Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document (PAD), Commencement of Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; Request for Comments on the PAD and Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study Requests, 29740-29742 [2011-12604]

Download as PDF srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 29740 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 99 / Monday, May 23, 2011 / Notices term certificate of limited jurisdiction, seeking authority to transport gas in interstate commerce during an outage on Questar Pipeline Company’s Mainline 3, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. Any questions regarding this application should be directed to David S. Anderson, Senior Corporate Counsel, Questar Gas Company, 180 East 100 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 at (801) 324–5697 or e-mail david.anderson@questar.com. Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, within 90 days of this Notice the Commission staff will either: Complete its environmental assessment (EA) and place it into the Commission’s public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff’s issuance of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or EA for this proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission’s public record for this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review will serve to notify Federal and State agencies of the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the subsequent need to complete all Federal authorizations within 90 days of the date of issuance of the Commission staff’s FEIS or EA. There are two ways to become involved in the Commission’s review of this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or before the comment date stated below, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must submit seven copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders in the proceeding. Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of this project should submit an original and VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:22 May 20, 2011 Jkt 223001 two copies of their comments to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commenters will be placed on the Commission’s environmental mailing list, will receive copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings associated with the Commission’s environmental review process. Environmental commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on all other parties. However, the nonparty commenters will not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court review of the Commission’s final order. However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project. The Commission will consider these comments in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission’s rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly involved in the protest. 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 seven copies of the protest or intervention to the 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) or TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on May 27, 2011. Dated: May 17, 2011. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2011–12603 Filed 5–20–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2503–147] Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document (PAD), Commencement of Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; Request for Comments on the PAD and Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study Requests a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application for a New License and Commencing Pre-filing Process. b. Project No.: 2503–147. c. Dated Filed: November 11, 2011. d. Submitted By: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC. e. Name of Project: Keowee-Toxaway Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: The Keowee-Toxaway Project is located on the Toxaway, Keowee, and Little Rivers in Oconee County and Pickens County, South Carolina and Transylvania County, North Carolina. The Keowee-Toxaway Project occupies no federal lands. g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of the Commission’s Regulations. h. Potential Applicant Contact: Ms. Jennifer Huff, Keowee-Toxaway Relicensing Project Manager, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, EC12Y, P.O. Box 1006, Charlotte, North Carolina 28201– 1006. i. FERC Contact: Stephen Bowler at (202) 502–6861, or e-mail at stephen.bowler@ferc.gov. j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such requests described in item o below. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission’s policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or National Marine Fisheries Service under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, part 402; and (b) the State Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National Historical Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the E:\FR\FM\23MYN1.SGM 23MYN1 srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 99 / Monday, May 23, 2011 / Notices Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. l. On October 24, 2008, we designated Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC as the Commission’s non-federal representative for carrying out informal consultation, pursuant to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. m. Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC filed with the Commission a Pre-Application Document (PAD, including a proposed process plan and schedule), pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s regulations. n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission’s Web site (https:// 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 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in paragraph h. Register online at https://www.ferc. gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filing and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. o. With this notice, we are soliciting comments on the PAD and Commission’s staff Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as well as study requests. All comments on the PAD and SD1, as well as study requests should be sent to the address above in paragraph h. In addition, all comments on the PAD and SD1, study requests, requests for cooperating agency status, and all communications to and from Commission staff, related to the merits of the potential application, must be filed with the Commission. Documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web site https://www.ferc. gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:22 May 20, 2011 Jkt 223001 Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. All filings with the Commission must include on the first page, the project name (Keowee-Toxaway Hydroelectric Project) and number (P–2503–147), and bear the appropriate heading: ‘‘Comments on Pre-Application Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’ ‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’ ‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and from Commission Staff.’’ Any individual or entity interested in submitting study requests, commenting on the PAD or SD1, and any agency requesting cooperating status must do so by July 15, 2011. p. Although our current intent is to prepare an environmental assessment (EA), there is the possibility that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be required. Nevertheless, this meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of whether an EA or EIS is issued by the Commission. Scoping Meetings Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings in the vicinity of the project at the time and place noted below. We invite all interested individuals, organizations, and agencies to attend one or both of the meetings, and to assist staff in identifying particular study needs, as well as the scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the environmental document. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows: Daytime Scoping Meeting Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2011. Time: 1 p.m. Location: Seneca High School Auditorium, 100 Bobcat Ridge, Seneca, SC 29678. Phone: (864) 886–4460. Evening Scoping Meeting Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2011. Time: 6 p.m. Location: Seneca High School Auditorium, 100 Bobcat Ridge, Seneca, SC 29678, Phone: (864) 886–4460. The SD1, which outlines the subject areas to be addressed in the environmental document, was mailed to the individuals and entities on the Commission’s mailing list and (in the case of SD1 only) to those on the potential applicant’s mailing list who did not appear on the Commission’s mailing list. Copies of SD1 will be available at the scoping meetings, or may be viewed on the web at https:// www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions for accessing PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 29741 information in paragraph n. Based on all oral and written comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be issued. SD2 may include a revised process plan and schedule, as well as a list of issues, identified through the scoping process. Environmental Site Review The potential applicant and Commission staff will conduct an environmental site review of the Keowee-Toxaway Project on June 14 and 15, 2011. We will tour the Toxaway Development on Tuesday, June 14, 2011, starting at 1 p.m and the Keowee Development on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 starting at 8 a.m. To register for the environmental site review, e-mail ktrelicensing@duke-energy.com by May 20, 2011. For more details, please visit Duke’s Web site at https://www.dukeenergy.com/keowee-toxawayrelicensing/jocassee-keowee-tours.asp. On Tuesday we will meet at the Jocassee Pumped Storage Station located at 799 Jocassee Lake Road, Salem, SC 29676. On Wednesday we will meet at the Oconee Nuclear Station located at 155 E Pickens Hwy., Seneca, SC 29672. (Participants on the Keowee Hydro Station tour must provide appropriate photo identification and complete a Nuclear Regulatory Commission registration process prior to admittance. No photography will be allowed inside Keowee Hydro Station.) Meeting Objectives At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review and discuss existing conditions and resource management objectives; (3) review and discuss existing information and identify preliminary information and study needs; (4) review and discuss the process plan and schedule for prefiling activity that incorporates the time frames provided for in Part 5 of the Commission’s regulations and, to the extent possible, maximizes coordination of Federal, State, and tribal permitting and certification processes; and (5) discuss the appropriateness of any Federal or State agency or Indian tribe acting as a cooperating agency for development of an environmental document. Meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their issues and/or concerns. Please review the PAD in preparation for the scoping meetings. Directions on how to obtain a copy of the PAD and SD1 are included in item n of this document. Meeting Procedures The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will be placed in the public record for the project. E:\FR\FM\23MYN1.SGM 23MYN1 29742 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 99 / Monday, May 23, 2011 / Notices Dated: May 17, 2011. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2011–12604 Filed 5–20–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Combined Notice of Filings #1 Take notice that the Commission received the following electric corporate filings: Docket Numbers: EC11–77–000. Applicants: Paulding Wind Farm II LLC. Description: Application For Authorization For Disposition of Jurisdictional Facilities and Request for Expedited Action of Paulding Wind Farm II LLC. Filed Date: 05/16/2011. Accession Number: 20110516–5143. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 6, 2011. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: Docket Numbers: ER96–496–019; ER99–3658–005. Applicants: Northeast Utilities Service Company, Select Energy, Inc. Description: Amendment to Application of Northeast Utilities Service Company, et. al. Filed Date: 05/17/2011. Accession Number: 20110517–5013. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Docket Numbers: ER11–3180–001. Applicants: Westerly Hospital Energy Company, LLC. Description: Westerly Hospital Energy Company, LLC submits tariff filing per 35: Westerly Hospital Amended FERC Electric Tariff to be effective 3/23/2011. Filed Date: 05/16/2011. Accession Number: 20110516–5085. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 6, 2011. Docket Numbers: ER11–3202–001. Applicants: WFM Intermediary New England, LLC. Description: WFM Intermediary New England, LLC submits tariff filing per 35: WFM Intermediary NE Amended FERC Electric Tariff to be effective 3/28/ 2011. Filed Date: 05/16/2011. Accession Number: 20110516–5089. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 6, 2011. Docket Numbers: ER11–3455–001. Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc. VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:22 May 20, 2011 Jkt 223001 Description: Southwest Power Pool, Inc. submits tariff filing per 35.17(b): Amendment to Docket ER11–3455 to be effective 4/1/2011. Filed Date: 05/16/2011. Accession Number: 20110516–5116. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 6, 2011. Docket Numbers: ER11–3573–000. Applicants: The United Illuminating Company. Description: The United Illuminating Company submits tariff filing per 35.13(a)(1): Revised Localized Costs Sharing Agreements to be effective 6/1/ 2011. Filed Date: 05/16/2011. Accession Number: 20110516–5021. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 6, 2011. Docket Numbers: ER11–3574–000. Applicants: ISO New England Inc. Description: ISO New England Inc. submits tariff filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: Collation Value Correction Filing to be effective 1/15/2011. Filed Date: 05/16/2011. Accession Number: 20110516–5030. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 6, 2011. Docket Numbers: ER11–3575–000. Applicants: Wisconsin Public Service Corporation. Description: Wisconsin Public Service Corporation submits tariff filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: Filing to Revise Rate Schedule No. 87 to be effective 2/1/ 2011. Filed Date: 05/16/2011. Accession Number: 20110516–5038. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 6, 2011. Docket Numbers: ER11–3576–000. Applicants: Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc. Description: Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc. submits tariff filing per 35.1: Baseline Tariff Filing to be effective 5/16/2011. Filed Date: 05/16/2011. Accession Number: 20110516–5087. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 6, 2011. Docket Numbers: ER11–3577–000. Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., Commonwealth Edison Company. Description: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. submits tariff filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: ComEd submits Ministerial Revisions to its Formula Rate Template—Attach H–13A to be effective 6/1/2011. Filed Date: 05/16/2011. Accession Number: 20110516–5115. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 6, 2011. Docket Numbers: ER11–3578–000. PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Applicants: Glacial Energy of Maryland. Description: Notice of Cancellation of Market-Based Rate Tariff and Revised Tariff Sheets for Glacial Energy of Maryland, Inc. Filed Date: 05/16/2011. Accession Number: 20110516–5144. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 6, 2011. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above proceedings 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) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. 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. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant. As it relates to any qualifying facility filings, the notices of self-certification [or self-recertification] listed above, do not institute a proceeding regarding qualifying facility status. A notice of self-certification [or self-recertification] simply provides notification that the entity making the filing has determined the facility named in the notice meets the applicable criteria to be a qualifying facility. Intervention and/or protest do not lie in dockets that are qualifying facility self-certifications or selfrecertifications. Any person seeking to challenge such qualifying facility status may do so by filing a motion pursuant to 18 CFR 292.207(d)(iii). Intervention and protests may be filed in response to notices of qualifying facility dockets other than self-certifications and selfrecertifications. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at https:// www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies E:\FR\FM\23MYN1.SGM 23MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 99 (Monday, May 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29740-29742]
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[FR Doc No: 2011-12604]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2503-147]


Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of Intent To File License 
Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document (PAD), Commencement of 
Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; Request for Comments on the PAD and 
Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study 
Requests

    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application for 
a New License and Commencing Pre-filing Process.
    b. Project No.: 2503-147.
    c. Dated Filed: November 11, 2011.
    d. Submitted By: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Keowee-Toxaway Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The Keowee-Toxaway Project is located on the Toxaway, 
Keowee, and Little Rivers in Oconee County and Pickens County, South 
Carolina and Transylvania County, North Carolina. The Keowee-Toxaway 
Project occupies no federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of the Commission's 
Regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Ms. Jennifer Huff, Keowee-Toxaway 
Relicensing Project Manager, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, EC12Y, P.O. 
Box 1006, Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006.
    i. FERC Contact: Stephen Bowler at (202) 502-6861, or e-mail at 
stephen.bowler@ferc.gov.
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item o below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with: 
(a) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or National Marine Fisheries 
Service under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint 
agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, part 402; and (b) the State 
Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National 
Historical Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the

[[Page 29741]]

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    l. On October 24, 2008, we designated Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC as 
the Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out informal 
consultation, pursuant to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and 
section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
    m. Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC filed with the Commission a Pre-
Application Document (PAD, including a proposed process plan and 
schedule), pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 
(https://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 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in paragraph h.
    Register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filing and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    o. With this notice, we are soliciting comments on the PAD and 
Commission's staff Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as well as study requests. 
All comments on the PAD and SD1, as well as study requests should be 
sent to the address above in paragraph h. In addition, all comments on 
the PAD and SD1, study requests, requests for cooperating agency 
status, and all communications to and from Commission staff, related to 
the merits of the potential application, must be filed with the 
Commission. Documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 
18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, 
using the eComment system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the 
end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, 
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and 
seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    All filings with the Commission must include on the first page, the 
project name (Keowee-Toxaway Hydroelectric Project) and number (P-2503-
147), and bear the appropriate heading: ``Comments on Pre-Application 
Document,'' ``Study Requests,'' ``Comments on Scoping Document 1,'' 
``Request for Cooperating Agency Status,'' or ``Communications to and 
from Commission Staff.'' Any individual or entity interested in 
submitting study requests, commenting on the PAD or SD1, and any agency 
requesting cooperating status must do so by July 15, 2011.
    p. Although our current intent is to prepare an environmental 
assessment (EA), there is the possibility that an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) will be required. Nevertheless, this meeting will 
satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of whether an EA or 
EIS is issued by the Commission.

Scoping Meetings

    Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings in the vicinity of 
the project at the time and place noted below. We invite all interested 
individuals, organizations, and agencies to attend one or both of the 
meetings, and to assist staff in identifying particular study needs, as 
well as the scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the 
environmental document. The times and locations of these meetings are 
as follows:

Daytime Scoping Meeting

    Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2011.
    Time: 1 p.m.
    Location: Seneca High School Auditorium, 100 Bobcat Ridge, Seneca, 
SC 29678.
    Phone: (864) 886-4460.

Evening Scoping Meeting

    Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2011.
    Time: 6 p.m.
    Location: Seneca High School Auditorium, 100 Bobcat Ridge, Seneca, 
SC 29678,
    Phone: (864) 886-4460.
    The SD1, which outlines the subject areas to be addressed in the 
environmental document, was mailed to the individuals and entities on 
the Commission's mailing list and (in the case of SD1 only) to those on 
the potential applicant's mailing list who did not appear on the 
Commission's mailing list. Copies of SD1 will be available at the 
scoping meetings, or may be viewed on the web at https://www.ferc.gov, 
using the ``eLibrary'' link. Follow the directions for accessing 
information in paragraph n. Based on all oral and written comments, a 
Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be issued. SD2 may include a revised 
process plan and schedule, as well as a list of issues, identified 
through the scoping process.

Environmental Site Review

    The potential applicant and Commission staff will conduct an 
environmental site review of the Keowee-Toxaway Project on June 14 and 
15, 2011. We will tour the Toxaway Development on Tuesday, June 14, 
2011, starting at 1 p.m and the Keowee Development on Wednesday, June 
15, 2011 starting at 8 a.m. To register for the environmental site 
review, e-mail energy.com">ktrelicensing@duke-energy.com by May 20, 2011. For more 
details, please visit Duke's Web site at https://www.duke-energy.com/keowee-toxaway-relicensing/jocassee-keowee-tours.asp. On Tuesday we 
will meet at the Jocassee Pumped Storage Station located at 799 
Jocassee Lake Road, Salem, SC 29676. On Wednesday we will meet at the 
Oconee Nuclear Station located at 155 E Pickens Hwy., Seneca, SC 29672. 
(Participants on the Keowee Hydro Station tour must provide appropriate 
photo identification and complete a Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
registration process prior to admittance. No photography will be 
allowed inside Keowee Hydro Station.)

Meeting Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) Initiate scoping of the 
issues; (2) review and discuss existing conditions and resource 
management objectives; (3) review and discuss existing information and 
identify preliminary information and study needs; (4) review and 
discuss the process plan and schedule for pre-filing activity that 
incorporates the time frames provided for in Part 5 of the Commission's 
regulations and, to the extent possible, maximizes coordination of 
Federal, State, and tribal permitting and certification processes; and 
(5) discuss the appropriateness of any Federal or State agency or 
Indian tribe acting as a cooperating agency for development of an 
environmental document.
    Meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their issues 
and/or concerns. Please review the PAD in preparation for the scoping 
meetings. Directions on how to obtain a copy of the PAD and SD1 are 
included in item n of this document.

Meeting Procedures

    The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will be placed 
in the public record for the project.


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    Dated: May 17, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-12604 Filed 5-20-11; 8:45 am]
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