[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26277-26278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12096]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2232-698]


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

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) regulations, 
18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy 
Projects has reviewed an application submitted by Duke Energy 
Carolinas, LLC (licensee) to allow Carolina Sand, Inc. (Carolina Sand), 
in Burke County, North Carolina, the use of Catawba-Wateree 
Hydroelectric (FERC No. 2232) project lands and waters to conduct 
hydraulic sand mining. The project is located on the Catawba and 
Wateree rivers in Burke, McDowell, Caldwell, Catawba, Alexander, 
Iredell, Mecklenburg, Lincoln, and Gaston counties, North Carolina, and 
York, Lancaster, Chester, Fairfield, and Kershaw counties in South 
Carolina. The project does not occupy federal land.
    An Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared as part of

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Commission staff's review of the proposal. In the application, Carolina 
Sand proposes to resume activity at a previously used sand dredging 
location, to remove an average of 33,000 tons or 25,385 cubic yards of 
sand from Lake Rhodhiss per year. This EA contains Commission staff's 
analysis of the probable environmental impacts of the proposed 
amendment and concludes that approval of the proposal would not 
constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality 
of the human environment.
    The EA is available for electronic review and reproduction 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 website 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 
[email protected] or toll-free at (866) 208-3372 or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.
    For further information, contact Alicia Burtner at (202) 502-8038 
or by email at [email protected].

    Dated: May 29, 2018
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-12096 Filed 6-5-18; 8:45 am]
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