80 FR 69 pg. 19308 - City of Wadsworth, Ohio; Notice of Teleconference

Type: NOTICEVolume: 80Number: 69Page: 19308
Docket number: [Project No. 12796-004]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2015-08229 Filed 4-9-15; 8:45 am]
Agency: Energy Department
Sub Agency: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Page: 19308

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12796-004]

City of Wadsworth, Ohio; Notice of Teleconference

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Ohio Ecological Services Field Office and West Virginia Field Office (FWS) requested a teleconference regarding Commission staff's March 11, 2015, request for formal consultation on the pink mucket pearly mussel ( Lampsilis abrupta ), eastern fanshell mussel ( Cyprogenia stegaria ), snuffbox mussel ( Epioblasma triquetra ), sheepnose mussel ( Plethobasus cyphyus ), and Indiana bat ( Myotis sodalis ) for the proposed R.C. Byrd Hydroelectric Project. The FWS requested a discussion of: (1) The Commission's hydropower licensing process; (2) the recent action listing the northern long-eared bat ( Myotis septentrionalis ) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act; (3) FWS' information needs to complete section 7 consultation for listed bats and mussels; and (4) possible solutions to gathering the information needed by FWS.

The teleconference will be held on Monday, April 20, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time). All local, state, and federal agencies, Indian tribes, and other interested parties are invited to participate by phone. Please call Andy Bernick at (202) 502-8660 by Monday, April 13, 2015, to RSVP and to receive specific instructions on how to participate.

Dated: April 3, 2015.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2015-08229 Filed 4-9-15; 8:45 am]

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