[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 100 (Thursday, May 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29139-29140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9999]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. P-2197-073]


Alcoa Power Generating Inc.; Notice of Settlement Agreement and 
Soliciting Comments

May 17, 2007.
    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement.
    b. Project Nos.: P-2197-073.
    c. Date Filed: May 7, 2007.
    d. Applicant: Alcoa Power Generating Inc. (Alcoa Generating).
    e. Name of Project: Yadkin Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Yadkin River in Stanly, Davidson, Montgomery, 
and Rowan Counties, North Carolina. The project does not occupy federal 
lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: Gene Ellis, Licensing and Property Manager, 
Alcoa Power Generating, Inc., Yadkin Division, NC Highway 740, P.O. Box 
576, Badin, North Carolina 28009-0576, Phone: (909) 394-8667.
    i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery, 888 First St, NE., Washington, DC 
20426, (202) 502-8379.
    j. Deadline for filing comments: June 6, 2007. Reply comments due 
June 18, 2007.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an 
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to 
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a 
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document 
on that resource agency.
    Comments may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of 
paper. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    k. Alcoa Generating filed a settlement on behalf of itself and 24 
other entities that signed the settlement. Other parties signing the 
settlement included state agencies, county governments, an Indian 
tribe, and various other stakeholders involved in the relicense 
proceeding. The purpose of the settlement agreement is to resolve most 
of the issues that have or could have been raised by the settling 
parties in connection with the Commission's issuance of a new license 
for the project and to establish Alcoa Generating's obligations for the 
protection, mitigation, and enhancement of resources affected by the 
project. Major issues covered in the settlement include: (1) Revising 
the operating rule curve for High Rock Lake, (2) stabilizing water 
levels at all four project reservoirs to enhance fish spawning, (3) 
increasing minimum flow releases from the project, (4) implementing a 
dissolved oxygen monitoring plan, (5) improving recreational 
facilities, and (6) developing a flow and reservoir monitoring and 
compliance plan.
    l. A copy of the settlement agreement is available for review at 
the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number 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 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects.

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For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-9999 Filed 5-23-07; 8:45 am]
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