17528 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 66 / Thursday, April 6, 1995 / Notices

[Project Nos. 2318, 2482, 2616, 2539, 2554,

2385]

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., et al.;

Notice of Public Scoping Meetings

March 31, 1995.

The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission) has received

applications for new licenses

(relicenses) for the existing projects

operated by the Niagara Mohawk Power

Corporation (NiMo), Moreau

Manufacturing Corporation, and Finch

Pruyn, Incorporated in the Hudson

River Basin in New York. The projects

include eight developments. The

projects and developments are: School

Street Project No. 2539; Hoosic Project

No. 2616 (Schaghticoke and

Johnsonville developments); Hudson

River Project No. 2482 (Sherman Island

and Spier Falls developments); Glens

Falls Project No. 2385; Feeder Dam

Project No. 2554; and E.J. West Project

No. 2318.

Upon review of the applications,

supplemental filings, agency comments

and intervenor submittals, the

Commission staff concluded that, given

the location and interaction of the

projects, we will proceed with scoping

for a Multiple Project Environmental

Impact Statement (MEIS) on the Hudson

River. If determined appropriate after

scoping, we will prepare separate

Environmental Assessments (Eas) for

the School Street and the Hoosic

(Schaghticoke and Johnsonville

developments) projects and a MEIS for

the remaining E.J. West, Hudson River

(Sherman Island and Spier Falls

developments), Glens Falls, and Feeder

Dam projects, that describe and evaluate

the probable impacts of the applicant’s

proposals and alternative for the

projects.

One element of the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

process is scoping. Scoping activities

are initiated early to:

• Identify reasonable alternative

operational procedures and

environmental enhancement measures

that should be evaluated in the

documents;

• Identify significant environmental

issues related to the operation of the

existing projects;

• Determine the depth of analysis for

issues that will be discussed in the

documents; and

• Identify resource issues that are of

lesser importance and, consequently, do

not require detailed analysis.

Scoping Meetings

Commission staff will conduct four

public meetings for the Hudson River

Multiple Project EIS (MEIS). All

interested individuals, organizations,

and agencies are invited to attend either

or all of the planned meetings and help

staff identify the scope of environmental

issues that should be analyzed in the

NEPA documents.

The first scoping meeting, primmarily

for agencies and covering all projects,

will be held at 9:00 AM on Tuesday,

April 25, 1995, at the William K.

Sanford Town Library, 629 Albany

Shaker Road, Loudonville, New York.

The first evening scoping meeting,

primarily for the public and directed at

the School Street Project, will be

conducted at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, April

25, 1995, at Cohoes High School, Tiger

Circle, Cohoes, New York.

The second evening meeting, directed

at the Hoosic Project, will be held at

7:00 PM on Wednesday, April 26, 1995,

at Mechanicville High School, Kniskern

Avenue, Mechanicville, New York.

The third evening meeting, directed at

the Glens Falls, Feeder Dam, Hudson,

and E.J. West projects, will be held at

7:00 PM on Thursday, April 27, 1995, at

Glens Falls Senior High School, 10

Quade Street, Glens Falls, New York.

Procedures

The meetings, which will be recorded

by a stenographer, will become part of

the formal record of the Commission’s

proceeding on the MEIS. Individuals

presenting statements at the meeting

need to sign in before the meeting starts

and to identify themselves for the

record.

Concerned parties are encouraged to

speak during the public meetings.

Speaking time allowed for individuals

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, but all

speakers will be provided at least five

minutes to present their views.

Scoping Meeting Objectives

At each scoping meeting, the staff

will:

• Summarize the environmental

issues tentatively identified for analysis

in the documents;

• Identify resource issues that the

staff believes are of lesser importance

and, therefore, do not require detailed

analysis;

• Solicit from the meeting

participants all available information,

especially quantifiable data, concerning

significant local resources; and

• Encourage statements from experts

and the public on issues that should be

analyzed in the NEPA documents.

Information Requested

Federal and state resource agencies,

local government officials, interested

groups, area residents, and concerned

individuals are requested to provide any

information they believe will assist the

Commission staff to analyze the

environmental impacts associated with

relicensing the projects. The types of

information sought include the

following:

• Data, reports, and resource plans

that characterize the baseline physical,

biological, or social environments in the

vicinity of the projects.

• Information and data that helps

staff identify or evaluate significant

environmental issues.

Scoping information and associated

comments should be submitted to the

Commission no later than 60 days after

the date of this notice. Written

comments should be provided at the

scoping meeting or mailed to the

Commission, as follows: Secretary,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

825 North Capitol Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426.

All filings sent to the Secretary of the

Commission should contain an original

and 8 copies. Failure to file an original

and 8 copies may result in appropriate

staff not receiving the benefit of your

comments in a timely manner. See 18

CFR 4.34(h).

All correspondence should clearly

show the following caption on the first

page:

FERC No. 2318, 2482, 2554, 2385, 2616,

and 2539

Hudson River Multiple Project EIS and

Eas

Intervenors and interceders (as

defined in 18 CFR 385.2010) who file

documents with the Commission are

reminded of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure requiring them

to serve a copy of all documents filed

with the Commission on each person

whose name is listed on the official

service list for this proceeding.

For further information, please

contact Edward R. Meyer at (202) 208–

7998.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–8431 Filed 4–5–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

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Texas Gas Transmission Corporation;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

March 31, 1995.

Take notice that on March 29, 1995,

Texas Gas Transmission Corporation