Virtual Scoping Meeting for the Pushmataha Project (P-14890-005)

Project No. 14890-005

Commission staff will hold five public scoping meetings to receive input on the scope of the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the NEPA document (a daytime and evening meeting in Paris, Texas, a daytime and evening meeting in Talihina, Oklahoma, and one virtual meeting).  Daytime scoping meetings will focus on resource agency, Native American Tribes, and non-governmental organization (NGO) concerns, while the evening scoping meetings 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, each meeting will include a virtual review of the proposed project site.  The dates, times, and locations of these meetings are as follows:

DATE:  Thursday, August 15, 2024

TIME:  9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CDT (10:00 a.m. -1:00p.m. EDT)

INFORMATION:  A scoping meeting will be held virtually.  (You will be able to connect to the meeting using a computer or a telephone.)  If you plan to attend the virtual meeting, please RSVP via email to PushmatahaMeetingRSVP@ferc.gov on or before August 11, 2024 and, in the days before the meeting, you will receive specific instructions on how to attend.  In your email, please indicate if you would like to speak.  Please do not send comments to this email address.

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 stenographer and become part of the Commission’s formal record on the project.

Agencies, Native American Tribes, NGOS, and individuals are encouraged to attend the meetings and to assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed in the NEPA document.