[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2482-2483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-503]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 67-113]


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

January 8, 2008.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New License for Major Project-Existing Dam.
    b. Project No.: P-67-113.
    c. Date Filed: February 23, 2007.
    d. Applicant: Southern California Edison Company.
    e. Name of Project: Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood Power Station 
Hydroelectric Power Project.
    f. Location: The Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood Hydroelectric 
Project is located in Fresno County, California near the town of Shaver 
Lake within the South Fork San Joaquin River, Big Creek, and Stevenson 
Creek watersheds. The project affects 2,143.25 acres of federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Russ W. Krieger, Vice President, Power 
Production, Southern California Edison Company, 300 North Lone Hill 
Ave., San Dimas, California 91773. Phone: (909) 394-8667.
    i. FERC Contact: Ken Hogan at (202) 502-8434, or e-mail: 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, and recommendations, final terms 
and conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance date of 
this notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of 
this notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Kimberly D. Bose, 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.
    Comments, recommendations, final 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 ``e-Filing'' link.
    k. This application has been accepted for filing and is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of Project: The existing Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and 
Eastwood Power Station Hydroelectric Power Project consists of two 
powerhouses and an underground power station; two major dams and 
reservoirs; five moderate-sized dams forming two forebays and three 
small diversion pools; eight small diversions; six water conveyance 
systems; and one transmission line. The project would have an average 
annual generation of 1,125,429 megawatt-hours.
     Powerhouses and powerstation (i) Big Creek Powerhouse No. 
2A with two turbine/generator units and a total dependable operating 
capacity of about 98.5 MW; (ii) Powerhouse No. 8 with two turbine/
generator units and a dependable operating capacity of about 64.5 MW; 
and (iii) Eastwood Power Station, with one turbine/pump/

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generator unit and a dependable operating capacity of about 207 MW.
     Major dams and reservoirs (i) Shaver Dam, forming Shaver 
Lake, which has a usable storage capacity of about 135,568 ac-ft, at an 
elevation of about 5,370 ft above mean sea level (msl); and (ii) 
Florence Dam, forming Florence Lake, which has a usable storage 
capacity of about 64,406 ac-ft, at an elevation of about 7,327 ft above 
msl.
     Moderate-sized dams, forebays and diversion pools (i) 
Balsam Forebay, with a usable storage capacity of about 1,547 ac-ft, at 
an elevation of about 6,670 ft above msl; (ii) Dam 5 Impoundment 
(Powerhouse 8 Forebay), with a usable storage capacity of 49 ac-ft, at 
an elevation of about 2,943 ft above msl; (iii) Pitman Diversion Pool, 
with a usable capacity of about 1 ac-ft, at an elevation of about 6,900 
ft above msl; (iv) Bear Diversion Pool, with a usable capacity of about 
103 ac-ft, at an elevation of about 7,350 ft above msl; and (v) Mono 
Diversion Pool, with a usable capacity of about 47 ac-ft, at an 
elevation of about 7,350 ft above msl.
     Small diversions (i) Hooper Creek Diversion, with a usable 
capacity of about 3 ac-ft, at an elevation of about 7,505 ft above msl; 
(ii) Bolsillo Creek Diversion, with a usable capacity of less than 1 
ac-ft, at an elevation of about 7,535 ft above msl; (iii) Chinquapin 
Creek Diversion, with a usable capacity of less than 1 ac-ft, at an 
elevation of about 7,629 ft above msl; (iv) Camp 62 Creek Diversion, 
with a usable capacity of less than 1 ac-ft, at an elevation of about 
7,307 ft above msl.
     Water conveyance systems (i) Ward Tunnel, about 12.8 miles 
long, conveys water from Florence Lake to Huntington Lake (Huntington 
Lake is a component of FERC Project No. 2175) and has a conveyance 
capacity of about 1,760 cubic feet per second (cfs). The tunnel 
receives water from Florence Lake, Mono Creek, Bear Creek, the small 
tributaries discussed above, and the East and West Forks of Camp 61 
Creek (via Portal Forebay, a component of the Portal Project, (FERC 
Project No. 2174); (ii) Mono-Bear Siphon, about 1.6 miles of flowline 
from Mono Diversion and 1.4 miles of flowline and tunnel from Bear 
Creek Diversion connect at the Mono-Bear Wye and continues for about 
2.6 miles through a combined flowline/siphon, conveys water from the 
Mono and Bear diversions to Ward Tunnel. The Mono Tunnel and Bear 
Tunnel have conveyance capacities of 450 cfs each and the combined 
flowline/siphon has a conveyance capacity of about 650 cfs; (iii) 
Huntington-Pitman-Shaver Conduit, also known as Tunnel No. 7, conveys 
water from Huntington Lake and the Pitman Creek Diversion to Shaver 
Lake through either North Fork Stevenson Creek or through Balsam 
Forebay and the Eastwood Power Station. Tunnel No. 7 is about 5.4 miles 
long and terminates at Gate No. 2 tunnel outlet located on North Fork 
Stevenson Creek upstream of Shaver Lake. The Balsam Diversion Tunnel is 
about 1.1 miles long and branches off Tunnel No. 7 about 1,200 ft 
upstream of the Gate No. 2 outlet, connecting to Balsam Forebay; (iv) 
Eastwood Power Station and Tailrace Tunnels, which convey water from 
Balsam Forebay through the Eastwood Power Station to Shaver Lake. The 
Eastwood Power Station Tunnel is about 1 mile long. The Tailrace Tunnel 
is about 1.4 miles long. The conveyance capacity of the tunnels is 
about 2,500 cfs. (v) Tunnel No. 5, about 2.6 miles long, conveys water 
from Shaver Lake to Big Creek Powerhouse No. 2A and has a conveyance 
capacity of about 650 cfs. (vi) Tunnel No. 8, about 1 mile long, 
conveys water from the Dam No. 5 Impoundment just downstream of 
Powerhouse 2/2A to Powerhouse No. 8, has a conveyance capacity of about 
1,173 cfs.
     Transmission line (i) Eastwood Power Station--Big Creek 1 
Transmission Line, which connects Eastwood Power Station to a non-
Project switchyard at Big Creek Powerhouse No. 1. This transmission 
line is about 4.7 miles long, and is a 220 kV line.
    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 three digits in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact 
FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll free at (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.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``FINAL 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, final 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 in the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    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.
    n. A license applicant must file not later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality 
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including 
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; 
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
will be made if the Commission determines it necessary to do so:

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               Milestone                          Tentative date
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Comments, recommendations, final terms   March 8, 2008.
 and conditions, and prescriptions due.
Reply comments due from applicant......  April 22, 2008.
Notice of the availability of the draft  September 2008.
 EIS.
Comments on draft EIS due..............  November 2008.
Notice of the availability of the final  March 2009.
 EIS.
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-503 Filed 1-14-08; 8:45 am]
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