[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 48452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23385]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing Procedures for 
Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

September 13, 2001.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 2086-035.
    c. Date Filed: August 30, 2001.
    d. Applicant: Southern California Edison.
    e. Name of Project: Vermillion Valley Project.
    f. Location: On Mono Creek in Fresno County, near Shaver Lake, 
California. The project affects federal lands in the Sierra National 
Forest, covering a total of 2,202 acres.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Thomas J. McPheeters, Manager, Northern Hydro 
Region, Southern California Edison Company, 54205 Mountain Poplar Road, 
P.O. Box 100, Big Creek, California 93605, (559) 893-3646.
    i. FERC Contact: Jim Fargo, (202) 219-2848 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing additional study requests: October 30, 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. Additional study requests 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 
(http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    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 is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The existing Vermillion Project consists of: (1) a 4,234-foot-
long earth-fill dam; (2) Lake Edison, with a 125,035 acre-foot storage 
capacity at 7,642 feet; (3) a service spillway at the left abutment 
with a single manually operated radial gate 15 feet wide by 8 feet 
high, and an auxiliary spillway at the right abutment with an ungated 
chute discharging into an ungated channel; (4) a man-made outlet 
channel extending 1,300 feet to Mono Creek; and (5) a 3-kW Pelton-wheel 
turbine located in the outlet structure used to recharge batteries in 
the valve house.
    m. A copy of the application is on file with the Commission and is 
available for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the 
web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link--select ``Docket#'' 
and follow the instructions (call 202-208-2222 for assistance). A copy 
is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in 
item h above.
    n. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
California State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
Sec. 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    o. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following milestones, some of which may 
be combined to expedite processing:

Notice of application has been accepted for filing
Notice of NEPA Scoping
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis
Notice of the availability of the draft NEPA document
Notice of the availability of the final NEPA document
Order issuing the Commission's decision on the application

    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-23385 Filed 9-19-01; 8:45 am]
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