Idaho Power Company; Notice of Intention To Hold a Public Meeting February 28th in Boise, ID for Discussion of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Mid-Snake River Hydroelectric Projects
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[Federal Register: January 30, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 20)]
[Notices]
[Page 4419]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project Nos. 2778-005, 2777-007, 2061-004, 1975-014]
Idaho Power Company; Notice of Intention To Hold a Public Meeting
February 28th in Boise, ID for Discussion of the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for the Mid-Snake River Hydroelectric Projects
January 24, 2002.
On January 17, 2002, the Commission staff delivered the Mid-Snake
River Hydroelectric Projects (Shoshone Falls, Upper Salmon Falls, Lower
Salmon Falls and Bliss) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, resource and land management
agencies, and interested organizations and individuals. The DEIS
evaluates the environmental consequences of the continued operation of
the Mid-Snake River Hydroelectric Projects in Idaho.
The DEIS was noticed in the Federal Register and comments are due
March 27, 2002.
Commission staff will conduct a public meeting to present the DEIS
findings, answer questions about the findings and solicit public
comment on the DEIS. The public meeting will be recorded by a court
reporter, and all meeting statements (oral or written) will become part
of the Commission's public record of this proceeding.
The meeting will be held Thursday, February 28, 2002 in the Merlins
Room, at the Boise Centre on the Grove, 850 West Front Street, (Grove
Plaza Entrance), Boise Idaho. Two meeting times are scheduled: 9:30
a.m.-4 p.m. for agencies and organizations and 7-9:30 p.m. for the
public. Anyone may attend one or both meetings
For further information, please contact John Blair, at (202)219-
2845, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of Energy Projects,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
C.B. Spencer,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-2249 Filed 1-29-02; 8:45 am]
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