

[Federal Register: August 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 168)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1971-079; Idaho/Oregon]

 
Idaho Power Company; Notice of Intent To Hold Public Meetings

August 23, 2006.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office 
of Energy Projects reviewed the application for license for the Hells 
Canyon Project (FERC No. 1971), located on the Snake River in 
Washington and Adams, Counties, Idaho, and Wallowa and Baker Counties, 
Oregon, and issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (draft EIS) 
for the project on July 28, 2006.
    Copies of the draft EIS are available for review at the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, Room 2A, located at 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 or may be viewed on the Commission's 
Web site at http://www.ferc.gov under the e-Library link by entering 

the docket number, P-1971,

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in the e-Library docket number field. For assistance, e-mail FERC 
Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    You are invited to attend any or all of the public meetings that 
will be held to receive comments on the draft EIS.

Additional Public Meeting

    In addition to previously scheduled public meetings in Boise 
(September 7 and 8, 2006) and Weiser (September 12, 2006), Idaho, and 
Halfway, Oregon (September 11, 2006), FERC staff will conduct an 
additional public meeting in Lewiston, Idaho. The time and location of 
the additional meeting is as follows:

Lewiston, ID

    Date: September 13, 2006.
    Time: 7 to 9 p.m. (PDT).
    Place: Lewiston Community Center.
    Address: 1424 Main Street, Lewiston, ID 83501. (A parking lot is 
available on G Street behind the Community Center.)
    At these meetings, resource agency personnel and other interested 
persons will have the opportunity to provide oral and written comments 
and recommendations regarding the draft EIS. The meetings will be 
recorded by a court reporter, and all statements (verbal and written) 
will become part of the Commission's public record for the project. 
These meetings are posted on the Commission's calendar located at 
http://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along with other 

related information.
    Whether or not you attend one of these meetings, you are invited to 
submit written comments on the draft EIS. Comments should be filed with 
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. All comments must be filed by 
October 3, 2006, and should reference Project No. 1971-079. Comments 
may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. The 
Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and instructions on the Commission's Web site at 
http://www.ferc.gov under the ``e-Library'' link.

    The Commission staff will consider comments made on the draft EIS 
in preparing a final EIS for the project. Before the Commission makes a 
licensing decision, it will take into account all concerns relevant to 
the public interest. The final EIS will be part of the record from 
which the Commission will make its decision.
    For further information, contact Alan Mitchnick at (202) 502-6074, 
alan.mitchnick@ferc.gov; or Emily Carter at (202) 502-6512, 

emily.carter@ferc.gov.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-14395 Filed 8-29-06; 8:45 am]

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