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Mitchell County, Iowa; Notice Not Ready for Environmental
Mitchell County, Iowa; Notice Not Ready for Environmental
[Federal Register: January 22, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 14)] [Notices]
[Page 1570-1571]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 11530-000-IA]Mitchell County, Iowa; Notice Not Ready for Environmental Analysis, Notice Requesting Interventions and Protests, and Notice of Scoping Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
January 16, 1996.
On November 21, 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) issued a letter accepting Mitchell County, Iowa's application for the Mitchell Mill Dam Hydroelectric Project, located on the Cedar River in Mitchell County, Iowa. The Mitchell Mill Dam's principal project features would consist of an existing 195-foot-wide concrete dam, an existing natural impoundment with a surface area of 120 acres and no usable storage, a powerhouse containing two new generating units with a total rated capacity of 900 Kw. The project would have an average annual generation of 2,829,335 Kwh. The project site is owned by Mitchell County, Iowa. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. A public notice will be issued in the future indicating its readiness for environmental analysis and soliciting comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions on the application and the applicant's reply comments. The purpose of this notice is to: (1) Invite interventions and protests; (2) advise all parties as to the proposed scope of the staff's environmental analysis, including cumulative effects, and to seek additional information pertinent to this analysis; and (3) advise all parties of their opportunity for comment.Interventions and Protests
All filings must: (1) bear in all capital letters the title ``PROTEST,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ''NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION,'' or ``COMPETING APPLICATION''; (2) set forth in the heading the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, and address, and telephone number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the applicant. Any of these documents must be filed by providing the original and the number of copies required by the Commission's regulations to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. An additional copy must be sent to: Director, Division of Project Review, Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, at the above address. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular application. All filings for any protest or motion to intervene must be received 60 days from the issuance date of this notice.
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Scoping Process
The Commission's scoping objectives are to:
The Commission will decide, based on the application, and agency and public comments to scoping, whether licensing the Mitchell Mill Dam Hydroelectric Project constitutes a major federal action significantly impacting the quality of the human environment. The Commission staff will not hold scoping meetings unless the Commission decides to prepare an environmental impact statement, or the response to SCI warrants holding such meetings.
Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental expertise and concerns are encourage to comment on SDI and assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed. All filings should contain an original and 8 copies. Failure to file an original and 8 copies may result in appropriate staff not receiving the benefit of your comments in a timely manner. See 18 CFR 4.34(h). In addition, commentors may submit a copy of their comments on a 3\1/2\-inch diskette formatted for MS-DOS based computers. In light of our ability to translate MS-DOS based materials, the text need only be submitted in the format and version that it was generated (i.e., MS Word, WordPerfect 5.1/5.2, ASCII, etc.). It is not necessary to reformat word processor generated text to ASCII. For Macintosh users, it would be helpful to save the documents in Macintosh word processor format then write them to files on a diskette formatted for MS-DOS machines. All comments should be submitted to the Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, and should show the following captions on the first page: Mitchell Mill Dam Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 11530- 000.
Further, interested persons are reminded of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures, requiring parties or interceders (as defined in 18 CFR 385.2010) to file documents on each person whose name is on the official service list for this proceeding. See 18 CFR 4.34(b).
The Commission staff will consider all written comments and may issue a Scoping Document II (SDII). SDII will include a revised list of issues, based on the scoping process.
For further information regarding the scoping process, please contact Ms. Julie Bernt, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of Hydropower Licensing, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426 at (202) 219-2814.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-658 Filed 1-19-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M