[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 69 (Thursday, April 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17628-17629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8769]


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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

April 3, 2003.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New License--Major Project.
    b. Project No.: 2174-012.
    c. Date Filed: March 27, 2003.
    d. Applicant: Southern California Edison.
    e. Name of Project: Portal Project.
    f. Location: On Rancheria Creek in Fresno County, near Big Creek, 
California. The project affects federal lands in the Sierra National 
Forest, covering a total of 77.67 acres.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: R. W. Krieger, Vice President, Power 
Production, Southern California Edison Company, 300 N. Lone Hill Ave., 
San Dimas, California 91773, (909) 394-8667.
    i. FERC Contact: Jim Fargo, (202) 502-6095 or [email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing additional study requests: May 27, 2003.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: Ms. 
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.

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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.
    Additional study requests may be filed electronically via the 
Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing.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. After logging into the e-Filing system, select ``Comment 
on Filing'' from the Filing Type Selection screen and continue with the 
filing process.''
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The existing Portal Project consists of: (1) A 795-foot-long 
compacted earth and rock-fill dam; (2) Portal Forebay, with a 325 acre-
foot useable storage capacity at elevation 7,185 feet; (3) an open 
channel spillway at the left abutment of the dam, discharging into Camp 
61 Creek; (4) an outlet channel consisting of (a) the Adit 2 tunnel and 
shaft between Portal Forebay and Ward Tunnel, (b) Ward Tunnel for a 
distance of about 32,000 feet from Adit 2 to the base of the surge 
chamber on the tunnel, (c) a rock trap immediately downstream of the 
surge chamber, and (d) a 1,180-foot-long penstock from the rock trap to 
where it bifurcates just upstream of the Portal Powerhouse; (5) a 10.8-
MW turbine located in the concrete powerhouse; and (6) a 2.5-mile-long 
480 kV transmission line.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``FERRIS'' link. 
Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support at [email protected] or toll-free at 1-866-208-
3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. 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 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.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-8769 Filed 4-9-03; 8:45 am]
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