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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
(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
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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 220 kV line.
m. 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.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ ‘‘REPLY
COMMENTS,’’
‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘FINAL
TERMS AND CONDITIONS,’’ or
‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the
heading the name of the applicant and
the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish
the name, address, and telephone
number of the person submitting the
filing; and (4) otherwise comply with
the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001
through 385.2005. All comments,
recommendations, final terms and
conditions, or prescriptions must set
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forth their evidentiary basis and
otherwise comply with the requirements
of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain
copies of the application directly from
the applicant. Each filing must be
accompanied by proof of service on all
persons listed in the service list
prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR
4.34(b) and 385.2010.
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.
n. A license applicant must file not
later than 60 days following the date of
issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the
water quality certification; (2) a copy of
the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying
agency received the request; or (3)
evidence of waiver of water quality
certification.
o. Procedural schedule: 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
Comments, recommendations, final terms and
conditions, and prescriptions due.
Reply comments due from
applicant.
Notice of the availability of
the draft EIS.
Comments on draft EIS
due.
Notice of the availability of
the final EIS.
Tentative date
March 8, 2008.
April 22, 2008.
September 2008.
November 2008.
March 2009.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–503 Filed 1–14–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 120–020]
Southern California Edison Company;
Notice of Application Ready for
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting
Comments, and Recommendations,
Final Terms and Conditions, and
Prescriptions
January 8, 2008.
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
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with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New License
for Major Project—Existing Dam.
b. Project No.: P–120–020.
c. Date Filed: February 23, 2007.
d. Applicant: Southern California
Edison Company.
e. Name of Project: Big Creek No. 3
Hydroelectric Power Project.
f. Location: The Big Creek No. 3
Hydroelectric Project is located in
Fresno and Madera Counties, California
near the town of Auberry within the San
Joaquin River watershed. The Project
occupies 377.16 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: Ken Hogan at (202)
502–8434, or e-mail:
Kenneth.Hogan@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments, and
recommendations, final terms and
conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days
from the issuance date of this notice;
reply comments are due 105 days from
the issuance date of this notice.
All documents (original and eight
copies) should be filed with: Kimberly
D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
require all intervenors filing documents
with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person on the
official service list for the project.
Further, if an intervenor files comments
or documents with the Commission
relating to the merits of an issue that
may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must
also serve a copy of the document on
that resource agency.
Comments, recommendations, final
terms and conditions, and prescriptions
may be filed electronically via the
Internet in lieu of paper. The
Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings. 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.
k. This application has been accepted
for filing and is ready for environmental
analysis at this time.
l. Description of Project: The existing
Big Creek No. 3 Hydroelectric Power
Project consists of one powerhouse; one
moderate-sized dam and forebay; and
one water conveyance system. The
Project is operated as a reservoir-storage
type plant with an installed operating
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capacity of 174.45 MW. Water for the
Project is taken from the San Joaquin
River just downstream of its confluence
with Big Creek and conveyed to the Big
Creek No. 3 Powerhouse through
Tunnel No. 3. The energy generated by
the Project is transmitted to the SCE
transmission and distribution system
and used for public utility purposes.
The project would have an average
annual generation of 804,240 megawatthours.
• Powerhouse: Big Creek Powerhouse
No. 3, with five turbine generator units.
• Moderate-sized dam and forebay:
Dam 6 and Dam 6 Impoundment, with
a capacity of about 933 ac-ft, at an
elevation of about 2,230 ft above mean
sea level (msl).
• Water conveyance system:
Powerhouse No. 3 water conveyance
system, about 5.3 miles long, conveys
water from Dam No. 6 Impoundment to
Big Creek Powerhouse No. 3 through a
tunnel with a capacity of about 3,250
cfs. The system includes a pressurerelief valve system and penstocks
providing pressurized water from the
tunnel to the turbine.
m. 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.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ ‘‘REPLY
COMMENTS,’’
‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘FINAL
TERMS AND CONDITIONS,’’ or
‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the
heading the name of the applicant and
the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish
the name, address, and telephone
number of the person submitting the
filing; and (4) otherwise comply with
the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001
through 385.2005. All comments,
recommendations, final terms and
conditions, or prescriptions must set
forth their evidentiary basis and
otherwise comply with the requirements
of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain
copies of the application directly from
the applicant. Each filing must be
accompanied by proof of service on all
persons listed in the service list
prepared by the Commission in this
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proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR
4.34(b) and 385.2010.
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.
n. A license applicant must file no
later than 60 days following the date of
issuance of this notice: (1) a copy of the
water quality certification; (2) a copy of
the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying
agency received the request; or (3)
evidence of waiver of water quality
certification.
o. Procedural schedule: 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
Comments, recommendations, final terms and
conditions, and prescriptions due.
Reply comments due from
applicant.
Notice of the availability of
the draft EIS.
Comments on draft EIS
due.
Notice of the availability of
the final EIS.
Tentative date
March 8, 2008.
April 22, 2008.
September 2008.
November 2008.
March 2009.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–507 Filed 1–14–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2175–014]
Southern California Edison Company;
Notice of Application Ready for
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting
Comments, and Recommendations,
Final Terms and Conditions, and
Prescriptions
January 8, 2008.
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–2175–014.
c. Date Filed: February 23, 2007.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 120-020]
Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Application Ready
for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, and
Recommendations, Final Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions
January 8, 2008.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed
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with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New License for Major Project--Existing
Dam.
b. Project No.: P-120-020.
c. Date Filed: February 23, 2007.
d. Applicant: Southern California Edison Company.
e. Name of Project: Big Creek No. 3 Hydroelectric Power Project.
f. Location: The Big Creek No. 3 Hydroelectric Project is located
in Fresno and Madera Counties, California near the town of Auberry
within the San Joaquin River watershed. The Project occupies 377.16
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: Ken Hogan at (202) 502-8434, or e-mail:
Kenneth.Hogan@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments, and recommendations, final terms
and conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance date of
this notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of
this notice.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document
on that resource agency.
Comments, recommendations, final terms and conditions, and
prescriptions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of
paper. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. 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.
k. This application has been accepted for filing and is ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. Description of Project: The existing Big Creek No. 3
Hydroelectric Power Project consists of one powerhouse; one moderate-
sized dam and forebay; and one water conveyance system. The Project is
operated as a reservoir-storage type plant with an installed operating
capacity of 174.45 MW. Water for the Project is taken from the San
Joaquin River just downstream of its confluence with Big Creek and
conveyed to the Big Creek No. 3 Powerhouse through Tunnel No. 3. The
energy generated by the Project is transmitted to the SCE transmission
and distribution system and used for public utility purposes. The
project would have an average annual generation of 804,240 megawatt-
hours.
Powerhouse: Big Creek Powerhouse No. 3, with five turbine
generator units.
Moderate-sized dam and forebay: Dam 6 and Dam 6
Impoundment, with a capacity of about 933 ac-ft, at an elevation of
about 2,230 ft above mean sea level (msl).
Water conveyance system: Powerhouse No. 3 water conveyance
system, about 5.3 miles long, conveys water from Dam No. 6 Impoundment
to Big Creek Powerhouse No. 3 through a tunnel with a capacity of about
3,250 cfs. The system includes a pressure-relief valve system and
penstocks providing pressurized water from the tunnel to the turbine.
m. 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.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``FINAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading
the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, recommendations, final terms and conditions, or prescriptions
must set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the
application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed in the service
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
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.
n. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) a copy of the water quality
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request;
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
o. Procedural schedule: 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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Comments, recommendations, final terms March 8, 2008.
and conditions, and prescriptions due.
Reply comments due from applicant...... April 22, 2008.
Notice of the availability of the draft September 2008.
EIS.
Comments on draft EIS due.............. November 2008.
Notice of the availability of the final March 2009.
EIS.
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-507 Filed 1-14-08; 8:45 am]
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