[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 140 (Thursday, July 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 45047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18301]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2169-013 North Carolina--Tennessee]


Alcoa Power Generating, Inc.; Notice of Availability of Draft 
Environmental Assessment

July 14, 2000.
    A draft environmental assessment (EA) is available for public 
review. The EA analyzes the environmental effects of a request to amend 
the license to authorize upgrades of turbines and generators at three 
of the four developments of the Tapoco Hydroelectric Project located on 
the Little Tennessee and Cheoah Rivers, in Graham and Swain Counties, 
North Carolina, and Blount and Monroe Counties, Tennessee. The project 
utilizes approximately 370 acres Nantahala National Forest lands. The 
Tapoco Hydroelectric Project includes the following reservoirs: 
Santeetlah, Cheoah, Calderwood, and Chilhowee.
    The EA was written by staff in the Office of Energy Projects, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The proposed upgrade would not 
constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality 
of the human environment. Copies of the EA 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 
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 EA. The public, federal and state 
resource agencies are encouraged to provide comments. All written must 
be filed within 30 days of the issuance date of this notice shown 
above. Send an original and eight copies of all comments marked and 
with the project number P-2169-013 to: The Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. If 
you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact R. Feller 
at telephone: (202) 219-2796 or e-mail: [email protected]

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-18301 Filed 7-19-00; 8:45 am]
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