Evening Scoping Meeting Regarding Alabama Power Company (Project No. 15229-001)

Project No. 15229-001

Commission staff will hold two public scoping meetings to receive input on the scope of the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the NEPA document. The daytime scoping meeting will focus on resource agency, Native American Tribes, and non-governmental organization (NGO) concerns, while the evening scoping meeting will focus on receiving input from the public. We invite
all interested agencies, Native American Tribes, NGOs, and individuals to attend one of these meetings to assist us in identifying the scope of environmental issues that should be analyzed in the NEPA document. Additionally, as noted below, Alabama Power will present a video tour of the proposed project area, using drone footage, at the scoping meetings.

Evening Scoping Meeting

DATE: Monday, July 10, 2023
TIME: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. CDT
PLACE: Rainbow City Community Center
ADDRESS: 3702 Rainbow Drive, Rainbow City, Alabama 35906

Virtual Video Tour of the Chandler Mountain Project Area
A video tour using drone footage will be shown during both the Daytime and Evening Scoping Meetings

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 Native American 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

The meetings will be recorded by a court reporter and become part of the Commission’s formal record on the project. Agencies, Native American Tribes, NGOs, and individuals with environmental expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meetings and to assist Commission staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed in the NEPA document.