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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 2009-003 North Carolina]

 

Virginia Electric and Power Co.; Intent To Prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement and To Conduct Scoping Meetings

July 1, 1994.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission's) 
regulations, at 18 CFR part 380 (Order 486, 52 FR 47897), the 
Commission will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 
application for Non-project Use of Project Lands and Waters at the 
Gaston and Roanoke Rapids Project (FERC No. 2009), located on the 
Roanoke River. The proposed water intake and pipeline would be located 
in Brunswick, Greenville, Sussex, Southampton and Isle of Wight 
Counties, Virginia.
    The Office of Hydropower Licensing has prepared a Final 
Environmental Assessment (FEA) for the proposed action. The FEA will be 
the scoping document. We intend to conduct a thorough and comprehensive 
analysis of all relevant issues while keeping to an expedited schedule 
for completion of a Final EIS.
    Three scoping meetings will be held. The two open scoping meetings 
are intended for input from both the public and from resource agency 
and non-governmental organizations while the public meeting is intended 
primarily for public input. All interested individuals, organizations, 
and agencies are urged to attend one or more of these meetings and 
assist the staff in identifying the scope of environmental issues that 
should be analyzed in the EIS. The times and locations of these 
meetings are as follows:

    Open Scoping Meeting 1--Raleigh Durham NC . . . July 14 (10:00 
am to 5:00 pm) Raleigh Sheraton Inn, Crabtree Valley, 45301 
Creedmoor Road.
    Public Scoping Meeting--South Hill VA . . . July 18 (7:00 to 
10:00 pm) Holiday Inn, 585 US Route 58, South Hill, VA 23970.
    Open Scoping Meeting 2--Virginia Beach VA . . . July 20 (10:00 
am to 5:00 pm) Omni Waterside, 777 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, VA 
23510.

    Each scoping meeting will be recorded by a court reporter, and all 
statements (oral and written) will become part of the Commission's 
public record for the project. Interested parties who are unable to 
attend the scoping meeting may provide written comments and information 
to the FERC as described below.
    Federal, state, and local resource agencies, and other interested 
groups and individuals are requested to forward to the Commission, or 
present at the Commission's scoping meetings, information that they 
believe will assist the Commission in conducting an accurate and 
thorough analysis of the individual as well as cumulative effects of 
the proposed water withdrawal facility.
    Requested information can be submitted at the scoping meetings or 
submitted in writing. If submitting comments in writing, communications 
must be received no later than August 19, 1994, and must be sent to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mail code: DPCA, HL-
21.1, 825 North Capitol Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    Any questions concerning the scoping process for the Non-project 
Use of Project Lands and Waters at the Gaston and Roanoke Rapids 
Project should be directed to Steve Edmondson at (202) 219-2653.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-16517 Filed 7-7-94; 8:45 am]
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