[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 9, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 31461] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-15218] [[Page 31461]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2232-346] Duke Energy Corporation; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment June 3, 1998. An environmental assessment (EA) is available for public review. The EA was prepared for an application filed on May 30 1997, by the Duke Energy Corporation, licensee for the Catawba-Wateree Hydroelectric Project. In its application, the licensee requests permission from the Commission to allow Crescent Resources, Inc. (Crescent) to dredge a 0.69 acre area of lake bottom to improve boat access to previously approved, yet unconstructed, boat slips. About 7,500 cubic yards of lake bottom would be removed. By order dated September 7, 1996, the Commission granted the licensee permission to allow Crescent to construct a boat ramp and 191 boat slips at the subject site to accommodate the residents of Harbour Subdivision. After further evaluation, Crescent determined that dredging is needed to provide adequate boat access to some of the slips. The EA considers the environmental effects of constructing and using the floating slips as well as the proposed dredging activity. The EA finds that the proposed action 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 obtained by calling the Commission's Public Reference Room at (202) 208-1371. David P. Boergers, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 98-15218 Filed 6-8-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M