
[Federal Register: March 20, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 53)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 2085-014--California; 67-113; 120-020]

 
Southern California Edison; Notice of Availability of the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Big Creek Projects

March 13, 2009.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office 
of Energy Projects has reviewed the applications for relicensing four 
Southern California Edison (SCE) projects, which are part of the Big 
Creek System: Mammoth Pool Project (FERC No. 2085); Big Creek Nos. 2A, 
8 and Eastwood (FERC No. 67); Big Creek Nos. 1 and 2 (FERC No. 2175);

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and Big Creek No. 3 (FERC No. 120), located in Fresno and Madera 
Counties, California, and has prepared a final Environmental Impact 
Statement (final EIS) for the projects.
    SCE's existing 865-megawatt Big Creek System includes the 
integrated operation of nine major powerhouses, six major reservoirs, 
numerous small diversions, various conveyance facilities, and 
electrical transmission lines, authorized under seven Commission 
licenses. The four projects evaluated in the draft EIS occupy about 
6,870 acres of federal land administered by the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Forest Service, in the Sierra National Forest.
    In the final EIS, staff evaluates the applicant's proposal and 
alternatives for relicensing the projects. The final EIS documents the 
views of governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, 
affected Indian tribes, the public, the license applicant, and 
Commission staff.
    Copies of the final EIS are available for review in the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, Room 2A, located at 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The final EIS also may be viewed on 
the Internet at http://www.ferc.gov under the eLibrary link. Enter the 
docket number (P-067, P-2175, P-2085, or P-120) to access the document. 
For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.
    CD versions of the final EIS have been mailed to everyone on the 
mailing list for the projects. Copies of the CD, as well as a limited 
number of paper copies, are available from the Public Reference Room 
identified 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 these or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    For further information, contact James Fargo at (202) 502-6095 or 
at james.fargo@ferc.gov.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-6074 Filed 3-19-09; 8:45 am]
