Evening Scoping Meeting Regarding Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County (Project No. 943-144)

Project No. 943-144

Scoping Meetings

Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings in the vicinity of the project at the time and place noted below.  The daytime meeting will focus on resource agency, Indian tribes, and non-governmental organization concerns, while the evening meeting is primarily for receiving input from the public.  We invite all interested individuals, organizations, and agencies to attend one or both of the meetings, and to assist staff in identifying particular study needs, as well as the scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the environmental document.  The times and locations of these meetings are as follows:

Daytime Scoping Meeting
Date:  Thursday, March 14, 2024
Time:  9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. (PDT)
Location:  Confluence Technology Center - Quad Room, 285 Technology
Center Way, Wenatchee, WA 98801           
Phone:  (509) 661-3118

Evening Scoping Meeting
Date:  Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Time:  7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. (PDT)
Location:  Confluence Technology Center - Quad Room, 285 Technology
Center Way, Wenatchee, WA 98801 
Phone:  (509) 661-3118

Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which outlines the subject areas to be addressed in the environmental document, was mailed to the individuals and entities on the Commission’s mailing list.  Copies of SD1 will be available at the scoping meetings, or may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.gov, using the “eLibrary” link.  Follow the directions for accessing information in paragraph n.  Based on all oral and written comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be issued.  SD2 may include a revised process plan and schedule, as well as a list of issues, identified through the scoping process.
 

 Environmental Site Review

The applicant and Commission staff will conduct an environmental site review of the project on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, starting at 11:45 a.m. (PDT).  

All interested individuals, agencies, tribes, and NGOs are invited to attend.  Bus transportation will be provided during the site visit for registered participants.  Participants should meet at11:45 a.m. at the Former Chelan PUD Headquarters building parking lot, 321 N Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee, WA 98801. 

Please contact Janel Ulrich with Chelan PUD at (609) 661-4400, or via email at Janel.Ulrich@chelanpud.org, on or before March 1, 2024, if you plan to attend the environmental site review.

Meeting Objectives

At the scoping meetings, staff will:  (1) initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review and discuss existing conditions and resource management objectives; (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 appropriateness of any federal or state agency or Indian tribe acting 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.