[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 58990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25331]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 2232-381, 2331-014, 2332-021, 2503-048, 2740-041 North 
and South Carolina]


Duke Energy Corporation; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

September 27, 2000.
    An environmental assessment (EA) is available for public review. 
The EA analyzes the environmental impacts of approving Duke Energy 
Corporation's (Duke) excavation programmatic agreement (PA) for the 
above five projects located in North and South Carolina. These projects 
include the following 16 reservoirs: Lake James, Rodhiss, Hickory, 
Lookout Shoals, Norman, Mountain Island, Wylie, Fishing Creek, Great 
Falls, Rocky Creek, Wateree, Ninety-Nine Islands, Gaston Shoals, 
Jocassee, Keowee and Bad Creek.
    In its PA, Duke requests authority to grant permits to excavate up 
to 2,000 cubic yards (cy) of lakebottom sediments without obtaining 
prior Commission approval. Duke also asks for authority to grant 
permits for maintenance excavations involving any amount of sediment. 
Maintenance excavations are defined in the PA. Applicants would still 
have to obtain all other necessary local, state and federal permits and 
many other restrictions apply.
    The EA was written by staff in the Office of Energy Projects, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. In the EA, Commission staff 
conclude that approving the PA and granting Duke the requested 
authority 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-25331 Filed 10-2-00; 8:45 am]
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