[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19911-19912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10614]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2354-018-GA]


Georgia Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

April 16, 1998.
    An environmental assessment (EA) is available for public review. 
The EA was

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prepared for an application filed by the Georgia Power Company on 
January 29, 1998, requesting the Commission's authorization to permit 
the Clayton-Rabun County Water Authority (Authority) to increase its 
water withdrawal from Lake Rabun reservoir for municipal water supply 
from 806,000 gallons per day (gpd) currently to 2.0 million gpd.
    The EA evaluates the environmental impacts that would result from 
permitting the Authority to increase its water withdrawal from Lake 
Rabun reservoir, as discussed above. Existing pumps and water treatment 
facilities at the site are able to accommodate this increased water 
withdrawal; consequently, the proposed action would not require any new 
construction activity.
    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, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. Copies also may be obtained by 
calling the EA coordinator, Jim Haimes, at (202) 219-2780.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-10614 Filed 4-21-98; 8:45 am]
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