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e. Name of Project: Cle Elum Project.
f. Location: On the Cle Elum River, in
Kittitas County, Washington. A portion
of the project occupies United States
lands administered by U.S. Forest
Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.5 and
5.6 of the Commission’s regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Ramya
Swaminathan, Qualified Hydro 24, LLC,
239 Causeway Street, Suite 300, Boston,
MA 02114; (978) 283–2822.
i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter at
(503) 552–2760; or email at
james.hastreiter@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing information,
study requests, and scoping comments:
July 13, 2012.
All 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 at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,
(202) 502–8659. 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.
k. The proposed project would use the
existing dam, intake structure, discharge
conduit, and outlet conduit to generate
power by using flow releases from
Reclamation’s existing Cle Elum Dam.
The proposed project would consist of
following new structures: (1) A 25-footlong, steel lined bifurcation; (2) a steel
100-foot-long, 12-foot-diameter
penstock; (3) a steel 50-foot-diameter,
140-foot-tall surge tank; (4) a 50- by 80foot concrete powerhouse with
associated control equipment; (5) two
vertical Francis turbines and two 3.7
MW generators; (6) a 70- by 160-footlong concrete tailrace; a 35- by 40-foot
substation; a 1,000-foot-long, 12.5
kilovolt transmission line; a 1000-footlong access road; and appurtenant
facilities.
l. A copy of the NOI and PAD is
available for review at the Commission
in the Public Reference Room or may be
viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number excluding the last three digits in
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the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the
address in item h above.
You may also register online at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
m. Scoping Process
The Commission intends to prepare
an Environmental assessment (EA) on
the project 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
FERC staff will conduct one agency
scoping meeting and one public
meeting. The agency scoping meeting
will focus on resource agency and nongovernmental organization (NGO)
concerns, while the public scoping
meeting is primarily for public input.
All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited
to attend one or both of the meetings,
and to assist the staff in identifying the
scope of the environmental issues that
should be analyzed in the EA. The times
and locations of these meetings are as
follows:
Agency Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: Suncadia Lodge
Address: 3600 Suncadia Trail, Cle Elum,
Washington 98922
29631
organizations, and agencies are invited
to attend. All participants should meet
at the Cle Elum dam. All participants
are responsible for their own
transportation to the site. Anyone with
questions about the Environmental Site
Review should contact Mr. Alan
Topalian of Qualified Hydro 24, LLC at
978–283–2822, ext. 122.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will:
(1) Summarize the environmental issues
tentatively identified for analysis in the
EA; (2) solicit from the meeting
participants all available information,
especially quantifiable data, on the
resources at issue; (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.
Procedures
The meetings are recorded by a
stenographer and become part of the
formal record of the Commission
proceeding on the project.
Individuals, organizations, and
agencies with environmental expertise
and concerns are encouraged to attend
the meeting and to assist the staff in
defining and clarifying the issues to be
addressed in the EA.
Dated: May 14, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Public Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Time: 7:00 p.m..
Place: Suncadia Lodge
Address: 3600 Suncadia Trail, Cle Elum,
Washington 98922
Copies of the Scoping Document
(SD1) outlining the subject areas to be
addressed in the EIS were distributed to
the parties on the Commission’s mailing
list. Copies of the SD1 will be available
at the scoping meeting or may be
viewed on the Web at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link
(see item l above).
Environmental Site Review
The Applicant, Bureau of
Reclamation, and FERC staff will
conduct a project Environmental Site
Review beginning at 9:00 a.m. on June
13, 2012. All interested individuals,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 13287–004]
City of New York; Notice of Scoping
Meetings and Environmental Site
Review and Soliciting Scoping
Comments
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with Commission and is available for
public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Major project,
existing dam.
b. Project No.: 13287–004.
c. Date filed: February 29, 2012.
d. Applicant: City of New York.
e. Name of Project: Cannonsville
Hydroelectric Project.
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f. Location: On the West Branch of the
Delaware River, near the Township of
Deposit, Delaware County, New York.
The project does not occupy any federal
lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Anthony J.
Fiore, Chief of Staff—Operations, New
York City Department of Environmental
Protection, 59–17 Junction Blvd.,
Flushing, NY 11373–5108, (718) 595–
6529 or afiore@dep.nyc.gov.
i. FERC Contact: John Mudre, (202)
502–8902 or john.mudre@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: July 13, 2012.
All 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 at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,
(202) 502–8659. 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.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure require all interveners
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 intervener
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.
k. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. Project facilities would include: (1)
An existing 2,800-foot-long, 45-footwide earthen embankment dam with a
crest elevation of 1,175.0 feet above
mean sea level; (2) an existing 800-footlong stone masonry spillway; (3) an
existing 12-mile-long, 4,670-acre
impoundment (Cannonsville Reservoir);
(4) four proposed penstocks branching
from an existing 12-foot-diameter
intake; (5) a proposed 168-foot-long by
54-foot-wide powerhouse containing
four horizontal shaft Francis generating
units; (6) a proposed tailrace occupying
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approximately one acre; (7) a proposed
transmission system consisting of a 150foot-long underground and 1,200-footlong overhead 12.47-kilovolt (kV) line, a
substation, and a 460-foot-long overhead
46-kV line; and (8) appurtenant
facilities. The project would have a total
installed capacity of 14.08 megawatts
and would generate approximately
42,281 megawatt-hours of electricity
annually.
m. 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
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. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the
address in item h above.
You may also register online at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
n. Scoping Process
The Commission intends to prepare
an Environmental Assessment (EA) on
the project 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
FERC staff will conduct one agency
scoping meeting and one public
meeting. The agency scoping meeting
will focus on resource agency and nongovernmental organization (NGO)
concerns, while the public scoping
meeting is primarily for public input.
All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited
to attend one or both of the meetings,
and to assist the staff in identifying the
scope of the environmental issues that
should be analyzed in the EA. The times
and locations of these meetings are as
follows:
Agency Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012.
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: Homewood Suites Hotel.
Address: 3603 Vestal Parkway East,
Vestal, NY.
Public Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday June 13, 2012.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Walton Veterans Club.
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Address: 10 Park Street, Walton, NY.
Copies of the Scoping Document
(SD1) outlining the subject areas to be
addressed in the EA are being
distributed to the parties on the
Commission’s mailing list and the
applicant’s distribution list. Copies of
the SD1 will be available at the scoping
meeting or may be viewed on the web
at https://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link (see item m above).
Environmental Site Review
The Applicant and FERC staff will
conduct a project Environmental Site
Review beginning at 10:00 a.m. on
Wednesday June 13, 2012. All interested
individuals, organizations, and agencies
are invited to attend. All participants
should meet in the parking lot at the
Cannonsville Dam at 10:00 a.m. The
dam is located about 4 miles east of the
town of Deposit, New York on State
Highway 10. All participants are
responsible for their own transportation
to the site. Anyone with questions about
the Environmental Site Review (or
needing directions) should contact Ms.
Zinnia Rodriguez at (718) 595–6553, or
zinniar@dep.nyc.gov. Those individuals
planning to participate in the
Environmental Site Review should
notify Ms. Zinnia of their intent no later
than June 6, 2012.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will:
(1) Summarize the environmental issues
tentatively identified for analysis in the
EA; (2) solicit from the meeting
participants all available information,
especially quantifiable data, on the
resources at issue; (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.
Procedures
The meetings are recorded by a
stenographer and become part of the
formal record of the Commission
proceeding on the project.
Individuals, organizations, and
agencies with environmental expertise
and concerns are encouraged to attend
the meetings and to assist the staff in
defining and clarifying the issues to be
addressed in the EA.
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Dated: May 14, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
There is an eSubscription link on the
web site that enables subscribers to
receive email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Dated: May 14, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Viridian Energy NG, LLC;
Supplemental Notice That Initial
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes
Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization
[FR Doc. 2012–12071 Filed 5–17–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of Viridian
Energy NG, LLC’s application for
market-based rate authority, with an
accompanying rate tariff, noting that
such application includes a request for
blanket authorization, under 18 CFR
Part 34, of future issuances of securities
and assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR Part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is June 4, 2012.
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
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above-referenced
proceeding are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for
review in the Commission’s Public
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Commission
[Docket No. EL12–68–000]
Alta Wind VII, LLC, Alta Wind IX, LLC,
Alta Wind X, LLC, Alta Wind XI, LLC,
Alta Wind XII, LLC, Alta Wind XIII, LLC,
Alta Wind XIV, LLC, Alta Wind XV, LLC,
Alta Windpower Development, LLC,
TGP Development Company, LLC;
Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order
Take notice that on May 10, 2012,
pursuant to Rule 207 of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission’s
(Commission) Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207, Alta Wind
VII, LLC, Alta Wind IX, LLC, Alta Wind
X, LLC, Alta Wind XI, LLC, Alta Wind
XII, LLC, Alta Wind XIII, LLC, Alta
Wind XIV, LLC, Alta Wind XV, LLC,
Alta Windpower Development, LLC,
and TGP Development Company, LLC
(collectively, Petitioners), jointly
submitted a Petition for Declaratory
Order requesting the Commission to (1)
confirm the Petitioners’ priority to firm
transmission rights to the capacity of
three transmission lines to be
constructed by Alta VII and Alta IX to
interconnect the full planned capacity
of Petitioners’ wind and solar generation
projects to the integrated transmission
grid and (2) waive Order Numbers 888,
889, and 890, and the Standards of
Conduct, unless and until a third party
submits a valid request for transmission
service.
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
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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.
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 email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on June 11, 2012.
Dated: May 14, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Commission
[Docket No. EL12–57–000]
MidAmerican Energy Company; Notice
of Petition for Declaratory Order
Take notice that on April 20, 2012,
pursuant to Rule 207 of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission’s
(Commission) Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207,
MidAmerican Energy Company,
submitted a petition requesting the
Commission to issue a declaratory order
approving proposed re-delineation and
re-classification of its electric facilities
between transmission and local
distribution.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13287-004]
City of New York; Notice of Scoping Meetings and Environmental
Site Review and Soliciting Scoping Comments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Major project, existing dam.
b. Project No.: 13287-004.
c. Date filed: February 29, 2012.
d. Applicant: City of New York.
e. Name of Project: Cannonsville Hydroelectric Project.
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f. Location: On the West Branch of the Delaware River, near the
Township of Deposit, Delaware County, New York. The project does not
occupy any federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Anthony J. Fiore, Chief of Staff--Operations,
New York City Department of Environmental Protection, 59-17 Junction
Blvd., Flushing, NY 11373-5108, (718) 595-6529 or afiore@dep.nyc.gov.
i. FERC Contact: John Mudre, (202) 502-8902 or john.mudre@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: July 13, 2012.
All 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676,
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. 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.
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
interveners 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 intervener 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.
k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. Project facilities would include: (1) An existing 2,800-foot-
long, 45-foot-wide earthen embankment dam with a crest elevation of
1,175.0 feet above mean sea level; (2) an existing 800-foot-long stone
masonry spillway; (3) an existing 12-mile-long, 4,670-acre impoundment
(Cannonsville Reservoir); (4) four proposed penstocks branching from an
existing 12-foot-diameter intake; (5) a proposed 168-foot-long by 54-
foot-wide powerhouse containing four horizontal shaft Francis
generating units; (6) a proposed tailrace occupying approximately one
acre; (7) a proposed transmission system consisting of a 150-foot-long
underground and 1,200-foot-long overhead 12.47-kilovolt (kV) line, a
substation, and a 460-foot-long overhead 46-kV line; and (8)
appurtenant facilities. The project would have a total installed
capacity of 14.08 megawatts and would generate approximately 42,281
megawatt-hours of electricity annually.
m. 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 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. A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h above.
You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
n. Scoping Process
The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA)
on the project 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
FERC staff will conduct one agency scoping meeting and one public
meeting. The agency scoping meeting will focus on resource agency and
non-governmental organization (NGO) concerns, while the public scoping
meeting is primarily for public input. All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or both of the
meetings, and to assist the staff in identifying the scope of the
environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The times and
locations of these meetings are as follows:
Agency Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012.
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: Homewood Suites Hotel.
Address: 3603 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal, NY.
Public Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday June 13, 2012.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Walton Veterans Club.
Address: 10 Park Street, Walton, NY.
Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to
be addressed in the EA are being distributed to the parties on the
Commission's mailing list and the applicant's distribution list. Copies
of the SD1 will be available at the scoping meeting or may be viewed on
the web at https://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link (see item m
above).
Environmental Site Review
The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct a project Environmental
Site Review beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday June 13, 2012. All
interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to
attend. All participants should meet in the parking lot at the
Cannonsville Dam at 10:00 a.m. The dam is located about 4 miles east of
the town of Deposit, New York on State Highway 10. All participants are
responsible for their own transportation to the site. Anyone with
questions about the Environmental Site Review (or needing directions)
should contact Ms. Zinnia Rodriguez at (718) 595-6553, or
zinniar@dep.nyc.gov. Those individuals planning to participate in the
Environmental Site Review should notify Ms. Zinnia of their intent no
later than June 6, 2012.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2)
solicit from the meeting participants all available information,
especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (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.
Procedures
The meetings are recorded by a stenographer and become part of the
formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project.
Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meetings and to
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed
in the EA.
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Dated: May 14, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-12070 Filed 5-17-12; 8:45 am]
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