[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 81 (Friday, April 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22359-22360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9021]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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


Alcoa Power Generating, Inc.; Progress Energy Carolinas; Notice 
of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Yadkin Project and the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Project

April 18, 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. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office 
of Energy Projects has reviewed the applications for licenses for Alcoa 
Power Generating, Inc.'s 210-megawatt Yadkin Hydroelectric Project 
(Project No. 2197) and Progress Energy Carolina's 108.6-MW Yadkin-Pee 
Dee River Hydroelectric Project (Project No. 2206), located on the 
Yadkin and Pee Dee rivers in the counties of Davidson, Davie, 
Montgomery, Rowan, Stanly, Anson, and Richmond, near Charlotte, North 
Carolina. Based upon this review,

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the Office of Energy Projects has prepared a Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (final EIS) for the projects.
    The final EIS contains staff's evaluation of the applicant's 
proposal and alternatives for relicensing the Yadkin and Yadkin-Pee Dee 
River Projects. The final EIS documents the views of governmental 
agencies, non-governmental organizations, affected Indian tribes, the 
public, the license applicants, and Commission staff.
    A copy of the final EIS is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Branch, Room 2A, located at 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The final EIS also may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov under 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.
    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. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    For further information, contact Stephen Bowler at (202) 502-6861 
or [email protected] or Lee Emery at (202) 502-8379 or 
[email protected].

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-9021 Filed 4-24-08; 8:45 am]
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