[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29937-29938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10721]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 10821-005]


Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Notice Soliciting Scoping 
Comments

    Take notice that the following application has been filed with the 
Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License--Transmission Line Only.
    b. Project No.: P-10821-005.
    c. Date filed: June 27, 2019.
    d. Applicant: Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E).
    e. Name of Project: Camp Far West Transmission Line Project.
    f. Location: The existing transmission line project, with proposed 
modifications, would be located in Placer and Yuba Counties, 
California. The project would occupy a total of 52.3 acres and include 
tribal land managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Indian Affairs (Auburn Off-Reservation Land Trust) and federal land 
managed by the U.S. Department of Defense (Beale Air Force Base).
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert Donovan, Senior Transmission 
Planner, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, 245 Market Street, Room 1053B, 
Mail Code N10A, San Francisco, California 94105.
    i. FERC Contact: Quinn Emmering, (202) 502-6382, 
quinn.emmering@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: June 12, 2020.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
scoping comments using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at http://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, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-10821-005.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The existing Camp Far West Transmission Line Project includes a 
1.9-mile-long, three-phase, 60-kilovolt (kV) transmission line 
extending from the powerhouse of the Camp Far West Hydroelectric 
Project in Placer County to an interconnection with PG&E's 9-mile-long 
Smartville-Lincoln (formerly Smartville-Pleasant Grove) 60-kV 
transmission line. The Camp Far West Transmission Line Project is a 
transmission line only project; therefore, the project does not 
generate power, nor does it include any dams, diversions, or otherwise 
discharge to surface waters, nor does it include recreation facilities. 
The transmission line project annually transmits approximately 26,900 
megawatt hours of energy generated at the project powerhouse for the 
Camp Far West Hydroelectric Project.
    PG&E proposes to include the 9-mile-long Smartville-Lincoln 60-kV 
transmission line as a project facility in any subsequent license 
issued for the project. PG&E has determined that, while this segment of 
transmission line used to carry electricity from multiple sources, it 
now only carries electricity from the Camp Far West Hydroelectric 
Project to the integrated transmission system. Due to this, PG&E 
believes that the 9-mile-long segment should be considered part of the 
primary transmission line for the Camp Far West Hydroelectric Project 
and that it be incorporated into the Camp Far West Transmission Line 
Project. As proposed, the Camp Far West Transmission Line Project would 
consist of 10.9-mile-long, three-phase, 60-kV transmission line 
extending from the powerhouse of the Camp Far West Hydroelectric 
Project to the interconnection point located at Beale Air Force Base.
    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 Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov) using 
the ``eLibrary'' link.

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Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket 
number field to access the document. 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.
    n. You may also register online at http://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.
    o. Scoping Process
    The Commission staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment 
(EA) for the Camp Far West Transmission Line Project in accordance with 
the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will consider both site-
specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable 
alternatives to the proposed action.
    Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, we are soliciting comments, 
recommendations, and information, on the Scoping Document (SD) issued 
on May 13, 2020.
    Copies of the SD outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the 
EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list and 
the applicant's distribution list. Copies of the SD may be viewed on 
the web at http://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. For assistance, call 1-866-208-3676 or 
for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

    Dated: May 13, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-10721 Filed 5-18-20; 8:45 am]
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