[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 8095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04001]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2413-125]


Georgia Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) regulations, 
18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy 
Projects has reviewed an application submitted by Georgia Power Company 
(licensee) to allow Greenbriar Sand Company, in Greene County, Georgia, 
the use of Wallace Dam Hydroelectric (FERC No. 2413) project lands and 
waters to conduct hydraulic sand mining. The project is located at 
about river mile 173 on the Oconee River in the Altamaha River Basin in 
Putnam, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Greene and Hancock counties, 
Georgia. The proposed sand mine would be operated by Greenbriar Sand 
Company and sited in Greene County. The project occupies federal land 
administered by the U.S. Forest Service, but the proposed sand mine 
will not operate on Forest Service land.
    An Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared as part of 
Commission staff's review of the proposal. In the application, 
Greenbriar Sand anticipates removing 1,336 acre feet of sand by 
dredging at an average depth of four feet within 334 acres of the 
project reservoir, over the life of the operation. The dredge would 
pump sand to a 14 acre processing area outside of the project area. 
This EA contains Commission staff's analysis of the probable 
environmental impacts of the proposed action and concludes that 
approval of the proposal would not constitute a major federal action 
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
    The EA is available for electronic review and reproduction at the 
Commission's Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street NE, 
Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. The EA may also be viewed on the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link. 
Enter the docket number (P-2413) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll-free at (866) 208-3372 or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.
    For further information, contact Michael Calloway at (202) 502-8041 
or by email at [email protected].

    Dated: February 28, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-04001 Filed 3-5-19; 8:45 am]
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