[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41237-41238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17587]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12095-000]


 Metropolitan Water District of Southern California; Notice of 
Effectiveness of Surrender

    On September 17, 2001, the Commission issued an Order Granting 
Exemption from Licensing (Conduit) \1\ to the Metropolitan Water 
District of Southern California (exemptee) for the OC-88 Small Conduit 
Hydroelectric Project No. 12095. The project was located in the City of 
Lake Forest in Orange County, California at the OC-88 Service 
Connection, which transfers water from the Allen-McCulloch Pipeline to 
the South County Pipeline.
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    \1\ Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, 96 FERC 
] 62,259 (2001).
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    On September 20, 2005, staff from the Commission's San Francisco 
Regional Office conducted an operation inspection of the project. 
During the inspection, the exemptee advised Commission staff that it 
intended to surrender the exemption and Commission staff observed that 
the exemptee had capped off the penstock and electrically disconnected 
the generator.
    On November 4, 2005, the exemptee filed an application with the 
Commission to surrender its exemption stating that, due to 
modifications at the pump station, the physical connections necessary 
for operation of the turbine generator no longer existed.
    Accordingly, the Commission hereby gives notice and accepts the 
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California's surrender of its 
exemption from licensing for the OC-88 Small Conduit Hydroelectric 
Project issued on

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September 17, 2001, effective November 4, 2005.

    Dated: July 7, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-17587 Filed 7-12-11; 8:45 am]
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