[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43719-43720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21614]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 1218]
Georgia Power Company; Notice of Availability of Study Results
and Request for Additional Studies
August 11, 1997.
Georgia Power Company is currently engaged in the process of
obtaining from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) a
new license for the Flint River Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 1218).
The current license for the project is due to expire on September 30,
2001. The project is located on the Flint River, near the City of
Albany, in Dougherty and Lee Counties, Georgia. Under the Commission's
Regulations, an application for license for the project must by filed
by September 30, 1999. Georgia Power Company is managing relicensing
activities in cooperation with a team of federal and state resource
agencies, conservation groups, and local governments (the Consultation
Team).
Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and the Commission's
Regulations, Georgia Power Company intends to prepare a Draft
Environmental Assessment (DEA) as part of the license application, to
be filed with the Commission, for the project. A public scoping meeting
was held on September 12, 1995 to identify the scope of environmental
issues that should be analyzed in the DEA.
Based on information contained in Scoping Document I, and following
receipt of additional informational from resource agencies and other
interested parties, Georgia Power Company prepared and circulated
Scoping Document II. Study plans, designed to address the environmental
concerns raised during the scoping process, were subsequently prepared
by Georgia Power Company and their environmental consultant. The study
plans were then finalized, and studies were undertaken from late Spring
1996 through late Spring 1997. During the field studies, Georgia Power
Company and their environmental consultant worked closely with the
participating agencies to coordinate and refine the studies. During the
period from August 15, 1997 until October 14, 1997, these study reports
will be available for public review in Georgia Power Company's public
library at its offices at 333 Piedmont Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. The
study reports will also be available in the Commission's Public
Reference Room at 888 1st Street, NE in
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Washington, D.C. The public is invited to review these documents and to
file comments on the adequacy of these studies in addressing issues
raised during the scoping process. Comments on these studies and
requests for any additional studies are due by October 14, 1997.
Because Section 4.32(b)(7) of the Commission's regulations has been
previously waived, we are requesting that if any resource agency,
Indian tribe, or person believes that an additional scientific study
should be conducted in order to form an adequate factual basis for a
complete analysis of the project on its merit, the resource agency,
Indian tribe, or person must file a request for a study with the
Secretary of the Commission at 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC
20426 by October 14, 1997, and serve a copy of the request on Mr. Mike
Phillips, Georgia Power Company, Bin 20020, 333 Piedmont Avenue,
Atlanta, GA 30308.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-21614 Filed 8-14-97; 8:45 am]
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