On August 14, 2024, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (licensee), filed an application for a non-capacity amendment of the license for the Bear Creek Development of the East Fork Hydroelectric Project No. 2698. On December 13, 2024, the licensee filed a notice withdrawing the amendment application. The Bear Creek Development, one of three developments within the East Fork Hydroelectric Project, is located on the East Fork of the Tuckasegee River in Jackson County, North Carolina.

No motion in opposition to the notice of withdrawal has been filed, and the Commission has taken no action to disallow the withdrawal. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 216(b) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure,^[1] the withdrawal of the application became effective on December 30, 2024.^[2]