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Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments
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[Federal Register: December 27, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 249)]
[Notices]
[Page 79076]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments
December 20, 2002.
Take notice that 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.: 2516-026.
c. Date Filed: December 17, 2001.
d. Applicant: Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Dam No. 4 Hydro Station.
f. Location: On the Potomac River, near the Town of Shepherdstown,
in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Charles L. Simons, Allegheny Energy Supply
Company, LLC, 4350 Northern Pike, Monroeville, PA 15146, (412) 858-
1675.
i. FERC Contact: Peter Leitzke, (202) 502-6059 or
peter.leitzke@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: 45 days from issuance date
of this notice.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Please include the project
number (P-2516-026) on any comments or motions filed.
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
interveners filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person on the official service list for the
project. Further, if an intervener 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.
Scoping 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, http://www.ferc.gov, 
under the
``e-Filing'' link.
k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. The existing Dam No. 4 Hydro Station Project consists of: (1) A
200-foot-long, 80-foot-wide headrace; (2) a stone and concrete
powerhouse containing three generating units with a total installed
capacity of 1,900 kilowatts; (3) a 350-foot-long, 90-foot-wide
tailrace; (4) a substation; (5) a 4.5-mile-long, 34.5-kilovolt
transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The applicant
estimates that the total average annual generation would be 7,886
megawatthours. All generated power is sold to Allegheny Power for use
in the existing electric grid system serving West Virginia and
Maryland. The project dam and reservoir are owned by the United States
and operated by the National Park Service.
m. A copy of the application is available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the
"FERRIS" link.
Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket
number field to access the document. For assistance, call 1-866-208-
3676 or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
n. Scoping Process: The Commission staff intends to prepare a
Multiple Project Environmental Assessment (MPEA) for the Dam No. 4
Hydro Station Project (FERC No. 2561-026) and the Dam No. 5 Hydro
Station Project (FERC No. 2517-012) in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act. The MPEA will consider both site-specific and
cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the
proposed action. The staff believes that combining both the projects
into one environmental document would provide the best approach for
analyzing potential cumulative environmental effects associated with
both projects located relatively close to one another on the Potomac
River.
Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping
meetings at this time. Instead, we will solicit comments,
recommendations, information, and alternatives by issuing a Scoping
Document (SD).
Copies of the SD outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the
MPEA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list.
Copies of the SD may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.gov
using the ``FERRIS'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last
three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For
assistance, call 1-866-208-3676 or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-32678 Filed 12-26-02; 8:45 am]
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