[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 160 (Thursday, August 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51506-51507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18996]


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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY


Environmental Impact Statement--Proposed Watts Bar Reservoir Land 
Plan, Loudon, Meigs, Rhea, and Roane Counties, TN

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and extension of public comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: This notice is provided in accordance with the Council on 
Environmental Quality's regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 to 1508), 
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and its 
implementing regulations (36 CFR part 800), and TVA's procedures 
implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). On February 
25, 2004, TVA published a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed Reservoir Land Plan for Watts Bar 
Reservoir, in Loudon, Meigs, Rhea, and Roane Counties, Tennessee

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(Federal Register, Volume 69, Number 37, Pages 8793-8795). 
Subsequently, TVA published a notice in the Federal Register, extending 
the comment period for scoping of the EIS from April 15, 2004, to June 
30, 2004 (Federal Register, Volume 69, Number 79, p. 21,880). Today's 
notice announces that the public scoping meeting for the EIS will take 
place on September 28, 2004, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., in the student 
lounge of Roane State Community College in Roane County Tennessee. 
Simultaneously, this notice further extends the comment period for the 
scoping phase of the environmental review to October 8, 2004. Written 
comments may be sent to the address specified below by October 8, 2004. 
Comments may also be provided in an oral or written format at the 
public scoping meeting. To facilitate public involvement, a public 
scoping form for gathering specific information will also be 
distributed at the public meeting and will be available on TVA's Web 
site at http://www.tva.com.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to Jon M. Loney, Manager, 
NEPA Administration, Environmental Policy and Planning, Tennessee 
Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 
37902-1499.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard L. Toennisson, NEPA 
Specialist, Environmental Policy and Planning, Tennessee Valley 
Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT 8C, Knoxville, Tennessee 
37902-1499; telephone: (865) 632-8517; or e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Within the scope of the proposed Watts Bar 
Reservoir Land Plan, TVA is reviewing a preliminary development 
proposal by Valley Land Corporation (VLC) to Meigs County and to TVA 
for a 310 acre mixed use commercial/residential development on TVA 
lands on Watts Bar Reservoir. If a formal proposal is submitted, the 
237 acres of the existing Meigs County Park currently under a public 
recreation easement to Meigs County, and the 73 acres of TVA project 
lands on the Watts Bar Dam Reservation currently being used for public 
recreation could be considered for development in preparing the land 
plan and EIS. The proposal could include the use of 20 acres for 
residential and commercial/retail sites (restaurant, motel, retail 
shops, and marina with yacht sales); and the use of another 190 acres 
for a golf course and campground. No private water use facilities are 
proposed, residential boating access would be accommodated by a 
proposed marina.

Public Participation

    TVA is interested in receiving comments on the scope of issues to 
be addressed in the Watts Bar Reservoir Land Plan EIS. Written comments 
on the scope of the EIS, including the range of alternatives that 
should be considered and the impacts to be assessed should be received 
on or before October 8, 2004. Comments may also be provided in an oral 
or written format at the public meeting for scoping which will take 
place on September 28, 2004, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., in the student 
lounge of Roane State Community College, 276 Patton Lane, Harriman, 
Tennessee. Information on the meeting will be announced in local 
newspapers, on the TVA Web page at http://www.tva.com, and may also be 
obtained by contacting the persons listed above. To facilitate public 
involvement, a public scoping form for gathering specific information 
will be distributed at the public meeting and will be available on 
TVA's Web site.

    Dated: August 13, 2004.
Kathryn J. Jackson,
Executive Vice President, River System Operations and Environment.
[FR Doc. 04-18996 Filed 8-18-04; 8:45 am]
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