Two Scoping Meetings Regarding Broadwater Hydroelectric Project

Name of Project: Broadwater Hydroelectric Project

FERC Contact: Ingrid Brofman at (202) 502-8347, or ingrid.brofman@ferc.gov.

Scoping Meetings 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 meeting will focus on the concerns of resource agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and Native American tribes. The evening meeting will focus on receiving input from the public. All interested individuals, resource agencies, Native American tribes, and NGOs are invited to attend one or both of the meetings. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows:

Evening Scoping Meeting
DATE: Tuesday, December 13, 2022
TIME: 6:30 p.m. (MST)
Document Accession #: 20221115-3016 Filed Date: 11/15/2022 Project No. 2853-073 4
PLACE: Broadwater County Fairgrounds, 4-H Building
ADDRESS: 189 U.S. Highway 12, Townsend, Montana 59644 Once at the County Fairgrounds, the 4-H Building is the largest building of three, on-site.

Daytime Scoping Meeting
DATE: Wednesday, December 14, 2022
TIME: 1:30 p.m. (MST)
PLACE: Montana DNRC Water Resources Building, Fred Buck Conference Room
ADDRESS: 1424 9th Ave., Helena, Montana, 59620

Environmental Site Review Montana DNRC and Commission staff will conduct an environmental site review of the project beginning at 1:30 p.m. on December 13, 2022. All interested individuals, agencies, tribes, and NGOs are invited to attend. All participants should meet at the project, which is located at 511 Toston Dam Road, Toston, Montana 59643. All participants are responsible for their own transportation to the site and during the site visit. Anyone with questions about the environmental site review should contact David Lofftus at (406) 444-6659 or DLofftus@mt.gov. Those individuals planning to participate in the site review should notify Mr. Lofftus of their intent, no later than December 7, 2022.