98-26672. Duke Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 193 (Tuesday, October 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 53654]
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[FR Doc No: 98-26672]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2232-334]


Duke Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

September 30, 1998.
    An environmental assessment (EA) is available for public review. 
The EA analyzes the environmental impacts of allowing Duke Power 
Company, licensee for the Catawba-Wateree Project, P-2232-334, to 
authorize the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utility District to construct 
additional facilities at the Catawba River Pumping Station to increase 
the water withdrawal from Mountain Island Lake for municipal water 
supply. The EA concludes the proposed action would not constitute a 
major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment. The Catawba-Wateree Project is on the Catawba and Wateree 
rivers in North and South Carolina.
    A draft EA was noticed on June 25, 1998, and interested entities 
were provided the opportunity to comment. No comments were received in 
response to the draft EA. The EA has not been modified from the draft.
    The EA was written by staff in the Office of Hydropower Licensing, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Copies of the EA can be obtained 
by calling the Commission's Public Reference Room at [phone].
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-26672 Filed 10-5-98; 8:45 am]
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