[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8037-8038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2527]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2232]


Duke Energy Corporation; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

February 6, 2008.
    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 has reviewed plans, 
filed May 16, 2007, to perform embankment seismic stability improvement 
work at Catawba Dam, part of the Catawba-Wateree Project's Bridgewater 
Development, which is located on the Catawba River in McDowell and 
Burke counties, North

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Carolina. The project occupies nine counties in North Carolina and five 
counties in South Carolina.
    The project licensee, Duke Energy Corporation (Duke Power), plans 
to add an earthfill berm to the downstream side of the embankment of 
Catawba Dam because it has been determined that the dam could fail 
during a seismic event. Accordingly, the Commission required 
remediation under Part 12 of its regulations. In the environmental 
assessment (EA), Commission staff has analyzed the probable 
environmental effects of the proposed work and has concluded that 
approval, with appropriate environmental measures, would not constitute 
a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment.
    A copy of the EA is available for review at the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, or it may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at 
http://www.ferc.gov using the ``elibrary'' link. Enter the docket 
number (P-2232) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call (202) 502-8222, or (202) 502-8659 (for TTY).

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-2527 Filed 2-11-08; 8:45 am]
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