[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 55 (Monday, March 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13296-13297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-637]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Tapoco Project No. 2169-020]


Alcoa Power Generating, Inc., North Carolina/Tennessee; Notice of 
Availability of Environmental Assessment

March 15, 2004.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office 
of Energy Projects (staff) has reviewed the application for a new major 
license for the Tapoco Project, located on the Little Tennessee and 
Cheoah Rivers in Graham and Swain Counties, North Carolina and Blount 
and Monroe Counties, Tennessee, and prepared an environmental 
assessment (EA) for the project. The project affects Federal lands of 
the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service.
    In this EA, the staff analyzes the potential environmental effects 
of the existing project and concludes that licensing the project, with 
staff's recommended measures, would not constitute a major Federal 
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
    A copy of the EA and application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room, or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``e-Library'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm to be notified via e-mail of new filings 
and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    Any comments should be filed within 30 days from the date of this 
notice and should be addressed to Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426. Please affix ``Tapoco Project No. 2169-020'' to all comments. 
For further information, please contact Randy Yates by e-mail at 
[email protected] or phone 770-452-3784.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. Comments may 
be filed electronically via the Internet in

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lieu of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on 
the Commission's Web site under the ``e-Filing'' link.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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