[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 129 (Friday, July 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36270-36271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14624]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1061-103]


Pacific Gas and Electric Company; 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-1061-103.
    c. Date filed: August 24, 2020.
    d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
    e. Name of Project: Phoenix Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the South Fork 
Stanislaus River and in the Tuolumne River Basin, in Tuolumne County, 
California. The project occupies 26.99 acres of federal land 
administered by the U.S. Forest Service and 0.59 acres administered by 
the Bureau of Land Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r.
    h. Applicant Contact: Jan Nimick, Vice President, Power Generation, 
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 245 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 
94105, (415) 973-0629.
    i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter, (503) 552-2760 or 
james.hastreiter@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 
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, 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

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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-1061-103.
    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 Phoenix Hydroelectric Project operates to provide 
water to the Tuolumne Utility District, generate power, and meet 
streamflow requirements for the South Fork Stanislaus River. The 
project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) A 535-foot-
long and 132-foot-high concrete arch dam on the South Fork Stanislaus 
River, (2) a 172.3 acre reservoir, (3) a 133.1-foot-long and 20-foot-
high concrete arch cushion dam, (4) a 15.38-mile-long Main Tuolumne 
Canal, (5) a Header Box (forebay), a 5,611-foot-long penstock, and a 
powerhouse with an impulse turbine rated at 1.6 megawatts. The project 
is estimated to generate an average of 9,956 megawatt-hours annually.
    PG&E does not propose any new developments at this time. However, 
PG&E proposes to modify the existing project boundary to encompass all 
facilities necessary for operation and maintenance of the project. PG&E 
proposes to include 21 roads and 14 trails within the project boundary 
and adjust the boundary around Lyons Reservoir, along the MTC and 
several of its spill channels, and along the penstock. The area of 
federal land within the project boundary will increase for Bureau of 
Land Management lands to 1.55 acres and National Forest Lands to 29.78 
acres. With the proposed boundary changes, the overall lands within the 
project boundary will increase to 348.5 acres
    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 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 (i.e., P-
1061). 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. Please note 
that the certification request must comply with 40 CFR 121.5(b), 
including documentation that a pre-filing meeting request was submitted 
to the certifying authority at least 30 days prior to submitting the 
certification request. Please also note that the certification request 
must be sent to the certifying authority and to the Commission 
concurrently.
    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--August 31, 2021
Licensee's Reply to REA Comments--October 15, 2021
Commission issues Draft EA--May 2022
Comments on EA--June 2022
Commission issues Final EA--September 2022
Commission issues license order--December 2022

    Dated: July 2, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-14624 Filed 7-8-21; 8:45 am]
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