Duke Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment, 51770 [E5-4740]

Download as PDF 51770 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 168 / Wednesday, August 31, 2005 / Notices sections 207 and 309 requiring the operation of the Potomac River Generating Station power plant owned and operated by Mirant Corporation and its public utility subsidiaries. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: No later than 5 p.m. eastern time on August 29, 2005. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E5–4753 Filed 8–30–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2984–042] [Project No. 2232–478] Duke Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment August 24, 2005. 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 have prepared an environmental assessment (EA) that analyzes the environmental impacts of allowing Duke Power Company, licensee for the Catawba-Wateree Hydroelectric Project, to grant an easement to the Town of Mooresville, North Carolina, for project property within the Cowans Ford Development, also known as Lake Norman. The new easement will allow the Town of Mooresville to install a new raw water pump station, intake screens, and intake pipes and to have a maximum allowable water withdrawal of 12.0 million gallons per day. The EA contains staff’s analysis of the potential environmental impacts of the proposal and concludes that approval of the Proposed Action would not constitute a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. A copy of the EA is attached to a Commission order titled ‘‘Order Approving Non-Project Use of Project Lands and Waters,’’ which was issued August 23, 2005, and is available for 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 Web site at https://www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘elibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number (prefaced by P–) and excluding the last three digits, in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E5–4740 Filed 8–30–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P VerDate Aug<18>2005 17:39 Aug 30, 2005 Jkt 205001 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 S.D. Warren Company; Notice Extending Time To File Comments on Environmental Assessment August 25, 2005. On July 11, 2005, Commission staff issued a draft environmental assessment (EA) for the Eel Weir Project. On August 18, 2005, Commission staff held a public meeting on the draft EA in Portland, Maine. During that meeting, a number of participants indicated that they had not previously received their service copy of the draft EA and requested additional time to file comments. Additionally, on August 24, 2005, S.D. Warren filed a request to extend the deadline for filing comments on the draft EA by 30 days from the date of the public meeting. In order to ensure that the record in the relicensing proceeding is complete and that all participants have an adequate opportunity to comment on the draft EA, an extension of time to file comments on the draft EA is hereby granted until September 9, 2005. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E5–4757 Filed 8–30–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests August 23, 2005. Take notice that the following application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection: a. Application Type: Amendment of License. b. Project No.: 9282–028. c. Date Filed: April 4, 2005. d. Applicants: Pine Valley Hydro. e. Name of Project: Pine Valley Dam Project. f. Location: The project is located on the Souhegan River, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. h. Applicant Contact: Milford Elm Street Trust, Pine Valley Hydro, c/o Heidi Heller-Blackmer, P.O. Box 517, Wilton, NH 03086, (603) 654–2433. E:\FR\FM\31AUN1.SGM 31AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 51770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4740]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2232-478]


Duke Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

August 24, 2005.
    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 have prepared an 
environmental assessment (EA) that analyzes the environmental impacts 
of allowing Duke Power Company, licensee for the Catawba-Wateree 
Hydroelectric Project, to grant an easement to the Town of Mooresville, 
North Carolina, for project property within the Cowans Ford 
Development, also known as Lake Norman. The new easement will allow the 
Town of Mooresville to install a new raw water pump station, intake 
screens, and intake pipes and to have a maximum allowable water 
withdrawal of 12.0 million gallons per day. The EA contains staff's 
analysis of the potential environmental impacts of the proposal and 
concludes that approval of the Proposed Action would not constitute a 
major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment.
    A copy of the EA is attached to a Commission order titled ``Order 
Approving Non-Project Use of Project Lands and Waters,'' which was 
issued August 23, 2005, and is available for 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 Web site at https://www.ferc.gov using the ``elibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number (prefaced by P-) and excluding the last 
three digits, in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 
or toll-free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-4740 Filed 8-30-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P

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