
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31322-31323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13316]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2277-023]


Union Electric Company (dba Ameren Missouri); Notice of Scoping 
Meetings and Environmental Site Review and Soliciting Scoping Comments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2277-023.
    c. Date filed: June 24, 2008.
    d. Applicant: Union Electric Company (dba Ameren Missouri).
    e. Name of Project: Taum Sauk Pumped Storage Project.
    f. Location: On the East Fork of the Black River, in Reynolds 
County, Missouri. The project occupies no Federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Michael O. Lobbig, P.E., Managing Supervisor, 
Hydro Licensing, Ameren Missouri, 3700 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, 
MO 63127; telephone 314-957-3427; e-mail at mlobbig@ameren.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Janet Hutzel, telephone (202) 502-8675, or by e-
mail at janet.hutzel@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: July 23, 2011.
    All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18

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CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, 
using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the 
end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 
mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    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.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The existing Taum Sauk Pumped Storage Project consists of: (1) A 
lower reservoir impounded by a concrete gravity dam downstream of the 
confluence of the East Fork Black River and Taum Sauk Creek; (2) an 
upper reservoir on the top of Proffit Mountain impounded by a rebuilt 
roller-compacted concrete dam; (3) vertical shaft, rock and concrete-
lined tunnel sections, and a penstock conduit; (4) a pump-generating 
plant with two reversible pump units and two motor generators with a 
total installed capacity of 408 megawatts; (5) an excavated tailrace 
and open channel to the lower reservoir; (6) a 138-kilovolt switchyard/
substation; (7) a gravel and sedimentation trap (bin wall) on the East 
Fork of the Black River; and (8) associated ancillary equipment.
    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 ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    n. Scoping Process
    The Commission intends to prepare an environmental assessment (EA) 
on the project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy 
Act. The EA will consider both site-specific and cumulative 
environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed 
action.

Scoping Meetings

    Commission staff will conduct one agency scoping meeting and one 
public meeting. The agency scoping meeting will focus on resource 
agency and non-governmental organization concerns, while the public 
scoping meeting is primarily for public input. All interested 
individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or 
both of the meetings, and to assist the staff in identifying the scope 
of the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The 
times and locations of these meetings are as follows:

Agency Scoping Meeting

Date and Time: Thursday, June 23, 2011, at 9 a.m. (CDT).
Location: LaCharette Conference Room, Lewis and Clark State Office 
Building, 1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson City, MO.

Public Scoping Meeting

Date and Time: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 6 p.m. (CDT).
Location: Lesterville R-IV School, Cafeteria, 33415 Hwy. 21, 
Lesterville, MO.

    Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to 
be addressed in the EA were distributed to the parties on the 
Commission's mailing list. Copies of the SD1 will be available at the 
scoping meeting or may be viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov 
using the ``eLibrary'' link (see item m above).

Environmental Site Review

    Ameren Missouri and Commission staff will conduct a project 
environmental site review on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at 8 a.m. CDT. 
All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to 
attend. All participants will be required to sign their name and show a 
government-issued, photo I.D. Participants must wear hard-soled shoes; 
no sandals or open-toed shoes are allowed. Smoking will not be allowed 
on the site review, and firearms, knives, or weapons of any kind are 
not permitted on Ameren Missouri property. Please arrive 15 minutes 
early to allow time for visitor badging at the main security gate. All 
participants must contact Mr. Michael Lobbig of Ameren Missouri at 
(314) 957-3427 or by e-mail at mlobbig@ameren.com, by June 9, 2011, to 
attend the environmental site review.
    At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the 
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) 
solicit from the meeting participants all available information, 
especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (3) encourage 
statements from experts and the public on issues that should be 
analyzed in the EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in 
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the resource 
issues to be addressed in the EA; and (5) identify those issues that 
require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not 
require a detailed analysis.

Procedures

    The meetings are recorded by a stenographer and become part of the 
formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project.
    Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental 
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meeting and to 
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed 
in the EA.

    Dated: May 23, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-13316 Filed 5-27-11; 8:45 am]
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