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FACILITIES PLANNING & S1TlNG, LLC
Dwight M. Hollifield, ASLA
President and General Manager
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421 Penman Street [phone] Office
Suite 100 (704) 9263799 Fax
Charlotte, NC 28203
April 2, 2007
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North Carolina Division of Water Quality I~ _ ~ ~~"'~ ~
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Re: Duke Energy Transmission Line Rebuild Project ~~ ,;~.
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Dear Mr. Dorney:
Duke Energy Corporation is planning to rebuild its existing 161,000-volt transmission line that runs
from the Nantahala Hydroelectric Plant to an electrical substation in Robbinsville and continues to
TVA's tie station near the Santeetlah Hydroelectric Plant. This proposed action is an upgrade of
an existing electrical transmission line across US Forest Service and private lands on an existing,
cleared corridor in Macon and Graham Counties, NC that has been in existence for approximately
70 years. The total line length from the Nantahala Hydroelectric Plant to TVA's tie station near the
Santeetlah Hydroelectric Plant is 18.81-miles. Permits that have been acquired for the project
include a Special Use Permit from the U.S. Forest and Sedimentation and Erosion Control Permits
from the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Comments from the North
Carolina Division of Water Quality are required relative to the proposed action as it relates to the
Alcoa Power Generating, Inc. ("APGI") Tapoco Project.
APGI manages uses and activities on Tapoco Project lands and waters in accordance with a
FERC-approved Shoreline Management Plan ("SMP") and Article 412 of the Tapoco Project
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") License Number 2169. APGI must approve
industrial uses/facilities of, or on, the Project reservoirs or lands within the Tapoco Project
boundary through its Subdivision Access Approval, Multi-use Facility Permitting, and Industrial
Approval Procedures (Appendix C of the SMP). Additionally, under Article 412, Duke Energy's
planned transmission line rebuild can be categorized as "non-project overhead electric
transmission lines that require erection of support structures within the project boundary, for which
all necessary federal and state approvals have been obtained" and APGI is required to give FERC
at least 60 days prior notice before conveying any interest in project lands.
Both the SMP and the Project License require consultation with certain state and federal agencies,
tribes, and others, including the North Carolina Division of Water Quality. Once APGI determines
that agency consultation is complete, they will file a request for authorization to allow anon-Project
use of Project lands and waters with FERC. FERC may then require, within 45 days from the filing
date, APGI to file an application for prior approval. Upon satisfactory completion of the industrial
approval process and the required prior FERC notice and/or approval, APGI will issue written
approval for Duke Energy's planned activities within the Tapoco Project Boundary.

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For your use while considering the project and its potential affects, I have enclosed a report entitled
Environmental Assessment for the Nantahala-Santeetlah 161 kV Line Rebuild Project on the
prot~erty ofAlcoa Power Generating, Inc.---Tapoco Division.
Facilities Planning & Siting, PLLC, has been contracted by Duke Energy to provide licensing and
permitting for the project, so please do not hesitate to call me if you have questions.
Sincerely,
Dwig M. Hollifiel ASLA
Enclosure
Cc: Mr. Marshall Olson - APGI
Mr. Randy N. Veltn -Duke Energy
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