Daytime and Evening Scoping Meeting Regarding Felt Hydroelectric Project (No. 5089-027)

Project No. 5089-027

Commission staff will hold two public scoping meetings 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:

Daytime Scoping Meeting

DATE:                    Tuesday, April 23, 2024

TIME:                     1:00 p.m. MT

PLACE:                  AmericInn Lodge

ADDRESS:             1098 Golden Beauty Dr, Rexburg, Idaho 83440

Evening Scoping Meeting

DATE:                    Tuesday, April 23, 2024

TIME:                     6:00 p.m. MT

PLACE:                  AmericInn Lodge

ADDRESS:             1098 Golden Beauty Dr, Rexburg, Idaho 83440

Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the NEPA document 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).

An environmental site review is typically held in conjunction with the scoping meeting.  However, access to the project site is likely to be limited by winter weather and/or poor vehicular access conditions when scoping for this project will occur.  For these reasons, an environmental site review will not be conducted at this time. 

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.