97-30081. South Carolina Electric and Gas Company; Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 61327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30081]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 1894-193]


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

November 10, 1997.
    A draft environmental assessment (DEA) is available for public 
review. The DEA was prepared for an application filed by the South 
Carolina Electric and Gas Company, licensee for the Parr Hydroelectric 
Project. In its application, the licensee requests Commission approval 
of a land use and shoreline management plan for the project. The 
proposed plan provides for the conservation, development, and use of 
142 miles of shoreline around the project's Parr Reservoir, Monticello 
Reservoir, and recreation subimpoundment.
    Based on the comparative environmental analyses presented in the 
DEA, the Commission's staff has selected the licensee's proposed plan 
with staff modifications as the preferred alternative. The DEA finds 
that approving the staff modified plan would not be a major federal 
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
    The DEA was written by staff in the Office of Hydropower Licensing, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Copies of the DEA can be obtained 
by calling the Commission's public reference room at [phone].
    Comments on the DEA must be filed with the Commission within 40 
days from the date of this notice. Comments should be addressed to: Ms. 
Lois D. Cashell, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. Please include the project 
number (1894-193) on any comments filed.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-30081 Filed 11-14-97; 8:45 am]
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