Subject: Notice of Draft License Application and Preliminary
  
[Federal Register: May 23, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 100)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
 
Notice of Draft License Application and Preliminary Draft 
Environmental Assessment (PDEA) and Request for Preliminary Terms and 
Conditions

May 16, 2002.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-2177.
    c. Applicant: Georgia Power Company.
    d. Name of Project: Middle Chattahoochee Hydroelectric Project.
    e. Location: On the Chattahoochee River, in Harris and Muscogee 
Counties, Georgia and Lee and Russell Counties, Alabama.
    f. Applicant Contact: Chris M. Hobson, Vice President, 
Environmental Affairs, Georgia Power Company, 241 Ralph McGill 
Boulevard NE, Bin 10221, Atlanta, GA 30308.
    g. FERC Contact: Ronald McKitrick, (770) 452-2272, E-mail: 
<A HREF="mailto:ronald.mckitrick@ferc.gov">ronald.mckitrick@ferc.gov</A>.
    h. Georgia Power Company mailed a copy of the PDEA to interested 
parties on May 14, 2002. The Commission received a copy of the PDEA on 
May 15, 2002.
    i. Status of Project: With this notice the Commission is soliciting 
(1) preliminary terms, conditions, and recommendations on the PDEA, and 
(2) comments on the PDEA and the Draft Application.
    j. Deadline for filing: August 13, 2002.
    All comments on the PDEA and Draft Application should be sent to 
the addresses noted above in Item (f), with one copy filed with FERC at 
the following address: Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. All 
comments must include the project name and number and bear the heading 
Preliminary Comments, Preliminary Recommendations, Preliminary Terms 
and Conditions, or Preliminary Prescriptions.
    Comments and preliminary recommendations, terms and conditions, and 
prescriptions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lie of 
paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the 
Commission's web site (<A HREF="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</A>) under the ``e-Filing'' 
link.
    k. A copy of the application is on file with the Commission and is 
available for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the 
web at <A HREF="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</A> using the ``RIMS'' link--select ``Docket 
<greek-i>'' and follow the instructions (call 202-208-2222 for 
assistance).
    Georgia Power Company has mailed a copy of the Preliminary DEA and 
Draft Application to interested entities and parties. Copies of these 
documents are available for review at Georgia Power Company Relicensing 
Public Library, or by calling (404) 506-1357 or by e-mailing 
<A HREF="mailto:gamartin@southernco.com">gamartin@southernco.com</A>.
    l. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the STATE 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (SHPO), as required by Section 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-12962 Filed 5-22-02; 8:45 am]
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