Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 91 / Thursday, May 9, 1996 / Notices 21177

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–11615 Filed 5–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

[Project No. 10228–007 Kentucky]

Cannelton Hydroelectric Project LP;

Notice of Availability of Draft

Environmental Assessment

April 30, 1996.

A draft environmental assessment

(DEA) is available for public review.

The DEA is for an application to amend

the Cannelton Hydroelectric Project.

The licensee proposes to eliminate the

powerhouse by adding 240 small

generating units that would be located

upstream of the tainter gates within the

dam’s tainter gate bays and to change

the approved transmission line. The

DEA finds that approval of the

application would not constitute a

major federal action significantly

affecting the quality of the human

environment. The Cannelton

Hydroelectric Project is located on the

Ohio River in Hancock County,

Kentucky.

The DEA was written by staff in the

Office of Hydropower Licensing,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Copies of the DEA can be viewed in the

Public Reference Branch, Room 2A, of

the Commission’s offices at 888 First

Street NE., Washington, D.C. 20426.

Please submit any comments within

40 days from the date of this notice. Any

comments, conclusions, or

recommendations that draw upon

studies, reports, or other working papers

of substance should be supported by

appropriate documentation.

Comments should be addressed to

Lois D. Cashell, Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street NE., Washington, D.C.

20426. Please affix Project No. 10228–

007 to all comments. For further

information, please contact the project

manager, Ms. Rebecca Martin, at (202)

219–2650.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–11591 Filed 5–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Project No. 1927–008]

PacifiCorp; Notice of Intent To Prepare

an Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS), Conduct Public Scoping

Meetings and a Site Visit

April 30, 1996.

The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (FERC) is reviewing an

application to relicense and continue

operating the North Umpqua

Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No.

1927–008. The project is on the North

Umpqua River in Douglas County,

Oregon. This project would primarily

involve federal lands managed by the

Umpqua National Forest, but also

involves some lands managed by the

Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Relicensing this project could

constitute a major federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment. Therefore, the

FERC intends to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

on the project in accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969, and the Commission’s regulations.

The EIS will objectively consider both

site-specific and cumulative

environmental impacts of the project

and responsible alternatives, and will

include an economic, financial, and

engineering analysis. The Umpqua

National Forest will be a cooperating

agency on the EIS.

A Draft EIS (DEIS) will be circulated

for review and comment by all

interested parties, and FERC will hold a

public meeting on the DEIS. FERC staff

will consider and respond to comments

received on the DEIS in the Final EIS.

The FERC staff’s conclusions and

recommendations will then be

presented for the consideration of the

Commission in reaching its final

licensing decision. The Umpqua

National Forest will use the information

in the EIS to make its decision on

issuing mandatory section 4(e)

conditions for the project under the

Federal Power Act and their section 7(a)

determination under the Wild and

Scenic Rivers Act.

Scoping: Concerned citizens, special

interest groups, local governments, state

and federal agencies, and any other

interested parties are invited to

comment on the scope of the

environmental issues that should be

analyzed in the EIS. Scoping will help

ensure that all significant issues related

to this proposal are addressed in the

EIS.

The FERC will conduct two scoping

meetings on June 6, 1996. A scoping

meeting oriented towards the agencies

will begin at 9:00 am on June 6th at the

Umpqua National Forest office located

at 2900 NW Stewart Parkway, Roseburg,

Oregon. Those wishing to attend this

meeting should contact Jim Wieman,

District Ranger at (503) 942–5591 by

May 31st.

A scoping meeting oriented towards

the public will begin at 7:00 pm on June

6th at the Douglas County Fairground

Complex Community Building located

at 2110 S.W. Frear Street, Roseburg,

Oregon. (The public and the agencies

may attend either or both meetings,

however.)

Objectives: At the scoping meetings,

FERC staff will (1) identify preliminary

environmental issues related to the

proposed project; (2) attempt to identify

preliminary resource issues that are not

important and do not require detailed

analysis; (3) identify reasonable

alternatives to be addressed in the EIS;

(4) solicit from the meeting participants

all available information, especially

quantified data, on the resource issues;

and (5) encourage statements from

experts and the public on issues that

should be analyzed in the EIS, including

points of views in opposition to, or in

support of, the staff’s preliminary views.

Procedures: The meetings will be

recorded by a court reporter and all

statements (oral and written) will

become a part of the official record of

the Commission proceedings for the

North Umpqua Project relicense.

Individuals presenting statements at the

meetings will be asked to clearly

identify themselves for the record.

To help focus discussions at the

scoping meeting, the FERC will mail a

Scoping Document, outlining subject

areas to be addressed in the EIS, to

agencies and interested individuals on

the project mailing list. Copies of the

scoping document will also be available

at the scoping meetings.

Persons choosing not to speak at the

meetings, but who have views on the

issues or information relevant to the

issues, may submit written statements

for inclusion in the public record at the

meetings. In addition, written scoping

comments may be filed with the Office

of the Secretary, Dockets Room 1A,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, D.C.

20426 until July 12, 1996. All written

correspondence should clearly show the

following caption on the first page:

North Umpqua Hydroelectric Project,

FERC No. 1927–008.

Intervenors—those on the

Commission’s service list for this

proceeding (parties)—are reminded of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedures, requiring parties filing

documents with the Commission, to

serve a copy of the document on each