South Feather Water and Power Agency, California; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the South Feather Power Project and Intention To Hold Public Meetings, 67502-67503 [E8-27066]

Download as PDF 67502 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 221 / Friday, November 14, 2008 / Notices Mail your comments promptly, so that they will be received in Washington, DC on or before December 29, 2008. In addition to or in lieu of sending written comments, we invite you to attend the public comment meetings we Date Location jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES Wednesday, December 10, 2008 ....................... Thursday, December 11, 2008 ........................... These public meetings will be posted on the FERC’s calendar located at https://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/ EventsList.aspx. Interested groups and individuals are encouraged to attend and present written or oral comments on the draft EIS. Transcripts of the meetings will be prepared. After the comments are reviewed, any significant new issues are investigated, and necessary modifications are made to the draft EIS, a final EIS will be published and distributed. The final EIS will contain our responses to timely comments filed on the draft EIS that are related to environmental issues. Comments will be considered by the Commission and the cooperating agencies but will not serve to make the commentor a party to the proceeding. Any person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a motion to intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (Title 18 CFR Part 385.214). Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing of the Commission’s decision. Further instructions for becoming an intervenor are included in the User’s Guide under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link on the Commission’s Web site (https:// www.ferc.gov). You do not need intervenor status to have your comments considered. The draft EIS has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is available for distribution and public inspection at: Federal Regulatory Energy Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First St., NE.; Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8371. A limited number of copies are available from the FERC’s Public Reference Room identified above. These copies may be requested in hard copy or as .pdf files on a CD that can be read by a computer with a CD–ROM drive. The draft EIS is also available for viewing on the FERC Internet Web site at https:// www.ferc.gov. In addition, copies of the document have been mailed to federal, state, and local government agencies; elected officials; Native American tribes and regional organizations; local libraries and newspapers; intervenors in the FERC’s proceeding; and other interested parties (i.e., affected landowners, other interested individuals, and environmental and VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:29 Nov 13, 2008 will conduct in the Project area. Both meetings will begin at 7 p.m. (Est), and are scheduled as follows: Jkt 217001 Stoughton High School Cafeteria, 232 Pearl Street, Stoughton, MA 02072, (781) 344–7001 Norwich City Hall Council Chambers, 100 Broadway, Norwich, CT 06360 (860) 823–3732. public interest groups who provided scoping comments or asked to remain on the mailing list). All parties on the mailing list were sent a CD of the draft EIS. A hard copy was also mailed to those who specifically requested one. Hard copies of the draft EIS can be viewed at the libraries in the Project area that are listed in Appendix B of the draft EIS. Additional information about the Project is available from the Commission’s Office of External Affairs at 1–866–208–FERC (3372) or on the FERC Internet Web site (https:// www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on ‘‘General Search,’’ and enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP08– 420). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link on the FERC Internet Web site also provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called eSubscription that allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to the documents. To register for this service, go to the eSubscription link on the FERC Internet Web site. Information concerning the involvement of the COE is available from Ted Lento at (978) 318–8863. Information concerning the involvement of the EPA is available from Timothy Timmermann at (617) 918–1025. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–27069 Filed 11–13–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2088–068] South Feather Water and Power Agency, California; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the South Feather Power Project and Intention To Hold Public Meetings November 7, 2008. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy Projects has reviewed the application for license for the South Feather Water and Power Agency’s 104-megawatt South Feather Power Project (Project No. 2088), located on the South Fork Feather River (SFFR), Lost Creek, and Slate Creek, in Butte, Yuba, and Plumas counties, California and has prepared a draft Environmental Impact Statement (draft EIS) for the project. The project occupies about 1,977 acres of federal lands administered by the Plumas National Forest and 11 acres of federal lands administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. South Feather’s existing project includes two storage reservoirs, three smaller reservoirs, two diversion dams, four powerhouses and various conveyance facilities and electrical transmission lines. South Feather proposes no major changes in project facilities or operations, but proposes numerous measures including increased minimum flows and improvements to recreation facilities. The project generates an average of about 498,972 megawatt-hours of energy annually. The draft EIS contains staff’s evaluations of the applicant’s proposal and alternatives for relicensing the South Feather Power Project. The draft EIS documents the views of governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, affected Indian tribes, the public, the license applicant, and Commission staff. A copy of the draft EIS is available for review in the Commission’s Public E:\FR\FM\14NON1.SGM 14NON1 jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 221 / Friday, November 14, 2008 / Notices Reference Branch, Room 2A, located at 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The draft EIS also may be viewed on the Commission’s Web site at https://www.ferc.gov under 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 tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. We invite your comments on staff’s analysis contained in the draft EIS. Comments should be filed with: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. All comments must be filed by January 6, 2009 and should reference Project No. 2088–068. 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 instructions on the Commission’s Web site at https://www.ferc.gov under the eLibrary link. Anyone may intervene in this proceeding based on this draft EIS (18 CFR 380.10). You must file your request to intervene as specified above.1 You do not need intervenor status to have your comments considered. In addition to or in lieu of sending written comments, you are invited to attend one or both of two public meetings that will be held to receive comments on the draft EIS. The time and location of the meeting is as follows: Date: December 9, 2008. Time: 7 p.m. Place: South Feather Water and Power Agency Boardroom. Address: 2310 Oro-Quincy Highway, Oroville, California. Date: December 10, 2008. Time: 10 a.m. Place: South Feather Water and Power Agency Boardroom. Address: 2310 Oro-Quincy Highway, Oroville, California. At these meetings, resource agency personnel and other interested persons will have the opportunity to provide oral and written comments and 1 Interventions may also be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing comments electronically. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:29 Nov 13, 2008 Jkt 217001 recommendations regarding the draft EIS. The meeting will be recorded by a court reporter, and all statements (oral and written) will become part of the Commission’s public record for the project. This meeting is posted on the Commission’s calendar located at https://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/ EventsList.aspx, along with other related information. For further information, contact John Mudre at (202) 502–8902 or at john.mudre@ferc.gov. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–27066 Filed 11–13–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 67503 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 18, 2008. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–27068 Filed 11–13–08; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission BILLING CODE 6717–01–P [Docket No. PR08–25–001] Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline LLC; Notice of Compliance Filing November 7, 2008. Take notice that on October 31, 2008, Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline LLC filed a Statement of Operating Conditions pursuant to section 284.123(e) of the Commission’s regulations and to comply with the Commission’s letter order issued on October 3, 2008, in Docket No. PR08–25–000. Any person desiring to participate in this proceeding must file a motion to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the date as indicated below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RC09–1–000] North American Electric Reliability Corporation; Notice of Filing November 6, 2008. Take notice that on October 31, 2008, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation tendered for filing a 2008 Long-Term Reliability Assessment report dated October 2008. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. E:\FR\FM\14NON1.SGM 14NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 221 (Friday, November 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27066]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2088-068]


South Feather Water and Power Agency, California; Notice of 
Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the South 
Feather Power Project and Intention To Hold Public Meetings

November 7, 2008.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office 
of Energy Projects has reviewed the application for license for the 
South Feather Water and Power Agency's 104-megawatt South Feather Power 
Project (Project No. 2088), located on the South Fork Feather River 
(SFFR), Lost Creek, and Slate Creek, in Butte, Yuba, and Plumas 
counties, California and has prepared a draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (draft EIS) for the project. The project occupies about 1,977 
acres of federal lands administered by the Plumas National Forest and 
11 acres of federal lands administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land 
Management.
    South Feather's existing project includes two storage reservoirs, 
three smaller reservoirs, two diversion dams, four powerhouses and 
various conveyance facilities and electrical transmission lines. South 
Feather proposes no major changes in project facilities or operations, 
but proposes numerous measures including increased minimum flows and 
improvements to recreation facilities. The project generates an average 
of about 498,972 megawatt-hours of energy annually.
    The draft EIS contains staff's evaluations of the applicant's 
proposal and alternatives for relicensing the South Feather Power 
Project. The draft EIS documents the views of governmental agencies, 
non-governmental organizations, affected Indian tribes, the public, the 
license applicant, and Commission staff.
    A copy of the draft EIS is available for review in the Commission's 
Public

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Reference Branch, Room 2A, located at 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The draft EIS also may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov under 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 1-866-208-
3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    We invite your comments on staff's analysis contained in the draft 
EIS. Comments should be filed with: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. All comments must be filed by January 6, 2009 and 
should reference Project No. 2088-068. 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 instructions on the Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov 
under the eLibrary link.
    Anyone may intervene in this proceeding based on this draft EIS (18 
CFR 380.10). You must file your request to intervene as specified 
above.\1\ You do not need intervenor status to have your comments 
considered.
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    \1\ Interventions may also be filed electronically via the 
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing 
comments electronically.
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    In addition to or in lieu of sending written comments, you are 
invited to attend one or both of two public meetings that will be held 
to receive comments on the draft EIS. The time and location of the 
meeting is as follows:
    Date: December 9, 2008.
    Time: 7 p.m.
    Place: South Feather Water and Power Agency Boardroom.
    Address: 2310 Oro-Quincy Highway, Oroville, California.

    Date: December 10, 2008.
    Time: 10 a.m.
    Place: South Feather Water and Power Agency Boardroom.
    Address: 2310 Oro-Quincy Highway, Oroville, California.
    At these meetings, resource agency personnel and other interested 
persons will have the opportunity to provide oral and written comments 
and recommendations regarding the draft EIS. The meeting will be 
recorded by a court reporter, and all statements (oral and written) 
will become part of the Commission's public record for the project. 
This meeting is posted on the Commission's calendar located at https://
www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx, along with other related 
information.
    For further information, contact John Mudre at (202) 502-8902 or at 
john.mudre@ferc.gov.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-27066 Filed 11-13-08; 8:45 am]
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