11452-000..........................  Angels................  Northern California Power Agency.                  
11477-000..........................  Utica.................  Northern California Power Agency.                  

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11563-000..........................  Upper Utica...........  Northern California Power Agency.                  
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    The projects are located in Calaveras, Alpine, and Toulumne 
Counties, California. The Commission will hold agency and public 
scoping meetings on July 22, and 23, 1998, for preparation of an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) under the National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA) for the issuance of licenses for the projects.

Scoping Meetings

    FERC staff will conduct one agency scoping meeting and two public 
meetings. The agency scoping meeting will focus on resource agencies 
and non-governmental organizations (NGO) concerns, while the public 
scoping meetings are primarily for public input. All interested 
individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or 
all 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:

Agency Meeting

Wednesday, July 22, 1998, 10:00 am, Bret Harte High School, Music Room, 
364 Murphys Grade Road, Angels Camp, California

Public Meetings

Wednesday, July 22, 1998 7:00 pm, Bret Harte High School Music Room, 
364 Murphys Grade Road, Angels Camp, California
Thursday, July 23, 1998, 7:00 pm, Bear Valley Lodge, 3 Bear Valley 
Road, Bear Valley, California

    To help focus discussions, we will distribute a Scoping Document 
(SD1) outlining the subject areas to be addressed at the meetings to 
the parties on the Commission's mailing list. Copies of the SD1 also 
will be available at the scoping meetings.
Site Visit
    The applicants and Commission staff will conduct project site 
visits as follows:

Angels and Utica Projects

    Tuesday, July 21, 1998 9:00 am.
    Meet in front of the Utica Power Authority Building, 1168 Booster 
Way, Angels Camp, California.
    Those interested in participating should contact Mr. Dennis Dickman 
at (209) 754-4230 in advance.

Upper Utica Project

    Thursday, July 23, 1998 10:00 am.
    Meet in front of the Bear Valley Lodge, 3 Bear Valley Road, Bear 
Valley, California.
    Those interested in participating should contact: Mr. Hari Modi at 
(916) 781-4204 in advance.
    All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited 
to attend. All participants are responsible for their own 
transportation to the sites.

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 resources 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 relative 
depth of analysis for issues to be addressed in the EA; and (5) 
identify resources issues that are of lesser importance, and, 
therefore, do not require 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 projects. 
Individuals presenting statements at the meetings will be asked to sign 
in before the meeting starts and to clearly identify themselves for the 
record. Speaking time for attendees at the meetings will be determined 
before the meeting, based on the number of persons wishing to speak and 
the approximate amount of time available for the session. All speakers 
will be provided at least 5 minutes to present their views.
    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.
    Persons choosing not to speak at the meetings, but who have views 
on the issues, may submit written statements for inclusion in the 
public record at the meeting. In addition, written scoping comments may 
be filed with the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, not later than August 24, 
1998. All filings should contain an original and eight copies, and must 
clearly show at the top of the first page the project names(s) and 
project number(s).

    For further information, please contact Hector M. Perez at (202) 
219-2843.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-16880 Filed 6-24-98; 8:45 am]
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