[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7471-7472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3101]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2232-566]


Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of Availability of 
Environmental Assessment

February 3, 2010.
    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 prepared an 
environmental assessment (EA) regarding Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC's 
(Duke), licensee for the Catawba-Wateree Project, request for approval 
of an agreement between the Town of Mooresville, North Carolina 
(Mooresville) and Duke, authorizing Mooresville to operate and maintain 
expanded water intake facilities and withdraw water from Lake Norman. 
The Catawba-Wateree Project (FERC No. 2232) is located on the Catawba 
and Wateree Rivers, in nine counties in North Carolina and five 
counties in South Carolina. Lake Norman is the fifth reservoir in the 
series of reservoirs used by the project, and is located on the Catawba 
River.
    In its application, Duke proposes to grant an expansion of 
Mooresville's water intake facilities and increase Mooresville's water 
withdrawal rate from Lake Norman. The existing water intake structure 
would be expanded by connecting a new pipe to the existing water intake 
structure and the existing pumping plant located on Mooresville-owned 
property within the project boundary. Mooresville has requested that 
the expanded facility have a gross maximum allowable water withdrawal 
rate of 18 million gallons per day (MGD), a 6 MGD increase from the 
current approved maximum withdrawal rate of 12 MGD, as approved by the 
Commission on August 23, 2005. The water intake and pump facility are 
located in Iredell County, North Carolina.
    The EA is attached to a Commission order titled, ``Order Modifying 
and Approving Non-Project Use of Project Lands and Waters,'' which was 
issued February 3, 2010, and 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 with eLibrary, contact 
[email protected] or

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toll-free at (866) 208-3676; for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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