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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2206–089]
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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; 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
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (licensee)
to grant easements to the Town of
Norwood, North Carolina and Union
County, North Carolina (co-applicants)
to allow the use of Yadkin-Pee Dee
Hydroelectric Project No. 2206, project
lands and waters on Lake Tillery for
municipal water supply. The Yadkin
Pee-Dee Project is located on the Yadkin
and Pee Dee Rivers in Anson,
Montgomery, Richmond, and Stanly
counties, North Carolina. The project
does not occupy federal land.
An Environmental Assessment (EA)
has been prepared as part of
Commission staff’s review of the
proposal. In the application, the
licensee proposes to grant easements to
the co-applicants to construct and
operate a raw water intake facility
(facility) on Lake Tillery, one of the
project’s two storage reservoir. The
easement area would total 0.34 acres of
land within the project boundary. The
intake structure and intake piping
would require a 0.25 acre easement and
an adjacent boathouse and pier for use
in servicing the withdrawal facility
would require an additional 0.09 acre
easement. The facility would
withdrawal a maximum annual average
of 19.6 million gallons per day (MGD)
and an instantaneous maximum of 49.0
MGD. A maximum monthly average of
up to 23.3 MGD of the water withdrawn
would be transferred out of the Yadkin
River Basin into the Rocky River Basin,
for consumptive use. A portion of the
transferred water would be returned via
treated wastewater effluent back
through the Rocky River into the Pee
Dee River approximately five miles
downstream from the Lake Tillery Dam.
The EA contains Commission staff’s
analysis of the potential environmental
impacts of the construction and
operation of the facility and the
proposed water withdrawal volume and
concludes that approval of the proposal
would not constitute a major federal
action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment.
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The EA may be viewed on the
Commission’s website at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number (P–2206) in the
docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3372 or for TTY, (202)
502–8659.
For further information, contact
Robert Ballantine at (202) 502–6289 or
by email at robert.ballantine@ferc.gov.
Dated: July 7, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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(May 12, 2005), the Cross-State Air
1 For example, Bergin, M.S. et al. (2007). Regional
air quality: Local and interstate impacts of NOX and
SO2 emissions on ozone and fine particulate matter
in the eastern United States. Environmental Sci. &
Tech. 41: 4677–4689.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2206-089]
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; 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 Duke Energy
Carolinas, LLC (licensee) to grant easements to the Town of Norwood,
North Carolina and Union County, North Carolina (co-applicants) to
allow the use of Yadkin-Pee Dee Hydroelectric Project No. 2206, project
lands and waters on Lake Tillery for municipal water supply. The Yadkin
Pee-Dee Project is located on the Yadkin and Pee Dee Rivers in Anson,
Montgomery, Richmond, and Stanly counties, North Carolina. The project
does not occupy federal land.
An Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared as part of
Commission staff's review of the proposal. In the application, the
licensee proposes to grant easements to the co-applicants to construct
and operate a raw water intake facility (facility) on Lake Tillery, one
of the project's two storage reservoir. The easement area would total
0.34 acres of land within the project boundary. The intake structure
and intake piping would require a 0.25 acre easement and an adjacent
boathouse and pier for use in servicing the withdrawal facility would
require an additional 0.09 acre easement. The facility would withdrawal
a maximum annual average of 19.6 million gallons per day (MGD) and an
instantaneous maximum of 49.0 MGD. A maximum monthly average of up to
23.3 MGD of the water withdrawn would be transferred out of the Yadkin
River Basin into the Rocky River Basin, for consumptive use. A portion
of the transferred water would be returned via treated wastewater
effluent back through the Rocky River into the Pee Dee River
approximately five miles downstream from the Lake Tillery Dam.
The EA contains Commission staff's analysis of the potential
environmental impacts of the construction and operation of the facility
and the proposed water withdrawal volume and concludes that approval of
the proposal would not constitute a major federal action significantly
affecting the quality of the human environment.
The EA may be viewed on the Commission's website at https://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number (P-
2206) 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 Robert Ballantine at (202) 502-
6289 or by email at [email protected].
Dated: July 7, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-15022 Filed 7-10-20; 8:45 am]
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