Document ID: FERC-2012-0610-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Study Dispute Resolution Technical Conference, Don Pedro Hydroelectric Project
Posted Date: 2012-04-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21556-21557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8528]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2299-075]

Don Pedro Hydroelectric Project: Turlock Irrigation District; 
Modesto Irrigation District; Supplement to Notice of Study Dispute 
Resolution Technical Conference

    On March 16, 2012, the Commission issued a Notice of Dispute 
Resolution Process Schedule, Panel, Technical Conference, and Modified 
Filing Times for Panel Recommendations and Dispute Determination. The 
notice announced that the Don Pedro Study Dispute Resolution Panel's 
technical conference would be an all day meeting in Sacramento, 
California on April 17, 2012. The notice stated that further details 
would be supplied in a future notice. Below are the final meeting 
details:
    a. Date and Time of Meeting: Tuesday, April 17, 2012. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
    b. Place: Holiday Inn, Sacramento-Capitol Plaza, 300 J Street, 
Sacramento, CA 95814, 916-446-0100.
    c. FERC Contact: Stephen Bowler, Don Pedro Hydroelectric Project, 
Dispute Resolution Panel Chair, (202) 505-6861, 
stephen.bowler@ferc.gov.
    d. Purpose of Meeting:
    The purpose of the technical conference is for the disputing 
agencies, the applicant, and the Commission to provide the Panel with 
additional information necessary to evaluate the disputed studies. All 
local, state, and federal agencies, Indian tribes, and other interested 
parties are invited to attend the meeting as observers. The Panel may 
also request information or clarification on written submissions as 
necessary to understand the matters in dispute. The Panel will limit 
all input that it receives to the specific studies or information in 
dispute and will focus on the applicability of such studies or 
information to the study criteria stipulated in 18 CFR 5.9(b). If the 
number of participants wishing to speak creates time constraints, the 
Panel may, at its discretion, limit the speaking time for each 
participant.
    e. Proposed Agenda:
    The Panel will gather information on NMFS identified study requests 
1-4 and 7-9 as being in dispute. Specifically, the disputed study 
requests are: Request 1--Effects of the Project and Related LaGrange 
Complex Facilities on Anadromous Fish; Request 2--Effects of the 
Project and Related Facilities Evaluated Through an Operations Model; 
Request 3--Effects of the Project

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and Related Activities on Fish Passage for Anadromous Fish; Request 4--
Effects of the Project and Related Facilities Hydrology for Anadromous 
Fish: Magnitude, Timing, Duration, and Rate of Change; Request 7--
Evaluation of the Upper Tuolumne Habitats for Anadromous Fish; Request 
8--Salmon and Steelhead Full Life-Cycle Population Models; and Request 
9--Effects of the Project and Related Facilities on Ecosystem/Marine-
Derived Nutrients for Anadromous Fish.

    Dated: April 2, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-8528 Filed 4-9-12; 8:45 am]
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