[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71448-71449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32946]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 349-058]


Alabama Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

December 15, 1999.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission's) 
regulations, the Office of Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the 
application requesting the Commission's authorization to permit Mr. 
Donald F. Seibert (permitee) to reconstruct and expand the existing 
Anchor Bay Marina and has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) for 
the proposed action.
    This 65-year-old facility, formerly known as Castaway Island 
Marina, experienced deferred maintenance when it was operated by its 
previous owner. Moreover, 48 of the marina's 70 covered wet slips were 
destroyed, and several of its other structures experienced extensive 
damage in 1995 as the result of Hurricane Opal. The permitee proposes 
to implement a three-year redevelopment plan that would enable the 
marina to accommodate 180 boats in the water and an additional 250 
boats in storage.
    Anchor Bay Marina is situated in the southwestern portion of Lake 
Martin, which was formed in 1926 after the completion of Alabama Power 
Company's Martin Dam on the Tallapoosa River.
    In the EA, Commission staff does not identify any significant 
impacts that would result from Commission's approval of the proposed 
marina redevelopment. Further, staff finds that Commission-imposed 
mitigative or enhancement measures are not needed

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at the site to protect the area's environmental resources. Thus, staff 
concludes that approval of the proposed amendment of license would not 
constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality 
of the human environment.
    Copies of the EA can be viewed at the Commission's Public Reference 
Room, Room 2A,888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling 
(202) 208-1371. The EA also may be viewed on the Web at 
www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm. Call (202) 208-2222 for assistance.
    For further information, please contact Jim Haimes at (202) 219-
2780.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-32946 Filed 12-20-99; 8:45 am]
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