[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 48 (Thursday, March 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12091-12092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6350]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2146-079]


Alabama Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

March 6, 1998.
    An environmental assessment (EA) is available for public review. 
The EA was prepared for an application filed by the Alabama Power 
Company on November 19, 1997, requesting the Commission's authorization 
to permit the Five Star Water Supply District (District) to construct 
and operate a raw water intake structure on Bouldin Reservoir, and an 
adjacent water pumping station and water treatment plant. After 
constructing these facilities, the District would withdraw up to 14 
million gallons per day from Bouldin Reservoir for municipal water 
supply.
    The EA evaluates the environmental impacts that would result from: 
(1) granting an easement to the District for the construction and 
operation of a raw water pumping station on Bouldin Reservoir, and a 
20-inch-diameter, 2,000-foot-long pipeline; (2) conveying fee title to 
a 12.7-acre parcel of project lands to the District for the 
construction and operation of a water treatment plant on that site; and 
(3) implementing an agreement allowing the District to withdraw up to 
14 million gallons per day from Bouldin Reservoir for municipal water 
supply beginning in the year 2000.
    The EA finds that approval of the application would not constitute 
a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment.
    The EA was written by staff in the Office of Hydropower Licensing, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Copies of the EA can be viewed at 
the Commission's Reference and Information Center, Room 2A, 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Copies also may be obtained by 
calling

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the EA coordinator, Jim Haimes, at (202) 219-2780.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-6350 Filed 3-11-98; 8:45 am]
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