[Federal Register: May 8, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 89)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Scoping Meetings and Soliciting Scoping Comments
May 2, 2001.
Take notice the following hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: New major license.
b. Project No.: P-2142-031.
c. Date filed: December 28, 1999.
d. Applicant: FPL Energy Maine Hydro, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Indian Pond Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Kennebec River, near the town of The Forks,
Somerset and Piscataquis counties, Maine. The project would not utilize
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contacts: Kenneth P. Hoffman, Vice President; FPL
Energy Maine Hydro, LLC; 700 Universe Boulevard Juno Beach, FL 33408;
(561) 694-4000 and Robert C. Richter III; Senior Environmental
Coordinator; FPL Energy Maine Hydro, LLC; 100 Middle Street; Portland,
ME 04101; (207) 771-3536.
i. FERC Contact: Kevin Whalen (202) 219-2790; email:
kevin.whalen@ferc.fed.us.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: July 9, 2001.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
David P. Boergers, Secretary; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments, protests and
interventions may be filed electronically via the internet in lieu of
paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the
Commission's web site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person whose name appears on the official service
list for the project. Further, if an intervenor 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.
Protests, comments on filings, comments on environmental
assessments and environmental impact statements, and reply comments may
be filed electronically via the internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site
at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
k. Status of environmental analysis: This application is not ready
for environmental analysis at this time.
l. Description of the Project: The proposed peaking project
consists of the following existing facilities: (1) A 2,000-foot-long
dam, consisting of (a) a 270-foot-long, 175-foot-high concrete section,
(b) a 200-foot-long attached powerhouse section, and (c) an earthen
section in excess of 1,500 feet in length; (2) four steel penstocks
ranging from 6 feet to 24 feet in diameter; (3) a concrete powerhouse
containing four generating units, having a total rated hydraulic
capacity of 7,140 cubic feet per second and installed generation
capacity of 76.4 megawatts (4) a 3,746-acre impoundment varying in
width from 0.9 to 1.5 miles, extending about 9 miles upstream, that has
a usable storage capacity of 850 million cubic feet; and (5)
appurtenant facilities. The applicant estimates the total average
annual generation would be approximately 202 million kilowatt hours.
m. Locations of the application: A copy of the application is
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public
Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington,
DC 20246, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The application may be viewed
on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call (202) 208-
2222 for assistance). A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h. above.
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
The Commission will hold scoping meetings, one in the evening and
one in the daytime, to help us identify the scope of issues to be
addressed in the EA.
The evening scoping meeting is primarily for public input and the
daytime scoping meeting will focus on resource agency concerns. 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
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environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The times and
locations of these meetings are as follows:
Evening Scoping Meeting
Date: June 6, 2001
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Place: The Forks Town Hall, US Route 201, The Forks, Maine
Daytime Scoping Meeting
Date: June 7, 2001
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Place: Best Western Senator Inn (Embassy Room), 284 Western Avenue at
I-95, Augusta, Maine
Individuals needing directions to the scoping meetings should
contact Mr. Robert Richter, FPL Energy Maine Hydro, LLC, at (207) 771-
3536. Commission staff previously conducted a site visit of the Indian
Pond Hydroelectric Project on September 28 and 29, 2000. No additional
site visit is planned at this time.
To help focus discussions, we will distribute a Scoping Document
(SD1) outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the EA to the
parties on the Commission's mailing list. Copies of the SD1 also will
be available at the scoping meeting.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, 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 view points 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.
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.
Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meetings and to
assist staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed in
the EA.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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