[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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