
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30124]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2246-058]


Yuba County Water Agency; Notice of Panel Meeting and Technical 
Conference Details

    On October 20, 2011, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration's, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), filed a 
Notice to initiate a formal study dispute resolution process, pursuant 
to 18 CFR 5.14, in the relicensing proceeding for the Yuba County Water 
Agency's (YCWA) Yuba River Hydroelectric Project No. 2246. NMFS 
disputed the treatment of several of its study requests, filed on March 
7, 2011, in the Commission's study plan determination, issued on 
September 30, 2011. NMFS specifically identified study requests one 
through six and study request eight as the disputed components of its, 
March 7, 2011 filing. In its study requests one through six NMFS 
requested studies of the effects of project and related activities on: 
(1) Fish passage for anadromous fish; (2) hydrology for anadromous 
fish; (3) water temperatures for anadromous fish migration, holding, 
spawning, and rearing needs; (4) coarse substrate for anadromous fish: 
Sediment supply, transport, and storage; (5) large wood and riparian 
habitat for anadromous fish; and (6) loss of marine-derived nutrients 
in the Yuba River, respectively. In study request eight, NMFS requested 
a study of, ``anadromous fish ecosystem effects analysis: Synthesis of 
direct, indirect, and cumulative effects of the project and related 
facilities on anadromous fish. On November 7, 2011, the dispute 
resolution panel convened. On November 9, 2011, the Commission issued a 
Notice of Dispute Resolution Process Schedule, Panel Meeting, and 
Technical Conference. The technical conference date is repeated below 
with additional logistical details.
    The purpose of the technical conference is for the disputing 
agency, the applicant, and the Commission to provide the panel with 
additional information necessary to evaluate the disputed studies. All 
local, state, and federal agencies, Indian tribes, and other interested 
parties are invited to attend the meeting as observers. The panel may 
also request information or clarification on written submissions as 
necessary to understand the matters in dispute. The panel will limit 
all input that it receives to the specific studies or information in 
dispute and will focus on the applicability of such studies or 
information to the study criteria stipulated in 18 CFR 5.9(b). If the 
number of participants wishing to speak creates time constraints, the 
panel may, at its discretion, limit the speaking time for each 
participant.

Technical Conference

    Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011.
    Time: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Place: Holiday Inn, Sacramento--Capitol Plaza, 300 J Street, 
Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 446-0100.
    For more information, please contact Stephen Bowler, the dispute 
panel chair, at stephen.bowler@ferc.gov or (202) 502-6861.

    Dated: November 16, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-30124 Filed 11-21-11; 8:45 am]
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