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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2206-030]

 
Carolina Power & Light Company (d/b/a Progress Energy Carolinas, 
Inc.); Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments

July 31, 2007.
    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement.
    b. Project No.: P-2206-030.
    c. Date filed: July 30, 2007.
    d. Applicant: Carolina Power & Light Company (d/b/a Progress Energy 
Carolinas, Inc.).
    e. Name of Project: Yadkin-Pee Dee Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Yadkin and Pee Dee Rivers in Montgomery, 
Stanly, Anson, and Richmond Counties, North Carolina. The project does 
not occupy federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: E. Michael Williams, Senior Vice President 
for Power Operations, Progress Energy, 410 S. Wilmington Street PEB 13, 
Raleigh, North Carolina 27602, Phone: (919) 546-6640.
    i. FERC Contact: Stephen Bowler, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 
20426, (202) 502-6861.
    j. Deadline for filing comments: Twenty days from the filing date. 
Reply comments due 30 days from the filing date.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice 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.
    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 ``e-Filing'' link.

    k. Progress Energy filed a settlement on behalf of itself and 12 
other entities that signed the settlement. Other parties signing the 
settlement included state agencies, homeowners associations, 
environmental organizations, and various other stakeholders involved in 
the relicensing proceeding. The purpose of the settlement agreement is 
to resolve issues that have been raised by the settling parties in 
connection with the Progress Energy's application for a new license for 
the project and to establish Progress Energy's obligations for the 
protection, mitigation, and enhancement of resources affected by the 
project. Major issues covered in the settlement include: (1) Providing 
minimum instream flows, (2) developing and implementing a Low Inflow 
Protocol, (3) modifying reservoir water levels, (4) developing and 
implementing a dissolved oxygen plan, (5) improving recreational 
facilities and relocating and existing access site, (6) providing 
additional stream and riparian habitat protection measures, and (7) 
developing and implementing a Shoreline Management Policy and Historic 
Properties Management Plan for the Blewett Falls Development.
    l. A copy of the settlement agreement is available for review at 
the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 

link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available

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for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp
 to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 

issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-15283 Filed 8-6-07; 8:45 am]

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