[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 51 (Friday, March 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13875-13876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5118]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2165-022]


 Alabama Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

March 7, 2008.
    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.

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486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy Projects has reviewed the 
application for a New Major License for the Warrior River Hydroelectric 
Project, which includes the Lewis Smith and Bankhead developments.
    The Lewis Smith development is located in north central Alabama in 
the headwaters of the Black Warrior River on the Sipsey Fork in 
Cullman, Walker, and Winston Counties. The Bankhead development is 
located in west central Alabama downstream of the Lewis Smith 
development, on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa County. The Lewis 
Smith development occupies 2,691.44 acres of federal lands administered 
by the U.S. Forest Service, and the Bankhead development occupies 18.7 
acres of federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management. 
Staff has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the project.
    The EA contains staff's analysis of the potential environmental 
effects of the project and concludes that licensing the project, with 
appropriate environmental protective measures, would not constitute a 
major federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the 
human environment.
    A copy of the EA 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.
    Any comments should be filed within 30 days from the date of this 
notice and should be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426. Please affix Project No. 2165-022 to all comments. 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.
    For further information, please contact Janet Hutzel at (202) 502-
8675 or at [email protected].

Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
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