
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 25262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10133]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2232-581]


Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of Availability of 
Environmental Assessment

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 
as amended, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations (18 CFR Part 380), Commission staff has reviewed plans, 
filed April 2011, and supplemented February 14, 2012, to perform 
embankment seismic stability improvement (ESSI) work at Linville Dam, 
part of the Catawba-Wateree Hydroelectric Project's Bridgewater 
Development, which is located on the Catawba River in McDowell and 
Burke counties, North Carolina. The project is located in nine counties 
in North Carolina and five counties in South Carolina.
    As planned by the project licensee, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC 
(Duke Energy), the ESSI work would involve the installation of a 
counterweight stability berm against the downstream face of Linville 
Dam. The ESSI work is necessary because it has been determined that 
Linville Dam could fail during a seismic event (identified as an 
earthquake of approximately magnitude 5.4). Accordingly, the Commission 
is requiring remediation under Part 12 of its regulations. In the 
environmental assessment (EA), Commission staff has analyzed the 
probable environmental effects of the planned work and has concluded 
that approval of the work, with appropriate environmental measures, 
would not constitute a major Federal action significantly affecting the 
quality of the human environment.
    A copy of the EA is available at the Commission's Public Reference 
Room, located at 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. 
The EA may also be viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number (P-
2232) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 
or call toll-free at 1-866-208-3372, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

    Dated: April 23, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-10133 Filed 4-29-13; 8:45 am]
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