96-195. South Carolina Electric and Gas Company and Duke Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 555-556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-195]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2315-002, South Carolina; Project Nos. 2332-003 and 2331-
002, North Carolina and South Carolina]


South Carolina Electric and Gas Company and Duke Power Company; 
Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment

January 2, 1996.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission's) 
Regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 F.R. 47897), the Office 
of Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the applications for new licenses 
for the following three existing hydroelectric Projects, all of which 
are located on the Broad River in South Carolina: (1) The Neal Shoals 
Project (No. 2315-002), located in Chester and Union Counties, near 
Carlisle, SC; (2) the Ninety-Nine Islands Project (No. 2331-002), 
located in Cherokee County near Gaffney, SC; and (3) the Gaston Shoals 
Project (No. 2332-003), located in Cherokee County, South Carolina and 
Cleveland County, North Carolina near Gaffney, SC. The Commission has 
prepared a final Multiple Project Environmental Assessment (EA) 
covering all three projects. The final EA contains the Commission 
staff's analysis of the existing and potential future environmental 
impacts of the projects and has concluded that licensing the projects, 
with appropriate environmental protective or enhancement measures, 
would not constitute a major federal action that would significantly 
affect the quality of the human environment.
    Copies of the EA are available for review in the Public Reference 
Room, Room 2A, of the Commission's offices at 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-195 Filed 1-5-96; 8:45 am]
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