Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 1894-238] In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission or FERC) regulations, 18 CFR part 380 , Commission staff reviewed Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.'s (licensee) application to amend the Turbine Venting Plan (Plan) for the Parr Hydroelectric Project No. 1894 and have prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the project. [ 1 ] The licensee requests Commission approval to amend the project's Plan such that the seasonal turbine venting window specified in the Plan, currently June 15 through August 31, be modified to June 15 through October 31, to increase dissolved oxygen levels downstream of Parr Shoals Dam. The licensee also requests Commission approval to amend Article 401(b), so that it is consistent with the turbine venting window described above in the amended Plan. The project is located on the Broad River in Newberry and Fairfield counties, South Carolina, and occupies federal lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) within the Sumter National Forest. The EA contains Commission staff's analysis of the potential environmental effects of the proposed amendment, alternatives to the proposed action, and concludes that the proposed amendment 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 htt…