[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 150 (Friday, August 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45386-45387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4199]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2155]


Pacific Gas and Electric; 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

July 28, 2005.
    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.: 2155.
    c. Date Filed: July 15, 2005.
    d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
    e. Name of Project: Chili Bar Project.
    f. Location: On the South Fork American River in El Dorado, near 
Placerville, California. The project affects 48 acres of Federal land 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Randal S. Livingston, Power Generation Senior 
Director, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, P.O. Box 770000, Mail Code: 
N11E, San Francisco, CA 94177.
    i. FERC Contact: Jim Fargo, (202) 502-6095 or [email protected].
    j. Cooperating Agencies: We are asking Federal, state, local, and 
tribal

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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: September 15, 2005.
    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. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The existing Chili Bar Project consists of: (1) A 120-foot-high 
concrete gravity dam; (2) a 110-acre reservoir with a useable storage 
of 1,339 acre-feet; (3) a powerhouse with one 7-MW unit and (4) 
appurtenant facilities. The applicant estimates that the total average 
annual generation would be 33,500 megawatt hours. All generated power 
is utilized within the applicant's electric utility system.
    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 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.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp 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 
(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/Deficiency Letter and request additional 
information, if needed, November 2005.
Issue Scoping Document for comments, December 2005.
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis, April 
2006.
Notice of the availability of the draft EIS, December 2006.
Notice of the availability of the final FEIS, June 2007.
Ready for Commission's decision on the application, August 2007.

    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,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-4199 Filed 8-4-05; 8:45 am]
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