[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2299-082]


Turlock Irrigation District, Modesto Irrigation District; Notice 
of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing 
Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final 
Amendments

    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.: 2299-082.
    c. Date Filed: April 28, 2014.
    d. Applicant: Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation 
District.
    e. Name of Project: Don Pedro Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The Don Pedro Project facilities are located on the 
Tuolumne River in Tuolumne County, California. Portions of the Don 
Pedro Project occupy lands of the Bureau of Land Management Sierra 
Resource Management Unit.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Steven Boyd, Director of Water Resources, 
Turlock Irrigation District, P.O. Box 949, Turlock, California 95381, 
209-883-8364 and Greg Dias, Project Manager, Modesto Irrigation 
District, P.O. Box 4060, Modesto, California 95352, 209-526-7566.
    i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter at (503) 552-2760 or 
[email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. The Project Description: The Don Pedro Project consists of the 
following existing facilities: (1) The 580-foot-high, 1,900-foot-long 
earth and rockfill dam with a gross storage capacity of 2,030,000 acre-
feet, located on the Tuolumne River 54.8 miles upstream of its 
confluence with the San Joaquin River; (2) the 30-foot-high, 45-foot- 
wide, 135-foot-long gated spillway including three radial gates each 
45-foot-wide by 30-foot-high; (2) the 995-foot-long ungated ogee 
spillway with a crest elevation of 830 feet; (3) the set of outlet 
works located at the left abutment of the dam consisting of three 
individual gate housings, each containing two 4-foot-by-5-foot slide 
gates; (4) the 3,500-foot-long concrete lined tunnel with a total 
hydraulic capacity of 7,500 cubic feet per second; (5) the 2,960-foot-
long power tunnel located in the left abutment of the dam that 
transitions from an 18-foot concrete-lined section to a 16-foot steel-
lined section; (6) the 21-foot-high, 12-foot-wide emergency closure 
fixed-wheel gate; (7) a powerhouse located immediately downstream of 
the dam containing a 72-inch hollow jet valve and four Francis turbine-
generator units with a nameplate capacity of 168 megawatts; (8) the 
switchyard located on top of the powerhouse; (9) the 75-foot-high earth 
and rockfill Gasburg Creek dike with a slide-gate controlled 18-inch-
diameter conduit located near the downstream end of the spillway; (10) 
three small embankments dikes (dike A is located between the main dam 
and spillway and dikes B and C are located east of the main dam); (11) 
recreation facilities on Don Pedro reservoir, including Fleming 
Meadows, Blue Oaks, and Moccasin Point, primitive and semi-primitive 
lakeshore camping, both floating and shoreline restrooms in addition to 
those at the developed recreation areas, and other open water-based 
features including houseboat marinas and a marked water-ski slalom 
course; and (12) appurtenant facilities and features including access 
roads.
    l. Locations of the Application: 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, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in item (h) above.
    m. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    n. Procedural Schedule:
    The application will be processed according to the following 
preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be 
made as appropriate.

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                Milestone                           Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for  May 2016.
 Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary    July 2016.
 terms and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
Commission issues Draft Environmental     January 2017.
 Impact Statement (EIS).
Comments on Draft EIS...................  February 2017.
Modified Terms and Conditions...........  April 2017.
Commission Issues Final EIS.............  July 2017.
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    o. 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.

    Dated: May 9, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-11265 Filed 5-15-14; 8:45 am]
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