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(1:00CV02954–TPJ) in the U.S. District
Court for District of Columbia,
challenging the validity of Corps actions
in connection with water withdrawals
from Lake Lanier and alleging the water
withdrawals adversely affected
hydropower generation. A settlement
agreement was reached in the SeFPC
litigation which involves a proposal to
implement interim water storage
contracts at Lake Lanier and prescribed
payments by the water supply users for
interim storage amounts, and credits for
hydropower generation foregone. The
Corps has been prohibited from
implementing the settlement agreement
until recent court decisions removed
those prohibitions. In a ruling on
January 20, 2006, the U.S. District Court
for the District of Columbia granted the
SeFPC motion to stay the lawsuit for a
sufficient amount of time to allow the
Corps to complete the NEPA process for
the proposed implementation of the
settlement agreement.
Accordingly, the Corps is proceeding
to fulfill its obligations under NEPA and
to comply with other terms of the
settlement agreement. The first step of
this compliance process is the initiation
of a draft EIS to address the proposed
implementation of the settlement
agreement. The EIS will address the
impacts expected to result from
implementation of the settlement
agreement together with any operational
changes that may be required for its
implementation.
Public participation throughout the
NEPA process is essential. The Corps
invites full public participation to
promote open communication and
better decision making. All persons,
stakeholders, and organizations that
have an interest in the water allocation
formulas, including minority, lowincome, disadvantaged and Native
American groups, are urged to
participate in this NEPA environmental
analysis process. Assistance will be
provided upon request to anyone having
difficulty with understanding how to
participate. Scoping meetings are
planned and tentatively scheduled for
later this summer. Dates and locations
for public scoping meetings will be
announced by future publication in the
Federal Register and in the local news
media. Tentative dates for publication of
the draft EIS and other opportunities for
public involvement will also be
announced at that time. Public
comments are welcomed anytime
throughout the NEPA process.
Cooperating Agencies. The lead
responsibility for this EIS rests with the
Corps. The Corps intends to coordinate
and/or consult with an interagency team
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of Federal and State agencies during
scoping and preparation of the draft EIS.
Each of these agencies will provide their
expertise and assistance in compiling
information and evaluating potential
impacts. However, these agencies will
not serve in an official role as
cooperating agencies.
Scoping: The Alabama-CoosaTallapoosa Rivers (ACT)/ApalachicolaChattahoochee-Flint Rivers (ACF)
Comprehensive Study and ACF
Compact negotiations involved the
States (Alabama, Florida and Georgia),
stakeholders and the public in
identifying areas of concern; collecting
and developing water resource,
environmental, and socioeconomic data;
and developing tools to assist in
decisions affecting water resources
within the two basins. Scoping for this
EIS will continue to build upon the
knowledge and information developed
during the Comprehensive Study and
subsequent Compact negotiations. The
comments and opinions of various
stakeholders will be sought, including
Federal, State and local agencies and
officials, affected tribes, other interested
parties and the public. Scoping
meetings with agencies and stakeholder
groups will be scheduled to identify any
significant issues and data gaps, focus
on the alternatives to be evaluated, and
to identify any appropriate updated
tools to assist in evaluation of
alternatives and analysis of impacts.
Environmental Review and
Consultation Requirements.
Coordination with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service will be accomplished
in compliance with the Endangered
Species Act and the Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act. Coordination
required by other laws and regulations
will also be conducted.
Dated: June 8, 2006.
Peter F. Taylor,
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer.
[FR Doc. 06–5444 Filed 6–15–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. P–2197–073]
Alcoa Power Generating, Inc.; Errata
Notice and Revised Schedule
June 9, 2006.
On May 10, 2006 the Commission
issued a ‘‘Notice of Application
Tendered for Filing’’ in the abovereferenced proceeding. This Errata
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makes the following corrections to the
notice:
(1) Under letter n., paragraph 4, item
(8), the number, ‘‘447,150 kW,’’ should
be replaced with the number, ‘‘107,780
kW,’’ to report the total installed
capacity of the Narrows Development.
(2) Under letter n., paragraph 6, the
last sentence should be replaced with
the following sentences: ‘‘According to
a 1968 Headwaters Benefits Settlement,
APGI is to operate High Rock Reservoir
such that regulated weekly average
stream flow would be reduced to a flow
not less than 1,500 cfs during the ten
week period preceding May 15; 1,610
cfs during the period May 15 through
July 1; and 1,400 cfs during the period
July 1 through September 15. During the
2002 drought, APGI and Progress Energy
agreed, in a regional Emergency Drought
Management Protocol (now expired), to
operate the projects so as to achieve a
daily average flow of 900 cfs at the
Rockingham, North Carolina U.S.
Geological Survey gage.’’
(3) Under letter q. Procedural
Schedule: The table is revised as
follows:
Milestone
Target date
Tendering Notice .................
File Additional Study Requests.
Additional Information Requests (if necessary).
Issue Acceptance Letter and
Solicit Interventions.
Issue Scoping Document 1
for Comments.
Hold Scoping Meetings .......
Request Additional Information (if necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2
(if necessary).
Notice of Application Ready
for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of Recommendations,
Preliminary Terms and
Conditions, and Fishway
Prescriptions.
Notice of Availability of Draft
EA or EIS.
Comments on Draft EA or
EIS and Modified Terms
and Conditions.
Notice of Availability of Final
EA or EIS.
Ready for Commission Decision on the Application.
May 10, 2006.
June 26, 2006.
July 2006.
Oct. 2006.
Nov. 2006.
Jan. 2006.
March 2007.
March 2007.
April 2007.
June 2007.
Sept. 2007.
Nov. 2007.
March 2008.
April 2008.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. P-2197-073]
Alcoa Power Generating, Inc.; Errata Notice and Revised Schedule
June 9, 2006.
On May 10, 2006 the Commission issued a ``Notice of Application
Tendered for Filing'' in the above-referenced proceeding. This Errata
makes the following corrections to the notice:
(1) Under letter n., paragraph 4, item (8), the number, ``447,150
kW,'' should be replaced with the number, ``107,780 kW,'' to report the
total installed capacity of the Narrows Development.
(2) Under letter n., paragraph 6, the last sentence should be
replaced with the following sentences: ``According to a 1968 Headwaters
Benefits Settlement, APGI is to operate High Rock Reservoir such that
regulated weekly average stream flow would be reduced to a flow not
less than 1,500 cfs during the ten week period preceding May 15; 1,610
cfs during the period May 15 through July 1; and 1,400 cfs during the
period July 1 through September 15. During the 2002 drought, APGI and
Progress Energy agreed, in a regional Emergency Drought Management
Protocol (now expired), to operate the projects so as to achieve a
daily average flow of 900 cfs at the Rockingham, North Carolina U.S.
Geological Survey gage.''
(3) Under letter q. Procedural Schedule: The table is revised as
follows:
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Milestone Target date
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Tendering Notice........................ May 10, 2006.
File Additional Study Requests.......... June 26, 2006.
Additional Information Requests (if July 2006.
necessary).
Issue Acceptance Letter and Solicit Oct. 2006.
Interventions.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for Comments... Nov. 2006.
Hold Scoping Meetings................... Jan. 2006.
Request Additional Information (if March 2007.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary). March 2007.
Notice of Application Ready for April 2007.
Environmental Analysis.
Filing of Recommendations, Preliminary June 2007.
Terms and Conditions, and Fishway
Prescriptions.
Notice of Availability of Draft EA or Sept. 2007.
EIS.
Comments on Draft EA or EIS and Modified Nov. 2007.
Terms and Conditions.
Notice of Availability of Final EA or March 2008.
EIS.
Ready for Commission Decision on the April 2008.
Application.
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Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-9392 Filed 6-15-06; 8:45 am]
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