[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22693-22694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10541]


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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 Procedural 
Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final 
Amendments

April 23, 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 Major License.
    b. Project No.: 178-017.
    c. Date filed: April 14, 2003.
    d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
    e. Name of Project: Kern Canyon Project.
    f. Location: On the Kern River, near the Town of Bakersfield, Kern 
County, California. The project occupies approximately 11.26 acres of 
public land located within the Sequoia National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  
791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact:Mr. Randal S. Livingston, Pacific Gas and 
Electric Company, Power Generation, Mail Code N11E, P.O. Box 770000, 
San Francisco, CA 94177, (415) 973-7000.
    i. FERC Contact: Tim Looney, 202-502-6096 or 
[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 in the preparation of the 
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating 
status should follow the instructions for filing comments described in 
item l below.
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: June 13, 2003.
    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.
    Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency 
status may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. 
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. 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.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Kern Canyon Project consists of: (1) An existing 150-foot-
long and 23-foot-high dam; (2) an existing 3-acre reservoir having a 
usable capacity of 27-acre-feet; (3) a 1.58 mile long horseshoe shaped 
tunnel; (4) a 520-foot-long steel penstock varying in diameter from 96 
inches to 90 inches; (5) a powerhouse containing one generating unit 
with an installed capacity of 9,540 kilowatts; (6) existing 
transmission facilities; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The project is 
estimated to generate an average of 67.6 gigawatt hours annually. The 
dam and existing project facilities are owned by the applicant.
    o. 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.
    Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm to be 
notified via e-mail of new filings and issuances related to this or 
other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    p. 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.
    q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. 
Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter--June 2003
Request Additional Information--June 2003
Issue Acceptance Letter--September 2003
Issue Scoping Document 1 for Comments--October 2003
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--December 2003
Issue Scoping Document 2--January 2004
Notice that application is ready for environmental analysis--January 
2004
Notice of the availability of the draft EA--July 2004
Notice of the availability of the final EA--October 2004
Ready for Commission decision on the application--October 2004

    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance

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date of the notice of ready for environmental analysis.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-10541 Filed 4-28-03; 8:45 am]
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