[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 51770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4740]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2232-478]


Duke Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

August 24, 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 prepared an 
environmental assessment (EA) that analyzes the environmental impacts 
of allowing Duke Power Company, licensee for the Catawba-Wateree 
Hydroelectric Project, to grant an easement to the Town of Mooresville, 
North Carolina, for project property within the Cowans Ford 
Development, also known as Lake Norman. The new easement will allow the 
Town of Mooresville to install a new raw water pump station, intake 
screens, and intake pipes and to have a maximum allowable water 
withdrawal of 12.0 million gallons per day. The EA contains staff's 
analysis of the potential environmental impacts of the proposal and 
concludes that approval of the Proposed Action 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 
Approving Non-Project Use of Project Lands and Waters,'' which was 
issued August 23, 2005, and is available for review and reproduction at 
the Commission's Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, 
NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. 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 (prefaced by P-) and 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 (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-4740 Filed 8-30-05; 8:45 am]
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