Document ID: FERC-2008-0598-0002
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment: Eric Jacobson
Posted Date: 2008-05-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register: May 22, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 100)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.: 733-010]

 
Eric Jacobson; Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental 
Assessment and Notice of Scoping Meetings and Site Visit and Soliciting 
Scoping Comments

May 16, 2008.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 733-010.
    c. Date Filed: April 9, 2008.
    d. Applicant: Eric Jacobson.
    e. Name of Project: Ouray Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located on the Uncompahgre River in 
Ouray County, Colorado. The project occupies lands within the 
Uncompahgre National Forest managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Eric Jacobson, P.O. Box 745, Telluride, CO 
81435; (970) 369-4662.
    i. FERC Contact: Steve Hocking, (202) 502-8753 or 
steve.hocking@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: July 17, 2008.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the 
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the 
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve 
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    Scoping comments may be filed electronically via the Internet in 
lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. 
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.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. Project Description: The project consists of the following 
existing facilities: (1) A 0.48-acre reservoir formed by a masonry 
gravity dam with an effective structural height of 19.7 feet and a 
length of 70 feet consisting of a 51-foot-long non-overflow section and 
a 19-foot-wide overflow spillway, (2) a 6,130-foot-long pressure 
pipeline, (3) a 32- by 65-foot powerhouse containing three turbine-
generating units with a total authorized capacity of 632 kW, and (4) 
appurtenant facilities.
    m. Locations of the Application: A copy of the application is 
available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or 
may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using 
the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three 
digits in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 
or toll-free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is 
also available for inspection and reproduction by contacting the 
applicant using the contact information in item (h) above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/
esubscribenow.htm to be notified via e-mail of new filings

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and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    n. Scoping Process: The Commission intends to prepare a single 
environmental assessment (EA) for the project (no draft EA would be 
prepared) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The 
EA will consider both site-specific and cumulative environmental 
impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed action.

Scoping Meetings

    Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings in the vicinity of 
the project at the time and place noted below. The daytime meeting will 
focus on resource agency, Indian tribes, and non-governmental 
organization concerns, while the evening meeting is primarily for 
receiving input from the public. We invite all interested individuals, 
organizations, and agencies to attend one or both of these meetings and 
to assist staff in determining the scope of the environmental issues to 
be addressed in the environmental assessment. The times and locations 
of these meetings are as follows:

Evening Scoping Meeting

    Date: June 16, 2008.
    Time: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. (MST).
    Place: Ouray Community Center.
    Address: 320 6th Avenue, Ouray, Colorado 81427.

Daytime Scoping Meeting

    Date: June 17, 2008.
    Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (MST).
    Place: Ouray Community Center.
    Address: 320 6th Avenue, Ouray, Colorado 81427.
    Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which outlines the subject areas to be 
addressed in the environmental assessment, was mailed to the 
individuals and entities on the Commission's mailing list. Copies of 
SD1 will be available at the scoping meetings or may be viewed on the 
Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link (see item m 
above). Based on all oral and written comments, a Scoping Document 2 
(SD2) may be issued.

Site Visit

    We will hold a site visit to the project on Monday, June 16, 2008, 
from 8 a.m. to about 12 noon. To attend the site visit, meet at 8 a.m. 
at the valve house parking lot at the Ouray Project in the town of 
Ouray, Colorado. We will walk about one mile to the project's dam, then 
return to the parking lot. We will then drive to the project's 
powerhouse in Ouray. All participants are responsible for their own 
transportation.
    Note that Commission staff may hold a site visit and/or meeting at 
the project at a later date to discuss any project-related effects to 
archaeological, historic, or traditional cultural properties.

Meeting Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) Summarize the 
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) 
solicit from meeting participants all available information, especially 
quantifiable data, on the resources at issues; (3) encourage statements 
from experts and the public on issues that should be analyzed in the 
EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in support of, the 
staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the resource issues to be 
addressed in the EA; and (5) identify those issues that require a 
detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not require a 
detailed analysis.

Meeting Procedures

    Scoping meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will become 
part of the Commission's formal record for this proceeding.
    Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental 
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meetings and to 
assist staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed in 
the EA.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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