
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16849-16850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06200]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14241-000]


Alaska Energy Authority; Notice of Dispute Resolution Panel 
Meeting and Technical Conference

    On March 8, 2013, Commission staff, in response to the filing of a 
notice of

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study dispute by the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on 
February 21, 2013, convened a single three-person Dispute Resolution 
Panel (Panel) pursuant to 18 CFR 5.14(d).
    The Panel will hold a technical conference at the time and place 
identified below. The technical conference will address study disputes 
regarding three separate studies as approved in the Director's Study 
Plan Determination, issued February 1, 2013. The studies in dispute 
are: (1) Glacier and Runoff Changes Study (Study 7.7); (2) Salmon 
Escapement Study (Study 9.7); and (3) Fish Passage Study (Study 9.11).
    The purpose of the technical session is for the disputing agency, 
applicant, and 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, April 3, 2013.
    Time: 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (AKDT; UTC--8:00).
    Place: Public Conference Room, Z. J. Loussac Public Library, 3600 
Denali Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99503.

    Dated: March 12, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-06200 Filed 3-18-13; 8:45 am]
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