Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 85 / Wednesday, May 1, 1996 / Notices 19267

Issued at Washington, DC on April 24,

1996.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–10753 Filed 4–30–96; 8:45 am]

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Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Monticello

Site

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice

is hereby given of the following

Advisory Board Committee Meeting:

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Monticello

Site.

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, June 18, 1996

7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Monticello City Office, 17

North 1st East, Monticello, Utah 84535.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Audrey Berry, Public Affairs Specialist,

Department of Energy Grand Junction

Projects Office, P.O. Box 2567, Grand

Junction, CO, 81502 (303) 248–7727.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board

The purpose of the Board is to advise

DOE and its regulators in the areas of

environmental restoration, waste

management, and related activities.

Tentative Agenda

Updates on repository progress and

reports from subcommittees on local

training and hiring, health and safety,

and future land use.

Public Participation

The meeting is open to the public.

Written statements may be filed with

the Committee either before or after the

meeting. Individuals who wish to make

oral statements pertaining to agenda

items should contact Audrey Berry’s

office at the address or telephone

number listed above. Requests must be

received 5 days prior to the meeting and

reasonable provision will be made to

include the presentation in the agenda.

The Designated Federal Official is

empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business. Each individual

wishing to make public comment will

be provided a maximum of 5 minutes to

present their comments.

Minutes

The minutes of this meeting will be

available for public review and copying

at the Freedom of Information Public

Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20585 between

9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday,

except Federal holidays. Minutes will

also be available by writing to Audrey

Berry, Department of Energy Grand

Junction Projects Office, P.O. Box 2567,

Grand Junction, CO 81502, or by calling

her at (303) 248–7727.

Issued at Washington, DC on April 24,

1996

Rachel Murphy Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–10754 Filed 4–30–96; 8:45 am]

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Bonneville Power Administration

Bonneville Power Administration/

Lower Valley Power and Light;

Transmission System Reinforcement

Project

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA), Department of

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

SUMMARY: Lower Valley Power and Light

(LVPL) buys electricity from BPA and

sells it to the homes and businesses of

the Jackson and Afton, Wyoming, areas.

Since the mid-1980s, LVPL’s electrical

load has been growing by an average of

4–5 megawatts per year and continued

growth is expected. LVPL’s customers

use the greatest amount of electricity in

the winter when temperatures are low

and heating needs are high. By 2001,

during the winter season, an outage of

one of the BPA or LVPL transmission

lines that serves these areas could cause

voltage to dip below acceptable levels in

the Jackson area and to a lesser extent

in the Afton area. Low voltage levels can

cause brown-outs or, under certain

conditions, a black-out. Without

electricity, homes and businesses are

left without heat and lights. These

conditions can be dangerous to

residents and businesses in winter. The

transmission system that serves the

Afton and Jackson, Wyoming, areas

needs to be reinforced by 2001 to

maintain voltage stability. BPA and

LVPL propose to maintain voltage

stability by building an additional 115-

kilovolt line from BPA’s Swan Valley

Substation in Swan Valley, Idaho, to

Teton Substation in Jackson, Wyoming.

Potential Federal cooperating agencies

include the U.S. Department of

Interior—Bureau of Land Management,

and the U.S. Department of

Agriculture—Targhee and Bridger-Teton

National Forests. In accordance with

National Environmental Policy Act

requirements, BPA and the cooperating

agencies will prepare an EIS on this

proposal to inform decisionmakers

about potential environmental effects of

the proposal. In addition, LVPL will

take an active role in providing

information to BPA, the cooperating

agencies, and identified publics.

DATES: Interested and affected publics

such as landowners, special interest

groups, local and State governments,

Tribes, utilities, and community groups

are invited to help BPA and the

cooperating agencies identify

alternatives, environmental resources,

and issues to be addressed in the draft

EIS. A packet of information to explain

the proposal, the environmental

process, and how to participate will be

sent to interested or potentially affected

publics at the beginning of the scoping

period. Four BPA-sponsored scoping

meetings will be held in May or June in

Idaho Falls, Swan Valley, and Victor or

Driggs, Idaho; and Jackson, Wyoming.

Meetings will be open-house style and

project material will be available for

public review. BPA, the cooperating

agencies, and LVPL staff will answer

questions and BPA will accept verbal

and written comments. The time and

place of scoping meetings will be

announced in the packet of information

being sent to interested publics and in

local newspapers. Written comments

before, during, or after scoping meetings

should be sent to the Public

Involvement Manager at the address

below. Close of the comment period will

be announced in the information packet

and at the public meetings.

BPA, in conjunction with the

cooperating agencies, plans to file and

distribute a draft EIS for public review

in the spring of 1997. BPA, the

cooperating agencies, and LVPL will

hold public meetings in local

communities to give the public an

opportunity to review and comment on

the draft EIS.

ADDRESSES: BPA invites participation,

comments, and suggestions on the

proposed scope of the draft EIS. Send

comment letters, requests to be placed

on the project mail list, and requests for

more information to the Public

Involvement Manager, Bonneville

Power Administration—CKP, P.O. Box

12999, Portland, Oregon, 97212, or call

503–230–3478, toll-free 1–800–622–

4519, or fax 503–230–3984. Comments