[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 93 (Friday, May 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 28023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11735]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2232-522; Project No. 516-459]


Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, South Carolina Electric & Gas 
Company; Notice of Meetings

    On March 18, 2011, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 
requested a meeting with Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke), licensee 
for the Catawba-Wateree Hydroelectric Project No. 2232, and Commission 
staff to discuss information needed to complete formal consultation for 
shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) under section 7 of the 
Endangered Species Act. NMFS requested a similar meeting with South 
Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), licensee for the Saluda 
Hydroelectric Project No. 516, and Commission staff on March 25, 2011.
    Accordingly, Commission staff will meet with representatives of 
NMFS and Duke, the Commission's non-federal representative for the 
Catawba-Wateree Project, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Similarly, 
Commission staff will meet with representatives of NMFS and SCE&G, the 
Commission's non-federal representative for the Saluda Project, on 
Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Both meetings will start at 9 a.m. at NMFS' 
office at 253 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, Florida. All local, 
state, and federal agencies, and interested parties, are hereby invited 
to attend and observe either, or both, meeting(s). Questions concerning 
these meetings should be directed to Ms. Karla Reece of NMFS at (727) 
824-5348.

    Dated: May 6, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-11735 Filed 5-12-11; 8:45 am]
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