[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 19884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5732]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2503-086--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. The project is located on the Little and 
Keowee Rivers in Oconee and Pickens Counties, South Carolina.
    In the application, Duke Power (licensee) requests Commission 
authorization to lease two parcels of project land to Crescent 
Communities S.C, LLC, and the Waterside Crossing Owners Association, 
Inc. (applicants) for the construction and operation of: (1) Two 
marinas consisting of a total of 12 cluster docks with 117 total boat 
slips; (2) a boat pump-out station; and (3) an irrigation intake. The 
proposed facilities would serve the residents of Waterside Crossing 
subdivision, located on a cove on Lake Keowee in Oconee County, South 
Carolina. No dredging is proposed for this development. 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. E6-5732 Filed 4-17-06; 8:45 am]
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