Daytime Scoping Meeting Regarding Townsend Water Power Project (P-3451-047)

Project No. 3451-047

Commission staff will hold two public scoping meetings and an environmental site review in the vicinity of the project to receive input on the scope of the NEPA document.  An evening meeting will focus on receiving input from the public and a daytime meeting will focus on the concerns of resource agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and Indian Tribes.  We invite all interested agencies, Indian Tribes, NGOs, and individuals to attend one or both meetings.  The times and locations of these meetings are as follows:

Evening Scoping Meeting

DATE:                    Tuesday, April 16, 2024

TIME:                     7:00 p.m. EDT

PLACE:                  Hampton Inn Pittsburgh Area-Beaver Valley

ADDRESS:             202 Fairview Drive, Monaca, PA  15061

 

Daytime Scoping Meeting

DATE:                    Wednesday, April 17, 2024

TIME:                     1:00 p.m. EDT

PLACE:                  Hampton Inn Pittsburgh Area-Beaver Valley

ADDRESS:             202 Fairview Drive, Monaca, PA  15061

Comments

 Deadline for filing scoping comments:  May 17, 2024.

The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing.  Please file scoping comments using the Commission’s eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx.  Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at  https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx.  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, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).  In lieu of electronic filing,  please send a paper copy via U. S. Postal Service to: Debbie‑Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC  20426.  Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to:  Debbie‑Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland  20852.  All filings must clearly identify the project name and docket number on the first page:  Townsend Water Power Project (P‑3451‑047).

Objectives

At the scoping meetings, Commission staff will:  (1) summarize the environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the NEPA document; (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 NEPA document, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in support of, the staff’s preliminary views; (4) determine the resource issues to be addressed in the NEPA document; 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, NGOs, Indian Tribes, 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 NEPA document.