[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27956-27957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12637]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms, and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions

May 15, 2001.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 1932-004.
    c. Date filed: April 29, 1994.
    d. Applicant: Southern California Edison Company.
    e. Name of Project: Lytle Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Lytle Creek, near the town of Devore, San 
Bernardino County, California. The project is located within the San 
Bernardino National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Walter D. Pagel, Manager of Eastern Hydro 
Region, Southern California Edison Company, 300 N. Lone Hill Avenue, 
San Dimas, CA 91773, (909) 394-8720.
    i. FERC Contact: Mr. Jon Cofrancesco (202) 219-0079 or E-mail 
address at [email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: August 31, 2001.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments, recommendations, 
terms and conditions, protests, interventions, and prescriptions may be 
filed electronically via the internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site 
at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
    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 now ready for 
environmental analysis.
    l. The existing Lytle Creek Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) 
a 3-foot-high, 200-foot-long rubble masonry gravity dam; (2) a concrete 
intake structure with trashracks and a revolving fish screen; (3) a 
concrete-lined sandtrap, (4) a 4.3-mile-long flowline system comprised 
of 13 tunnels, a covered-concrete flume, a concrete pipeline, five 
siphons and 28 concrete and steel surge pipes; (5) a 750 cubic-foot 
concrete forebay; (6) a 1,546-foot-long, 30 to 26 inch-diameter steel 
penstock; (7) a powerhouse containing two generating units with a 
combined installed capacity of 500-kW; (8) a 904-foot-long tailrace 
siphon; (9) a 50-foot-long, 12-kV transmission line tap; and (10) 
related appurtenant facilities. The applicant proposes to continue 
operating the existing project.
    m. A copy of the application is available for inspection and 
reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, located at 888 
First Street, NE., Room 2-A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 
208-1371. The application may be viewed on http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call (202) 208-2222 for assistance). A copy is also 
available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h 
above.
    n. The Commission directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the 
Regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 
1991) that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and 
prescriptions concerning the application be filed with the Commission 
60 days from the issuance date of this notice, or longer if appropriate 
(see item j). All reply comments must be filed with the Commission 
within 45 days from the date of the comment deadline.
    Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the 
Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary 
circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.
    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

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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.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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