[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19883-19884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5731]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2503-085--South Carolina]


Duke Power, a Division of Duke Energy Corporation; Notice of 
Availability of Environmental Assessment

April 11, 2006.
    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 has reviewed an application for non-project use of 
project lands and waters at the Keowee-Toxaway Hydroelectric Project 
(FERC No. 2503), and has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for 
the proposed non-project use. Duke Power is the licensee for the 
project. The project is located on the Little and Keowee Rivers in 
Oconee County, South Carolina.
    In the application, Duke Power requests Commission authorization to 
lease to the Waterford Communities

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Owners Association and Crescent Communities S.C., LLC 6.54 acres of 
project land for a commercial/residential marina. The proposed marina 
would consist of: (1) Three cluster docks with eight boat docking 
locations each, and one cluster dock with six boat docking locations 
for Waterford Ridge; (2) one cluster dock with fourteen boat docking 
locations, and two cluster docks with eight boat docking locations each 
for Waterford Farms; and (3) nine cluster docks with ten boat docking 
locations each for Waterford Pointe. The marina's docks would provide a 
total of 150 boat docking locations for the residents of the Waterford 
Communities. The EA contains the Commission staff's analysis of the 
probable environmental impacts of the proposal, and concludes that 
approving the licensee's application, with staff's recommended 
environmental measures, would not constitute a major Federal action 
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
    The EA is attached to a Commission order titled ``Order Modifying 
and Approving Non-Project Use of Project Lands and Waters,'' which was 
issued April 7, 2006, 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 dock number (prefaced by P-), 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. E6-5731 Filed 4-17-06; 8:45 am]
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