[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M