May 8, 2002
Dear Editor/Publisher:
If your publication, radio or television station offers a calendar of
community events, you may want to include news of the following hearing
and workshop.
Energy Commission staff will conduct a project status hearing and issue
resolution workshop to discuss the proposed SMUD Consumnes Power Plant
Project as follows:
Project Status Hearing:
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2002
Beginning at 10 a.m.
Hearing Room A
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street
Sacramento, California
(Wheelchair Accessible)
-and-
Issue Resolution Workshop:
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2002
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Hearing Room B
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street
Sacramento, California
(Wheelchair Accessible)
The hearing is being held to review the following: the status of the
hearing, objections or any pending motion to compel responses to data
requests, the timeliness of Applicant data submissions, and the schedule
for the remainder of the Application for Certification proceeding. The
purpose of the workshop is to discuss the Applicant's data responses on
waste management issues.
The Consumnes Power Plant, proposed by the Sacramento Municipal Utility
District (SMUD), would be a 1,000-megawatt, natural gas-fired, combined
cycle power plant located near the former Rancho Seco Nuclear Plant, 25
miles southeast of the City of Sacramento, in Sacramento County. Members
of the public and interested agencies are invited to participate and
provide comments. Those who wish further information about how to
participate should contact Roberta Mendonca, the Commission's Public
Adviser, at (916) 654-4489, toll free in California at (800) 822-6228,
or by e-mail at pao@energy.state.ca.us.
The Commission's Web Site contains current information on the proposed
project at:
www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/smud
Please contact me at (916) 654-4989 if you prefer to have your name
removed from our mailing list. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mary Ann Costamagna
Information Officer
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