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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 116 / Friday, June 16, 2006 / Notices

(1:00CV02954–TPJ) in the U.S. District

Court for District of Columbia,

challenging the validity of Corps actions

in connection with water withdrawals

from Lake Lanier and alleging the water

withdrawals adversely affected

hydropower generation. A settlement

agreement was reached in the SeFPC

litigation which involves a proposal to

implement interim water storage

contracts at Lake Lanier and prescribed

payments by the water supply users for

interim storage amounts, and credits for

hydropower generation foregone. The

Corps has been prohibited from

implementing the settlement agreement

until recent court decisions removed

those prohibitions. In a ruling on

January 20, 2006, the U.S. District Court

for the District of Columbia granted the

SeFPC motion to stay the lawsuit for a

sufficient amount of time to allow the

Corps to complete the NEPA process for

the proposed implementation of the

settlement agreement.

Accordingly, the Corps is proceeding

to fulfill its obligations under NEPA and

to comply with other terms of the

settlement agreement. The first step of

this compliance process is the initiation

of a draft EIS to address the proposed

implementation of the settlement

agreement. The EIS will address the

impacts expected to result from

implementation of the settlement

agreement together with any operational

changes that may be required for its

implementation.

Public participation throughout the

NEPA process is essential. The Corps

invites full public participation to

promote open communication and

better decision making. All persons,

stakeholders, and organizations that

have an interest in the water allocation

formulas, including minority, lowincome, disadvantaged and Native

American groups, are urged to

participate in this NEPA environmental

analysis process. Assistance will be

provided upon request to anyone having

difficulty with understanding how to

participate. Scoping meetings are

planned and tentatively scheduled for

later this summer. Dates and locations

for public scoping meetings will be

announced by future publication in the

Federal Register and in the local news

media. Tentative dates for publication of

the draft EIS and other opportunities for

public involvement will also be

announced at that time. Public

comments are welcomed anytime

throughout the NEPA process.

Cooperating Agencies. The lead

responsibility for this EIS rests with the

Corps. The Corps intends to coordinate

and/or consult with an interagency team

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of Federal and State agencies during

scoping and preparation of the draft EIS.

Each of these agencies will provide their

expertise and assistance in compiling

information and evaluating potential

impacts. However, these agencies will

not serve in an official role as

cooperating agencies.

Scoping: The Alabama-CoosaTallapoosa Rivers (ACT)/ApalachicolaChattahoochee-Flint Rivers (ACF)

Comprehensive Study and ACF

Compact negotiations involved the

States (Alabama, Florida and Georgia),

stakeholders and the public in

identifying areas of concern; collecting

and developing water resource,

environmental, and socioeconomic data;

and developing tools to assist in

decisions affecting water resources

within the two basins. Scoping for this

EIS will continue to build upon the

knowledge and information developed

during the Comprehensive Study and

subsequent Compact negotiations. The

comments and opinions of various

stakeholders will be sought, including

Federal, State and local agencies and

officials, affected tribes, other interested

parties and the public. Scoping

meetings with agencies and stakeholder

groups will be scheduled to identify any

significant issues and data gaps, focus

on the alternatives to be evaluated, and

to identify any appropriate updated

tools to assist in evaluation of

alternatives and analysis of impacts.

Environmental Review and

Consultation Requirements.

Coordination with the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service will be accomplished

in compliance with the Endangered

Species Act and the Fish and Wildlife

Coordination Act. Coordination

required by other laws and regulations

will also be conducted.

Dated: June 8, 2006.

Peter F. Taylor,

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer.

[FR Doc. 06–5444 Filed 6–15–06; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. P–2197–073]

Alcoa Power Generating, Inc.; Errata

Notice and Revised Schedule

June 9, 2006.

On May 10, 2006 the Commission

issued a ‘‘Notice of Application

Tendered for Filing’’ in the abovereferenced proceeding. This Errata

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makes the following corrections to the

notice:

(1) Under letter n., paragraph 4, item

(8), the number, ‘‘447,150 kW,’’ should

be replaced with the number, ‘‘107,780

kW,’’ to report the total installed

capacity of the Narrows Development.

(2) Under letter n., paragraph 6, the

last sentence should be replaced with

the following sentences: ‘‘According to

a 1968 Headwaters Benefits Settlement,

APGI is to operate High Rock Reservoir

such that regulated weekly average

stream flow would be reduced to a flow

not less than 1,500 cfs during the ten

week period preceding May 15; 1,610

cfs during the period May 15 through

July 1; and 1,400 cfs during the period

July 1 through September 15. During the

2002 drought, APGI and Progress Energy

agreed, in a regional Emergency Drought

Management Protocol (now expired), to

operate the projects so as to achieve a

daily average flow of 900 cfs at the

Rockingham, North Carolina U.S.

Geological Survey gage.’’

(3) Under letter q. Procedural

Schedule: The table is revised as

follows:

Milestone

Target date

Tendering Notice .................

File Additional Study Requests.

Additional Information Requests (if necessary).

Issue Acceptance Letter and

Solicit Interventions.

Issue Scoping Document 1

for Comments.

Hold Scoping Meetings .......

Request Additional Information (if necessary).

Issue Scoping Document 2

(if necessary).

Notice of Application Ready

for Environmental Analysis.

Filing of Recommendations,

Preliminary Terms and

Conditions, and Fishway

Prescriptions.

Notice of Availability of Draft

EA or EIS.

Comments on Draft EA or

EIS and Modified Terms

and Conditions.

Notice of Availability of Final

EA or EIS.

Ready for Commission Decision on the Application.

May 10, 2006.

June 26, 2006.

July 2006.

Oct. 2006.

Nov. 2006.

Jan. 2006.

March 2007.

March 2007.

April 2007.

June 2007.

Sept. 2007.

Nov. 2007.

March 2008.

April 2008.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–9392 Filed 6–15–06; 8:45 am]

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