The licensee will develop a study plan in consultation with agencies, tribes, and other participants that describes how it will gather new information required to draft the license application. On a parallel track, FERC will publish a Scoping Document outlining issues to be evaluated in the licensing environmental document. The purposes of this stage are to characterize the environmental baseline affected by the project; identify corresponding management goals and objectives that will be applied by the regulatory agencies; and establish a plan of study (by the licensee) and review (by the agencies) of the project impacts and alternatives to protect, mitigate, and enhance environmental quality.

• 4.2.1 Tribal Consultation
• 4.2.10 Study Plan Determination
• 4.2.11 Study Dispute
• 4.2.2 Endangered Species Act (ESA) Consultation
• 4.2.3 Notice of Commencement
• 4.2.4 Scoping Document and Process Plan
• 4.2.5 Comments on Scoping Document 1 and Pre-Application Document
• 4.2.6 Scoping Document 2
• 4.2.7 Proposed Study Plan
• 4.2.8 Comments on Proposed Study Plan
• 4.2.9 Revised Study Plan

4.1.2 Pre-Application Document

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4.2.1 Tribal Consultation