Tellico Reservoir Land Management Plan, Blount, Loudon, and Monroe Counties, Tennessee

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

Tellico Reservoir Land Management Plan, Blount, Loudon, and

Monroe Counties, Tennessee

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

ACTION: Extension of comment period on notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: This notice is provided in accordance with the Council on

Environmental Quality's regulations (40 CFR 1500 to 1508) and TVA's

procedures implementing the National Environmental Policy Act. TVA

previously announced (64 FR 2531-2532, January 14, 1999) that it will

prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on alternatives for

management of certain TVA-owned lands surrounding Tellico Reservoir in

Loudon, Monroe, and Blount Counties, Tennessee. Today TVA is announcing

an extension of the comment period on the scope of the EIS.

DATES: The period for commenting on the scope of the EIS has been

extended to March 5, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to Jon M. Loney, Manager,

Environmental Management, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit

Hill Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902-1499.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harold M. Draper, NEPA Specialist,

Environmental Management, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit

Hill Drive, WT 8C, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902-1499; telephone (423)

632-6889 or e-mail [email protected].

Dated: January 26, 1999.

Kathryn J. Jackson,

Executive Vice President, Resource Group.

[FR Doc. 99-2581 Filed 2-3-99; 8:45 am]

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