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Alcoa Power Generating, Inc.; Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment

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 [Federal Register: July 20, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 140)]
[Notices]
[Page 45047]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr20jy00-57]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2169-013 North Carolina--Tennessee]


Alcoa Power Generating, Inc.; Notice of Availability of Draft
Environmental Assessment

July 14, 2000.
    A draft environmental assessment (EA) is available for public
review. The EA analyzes the environmental effects of a request to amend
the license to authorize upgrades of turbines and generators at three
of the four developments of the Tapoco Hydroelectric Project located on
the Little Tennessee and Cheoah Rivers, in Graham and Swain Counties,
North Carolina, and Blount and Monroe Counties, Tennessee. The project
utilizes approximately 370 acres Nantahala National Forest lands. The
Tapoco Hydroelectric Project includes the following reservoirs:
Santeetlah, Cheoah, Calderwood, and Chilhowee.
    The EA was written by staff in the Office of Energy Projects,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The proposed upgrade would not
constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment. Copies of the EA can be viewed on the web at
www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm. Call (202) 208-2222 for assistance.
Copies are also available for inspection and reproduction at the
Commission's Public Reference Room located at 888 First Street, NE,
Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371.
    Anyone may file comments on the EA. The public, federal and state
resource agencies are encouraged to provide comments. All written must
be filed within 30 days of the issuance date of this notice shown
above. Send an original and eight copies of all comments marked and
with the project number P-2169-013 to: The Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. If
you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact R. Feller
at telephone: (202) 219-2796 or e-mail: rainer.feller@ferc.fed.us

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-18301 Filed 7-19-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-M

 
 

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