[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51665-51666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1847]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2174-012]


Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Application Ready 
for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, 
Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions

August 12, 2004.
    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.: 2174-012.
    c. Date filed: March 27, 2003.
    d. Applicant: Southern California Edison Company.
    e. Name of Project: Portal Hydroelectric Project
    f. Location: On Camp 61 Creek and Rancheria Creek, tributaries to 
the San Joaquin River in Fresno County, California. The project 
occupies 77.7 acres of public land administered by the Forest 
Supervisor of the Sierra National Forest.
    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 
Avenue, San Dimas, California 91773.
    i. FERC Contact: Timothy Looney at (202) 502-6096 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance of this 
notice; reply comments due 105 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 and Procedure 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. 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 ``eFiling'' link.
    k. Status of environmental analysis: This application is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of Project: The Portal Project consists of the 
following existing facilities: (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 (Ward 
Tunnel is licensed as part of FERC Project No. 67), (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. The 
Portal Project is one of six projects that are part of a hydroelectric 
system owned and operated by Southern California Edison Company and 
known collectively as the Big Creek Hydroelectric System.
    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 ``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 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. To 
view upcoming FERC events, go to http://

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www.ferc.gov and click on ``View Entire Calendar.''
    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.
    n. 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.
    o. Procedures schedule: The Commission staff proposes to issue a 
Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA). Staff intends to allow at least 
30 days for entities to comment on the DEA before preparing the Final 
Environmental Assessment (FEA). Commission staff will take into 
consideration all comments received on the DEA before final action is 
taken on the license application. The application will be processed 
according to the following schedule, but revisions to the schedule may 
be made as appropriate:
    Issue REA notice: August 2004.
    Issue notice of availability of DEA: January 2005.
    Issue notice of availability of FEA: April 2005.
    Ready for Commission decision on application: June 2005.

Linda Mitry,
Acting Secretary.
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