

[Federal Register: March 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 48)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 120-020]

 
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-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: 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

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on the Commission's Web site (http://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 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.
    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 http://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 http://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.
[FR Doc. E7-4477 Filed 3-12-07; 8:45 am]

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