Notice2025-22181

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

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December 8, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 233 (Monday, December 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 56745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22181]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2503-192]


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

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations, 18 CFR part 380, Commission staff reviewed Duke Energy 
Carolina's LLC's (licensee) non-project use of project lands and water 
application for the Keowee-Toxaway Hydroelectric Project No. 2503, and 
has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA).\1\ The licensee requests 
Commission approval to grant Pickens Regional Joint Water System a 0.37 
acre easement to construct, operate, and maintain a raw water intake 
facility with a gross maximum instantaneous water withdrawal rate of 
16.5 million gallons per day (MGD) and a gross maximum average annual 
withdrawal rate of 12 MGD. Proposed construction within the project 
boundary includes screened intake pipes, shoreline stabilization, and a 
floating dock. The Keowee-Toxaway Project is located on the Toxaway, 
Keowee, and Little Rivers in Transylvania County, North Carolina, and 
Oconee and Pickens counties, South Carolina, and is not located on 
federal lands. The proposed water withdrawal facility easement would be 
located on Lake Keowee northeast of the Oconee Nuclear Station and 
southwest of Warpath Landing.
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    \1\ The unique identification number for documents relating to 
this environmental review is EAXX-019-20-000-1753198064.
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    The EA contains Commission staff's analysis of the potential 
environmental effects of the non-project use of project lands and 
water, and concludes that with appropriate environmental protective 
measures, the proposed action would not constitute a major federal 
action that would significantly affect the quality of the human 
environment.
    The EA may be viewed on the Commission's website at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a> using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number (P-
2503) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c88e8d9a8b87a6a4a1a6ad9bbdb8b8a7babc88aeadbaabe6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ed8dbccddd1f0f2f7f0fbcdebeeeef1eceadef8fbecfdb0f9f1e8">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> 
or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    You may also register online at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp</a> to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as 
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, contact the Office 
of Public Participation at (202) 502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a1eef1f1e1c7c4d3c28fc6ced7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f7b8a7a7b791928594d9909881">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    For further information, contact Robert Ballantine at 202-502-6289 
or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5e2c313c3b2c2a703c3f32323f302a37303b1e383b2c3d70393128"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6d4c9c4c3d4d288c4c7cacac7c8d2cfc8c3e6c0c3d4c588c1c9d0">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)

    Dated: December 3, 2025.
Carlos D. Clay,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-22181 Filed 12-5-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P


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