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Dated: July 30, 2009.
James H. Shelton III,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Science; Notice of Renewal of
the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory
Committee
Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, App.
2, and section 102–3.65, Title 41, Code
of Federal Regulations, and following
consultation with the Committee
Management Secretariat, General
Services Administration, notice is
hereby given that the Basic Energy
Sciences Advisory Committee has been
renewed for a 2-year period.
The Committee will provide advice to
the Department of Energy’s Office of
Science on the basic energy sciences
programs. The Secretary of Energy has
determined that renewal of the Basic
Energy Sciences Advisory Committee is
essential to the conduct of the
Department’s business and in the public
interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed by law
upon the Department of Energy. The
Committee will continue to operate in
accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.
L. No. 92–463), the General Services
Administration Final Rule on Federal
Advisory Committee Management, and
other directives and instructions issued
in implementation of those acts.
For Further Information Contact: Ms.
Rachel Samuel at (202) 586–3279.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 31,
2009.
Eric Nicoll,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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[Project No. 2106–059]
Pacific Gas and Electric Company;
Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Licensing and Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
July 29, 2009.
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 Major
License.
b. Project No.: 2106–059.
c. Date Filed: July 16, 2009.
d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company (PG&E).
e. Name of Project: McCloud-Pit
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is
located on the McCloud and Pit Rivers
in Shasta County, California. The
project occupies lands of the United
States, managed by the United States
Department of Agriculture—Forest
Service and the United States
Department of Interior—Bureau of Land
Management.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Randal S.
Livingston, Vice President—Power
Generation, Pacific Gas and Electric
Company, P.O. Box 770000, Mail Code
N11E, San Francisco, CA 94177–0001;
Telephone (415) 973–7000.
i. FERC Contact: Emily Carter at (202)
502–6512 or emily.carter@ferc.gov.
j. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
k. The Project Description: The
existing McCloud-Pit Project consists of
three existing developments (James B.
Black, Pit 6, and Pit 7), which
collectively include two storage
reservoirs (McCloud and Iron Canyon),
two regulating reservoirs (Pit 6 and Pit
7), one afterbay (Pit 7), two tunnels,
three powerhouses (James B. Black, Pit
6, and Pit 7), and associated equipment
and transmission facilities. The project
has an installed capacity of 368megawatts (MW), produces an average
annual generation of 1,542 gigawatthours (GWh), and occupies 3,707.6
acres of land. Approximately 1,651.4 of
these acres are federally owned, with
1,621.9 managed by the Shasta-Trinity
National Forest and 29.5 managed by
the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. In
addition to the existing facilities, PG&E
is proposing to construct two generation
additions consisting of powerhouses at
the base of McCloud dam (5–8 MW) and
at the base of Pit 7 Afterbay dam (10
MW).
The project involves the transfer of
water from the McCloud River basin to
the Lower Pit River basin via a tunnel
from the McCloud reservoir to Iron
Canyon reservoir. Iron Canyon reservoir
is on Iron Canyon Creek, a tributary of
the Pit River. Water flows from Iron
Canyon reservoir via a tunnel to the
James B. Black powerhouse. Although
the project diverts water from the
McCloud River basin to the Lower Pit
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River basin, both basins drain to Shasta
Lake.
James B. Black Development
McCloud Dam and McCloud Reservoir
McCloud dam is a 241-foot-high, 630foot-long earth and rock filled dam
located on the McCloud River and
impounds McCloud reservoir. The
McCloud reservoir has a surface area of
520 acres and a maximum storage
capacity of approximately 35,234 acrefeet (af). The spillway [elevation 2,696.0
feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum
(NGVD)] is on the south side of the dam.
The reservoir has a normal maximum
water surface elevation of 2,680 feet.
The dam is equipped with three radial
gates measuring 27 feet by 24.5 feet,
discharging into a spillway that returns
spillage flows to the McCloud River
below the dam. The dam also has a 12foot diameter diversion/outlet tunnel
that runs under the dam to supply a 24inch Howell-Bunger valve for releasing
instream flows to the McCloud River, as
well as an 84-inch diameter butterfly
valve for emergency use to control
reservoir levels. Controls for the
diversion/outlet tunnel are located at
the intake within McCloud reservoir.
McCloud Tunnel
A 7.2-mile-long tunnel and a 563-footlong pipeline at Hawkins Creek crossing
hydraulically link McCloud reservoir
and Iron Canyon reservoir. An intake
tower within McCloud reservoir collects
water for the McCloud tunnel, which is
approximately 17 feet in diameter and
heads easterly to Iron Canyon reservoir.
The differential in water surface
elevations between the two reservoirs
controls the amount of water drafted
through the tunnel.
Iron Canyon Dam and Reservoir
An earth-filled dam 214 feet high and
1,130 feet long impounds Iron Canyon
reservoir. The reservoir has a maximum
storage capacity of 24,241 af with an
approximate 500-acre surface area. The
dam has a slide gate leading to a 48-inch
diameter pipe for instream flow releases
to Iron Canyon Creek. Normal maximum
water surface elevation within the
reservoir is 2,664 feet. When the water
surface of Iron Canyon reservoir is
lowered, water flows through the
McCloud tunnel from McCloud
reservoir to Iron Canyon reservoir.
Iron Canyon Tunnel and Penstock
Iron Canyon reservoir is connected to
James B. Black powerhouse via the 2.9mile long, 18-foot diameter Iron Canyon
Tunnel, an associated 1,194-foot-long,
11.5-foot diameter pipeline at the
Willow Spring Creek crossing, and a
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Science; Notice of Renewal of the Basic Energy Sciences
Advisory Committee
Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, App. 2, and section 102-3.65, Title 41, Code of Federal
Regulations, and following consultation with the Committee Management
Secretariat, General Services Administration, notice is hereby given
that the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee has been renewed for
a 2-year period.
The Committee will provide advice to the Department of Energy's
Office of Science on the basic energy sciences programs. The Secretary
of Energy has determined that renewal of the Basic Energy Sciences
Advisory Committee is essential to the conduct of the Department's
business and in the public interest in connection with the performance
of duties imposed by law upon the Department of Energy. The Committee
will continue to operate in accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463), the General
Services Administration Final Rule on Federal Advisory Committee
Management, and other directives and instructions issued in
implementation of those acts.
For Further Information Contact: Ms. Rachel Samuel at (202) 586-
3279.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 31, 2009.
Eric Nicoll,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-18680 Filed 8-4-09; 8:45 am]
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