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California Department of Water Resources; Notice of Intent To Hold a Public Meeting To Discuss the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Oroville Facilities

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 [Federal Register: October 17, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 200)]
[Notices]
[Page 61049-61050]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2100-134 California]

California Department of Water Resources; Notice of Intent To 
Hold a Public Meeting To Discuss the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Oroville Facilities

October 11, 2006.
    On September 29, 2006, the Commission staff delivered the Oroville 
Facilities Draft Environmental Impact Statement (draft EIS) to the 
Environmental Protection Agency and mailed it to resource and land 
management agencies, interested organizations, and individuals.
    The draft EIS was noticed in the Federal Register on October 6, 
2006 (71 FR 59106) and comments are due November 20, 2006. The draft 
EIS evaluates the environmental consequences and developmental benefits 
of issuing a new license for operating and maintaining the Oroville 
Facilities, located in Butte County, California. The project would 
occupy 2,000 acres of federal lands, including lands managed by the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service and the U.S. Bureau of 
Land Management. Besides evaluating the project as it now operates, the 
draft EIS evaluates the

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project with the Settlement Agreement and with staff-recommended 
measures.
    The public meeting, which will be recorded by an official 
stenographer, is scheduled as follows.
    Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2006.
    Time: 6-9 p.m. (PST).
    Place: State House Theater, 1489 Myers Street, Oroville, California 
95965.
    At the meeting, resource agency personnel and other interested 
persons will have the opportunity to provide oral and written comments 
and recommendations regarding the DEIS for the Commission's public record.
    For further information, please contact Jim Fargo at e-mail address 
james.fargo@ferc.gov, or by telephone at (202) 502-6095.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-17206 Filed 10-16-06; 8:45 am]
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