[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 33 (Friday, February 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 8354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-677]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1390-040]


Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Settlement 
Agreement and Soliciting Comments

February 11, 2005.
    Take notice that the following Settlement Agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement.
    b. Project No.: 1390-040.
    c. Date Filed: February 4, 2005.
    d. Applicant: Southern California Edison Company.
    e. Name of Project: Lundy Project.
    f. Location: On Mill Creek in Mono County, California. The project 
is located partly on lands in the Inyo National Forest and on land 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Nino J. Mascolo, Southern California 
Edison Company, P.O. Box 800, 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, CA 
91770, (626) 302-4459.
    i. FERC Contact: John Smith, telephone (202) 502-8972, e-mail 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments: 90 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 agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that 
resource agency.
    Comments 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. Description of filing: Southern California Edison Company filed 
the Settlement Agreement on behalf of itself and the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Forest Service; the U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management; the California Department of Fish and Game; 
American Rivers; California Trout; and the Mono Lake Committee. The 
purposes of the Settlement Agreement are to resolve among the 
signatories: (1) The issues raised by the signatories in their 
respective requests for rehearing of the order issuing new license (86 
FERC ] 61,230); and (2) the issue raised by the People for Mono Basin 
Preservation and Mono County with regard to the claims that the minimum 
flow schedule required by article 404 of the license would interfere 
with the Wilson Creek water rights. The signatories request that the 
Commission adopt in whole, without material modification, the Offer of 
Settlement. Specifically, the signatories request that the Commission 
replace existing license articles 403, 404, 411, 412, and 417 with 
conditions included in Appendix A of the Settlement Agreement and 
delete license article 414.
    l. A copy of the Settlement Agreement 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, contact (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.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-677 Filed 2-17-05; 8:45 am]
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