[Federal Register: May 1, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 84)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 11181-002 Oregon]

 
Energy Storage Partners; Notice of Intent To Conduct Public 
Scoping Meetings and Site Visit

April 27, 1998.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) received an 
application from Energy Storage Partners (applicant) to license the 
Lorella Pumped Storage Project No. 11181-002. The project would be 
located in Klamath County, Oregon, approximately 20 miles southeast of 
the town of Klamath Falls, and it would be a closed system project 
comprised of two artificial reservoirs. The Commission will hold public 
and agency scoping meetings on May 28, 1998, for preparation of an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) under the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA) for the issuance of a major license for the Lorella 
Pumped Storage Project No. 11181-002.

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

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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

When: Thursday, May 28, 1998, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
Where: Klamath County Museum, 1451 Main Street, Klamath Falls, OR 97601

Public Scoping Meeting

When: Thursday, May 28, 1998, from 7:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.
Where: Klamath County Museum, 1451 Main Street, Klamath Falls, OR 97601

    To help focus discussions, we will distribute a Scoping Document 
(SDI) outlining the subject areas to be addressed at the meeting to the 
parties on the Commission's mailing list. Copies of the SD1 also will 
be available at the scoping meetings.

Site Visit

    The applicant and Commission staff will conduct a project site 
visit beginning at 11:00 a.m. on May 27, 1998. All interested 
individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend. All 
participants should meet at the lobby of Shilo Inns, 2500 Almond 
Street, Klamath Falls, Oregon. All participants are responsible for 
their own transportation to the site. Anyone with questions about the 
site visit should contact Mr. Douglas Spaulding on (612) 315-6309.

Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) summarize the 
environemtal issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EIS; (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 EIS, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in 
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the relative 
depth of analysis for issues to be addressed in the EIS; and (5) 
identify resources issues that are of lesser importance, and, 
therefore, do not require detailed analysis.

Procedures

    The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will become 
part of the formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project. 
Individuals presenting statements at the meetings will be asked to sign 
in before the meeting starts and to clearly identify themselves for the 
record. Speaking time for attendees at the meetings will be determined 
before the meeting, based on the number of persons wishing to speak and 
the approximate amount of time available for the session. All speakers 
will be provided at least 5 minutes to present their views.
    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 EIS.
    Persons choosing not to speak at the meetings, but who have views 
on the issues, may submit written statements for inclusion in the 
public record at the meeting. In addition, written scoping comments may 
be filed with the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, not later than June 29, 
1998. All filings should contain an original and eight copies, and must 
clearly show at the top of the first page ``Lorella Pumped Storage 
Project, FERC No. 11181-002.''
    For further information, please contact Hector M. Perez at (202) 
219-2843.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-11579 Filed 4-30-98; 8:45 am]
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