[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 122 (Friday, June 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39141-39142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15885]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2232-393]


Duke Energy Corporation; Notice of Availability of Draft 
Environmental Assessment

June 19, 2000.
    A draft environmental assessment (DEA) is available for public 
review. The DEA analyzes the environmental impacts of proposed 
revisions to the shoreline classification maps for the Catawba-Wateree 
Project Shoreline Management Plan (SMP). The licensee for the project 
is Duke Energy Corporation (Duke). The maps address the allowable uses 
of 1,635 miles of shoreline for the 11 project reservoirs located in 
North and South Carolina. The maps are supported by results of Duke's 
Shallow Water Fish Habitat Study (SWFHS). Also, addressed in this DEA 
is the Shoreline Stabilization Technique Selection Process (SSTSP). The 
proposed revisions to the shoreline classification maps are an integral 
part of the SMP for the project.
    On the basis of this independent environmental assessment, approval 
of the revised reclassification maps would not constitute a major 
federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the human 
environment.
    The DEA was written by Commission staff in the Office of Energy 
Projects, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Copies of the DEA can 
be viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm. Call (202) 
208-2222 for assistance. Copies are also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the

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Commission's Public Reference Room located at 888 First Street, NE, 
Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371.
    Anyone may file comments on the DEA. The public, federal and state 
resource agencies are encouraged to provide comments. All comments must 
be filed within 30 days of the date of this notice shown above. Send an 
original and eight copies of all comments marked with the project 
number P-2232-393 to : The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. If you have 
any questions regarding this notice, please call Brian Romanek at (202) 
219-3076.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-15885 Filed 6-22-00; 8:45 am]
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