[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 103-104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33639]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13679-002]


JD Products, LLC; Notice of Intent To File License Application, 
Filing of Pre-Application Document (PAD), Commencement of Pre-Filing 
Process, and Scoping; Request for Comments on the PAD and Scoping 
Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study Requests

    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application for 
a New License and Commencing Pre-filing Process.
    b. Project No.: 13679-002.
    c. Dated Filed: October 27, 2011.
    d. Submitted By: JD Products, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: San Onofre Electricity Farm.
    f. Location: The project would be located in the Pacific Ocean, 
2,000 feet off of the beach, near San Onofre, in San Diego County, 
California. The project would occupy federal lands administered by the 
Department of Defense.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR Part 5 of the Commission's 
Regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Chong Hun Kim, General Manager; JD 
Products, LLC; 16807 Woodridge Circle, Fountain Valley, CA 92708; (714) 
767-7553; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Kenneth Hogan at (202) 502-8434 or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item o below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with: 
(a) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under 
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency 
regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402 and (b) the State Historic 
Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National Historical 
Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    l. JD Products, LLC filed with the Commission a Pre-Application

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Document (PAD; including a proposed process plan and schedule), 
pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    m. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 
(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 paragraph (h).
    Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    n. With this notice, we are soliciting comments on the PAD and 
Commission's staff Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as well as study requests. 
All comments on the PAD and SD1, and study requests should be sent to 
the address above in paragraph (h). In addition, all comments on the 
PAD and SD1, study requests, requests for cooperating agency status, 
and all communications to and from Commission staff related to the 
merits of the potential application must be filed with the Commission. 
Documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, 
using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the 
end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, 
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and 
seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    o. All filings with the Commission must include on the first page, 
the project name (San Onofre Electricity Farm) and number (P-13679-
002), and bear the appropriate heading: ``Comments on Pre-Application 
Document,'' ``Study Requests,'' ``Comments on Scoping Document 1,'' 
``Request for Cooperating Agency Status,'' or ``Communications to and 
from Commission Staff.'' Any individual or entity interested in 
submitting study requests, commenting on the PAD or SD1, and any agency 
requesting cooperating status must do so by February 21, 2012.
    p. Although our current intent is to prepare an environmental 
assessment (EA), there is the possibility that an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) will be required. Nevertheless, this meeting will 
satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of whether an EA or 
EIS is issued by the Commission.

Scoping Meetings

    Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings in the vicinity of 
the project at the time and place noted below. The daytime meeting will 
focus on resource agency, Indian tribes, and non-governmental 
organization concerns, while the evening meeting is primarily for 
receiving input from the public. We invite all interested individuals, 
organizations, and agencies to attend one or both of the meetings, and 
to assist staff in identifying particular study needs, as well as the 
scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the environmental 
document. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows:

Daytime Scoping Meeting

    Date and Time: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 1 p.m.
    Location: DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Doheny Beach--Dana 
Point, 34402 Pacific Coast Highway, Dana Point, California 92629.
    Phone Number: (949) 661-1100

Evening Scoping Meeting

    Date and Time: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 7 p.m.
    Location: DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Doheny Beach--Dana 
Point, 34402 Pacific Coast Highway, Dana Point, California 92629.
    Phone Number: (949) 661-1100.
    Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which outlines the subject areas to be 
addressed in the environmental document, was mailed to the individuals 
and entities on the Commission's mailing list. Copies of SD1 will be 
available at the scoping meetings, or may be viewed on the web at 
http://www.ferc.gov, using the ``eLibrary'' link. Follow the directions 
for accessing information in paragraph n. Based on all oral and written 
comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be issued. SD2 may include a 
revised process plan and schedule, as well as a list of issues, 
identified through the scoping process.

Environmental Site Review

    The potential applicant and Commission staff will conduct an 
Environmental Site Review of the project on Wednesday, January 25, 
2012. Interested participants should meet no later than 9 a.m. at the 
parking lot located just inside the entrance to San Onofre State Beach. 
For more information about the environmental site review please contact 
Kenneth Hogan at [email protected]. Directions to San Onofre State 
Beach are as follows: From Interstate 5, take exit 71 for Basilone 
Road. Travel south on Basilone Road, past the San Onofre Nuclear 
Generating Station. Basilone Road will end at the entrance station to 
the San Onofre State Beach campground parking. If additional directions 
are needed please contact Mr. David Pryor, Senior Environmental 
Scientist--California State Parks, at [email protected], (949) 497-
1421, or (949) 433-7264.

Meeting Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) Initiate scoping of the 
issues; (2) review and discuss existing conditions and resource 
management objectives; (3) review and discuss existing information and 
identify preliminary information and study needs; (4) review and 
discuss the process plan and schedule for pre-filing activity that 
incorporates the time frames provided for in Part 5 of the Commission's 
regulations and, to the extent possible, maximizes coordination of 
federal, state, and tribal permitting and certification processes; and 
(5) discuss the appropriateness of any federal or state agency or 
Indian tribe acting as a cooperating agency for development of an 
environmental document.
    Meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their issues 
and/or concerns. Please review the PAD in preparation for the scoping 
meetings. Directions on how to obtain a copy of the PAD and SD1 are 
included in item n. of this document.

Meeting Procedures

    The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will be placed 
in the public records of the project.

    Dated: December 23, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-33639 Filed 12-30-11; 8:45 am]
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