00-3465. Yadkin, Inc.; Notice of Public Meeting

February 9, 2000.

Staff from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) will hold a public meeting on March 27, 2000 to take oral comments on a draft environmental assessment (DEA) issued for the Yadkin Hydroelectric Project. The DEA analyzes the environmental impacts of a Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) filed for Commission approval. The Yadkin Project is located on the Yadkin-Pee Dee River in Montgomery, Stanly, Davidson and Rowan Counties, North Carolina. The Yadkin Project contains the following reservoirs: High Rock, Tuckertown, Narrows (Badin) and Falls.

The DEA was written by staff in the Commission's Office of Hydropower Licensing. Commission staff believe the SMP would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. Copies of the DEA can be viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/​online/​rims.htm. Call [phone] 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 [phone].

The public meeting on March 27, 2000 (Monday), will be 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Agri-Civic Center in Albemarle, North Carolina—26032 East Newt Road, Albemarle NC 28001- [phone]. All those who intend to provide oral comments at the public meeting should register (provide name only) prior to the meeting at the reception area in the Agri-Civic Center. If you have any questions regarding this notice, please call Steve Hocking at [phone].

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.