[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4417-4418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2248]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2107-010 California]


Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice Rejecting Application 
and Soliciting Applications

January 24, 2002.
    On October 2, 2001, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), 
licensee for the Poe Hydroelectric Project No. 2107, filed an 
application for a new license for the project, pursuant to section 
15(b)(1) of the Federal Power Act (Act). The application was untimely 
filed, however, and a request for a license amendment that would have 
cured that deficiency was denied by the Commission in an order issued 
January 16, 2002.\1\ Consequently, that license application is hereby 
rejected.
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    \1\ 98 FERC para. 61,032 (2002)
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    The project is located on the North Fork Feather River, in Butte 
County, California and occupies lands of the United States within the 
Plumas National Forest. The project consists of: (1) The 400-foot-long, 
60-foot tall Poe Diversion Dam, including four 50-foot-wide by 41-foot-
high radial flood gates, a 20-foot-wide by 7-foot-high small radial 
gate, and a small skimmer gate that is no longer used; (2) the 53-acre 
Poe Reservoir; (3) a concrete intake structure located on the shore of 
Poe Reservoir; (4) a pressure tunnel about 19 feet in diameter with a 
total length of about 33,000 feet; (5) a differential surge chamber 
located near the downstream end of the tunnel; (6) a steel underground 
penstock about 1,000 feet in length and about 14 feet in diameter; (7) 
a reinforced concrete powerhouse, 175-feet-long by 114-feet-wide, with 
two vertical-shaft Francis-type turbines rated at 76,000 horsepower 
connected to vertical-shaft synchronous generators rated at 79,350 kVA 
with a total installed capacity of 143 MW and an average annual 
generation of 584 gigawatt hours; (8) the 370-foot-long, 61-foot tall, 
concrete gravity Big Bend Dam; (9) the 42-acre Poe Afterbay Reservoir; 
and (10) appurtenant facilities.
    As a result of the rejection of PG&E's application and pursuant to 
section 16.25 of the Commission's Regulations, the Commission is 
soliciting license applications from potential applicants. This is 
necessary because the deadline for filing an application for new 
license and any competing license applications, pursuant to section 
16.9 of the regulations, was October 1, 2001, and no

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other applications for license for this project were filed.
    The Commission's January 16, 2002, order waived those parts of 
Sections 16.24(a) and 16.25(a) which bar an existing licensee that 
missed the two-year application filing deadline from filing another 
license application. Consequently, PG&E will be allowed to compete for 
the license and the incumbent preference established by FPA section 
15(a)(2) will apply.
    The licensee is required to make available certain information 
described in section 16.7 of the regulations. For more information from 
the licensee contact Mr. Tom Jereb, Project Manager, Pacific Gas and 
Electric Company, P.O. Box 770000, N11D, San Francisco, CA 94177, (415) 
973-9320.
    A potential applicant that files a notice of intent within 90 days 
from the date of issuance of this notice: (1) may apply for a license 
under part I of the Act and part 4 (except section 4.38) of the 
Commission's Regulations within 18 months of the date on which it files 
its notice; and (2) must comply with the requirements of sections 16.8 
and 16.10 of the Commission's Regulations.
    Questions concerning this notice should be directed to John Mudre, 
(202) 219-1208 or [email protected].

C.B. Spencer,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-2248 Filed 1-29-02; 8:45 am]
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