Document ID: FERC-2006-1288-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Modesto and Turlock Irrigation Districts, CA; Don Pedro Project 10-year fisheries summary report
Posted Date: 2006-06-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 126)]
[Notices]               
[Page 37568]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[P-2299-057]

 
Modesto Irrigation District; Turlock Irrigation District; Notice 
To Hold a Public Meeting To Discuss the 10-Year Fisheries Summary 
Report for the Don Pedro Project

June 23, 2006.
    The Modesto Irrigation District and the Turlock Irrigation District 
(licensees) filed a Fisheries Summary Report on March 25, 2005, 
pursuant to Article 58 of the license, as amended \1\. The Commission 
noticed the filing on June 24, 2005, and solicited comments, motions to 
intervene, and protests. Comments were due by July 25, 2005, and 
replies to comments were due August 25, 2005. Requests for additional 
time to comment were filed and were granted by order issued September 
20, 2005, with revised filing dates of November 22, 2005, for comments 
and December 22, 2005, for responses to comments. Comments, responses 
to comments, and motions to intervene were received.
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    \1\ See 76 FERC ] 61, 117 (1996).
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    The Commission staff will conduct a public meeting based on the 
filings of the licensees' report and comments received to date. The 
meeting will allow Commission staff to discuss: (1) Information filed 
with the Commission by the various parties concerning the 10-year 
summary report on the licensees' chinook salmon studies, monitoring, 
and non-flow mitigation efforts on the Tuolumne River since 1995; (2) 
information on Central Valley steelhead to determine what effects, if 
any, may be occurring; and (3) whether to require further monitoring 
studies and changes in project structures and operations to protect 
fishery resources in the Tuolumne River.
    The meeting will focus on the above topics to clarify information 
currently in the project file. Commission staff will be prepared to 
lead a discussion using information that has been filed by the various 
parties. Commission staff asks all parties that participate to be 
prepared to support their oral statements with documented information.
    The meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 25, 2006, from 9 a.m. to 
5 p.m. (PST) at the John E. Moss Federal Building and Courthouse, 650 
Capitol Mall, Stanford Room, 1st floor, Sacramento, California 95814. 
The licensees, resource agency personnel, and other persons interested 
in these issues are invited to participate. The meeting will be 
recorded by a stenographer and become part of the formal record of the 
Commission proceeding on the project.
    Special security precautions are employed at this Federal building. 
Visitors must go through full security screening and are not permitted 
to bring in cell phones or cameras with digital photo capability. 
Laptops and PDAs must be booted up at the security entrance. Any 
questions about this notice should be directed to Philip Scordelis at 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, (415) 369-3335, or by e-mail 
at philip.scordelis@ferc.gov.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-10300 Filed 6-29-06; 8:45 am]

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