[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 72818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6932]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2246-047]


Yuba County Water Agency; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

November 28, 2005.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office 
of Energy Projects has reviewed an application for an amendment of 
license for the Yuba River Development Project (FERC No. 2246) and has 
prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed amendment. 
The project is located on the North Yuba River downstream of 
Englebright Dam in Yuba County, California, about 20 miles northeast of 
Marysville and about 24 miles upstream from the confluence of the Yuba 
and Feather Rivers.
    The licensee requests approval to construct and operate a 3,000 
cubic feet per second (cfs) synchronous flow bypass system and to 
revise flow reduction and fluctuation criteria under article 33(d) of 
the license for the Narrows II development. Currently, the licensee is 
only capable of bypassing 650 cfs through the plant, which has a 
capacity of 3,400 cfs under full generation load. The proposed bypass 
system will allow the licensee, especially during emergency shutdown 
periods, to be able to minimize flow fluctuations downstream. The EA 
contains Commission staff's analysis of the probable environmental 
impacts of the proposal and concludes that approving the licensee's 
application would not constitute a major federal action significantly 
affecting the quality of the human environment.
    The EA is attached to a Commission order titled ``Order Modifying 
and Approving Amendment of License,'' which was issued November 22, 
2005, and is available for review and reproduction at the Commission's 
Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, 
Washington, DC 20426. The EA may also be viewed on the Commission's Web 
site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``elibrary'' link. Enter the 
project number (prefaced by P-) and 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, contact (202) 502-8659.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-6932 Filed 12-6-05; 8:45 am]
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