Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 44 / Wednesday, March 7, 2007 / Notices 10205 

(202) 502–6012 or by e-mail at 

Rebecca.Martin@ferc.gov. 

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–3997 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2778–035] 

Idaho Power Company; Notice of 

Availability of Draft Environmental 

Assessment 

February 27, 2007. 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission or FERC) 

regulations contained in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) (18 CFR Part 

380 [FERC Order No. 486, 52 F.R. 

47897]), the Office of Energy Projects 

staff (staff) reviewed the application for 

amendment of license for the Shoshone 

Falls Project, located on the Snake 

River, Jerome and Twin Falls Counties, 

Idaho, and prepared a draft 

environmental assessment (DEA) for the 

project. Within the project boundary, 

1.97 acres of lands are owned by the 

U.S. Bureau of Land Management. In 

this DEA, staff analyzes the potential 

environmental effects of the proposed 

amendment of license and concludes 

that the proposal would not constitute 

a major federal action significantly 

affecting the quality of the human 

environment. 

A copy of the DEA is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room, or it may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the e-Library link. 

Enter the docket number (P–2778) in the 

docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, call (202) 

502–8222 or (202) 502–8659 (for TTY). 

Any comments should be filed by 

March 30, 2007, and should be 

addressed to Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Please reference Shoshone Falls Project 

No. 2778–035, on all comments. For 

further information on this notice, 

please contact Robert Fletcher at (202) 

502–8901, or at robert.fletcher@ferc.gov. 

Comments may be filed electronically 

via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 

CFR 385.2001 (a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site at http://www.ferc.gov under the eFiling link. The Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filings. 

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–3967 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No.: P–2232–522] 

Duke Energy LLC.; Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement and Notice of Scoping 

Meetings and Soliciting Scoping 

Comments 

February 28, 2007. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application was filed with 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection: 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: P–2232–522. 

c. Dates filed: August 29, 2006. 

d. Applicant: Duke Energy Carolinas, 

LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Catawba-Wateree 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Locations: The Catawba-Wateree 

Project is located on the Catawba River 

in Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, 

Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, McDowell, and 

Mecklenburg counties, North Carolina, 

and on the Catawba and Wateree Rivers 

in the counties of Chester, Fairfield, 

Kershaw, Lancaster, and York, South 

Carolina. There are no federal lands 

affected by these projects. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contacts: Jeffrey G. 

Lineberger, Catawba-Wateree Hydro 

Relicensing Manager; and E. Mark 

Oakley, Catawba-Wateree Relicensing 

Project Manager, Duke Energy, Mail 

Code EC12Y, P.O. Box 1006, Charlotte, 

NC 28201–1006. 

i. FERC Contacts: Sean Murphy at 

(202) 502–6145 or 

sean.murphy@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing scoping 

comments: April 30, 2007. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with: Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person on the official service list 

for the project. Further, if an intervenor 

files comments or documents with the 

Commission relating to the merits of an 

issue that may affect the responsibilities 

of a particular resource agency, they 

must also serve a copy of the document 

on that resource agency. 

Scoping comments may be filed 

electronically via the Internet in lieu of 

paper. The Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filings. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

k. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

l. The existing Catawba-Wateree 

Project consists of eleven developments: 

(1) The Bridgewater development 

consists of the following existing 

facilities: (1) The Catawba dam 

consisting of: (a) A 1,650-foot-long, 125- 

foot-high earth embankment; (b) a 305- 

foot-long, 120-foot-high concrete gravity 

ogee spillway; and (c) a 850-foot-long, 

125-foot-high earth embankment; (2) the 

Paddy Creek dam consisting of: a 1,610- 

foot-long, 165-foot-high earth 

embankment; (3) the Linville dam 

consisting of: a 1,325-foot-long, 160- 

foot-high earth embankment; (4) a 430- 

foot-long uncontrolled low overflow 

weir spillway situated between Paddy 

Creek Dam and Linville Dam; (5) a 6,754 

acre reservoir formed by Catawba, 

Paddy Creek, and Linville with a normal 

water surface elevation of 1,200 feet 

above msl; (6) a 900-foot-long concretelined intake tunnel; (7) a powerhouse 

containing two vertical Francis-type 

turbines directly connected to two 

generators, each rated at 10,000 kW, for 

a total installed capacity of 20.0 MW; 

and (8) other appurtenances. 

(2) The Rhodhiss development 

consists of the following existing 

facilities: (1) The Rhodhiss dam 

consisting of: (a) A 119.58-foot-long 

concrete gravity bulkhead; (b) a 800- 

foot-long, 72-foot-high concrete gravity 

ogee spillway; (c) a 122.08-foot-long 

concrete gravity bulkhead with an 

additional 8-foot-high floodwall; and (d) 

a 283.92-foot-long rolled fill earth 

embankment; (2) a 2,724 acre reservoir 

with a normal water surface elevation of 

995.1 feet above msl; (4) a powerhouse 

integral to the dam, situated between 

the bulkhead on the left bank and the 

ogee spillway section, containing three 

vertical Francis-type turbines directly 

connected to three generators, two rated 

at 12,350 kW, one rated at 8,500 kW for 

a total installed capacity of 28.4 MW; 

and (5) other appurtenances. 

(3) The Oxford development consists 

of the following existing facilities: (1) 

The Oxford dam consisting of: (a) A 

74.75-foot-long soil nail wall; (b) a 193- 


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