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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426. Hand delivered submissions in
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delivered to Health and Human
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Dated: March 16, 2021.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Commission
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South Sutter Water District; Notice of
Application Ready for Environmental
Analysis and Soliciting Comments,
Recommendations, Terms and
Conditions, and Prescriptions
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Major, new
license.
b. Project No.: P–2997–031.
c. Date filed: July 1, 2019.
d. Applicant: South Sutter Water
District.
e. Name of Project: Camp Far West
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is
located on the Bear River in Yuba,
Nevada, and Placer Counties, California.
The project, with the proposed project
boundary modifications, would occupy
a total of 2,674 acres. No federal or tribal
lands occur within or adjacent to the
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project boundary or along the Bear River
downstream of the project.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Brad
Arnold, General Manager, South Sutter
Water District, 2464 Pacific Avenue,
Trowbridge, California 95659.
i. FERC Contact: Quinn Emmering,
(202) 502–6382, quinn.emmering@
ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days
from the issuance date of this notice;
reply comments are due 105 days from
the issuance date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments,
recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system
at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you
may submit a paper copy. Submissions
sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be
addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room
1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier
must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first
page of any filing should include docket
number P–2997–031.
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.
k. This application has been accepted
and is ready for environmental analysis
at this time.
l. The existing Camp Far West
Hydroelectric Project operates to
provide water during the irrigation
season, generate power, and meet
streamflow requirements for the Bear
River. The project includes: (1) A 185foot-high, 40-foot-wide, 2,070-foot-long,
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earth-filled main dam; (2) a 45-foothigh, 20-foot-wide, 1,060-foot-long,
earth-filled south wing dam; (3) a 25foot-high, 20-foot-wide, 1,460-foot-long,
earth-filled north wing dam; (4) a 15foot-high, 20-foot-wide, 1,450-foot-long,
earth-filled north dike; (5) a 2,020-acre
reservoir with a gross storage capacity of
about 104,000 acre-feet at the normal
maximum water surface elevation
(NMWSE) of 300 feet; (6) an overflow
spillway with a maximum design
capacity of 106,500 cubic feet per
second (cfs) at a reservoir elevation of
320 feet with a 15-foot-wide concrete
approach apron, 300-foot-long ungated,
ogee-type concrete structure, and a 77foot-long downstream concrete chute
with concrete sidewalls and a 302.5-foot
single span steel-truss bridge across the
spillway crest; (7) a 1,200-foot-long,
unlined, rock channel that carries spill
downstream to the Bear River; (8) a 22foot-high, concrete, power intake tower
with openings on three sides protected
by steel trashracks; (9) a 25-foot-4-inchhigh, concrete, intake tower with
openings on three sides, each of which
is protected by steel trashracks that
receives water for the outlet works; (10)
a 760-foot-long, 8-foot-diameter concrete
tunnel through the left abutment of the
main dam that conveys water from the
power intake to the powerhouse; (11) a
steel-reinforced, concrete powerhouse
with a 6.8-megawatt, vertical-shaft,
Francis-type turbine, which discharges
to the Bear River at the base of the main
dam; (12) a 350-foot-long, 48-inchdiameter steel pipe that conveys water
from the intake structure to a valve
chamber for the outlet works; (13) a 400foot-long, 7.5-foot-diameter concretelined horseshoe tunnel that connects to
the valve chamber to a 48-inchdiameter, Howell Bunger outlet valve
with a capacity of 500 cfs that
discharges directly into the Bear River;
(14) a fenced switchyard adjacent to the
powerhouse; (15) two recreation areas
with campgrounds, day-use areas, boat
ramps, restrooms, and sewage holding
ponds; and (16) a recreational water
system that includes two pumps in the
reservoir that deliver water to a
treatment facility that is piped to a
60,000-gallon storage tank to supply
water to recreation facilities. The project
has no transmission facilities. The
estimated average annual generation
(2010 to 2017) is 22,637 megawatthours.
South Sutter Water District proposes
to: (1) Raise the NMWSE of the project
reservoir by 5 feet from an elevation of
300 feet to an elevation of 305 feet; (2)
raise the crest of the existing spillway
from an elevation of 300 feet to an
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elevation of 305 feet to accommodate
the proposed pool raise; (3) replace and
restore several recreation facilities; (4)
add an existing 0.25-mile road as a
primary project road to access the
powerhouse and switchyard; and (5)
modify the project boundary to account
for the removal of the 1.9-mile-long
transmission line from the license in
1991, corrections based on current
project operation and maintenance, and
changes under the category of a contour
20 feet above the 300-feet NMWSE or
proximity of 200-horizontal-feet from
the 300-foot NMWSE.
m. In addition to publishing the full
text of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
document via the internet through the
Commission’s website at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document (i.e., P–
2997). At this time, the Commission has
suspended access to the Commission’s
Public Reference Room, due to the
proclamation declaring a National
Emergency concerning the Novel
Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued
by the President on March 13, 2020. For
assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘REPLY
COMMENTS’’,
‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘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, 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 on
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://ferconline.ferc.gov/
FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
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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 schedule. Revisions to
the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
Deadline for Filing Comments,
Recommendations, and Agency Terms
and Conditions/Prescriptions—May
17, 2021
Licensee’s Reply to REA Comments—
June 29, 2021
Commission issues Draft EA—January
2022
Comments on EA—February 2022
Commission issues Final EA—May 2022
Commission issues license order—
August 2022
Dated: March 16, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:
Docket Numbers: EG21–109–000.
Applicants: Shaw Creek Solar, LLC.
Description: Notice of Self
Certification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of Shaw Creek Solar,
LLC.
Filed Date: 3/15/21.
Accession Number: 20210315–5400.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/5/21.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER15–704–022.
Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company.
Description: Compliance filing: CCSF
Compliance filing to update Intervening
Facilities (1 of 2) to be effective 7/23/
2015.
Filed Date: 3/15/21.
Accession Number: 20210315–5416.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/5/21.
Docket Numbers: ER15–704–023.
Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company.
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Description: Compliance filing: CCSF
Compliance filing to update Intervening
Facilities (2 of 2) to be effective 7/23/
2015.
Filed Date: 3/16/21.
Accession Number: 20210316–5038.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/6/21.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2398–006;
ER20–1879–003; ER20–2019–002.
Applicants: Gray County Wind, LLC,
Oliver Wind I, LLC, Hancock County
Wind, LLC.
Description: Supplement to January
11, 2021 Notice of Change in Status of
Gray County Wind, LLC, et al.
Filed Date: 3/12/21.
Accession Number: 20210312–5363.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/2/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–1407–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.,
American Transmission Company LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2021–03–15_SA 2799 ATC-City of New
London 1st Rev CFA to be effective 5/
15/2021.
Filed Date: 3/15/21.
Accession Number: 20210315–5210.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/5/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–1413–000.
Applicants: New York State Electric &
Gas Corporation, New York
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Joint
TPIA among the NYISO, NYSEG and
Transco Segment B SA No. 2604 CEII
partly to be effective 3/1/2021.
Filed Date: 3/15/21.
Accession Number: 20210315–5242.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/5/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–1415–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.,
American Transmission Company LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2021–03–15_SA 3642 ATC-Onion River
Solar E&P (J1153) to be effective 4/1/
2021.
Filed Date: 3/15/21.
Accession Number: 20210315–5266.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/5/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–1442–000.
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
3211R2 North Iowa Municipal Electric
Cooperative Association NITSA and
NOA to be effective 3/1/2021.
Filed Date: 3/16/21.
Accession Number: 20210316–5008.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/6/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–1445–000.
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2900R15 KMEA NITSA NOA to be
effective 3/1/2021.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2997-031]
South Sutter Water District; Notice of Application Ready for
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms
and Conditions, and Prescriptions
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Major, new license.
b. Project No.: P-2997-031.
c. Date filed: July 1, 2019.
d. Applicant: South Sutter Water District.
e. Name of Project: Camp Far West Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is located on the Bear River in
Yuba, Nevada, and Placer Counties, California. The project, with the
proposed project boundary modifications, would occupy a total of 2,674
acres. No federal or tribal lands occur within or adjacent to the
project boundary or along the Bear River downstream of the project.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Brad Arnold, General Manager, South
Sutter Water District, 2464 Pacific Avenue, Trowbridge, California
95659.
i. FERC Contact: Quinn Emmering, (202) 502-6382,
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this
notice.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end of your comments. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy.
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket
number P-2997-031.
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.
k. This application has been accepted and is ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The existing Camp Far West Hydroelectric Project operates to
provide water during the irrigation season, generate power, and meet
streamflow requirements for the Bear River. The project includes: (1) A
185-foot-high, 40-foot-wide, 2,070-foot-long, earth-filled main dam;
(2) a 45-foot-high, 20-foot-wide, 1,060-foot-long, earth-filled south
wing dam; (3) a 25-foot-high, 20-foot-wide, 1,460-foot-long, earth-
filled north wing dam; (4) a 15-foot-high, 20-foot-wide, 1,450-foot-
long, earth-filled north dike; (5) a 2,020-acre reservoir with a gross
storage capacity of about 104,000 acre-feet at the normal maximum water
surface elevation (NMWSE) of 300 feet; (6) an overflow spillway with a
maximum design capacity of 106,500 cubic feet per second (cfs) at a
reservoir elevation of 320 feet with a 15-foot-wide concrete approach
apron, 300-foot-long ungated, ogee-type concrete structure, and a 77-
foot-long downstream concrete chute with concrete sidewalls and a
302.5-foot single span steel-truss bridge across the spillway crest;
(7) a 1,200-foot-long, unlined, rock channel that carries spill
downstream to the Bear River; (8) a 22-foot-high, concrete, power
intake tower with openings on three sides protected by steel
trashracks; (9) a 25-foot-4-inch-high, concrete, intake tower with
openings on three sides, each of which is protected by steel trashracks
that receives water for the outlet works; (10) a 760-foot-long, 8-foot-
diameter concrete tunnel through the left abutment of the main dam that
conveys water from the power intake to the powerhouse; (11) a steel-
reinforced, concrete powerhouse with a 6.8-megawatt, vertical-shaft,
Francis-type turbine, which discharges to the Bear River at the base of
the main dam; (12) a 350-foot-long, 48-inch-diameter steel pipe that
conveys water from the intake structure to a valve chamber for the
outlet works; (13) a 400-foot-long, 7.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined
horseshoe tunnel that connects to the valve chamber to a 48-inch-
diameter, Howell Bunger outlet valve with a capacity of 500 cfs that
discharges directly into the Bear River; (14) a fenced switchyard
adjacent to the powerhouse; (15) two recreation areas with campgrounds,
day-use areas, boat ramps, restrooms, and sewage holding ponds; and
(16) a recreational water system that includes two pumps in the
reservoir that deliver water to a treatment facility that is piped to a
60,000-gallon storage tank to supply water to recreation facilities.
The project has no transmission facilities. The estimated average
annual generation (2010 to 2017) is 22,637 megawatt-hours.
South Sutter Water District proposes to: (1) Raise the NMWSE of the
project reservoir by 5 feet from an elevation of 300 feet to an
elevation of 305 feet; (2) raise the crest of the existing spillway
from an elevation of 300 feet to an
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elevation of 305 feet to accommodate the proposed pool raise; (3)
replace and restore several recreation facilities; (4) add an existing
0.25-mile road as a primary project road to access the powerhouse and
switchyard; and (5) modify the project boundary to account for the
removal of the 1.9-mile-long transmission line from the license in
1991, corrections based on current project operation and maintenance,
and changes under the category of a contour 20 feet above the 300-feet
NMWSE or proximity of 200-horizontal-feet from the 300-foot NMWSE.
m. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the
internet through the Commission's website at https://www.ferc.gov using
the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to access the document (i.e., P-
2997). At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the
Commission's Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a
National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19),
issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``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, 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 on 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://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx 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 schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
Deadline for Filing Comments, Recommendations, and Agency Terms and
Conditions/Prescriptions--May 17, 2021
Licensee's Reply to REA Comments--June 29, 2021
Commission issues Draft EA--January 2022
Comments on EA--February 2022
Commission issues Final EA--May 2022
Commission issues license order--August 2022
Dated: March 16, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-05861 Filed 3-19-21; 8:45 am]
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