[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 81 (Thursday, April 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 22027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2021]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2725-068 Georgia]


Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Georgia Power Company; Notice of 
Availability of Environmental Assessment

April 21, 2005.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 
as amended, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations (18 CFR part 380), Commission staff have reviewed an 
application for amendment of license for the Rocky Mountain Pumped 
Storage Project, filed January 24, 2005, to increase the project's 
authorized generating capacity. The project is located on Heath Creek, 
near the City of Rome, in Floyd County, Georgia.
    The project licensees, Oglethorpe Power Corporation and Georgia 
Power Company, propose to increase the project's generating capacity 
through replacing the project's existing pump-turbine runners and 
possibly modifying the pump-turbine, motor-generator, and auxiliary 
equipment components. These changes would increase the project's 
maximum hydraulic capacity at peak generation by 20 to 25 percent, and 
increase the firm peak generating capacity by 202 megawatts.
    In the environmental assessment (EA), Commission staff has analyzed 
the probable environmental effects of the proposed work and has 
concluded that approval, with appropriate environmental measures, would 
not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the 
quality of the human environment.
    A copy of the EA is attached to a Commission order titled ``Order 
Amending License,'' which was issued April 20, 2005, and is available 
for review at the Commission's Public Reference Room. A copy of the EA 
may also be viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov 
using the ``elibrary'' link. Enter the docket number (P-2725) in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, call (202) 
502-8222, or (202) 502-8659 (for TTY).

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-2021 Filed 4-27-05; 8:45 am]
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