Document ID: FERC-2010-0686-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Conference and Site Visit: City of Seattle; Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Orielle County; Boundary Hydroelectric and Sullivan Creek Hydroelectric Projects
Posted Date: 2010-05-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register: May 18, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 95)]
[Notices]               
[Page 27776]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2144-038; Project No. 2225-013]

 
City of Seattle, Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Orielle 
County; Notice of Technical Conference and Site Visit for the Boundary 
Hydroelectric Project and Sullivan Creek Hydroelectric Project 
Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Scoping Comments on the Proposed 
Sullivan Creek Hydroelectric Project Surrender

May 11, 2010.
    On March 29, 2010, the City of Seattle (City) and the Public 
Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille, County, Washington (District) 
filed a joint comprehensive settlement agreement (Settlement), 
explanatory statement and a request to consolidate the processing of 
the City's relicensing of the Boundary Hydroelectric Project No. 2144-
038, and the District's surrender of its license for the Sullivan Creek 
Hydroelectric Project No. 2225-013. On April 2, 2010, the District 
filed an application to surrender the Sullivan Creek Project. Parts of 
both projects occupy lands within the Colville National Forest.

Technical Conference

    Commission staff will hold a technical conference to discuss the 
proposed license articles for a new license for the Boundary Project 
and the proposed Sullivan Creek license surrender conditions submitted 
as part of the joint Settlement.
    The technical conference will be held on Thursday, June 10, 2010, 
beginning at 9 a.m. (PST) at Quality Inn Oakwood, 7919 North Division, 
Spokane, WA. Participation at the technical conference will be limited 
to Commission staff and the Settlement Parties. However, the public is 
free to attend and provide comments on the scope of issues that should 
be addressed in the Commission's environmental assessment. The 
technical conference will be recorded by a court reporter, and all 
statements (verbal and written) will become part of the Commission's 
public record for the project. The conference and site visit described 
below are posted on the Commission's calendar located at http://
www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along with other related 
information.

Site Visit

    On Wednesday, June 9, 2010, Commission staff, along with 
representatives of the City and the District, will conduct a site visit 
of the Boundary and Sullivan Creek Projects. All interested 
individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend. All 
participants should meet at the Boundary powerhouse gate at 10:15 a.m. 
(PST). For those persons only interested in the Sullivan Creek 
surrender, we will be at the Sullivan Lake Dam at 12:15 p.m. In 
addition, all participants are responsible for their own transportation 
to the site and throughout the day. Anyone planning to attend the site 
visit must notify Mary Pat Dileva at marypat.dileva@seattle.gov by 
Wednesday, June 2, 2010. RSVPs are required for security and planning 
purposes.

Scoping for the Surrender of the District's Sullivan Creek Project

    Commission staff intends to prepare an environmental assessment 
(EA) covering both the relicensing of the Boundary Project and the 
surrender of the Sullivan Creek Project, pursuant to the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended. Scoping of the 
relicensing of the Boundary Project was completed in 2006. To support 
and assist our environmental review, we are conducting paper scoping of 
the Sullivan Creek surrender to ensure that all pertinent issues are 
identified and analyzed, and the EA is thorough. This notice solicits 
written comments from Federal, State, and local resource agencies, 
Indian tribes, and other interested persons through the scoping 
process.
    All scoping comments should be submitted in writing to the 
Commission no later than June 25, 2010. All correspondence must clearly 
show at the top of the page: ``Sullivan Creek Hydroelectric Project, 
FERC No. 2225-013.'' Send your comments about the project to: Kimberly 
D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Scoping comments may be filed 
electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
at http://www.ferc.gov under the ``e-Filing'' link. The Commission 
strongly encourages electronic filings.
    For further information, contact David Turner at (202) 502-6091, or 
by e-mail at david.turner@ferc.gov.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-11791 Filed 5-17-10; 8:45 am]
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