[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 207 (Friday, October 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 60839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21232]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2197-073; Project No. 2206-030]


Alcoa Power Generating, Inc., North Carolina; Progress Energy 
Carolinas, North Carolina; Notice of Public Meetings on Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement

October 23, 2007.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) hereby gives 
notice that members of its staff will conduct two public meetings on 
the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the Yadkin 
Hydroelectric Project and the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Hydroelectric 
Project. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows:
    Yadkin Project Meeting
    Date: November 14, 2007.
    Time: 7 to 9:30 p.m. (EST).
    Place: James Varick Auditorium.
    Address: Livingstone College, 701 West Monroe Street, Salisbury, NC 
28144.
    Yadkin-Pee Dee Project Meeting
    Date: November 15, 2007.
    Time: 7 to 9:30 p.m. (EST).
    Place: Cole Auditorium.
    Address: Richmond Community College, 1042 West Hamlet Ave., Hamlet, 
NC 28345.
    The purpose of these meetings is to solicit comments on the DEIS 
prepared for the relicensing applications of the Yadkin and Yadkin-Pee 
Dee River Projects. The DEIS was issued and publicly noticed on 
September 28, 2007, and is available for review on the Commission's Web 
site at http://www.ferc.gov, using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the 
docket number (either P-2197or P-2206) 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.
    The Yadkin Project is located on the Yadkin River in Davidson, 
Davie, Montgomery, Rowan, and Stanly Counties, North Carolina. The 
Yadkin-Pee Dee River Project is located on the Yadkin and Pee Dee 
Rivers in Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, and Stanly Counties, North 
Carolina. There are no federal lands affected by these projects.
    These meetings are open to the public. All local, state, and 
federal agencies, Indian Tribes, and other interested parties are 
invited to participate. Transcripts of the meetings will be prepared.
    The deadline for filing comments on the DEIS is December 8, 2007. 
Comments should be filed with: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426. Comments should reference either Project No. 2197-073 (Yadkin 
Project) or Project No. 2206-030 (Yadkin-Pee Dee River Project). 
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 instructions on the Commission's Web site at 
http://www.ferc.gov under the eLibrary link.
    For further information, contact Stephen Bowler at (202) 502-6861 
or [email protected] or Lee Emery at (202) 5028379 or 
[email protected].

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-21232 Filed 10-25-07; 8:45 am]
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