[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44336-44337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21129]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 1218, Georgia]


Georgia Power Company; Notice of Scoping Pursuant to the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969

August 21, 1995.
    Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and as part of the 
license application, the Georgia Power Company (Georgia Power) intends 
to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) to file with the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission for the Flint River Hydroelectric Project. 
Two public Scoping meetings will be held, pursuant to the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, to identify the scope of 
environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. At the scoping 
meetings, Georgia Power will summarize the environmental issues 
tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) solicit from the 
meeting participants all available information, especially qualified 
data, on the resources at issue; and (3) encourage statements from 
experts and the public on issues that should be analyzed in the EA.
    All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited 
and encouraged to attend and assist in identifying and clarifying the 
scope of environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA.
    To help focus the discussions, a scoping document was sent out on 
August 10, 1995, as part of the Initial Stage Consultation Document 
(ISCD). Copies of the Scoping Document and ISCD will also be available 
at the meetings.
    Georgia Power will conduct a site visit and scoping meetings on 
September 12, 1995. The site visit will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the 
Georgia Power--Albany Operating Headquarter in Albany, Georgia. A 
scoping meeting for federal, state and local resource agencies will be 
held at the Georgia Power--Albany Operating Headquarters at 2:00 p.m. 
The evening scoping meeting will be held on September 12 at 7 p.m. at 
the Ramada Inn, in Albany, Georgia. The site visit and scoping meetings 
are open to all interested parties.

Meeting Procedures

    The meeting will be conducted according to the procedures used at 
Commission scoping meetings. Because this meeting will be a NEPA 
scoping meeting, the Commission will not conduct another NEPA scoping 
meeting when the application and EA are filed with the Commission in 
September 1999. Instead, Commission staff will attend the meetings held 
on September 12, 1995.
    The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and, thereby, will 
become a part of the formal record of the proceedings on the Flint 
River Project. Individuals presenting statements at the meetings will 
be asked to identify themselves for the record.
    Concerned parties are encouraged to offer verbal guidance during 
public meetings. Speaking time allowed for individuals will be 
determined before each meeting, based on the number of persons wishing 
to speak and the approximate amount of time available for the session, 
but all speakers will be provided at least five minutes to present 
their views.
    Persons choosing not to speak but wishing to express an opinion, as 
well as speakers unable to summarize their positions within the 
allotted time, may submit written statements for inclusion in the 
public record.
    Written scoping comments may also be mailed to Georgia Power 
Company, 333 Piedmont Avenue NE, Bin 10170, Atlanta, Georgia 30308-
3374. All correspondence should clearly show the following caption on 
the first page: Scoping Comments, Flint River Project, FERC No. 1218, 
Georgia.

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    For further information, please contact Chris Hobson at (404) 526-
7778 (Georgia Power Company) or Kelly Fargo at (202) 219-0231.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-21129 Filed 8-24-95; 8:45 am]
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