[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 98 (Monday, May 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27100-27101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12464]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 2009-003, North Carolina]
Virginia Electric and Power Company; Amendment to Application
May 16, 1995.
On May 12, 1995, the Virginia Electric and Power Company, licensee
for the Gaston and Roanoke Rapids Project, filed an amendment to its
application for Nonproject Use of Project Lands and Water. The original
application, filed on February 20, 1991, proposed to allow the City of
Virginia Beach, Virginia to construct a water intake structure on lake
Gaston in order to convey up to 60 mgd of water to a water supply
reservoir in Norfolk, Virginia. The City of Virginia Beach would access
the water from this reservoir.
On July 1, 1994, the Commission staff issued a Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and to Conduct Scoping
Meetings. On January 27, 1995, the Commission staff issued a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for public review and comment.
The DEIS noted that before the Commission makes a decision on the
proposal it would take into account all concerns relevant to the public
interest, and that the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
would be part of the record from which the Commission makes its
decision.
Attached to the amendment to the application filed on May 12, 1995,
is a settlement agreement entered into by the State of North Carolina
and the City of Virginia Beach, dated April 28, 1995. In the amendment,
the applicant requests that the Commission: (1) Analyze those
provisions of the agreement which relate to the withdrawal of water
from Project No. 2009 and the use of such water, as well as the other
portions of the agreement which may affect the Commission's
environmental analysis of the pending application, and reflect those
provisions in the Commission's environmental analysis: and (2) approve
the application as modified by the amendment based on a finding that
operation of the project in accordance with the application, as
modified, and the terms of the agreement would be in the public
interest. The provisions of the settlement agreement related to the
withdrawal of water from Lake Gaston contain certain limitations to
that withdrawal under defined circumstances. The amendment to the
application further notes that, ``Nothing in this Amended Application
or in the Settlement should be construed as requesting that the
Commission approve water withdrawals in excess of 60 mgd.''
Federal, state, and local resource agencies, and other interested
groups and individuals are requested to forward to the Commission, any
comments or information that they believe will assist the Commission in
conducting an accurate and thorough analysis of the amendment to
application.
Comments and information must be submitted in writing and received
no later than June 12, 1995. Reply comments must be filed in writing
and received no later than June 22, 1995. Written comments,
information, and reply comments should be sent to: Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Mail Code: HL-21.1, 825 North Capitol
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. [[Page 27101]]
Any questions concerning the procedural aspects of the amendment to
application for the Nonproject Use of Project Lands and Water at the
Gaston and Roanoke Rapids Project should be directed to Steve Edmondson
at (202) 219-2653.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-12464 Filed 5-20-95; 8:45 am]
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