[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 54 (Friday, March 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7284]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project Nos. 1933-011 and 2198-007]


Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Availability of 
Final Environmental Assessment

March 16, 1998.
    A final environmental assessment (EA) is available for public 
review. The final EA analyzes the environmental impacts of an 
application by Southern California Edison Company (licensee) to 
relocate project facilities. The licensee proposes constructing a new 
penstock to replace part of the existing flowline for the Santa Ana 
River (SAR) 1 and 2 Hydroelectric Project No. 1933-011 and all of the 
flowline for the SAR 3 Hydroelectric Project No. 2198-007. The licensee 
proposes to construct a new powerhouse to replace both the SAR 2 and 
SAR 3 powerhouses. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is building a new 
flood control dam in the Santa Ana River Canyon below the SAR 1 and 2 
Project. The Seven Oaks Dam will inundate and destroy the SAR 2 
powerhouse and the SAR 3 flowline rendering both projects inoperable. 
The licensee's proposed construction would allow it to continue to 
operate the projects. Both projects are on the Santa Ana River and its 
tributaries in San Bernardino County, California.
    The final EA finds that the application to relocate project 
facilities would not constitute a major federal action significantly 
affecting the quality of the human environment. The final EA was 
written by staff in the Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission in cooperation with the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture--Forest Service, San Bernardino National Forest, Big Bear 
Ranger District. Copies of the final EA can be obtained by calling the 
Commission's Public Reference Room at (202) 208-1371.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-7284 Filed 3-19-98; 8:45 am]
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