[Federal Register: November 20, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 224)]
[Notices]
[Page 58140]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project Nos. 2413-043]
Georgia Power Company; Notice of Availability of Draft
Environmental Assessment
November 14, 2001.
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission's)
regulations, the Office of Energy Projects has reviewed the application
filed January 2, 2001, requesting the Commission's authorization to
amend the project license. An environmental assessment (EA) is
available for public review. The EA analyzes the environmental impacts
of approving Georgia Power Company's (licensee for the Wallace Dam
Project, FERC No. 2413) request to amend the project license to permit
the City of Greensboro to increase their maximum rate of water
withdrawal from 3.8 cubic feet per second (cfs) \1\ or 2.45 million
gallons per day (MGD) from Lake Oconee to 3.3 MGD.
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\1\ FERC 25 para. 62,058, Order Approving Change in Land Rights,
issued July 29, 1980.
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Copies of the EA can be viewed at the Commission's Public Reference
Room, Room 2A, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, or by
calling (202) 208-1371. Copies of this filing are on file with the
Commission and are available for public inspection. The EA may also be
viewed on the web at
http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link, select ``Docket#'' and
follow the instructions (call 202-208-2222 for assistance).
Anyone may file comments on the EA. The public, federal and state
resource agencies are encouraged to provide comments. All written
comments must be filed within 30 days of the issuance date of this
notice shown above. Comments, protests and interventions may be filed
electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site
under the ``e-Filing'' link. Send an original and eight copies of all
comments marked with the docket number P-2413-040 to: The Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington,
DC 20426. If you have any questions regarding this notice, please
contact Sean Murphy at telephone: (202) 219-2964 or email:
sean.murphy@ferc.fed.us.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-28953 Filed 11-19-01; 8:45 am]
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