[Federal Register: May 24, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 101)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 460-001 Washington]

 
Tacoma Public Utilities; Notice of Teleconference

May 18, 2001.
    a. Date and Time of Teleconference: Thursday, May 31, 2001 at 1:00 
pm (EDT).
    b. FERC Contact: Patrick Murphy at 202-219-2659, 
patrick.murphy@ferc.fed.us
    c. Purpose of the Teleconference: To clarify the additional 
information requested by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in a 
letter dated February 1, 2001, to prepare a biological opinion on the 
effect of relicensing and operating the Cushman Hydroelectric Project, 
FERC No. 460, Mason County, Washington, on the federally listed as 
threatened distinct population segment of Coastal-Puget Sound bull 
trout (Salvelinus confluentus).
    d. Only the FWS and the Commission are consulting parties for 
purposes of the teleconference. However, the License applicant and 
other interested parties to the relicensing proceeding will be 
permitted to provide relevant information, consistent with the limited 
purpose of the teleconference. Any party wishing to participate in the 
teleconference should notify Mr. Patrick Murphy of the Commission staff 
at 202-219-2659 by May 29, 2001. Those participants who are located in 
the project area (i.e., western Washington state) are asked to 
coordinate with other participant locations to minimize the telephone 
connection sites. Details of the connection procedure will also be 
provided when you contact Mr. Murphy. Please contact Mr. Lynn Childers, 
FWS, Lacey, WA at 360-753-5831, to coordinate consolidation of 
telephone connection sites.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-13096 Filed 5-23-01; 8:45 am]
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