[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7626-7627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-308]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests

February 11, 2004.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Major unconstructed project.
    b. Project No.: 11858-02.
    c. Date Filed: February 2, 2004.
    d. Applicant: Elsinore Municipal Water District and the Nevada 
Hydro Company, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Lake Elsinore Advanced Pumped Storage Project.
    f. Location: On Lake Elsinore and San Juan Creek, in the Town of 
Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, California. The project would occupy 
federal lands, including lands managed by the Forest Service (Cleveland 
National Forest), Bureau of Land Management, and the Department of 
Defense (Camp Pendleton).
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Rexford Wait, The Nevada Hydro Company, 2416 
Cades Way, Vista, California 92083, (760) 599-0086.
    i. FERC Contact: Jim Fargo, 202-502-6095, [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 18 CFR 4.32(b)(7) 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: April 2, 2004.
    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.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed project would consist of: (1) A new upper reservoir 
(Morrell Canyon) having a 180-foot-high main dam and a gross storage 
volume of 5,760 feet, at a normal reservoir surface elevation of 2,760 
feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) a powerhouse with two reversible 
pump-turbine units with a total installed capacity of 500 megawatts; 
(3) the existing Lake Elsinore to be used as a lower reservoir; (4) 
about 30 miles of 500 kV transmission line connecting the project to an 
existing transmission line owned by Southern California Edison located 
north of the proposed project and to an existing San Diego Gas & 
Electric Company transmission line located to the south.
    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 ``eLibrary'' 
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 (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.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email 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--May 2004
Request Additional Information--May 2004
Issue Acceptance letter--September 2004
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--October 2004
Hold Scoping Meeting--November 2004

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Request Additional Information (if needed)--January 2005
Issue Scoping Document 2--January 2005
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis--January 
2005
Notice of the availability of the draft NEPA document--July 2005
Start 10(j) process--September 2005
Notice of the availability of the final NEPA document--January 2006
Ready for Commission's decision on the application--April 2006

    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.

Linda Mitry,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-308 Filed 2-17-04; 8:45 am]
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