[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18889-18890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9285]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Applications Ready For Environmental Analysis, 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions

April 11, 2002.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Application for new 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. Secs. 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 at (202) 219-2848; e-mail 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: We are asking Federal, state, local, and 
tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect 
to environmental issues to cooperate with us to prepare the 
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating 
status should follow the instructions for filing comments described in 
item k below.
    k. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this 
notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Magalie R. Salas Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    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.
    Comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, 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 (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    l. Status of environmental analysis: This application has been 
accepted for filing and is now ready for environmental analysis
    m. 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.
    n. Locations of the Applications: Copies of the applications are 
available for inspection or reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, located at 888 First Street, 
NE., Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-2326. The 
applications 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.
    o. 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

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conditions and prescriptions concerning the application be filed with 
the Commission within 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. 
All reply comments must be filed with the Commission within 105 days 
from the date of this notice.
    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 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-9285 Filed 4-16-02; 8:45 am]
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