[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 250 (Thursday, December 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82331-82332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33103]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2194; Project No. 135]


North Fork Hydroelectric Project, Oak Grove Hydroelectric 
Project, Portland General Electric Company, Portland, Oregon; Notice of 
Intent To Conduct Public Scoping Meetings

December 21, 2000.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) 
allows an applicant in the relicense of a hydroelectric project, the 
option of filing a Third Party Contractor prepared Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) in lieu of Exhibit E of the license application. 
Portland General Electric (PGE--Applicant) has requested, and the 
Commission has approved this alternative procedure for the relicense of 
the North Fork Hydroelectric Project No. 2195 and the Oak Grove 
Hydroelectric Project No. 135. The 121-megawatt North Fork project is 
located on the Clackamas River, Oregon and the 44-megawatt Oak Grove 
Project is located on the Oak Grove Fork of the Clackamas River. Public 
and agency scoping meetings will be held on February 6, 2001, for 
preparation of a preliminary Environmental Impact Statement.

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

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should be analyzed in the EIS. The times and locations of these meeting 
are as follows:

Agency Scoping Meeting

    Date: February 6, 2001.
    Time: 9:00 a.m.-noon.
    Place: Two World Trade Center (Mezzanine).
    Address: 121 SW Salmon Street, Portland, Oregon.

Public Scoping Meeting

    Date: February 6, 2001.
    Time: 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
    Place: Mt. Hood National Forest, Clackamas River Ranger District 
Office.
    Address: 595 N.W. Industrial Way, Estacada, Oregon.
    The Ranger District Office is located off of Highway 224, one-half 
mile west of the town of Estacada. Industrial Way runs parallel to Hwy. 
224 and is one block south. There is a sign for the office on Hwy. 224.
    To help focus discussions, we will distribute a Scoping Document 
(SD1) 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.

Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the 
environmental 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 resource 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.

Submitting Comments

    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, or mail their comments to: Mr. David 
Heintzman, Portland General Electric (3 WTC-BRHL), 121 SW Salmon 
Street, Portland, OR 97204, (503) 464-8162.
    All correspondence must identify the Projects on the first page as: 
Clackamas River Hydroelectric Relicensing, Oak Grove Project--FERC No. 
135 and North Fork Project--FERC No. 2195. All correspondence should be 
postmarked no later than March 7, 2001.
    For further information, please contact David Heintzman, PGE, (503) 
464-8162 or John Blair, FERC, (202) 219-2845.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-33103 Filed 12-27-00; 8:45 am]
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