94-717. Georgia Power Co.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 2354-018]

 

Georgia Power Co.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 
Assessment

January 6, 1994.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has received an 
application for relicensing of the existing North Georgia Hydroelectric 
Project (project). The project is located on the Tallulah, Tugalo, and 
Chattooga Rivers in Northeast Georgia and Northwest South Carolina. The 
project consists of six hydroelectric developments and is within the 
Savannah River Basin.
    The FERC staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) 
on the hydroelectric project in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act.
    The EA will objectively consider both site-specific and cumulative 
environmental impacts of the project and reasonable alternatives, and 
will include economic and engineering analyses.
    A draft EA will be issued and circulated for review by all 
interested parties. All comments filed on the draft EA will be analyzed 
by the staff and considered in the final EA. The staff's conclusions 
and recommendations will then be presented for the consideration of the 
Commission in reaching its final licensing decision.
    The purpose of this notice and the scoping document, which is being 
sent to interested individuals, organizations, and agencies with 
environmental expertise and concerns, is to solicit from those entities 
comments that will assist the staff in identifying the scope of 
environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA.
    The scoping document will: (1) Identify preliminary environmental 
issues related to the proposed project, (2) identify preliminary 
resource issues that are not important and do not require detailed 
analysis, (3) identify reasonable alternatives to be addressed in the 
EA, and (4) solicit all available information, especially quantified 
data, on the resource issues, including points of view in opposition 
to, or in support of, the staff's preliminary views.
    Written comments must be filed no later than March 3, 1994 with: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capitol 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    All written correspondence should clearly show the following 
caption on the first page:

North Georgia Hydroelectric Project, (FERC Project No. 2354-018)

    Intervenors, those on the Commission's service list for this 
proceeding (parties), are reminded of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, requiring parties filing documents with the 
Commission, to serve a copy of the document on each person whose name 
appears on the official service list. Further, if a party or interceder 
files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits 
of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a particular 
resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that 
resource agency.
    A two-day site visit to the project is planned for January 31 and 
February 1, 1994. Those who wish to attend should contact Ms. JoLee 
Gardner, Georgia Power Company, at [phone], by January 20, 1994, 
for details.
    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Joe Davis, 
Environmental Coordinator, at [phone].
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-717 Filed 1-11-94; 8:45 am]
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