[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 79 (Thursday, April 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22729-22730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08629]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14797-001]


California Department of Water Resources; Notice of Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

    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.: 14797-001.
    c. Date filed: November 20, 2019.
    d. Applicant: California Department of Water Resources.
    e. Name of Project: Devil Canyon Project.\1\
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    \1\ The proposed Devil Canyon Project is currently licensed as 
part of the South SWP Project (P-2426). The applicant proposes to 
relicense the Devil Canyon Project separately.
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    f. Location: Along the East Branch of the California Aqueduct, in 
San Bernardino County, California. The project occupies 220.98 acres of 
United States lands administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, as part of the San Bernardino National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Gwen Knittweis, Chief, Hydropower License 
Planning and Compliance Office, California Department of Water 
Resources, P.O. Box 924836, Sacramento, California 94236-0001; (916) 
557-4554; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Kyle Olcott at (202) 502-8963; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests and 
requests for cooperating agency status: 60 days from the issuance date 
of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests and requests for cooperating agency 
status using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or 
(202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper 
copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should 
include docket number P-14797-001.
    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.
    k. This application has been accepted, but is not ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The project consists of: (1) A 249-foot-tall, 2,230-foot-long 
zoned earth and rockfill dam impounding a 995-acre reservoir; (2) 
intake structures and two 1.3-mile-long steel penstocks; (3) a 
powerhouse with four turbine-generating units; (4) a switchyard with 
four step-up transformers; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The 
project's estimated annual generation is 836 gigawatt-hours.
    m. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the 
internet through the Commission's website 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. At this time, 
the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency 
concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the 
President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC Online 
Support.
    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. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate 
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but 
only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests 
or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
deadline date for the particular application.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served 
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular 
application.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--July 2020
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--September 2020
Issue Scoping Document 2--October 2020
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis--October 2020
Commission issues EA--April 2021
Comments on EA--May 2021
    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.


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    Dated: April 16, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-08629 Filed 4-22-20; 8:45 am]
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