Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Alabama Power Co.,

[Federal Register: March 12, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 48)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2146-079]

Alabama Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment

March 6, 1998.

An environmental assessment (EA) is available for public review. The EA was prepared for an application filedby the Alabama Power Company on November 19, 1997, requesting the Commission's authorization to permit the Five Star Water Supply District (District) to construct and operate a raw water intake structure on Bouldin Reservoir, and an adjacent water pumping station and water treatment plant. After constructing these facilities, the District would withdraw up to 14 million gallons per day from Bouldin Reservoir for municipal water supply.

The EA evaluates the environmental impacts that would result from: (1) granting an easement to the District for the construction and operation of a raw water pumping station on Bouldin Reservoir, and a 20-inch-diameter, 2,000-foot-long pipeline; (2) conveying fee title to a 12.7-acre parcel of project lands to the District for the construction and operation of a water treatment plant on that site; and (3) implementing an agreement allowing the District to withdraw up to 14 million gallons per day from Bouldin Reservoir for municipal water supply beginning in the year 2000.

The EA finds that approval of the application would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.

The EA was written by staff in the Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Copies of the EA can be viewed at the Commission's Reference and Information Center, Room 2A, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Copies also may be obtained by calling

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the EA coordinator, Jim Haimes, at (202) 219-2780. David P. Boergers, Acting Secretary.

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