[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 203 (Thursday, October 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 62716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26838]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2413-040]


Georgia Power Company; Notice of Availability of Draft 
Environmental Assessment

October 13, 2000.
    An environmental assessment (EA) is available for public review. 
The EA analyzes the environmental impacts of approving Georgia Power 
Company's (licensee for the Wallace Dam Project, FERC No. 2413) request 
to permit the Reynolds Plantation to increase the rate of water 
withdrawal 3 MGD, about 4.6 cubic feet per second (cfs), to 14.125 MGD, 
about 21.9 cfs. No additional construction is required at either site.
    The Reynold plantation would increase the water withdrawal at the 
Rees Jones intake facility from 0.75 million gallons per day (MGD) from 
Lake Oconee to 10.75 MGD. The Reynolds Plantation also would increase 
the rate of water withdrawal at the National Course facility from 0.75 
MGD to 1.875 MGD.
    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 licensee's request to permit the Reynold 
plantation to increase it's water withdrawals from Lake Oconee 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 
comments 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 with the docket number P-2413-040 to: The Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 
20426. If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact 
Sean Murphy at telephone: (202) 219-2964.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-26838 Filed 10-18-00; 8:45 am]
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