Evening Scoping Meeting Regarding Southern California Edison Company (Project No. 1390-069)

Project No. 1390-069

Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings for the project to receive input on the scope of the NEPA document.  An evening meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m. on May 14, 2024, at the Lee Vining Community Center in Lee Vining, California, and will focus on receiving input from the public.  A daytime meeting will be held at 2:00 p.m. on May 15, 2024, at the same location, and will focus on the concerns of resource agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and Indian tribes.  We invite all interested agencies, Indian Tribes, non-governmental organizations, and individuals to attend one or both meetings.  The times and locations of these meetings are as follows:

Evening Scoping Meeting

DATE:          Tuesday, May 14, 2024

TIME:           6:00 p.m. (PST)

PLACE:        Lee Vining Community Center

ADDRESS:   296 Mattly Ave, Lee Vining, CA 93541

PHONE:       (760) 647-6009

Meeting Objectives

At the scoping meetings, Commission staff will:  (1) initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review and discuss existing conditions; (3) review and discuss existing information and identify preliminary information and study needs; (4) review and discuss the process plan and schedule for pre-filing activity that incorporates the time frames provided for in Part 5 of the Commission’s regulations and, to the extent possible, maximizes coordination of federal, state, and tribal permitting and certification processes; and (5) discuss the potential of any federal or state agency or Indian tribe to act as a cooperating agency for development of an environmental document. 

Meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their issues and/or concerns.  Please review the PAD in preparation for the scoping meetings.  Directions on how to obtain a copy of the PAD and SD1 are included in item n of this document.

Meeting Procedures

Commission staff are moderating the scoping meetings.  The meetings are recorded by an independent 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.