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Shaver Lake Dam and Powerhouse No.
2A to keep water off the dam and to get
more generation from Powerhouse No.
2. Although not currently in use, the
Shoo fly Complex gives SCE the
flexibility to divert water from Shaver
Lake to Powerhouse No. 2, if required.
n. A copy of the application is
available for review at the Commission
in the Public Reference Room or may be
viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number excluding the three digits in the
docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502–8659. A copy is also
available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h
above.
You may also register online at https://
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For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
o. With this notice, we are initiating
consultation with the California State
Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as
required by section 106, National
Historic Preservation Act, and the
regulations of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
p. Procedural schedule and final
amendments: The application will be
processed according to the following
Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to
the schedule will be made if the
Commission determines it necessary to
do so:
Milestone
Tentativedate
Issue Acceptance/Deficiency Letter and request Additional Information, if needed .............................................................
Notice asking for final terms and conditions .........................................................................................................................
Notice of the availability of the draft EIS ...............................................................................................................................
Notice of the availability of the final EIS ................................................................................................................................
Final amendments to the application
must be filed with the Commission no
later than 30 days from the issuance
date of the notice soliciting final terms
and conditions.
Philis J. Posey,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 67–113]
Southern California Edison Company;
Notice of Application and Amended
Preliminary Draft Environmental
Assessment Tendered for Filing With
the Commission, and Establishing
Procedual Schedule for Licensing and
Deadline for Submission of Final
Amendments
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March 7, 2007.
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New License
for Major Project-Existing Dam.
b. Project No.: P–67–113.
c. Date Filed: February 23, 2007.
d. Applicant: Southern California
Edison Company.
e. Name of Project: Big Creek Nos. 2A,
8 and Eastwood Power Station
Hydroelectric Power Project.
f. Location: The Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8
and Eastwood Hydroelectric Project is
located in Fresno County, California
near the town of Shaver Lake within the
South Fork San Joaquin River, Big
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Creek, and Stevenson Creek watersheds.
The project affects 2,143.25 acres of
Federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Russ W.
Krieger, Vice President, Power
Production, Southern California Edison
Company, 300 North Lone Hill Ave.,
San Dimas, California 91773. Phone:
(909) 394–8667.
i. FERC Contact: Jim Fargo, (202) 502–
6095, or e-mail: james.fargo@ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating Agencies: We are
asking Federal, State, local, and tribal
agencies with jurisdiction and/or
special expertise with respect to
environmental issues to cooperate with
us in the preparation of the
environmental document. Agencies who
would like to request cooperating status
should follow the instructions for filing
comments described in item k below.
Agencies granted cooperating status will
be precluded from being an intervenor
in this proceeding consistent with the
Commission’s regulations.
k. Deadline for requests for
cooperating agency status: 60 days from
the date of this notice. All documents
(original and eight copies) should be
filed with: Philis J. Posey, Acting
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. Comments may
be filed electronically via the Internet in
lieu of paper; see 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions
on the Commission’s Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link.
After logging into the e-Filing system,
select ‘‘Comment on Filing’’ from the
Filing Type Selection screen and
continue with the filing and process.
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electronic filing.
l. Status: This application has not
been accepted for filing. We are not
soliciting motions to intervene, protests,
or final terms and conditions at this
time.
m. Description of Project: The existing
Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood
Power Station Hydroelectric Power
Project consists of two powerhouses and
an underground power station; two
major dams and reservoirs; five
moderate-sized dams forming two
forebays and three small diversion
pools; eight small diversions; six water
conveyance systems; and one
transmission line. The project would
have an average annual generation of
1,125,429 megawatt-hours.
• Powerhouses and powerstation (i)
Big Creek Powerhouse No. 2A with two
turbine/generator units and a total
dependable operating capacity of about
98.5 MW; (ii) Powerhouse No. 8 with
two turbine/generator units and a
dependable operating capacity of about
64.5 MW; and (iii) Eastwood Power
Station, with one turbine/pump/
generator unit and a dependable
operating capacity of about 207 MW.
• Major dams and reservoirs (i)
Shaver Dam, forming Shaver Lake,
which has a usable storage capacity of
about 135,568 ac-ft, at an elevation of
about 5,370 ft above mean sea level
(msl); and (ii) Florence Dam, forming
Florence Lake, which has a usable
storage capacity of about 64,406 ac-ft, at
an elevation of about 7,327 ft above msl.
• Moderate-sized dams, forebays and
diversion pools (i) Balsam Forebay, with
a usable storage capacity of about 1,547
ac-ft, at an elevation of about 6,670 ft
above msl; (ii) Dam 5 Impoundment
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(Powerhouse 8 Forebay), with a usable
storage capacity of 49 ac–ft, at an
elevation of about 2,943 ft above msl;
(iii) Pitman Diversion Pool, with a
usable capacity of about 1 ac–ft, at an
elevation of about 6,900 ft above msl;
(iv) Bear Diversion Pool, with a usable
capacity of about 103 ac–ft, at an
elevation of about 7,350 ft above msl;
and (v) Mono Diversion Pool, with a
usable capacity of about 47 ac–ft, at an
elevation of about 7,350 ft above msl.
• Small diversions (i) Hooper Creek
Diversion, with a usable capacity of
about 3 ac-ft, at an elevation of about
7,505 ft above msl; (ii) Bolsillo Creek
Diversion, with a usable capacity of less
than 1 ac–ft, at an elevation of about
7,535 ft above msl; (iii) Chinquapin
Creek Diversion, with a usable capacity
of less than 1 ac–ft, at an elevation of
about 7,629 ft above msl; (iv) Camp 62
Creek Diversion, with a usable capacity
of less than 1 ac–ft, at an elevation of
about 7,307 ft above msl.
• Water conveyance systems (i) Ward
Tunnel, about 12.8 miles long, conveys
water from Florence Lake to Huntington
Lake (Huntington Lake is a component
of FERC Project No. 2175) and has a
conveyance capacity of about 1,760
cubic feet per second (cfs). The tunnel
receives water from Florence Lake,
Mono Creek, Bear Creek, the small
tributaries discussed above, and the East
and West Forks of Camp 61 Creek (via
Portal Forebay, a component of the
Portal Project, (FERC Project No. 2174);
(ii) Mono-Bear Siphon, about 1.6 miles
of flowline from Mono Diversion and
1.4 miles of flowline and tunnel from
Bear Creek Diversion connect at the
Mono-Bear Wye and continues for about
2.6 miles through a combined flowline/
siphon, conveys water from the Mono
and Bear diversions to Ward Tunnel.
The Mono Tunnel and Bear Tunnel
have conveyance capacities of 450 cfs
each and the combined flowline/siphon
has a conveyance capacity of about 650
cfs; (iii) Huntington-Pitman-Shaver
Conduit, also known as Tunnel No. 7,
conveys water from Huntington Lake
and the Pitman Creek Diversion to
Shaver Lake through either North Fork
Stevenson Creek or through Balsam
Forebay and the Eastwood Power
Station. Tunnel No. 7 is about 5.4 miles
long and terminates at Gate No. 2 tunnel
outlet located on North Fork Stevenson
Creek upstream of Shaver Lake. The
Balsam Diversion Tunnel is about 1.1
miles long and branches off Tunnel No.
7 about 1,200 ft upstream of the Gate
No. 2 outlet, connecting to Balsam
Forebay; (iv) Eastwood Power Station
and Tailrace Tunnels, which convey
water from Balsam Forebay through the
Eastwood Power Station to Shaver Lake.
The Eastwood Power Station Tunnel is
about 1 mile long. The Tailrace Tunnel
is about 1.4 miles long. The conveyance
capacity of the tunnels is about 2,500
cfs. (v) Tunnel No. 5, about 2.6 miles
long, conveys water from Shaver Lake to
Big Creek Powerhouse No. 2A and has
a conveyance capacity of about 650 cfs.
(vi) Tunnel No. 8, about 1 mile long,
conveys water from the Dam No. 5
Impoundment just downstream of
Powerhouse 2/2A to Powerhouse No. 8,
has a conveyance capacity of about
1,173 cfs.
• Transmission line (i) Eastwood
Power Station—Big Creek 1
Transmission Line, which connects
Eastwood Power Station to a non-Project
switchyard at Big Creek Powerhouse No.
1. This transmission line is about 4.7
miles long, and is a 220kV line.
n. A copy of the application is
available for review at the Commission
in the Public Reference Room or may be
viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number excluding the three digits in the
docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502–8659. A copy is also
available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h
above.
You may also register online at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
o. With this notice, we are initiating
consultation with the California State
Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as
required by section 106, National
Historic Preservation Act, and the
regulations of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
p. Procedural schedule and final
amendments: The application will be
processed according to the following
Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to
the schedule will be made if the
Commission determines it necessary to
do so:
Milestone
Tentative date
Issue Acceptance/Deficiency Letter and request Additional Information, if needed .............................................................
Notice asking for final terms and conditions .........................................................................................................................
Notice of the availability of the draft EIS ...............................................................................................................................
Notice of the availability of the final EIS ................................................................................................................................
Final amendments to the application
must be filed with the Commission no
later than 30 days from the issuance
date of the notice soliciting final terms
and conditions.
Philis J. Posey,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 67-113]
Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Application and
Amended Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment Tendered for Filing
With the Commission, and Establishing Procedual Schedule for Licensing
and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
March 7, 2007.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New License for Major Project-Existing Dam.
b. Project No.: P-67-113.
c. Date Filed: February 23, 2007.
d. Applicant: Southern California Edison Company.
e. Name of Project: Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood Power Station
Hydroelectric Power Project.
f. Location: The Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood Hydroelectric
Project is located in Fresno County, California near the town of Shaver
Lake within the South Fork San Joaquin River, Big Creek, and Stevenson
Creek watersheds. The project affects 2,143.25 acres of Federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Russ W. Krieger, Vice President, Power
Production, Southern California Edison Company, 300 North Lone Hill
Ave., San Dimas, California 91773. Phone: (909) 394-8667.
i. FERC Contact: Jim Fargo, (202) 502-6095, or e-mail:
james.fargo@ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating Agencies: We are asking Federal, State, local, and
tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect
to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating
status should follow the instructions for filing comments described in
item k below. Agencies granted cooperating status will be precluded
from being an intervenor in this proceeding consistent with the
Commission's regulations.
k. Deadline for requests for cooperating agency status: 60 days
from the date of this notice. All documents (original and eight copies)
should be filed with: Philis J. Posey, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Comments may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper;
see 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's
Web site (https://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link. After
logging into the e-Filing system, select ``Comment on Filing'' from the
Filing Type Selection screen and continue with the filing and process.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing.
l. Status: This application has not been accepted for filing. We
are not soliciting motions to intervene, protests, or final terms and
conditions at this time.
m. Description of Project: The existing Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and
Eastwood Power Station Hydroelectric Power Project consists of two
powerhouses and an underground power station; two major dams and
reservoirs; five moderate-sized dams forming two forebays and three
small diversion pools; eight small diversions; six water conveyance
systems; and one transmission line. The project would have an average
annual generation of 1,125,429 megawatt-hours.
Powerhouses and powerstation (i) Big Creek Powerhouse No.
2A with two turbine/generator units and a total dependable operating
capacity of about 98.5 MW; (ii) Powerhouse No. 8 with two turbine/
generator units and a dependable operating capacity of about 64.5 MW;
and (iii) Eastwood Power Station, with one turbine/pump/generator unit
and a dependable operating capacity of about 207 MW.
Major dams and reservoirs (i) Shaver Dam, forming Shaver
Lake, which has a usable storage capacity of about 135,568 ac-ft, at an
elevation of about 5,370 ft above mean sea level (msl); and (ii)
Florence Dam, forming Florence Lake, which has a usable storage
capacity of about 64,406 ac-ft, at an elevation of about 7,327 ft above
msl.
Moderate-sized dams, forebays and diversion pools (i)
Balsam Forebay, with a usable storage capacity of about 1,547 ac-ft, at
an elevation of about 6,670 ft above msl; (ii) Dam 5 Impoundment
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(Powerhouse 8 Forebay), with a usable storage capacity of 49 ac-ft, at
an elevation of about 2,943 ft above msl; (iii) Pitman Diversion Pool,
with a usable capacity of about 1 ac-ft, at an elevation of about 6,900
ft above msl; (iv) Bear Diversion Pool, with a usable capacity of about
103 ac-ft, at an elevation of about 7,350 ft above msl; and (v) Mono
Diversion Pool, with a usable capacity of about 47 ac-ft, at an
elevation of about 7,350 ft above msl.
Small diversions (i) Hooper Creek Diversion, with a usable
capacity of about 3 ac-ft, at an elevation of about 7,505 ft above msl;
(ii) Bolsillo Creek Diversion, with a usable capacity of less than 1
ac-ft, at an elevation of about 7,535 ft above msl; (iii) Chinquapin
Creek Diversion, with a usable capacity of less than 1 ac-ft, at an
elevation of about 7,629 ft above msl; (iv) Camp 62 Creek Diversion,
with a usable capacity of less than 1 ac-ft, at an elevation of about
7,307 ft above msl.
Water conveyance systems (i) Ward Tunnel, about 12.8 miles
long, conveys water from Florence Lake to Huntington Lake (Huntington
Lake is a component of FERC Project No. 2175) and has a conveyance
capacity of about 1,760 cubic feet per second (cfs). The tunnel
receives water from Florence Lake, Mono Creek, Bear Creek, the small
tributaries discussed above, and the East and West Forks of Camp 61
Creek (via Portal Forebay, a component of the Portal Project, (FERC
Project No. 2174); (ii) Mono-Bear Siphon, about 1.6 miles of flowline
from Mono Diversion and 1.4 miles of flowline and tunnel from Bear
Creek Diversion connect at the Mono-Bear Wye and continues for about
2.6 miles through a combined flowline/siphon, conveys water from the
Mono and Bear diversions to Ward Tunnel. The Mono Tunnel and Bear
Tunnel have conveyance capacities of 450 cfs each and the combined
flowline/siphon has a conveyance capacity of about 650 cfs; (iii)
Huntington-Pitman-Shaver Conduit, also known as Tunnel No. 7, conveys
water from Huntington Lake and the Pitman Creek Diversion to Shaver
Lake through either North Fork Stevenson Creek or through Balsam
Forebay and the Eastwood Power Station. Tunnel No. 7 is about 5.4 miles
long and terminates at Gate No. 2 tunnel outlet located on North Fork
Stevenson Creek upstream of Shaver Lake. The Balsam Diversion Tunnel is
about 1.1 miles long and branches off Tunnel No. 7 about 1,200 ft
upstream of the Gate No. 2 outlet, connecting to Balsam Forebay; (iv)
Eastwood Power Station and Tailrace Tunnels, which convey water from
Balsam Forebay through the Eastwood Power Station to Shaver Lake. The
Eastwood Power Station Tunnel is about 1 mile long. The Tailrace Tunnel
is about 1.4 miles long. The conveyance capacity of the tunnels is
about 2,500 cfs. (v) Tunnel No. 5, about 2.6 miles long, conveys water
from Shaver Lake to Big Creek Powerhouse No. 2A and has a conveyance
capacity of about 650 cfs. (vi) Tunnel No. 8, about 1 mile long,
conveys water from the Dam No. 5 Impoundment just downstream of
Powerhouse 2/2A to Powerhouse No. 8, has a conveyance capacity of about
1,173 cfs.
Transmission line (i) Eastwood Power Station--Big Creek 1
Transmission Line, which connects Eastwood Power Station to a non-
Project switchyard at Big Creek Powerhouse No. 1. This transmission
line is about 4.7 miles long, and is a 220kV line.
n. A copy of the application is available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the
Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary''
link. Enter the docket number excluding the three digits in the docket
number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866)
208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
o. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the
California State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by
section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule.
Revisions to the schedule will be made if the Commission determines it
necessary to do so:
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Milestone Tentative date
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Issue Acceptance/Deficiency Letter June 2007.
and request Additional
Information, if needed.
Notice asking for final terms and September 2007.
conditions.
Notice of the availability of the March 2008.
draft EIS.
Notice of the availability of the September 2008.
final EIS.
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Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
soliciting final terms and conditions.
Philis J. Posey,
Acting Secretary.
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