[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22417-22419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08447]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 298-081]
Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Application
Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests,
Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments,
Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary
Fishway Prescriptions
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.: 298-081.
c. Date Filed: December 23, 2019.
d. Applicant: Southern California Edison Company.
e. Name of Project: Kaweah Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is located on the Kaweah River
and East Fork Kaweah River in Tulare County, California. The project
occupies 176.26 acres of public lands administered by the Bureau of
Land Management. The project incorporates non-project facilities
(diversion structures and water conveyance facilities) located within
Sequoia National Park, which are authorized by a National Park Service
special use permit.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Wayne P. Allen, Principle Manager, Hydro
Licensing and Implementation, Southern California Edison Company, 1515
Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, CA 91770, (626) 302-9741 or email at
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter, (503) 552-2760 or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary
prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice; reply
comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this notice. The
Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file motions
to intervene, protests, comments, recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions using the
Commission's eFiling system at 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 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-298-081.
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 for filing and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
l. The Kaweah Project has three developments.
Kaweah No. 1
This development consists of: (1) A 20-foot-long and 6-foot-high
concrete diversion dam on the East Fork Kaweah River, (2) a 30,723-
foot-long steel flume, (3) a forebay tank, (4) a 3,340-foot-long
penstock, and (4) a powerhouse with an impulse turbine rated at 2.25
megawatts (MW).
Kaweah No. 2
This development consists of: (1) A 161-foot-long and 7-foot-high
masonry diversion dam on the Kaweah River, (2) a 16,738-foot-long
concrete-lined ditch, (3) a 3,822-foot-long steel flume, (4) a 1,047-
foot-long steel pipe, (5) a forebay, (6) a 1,012-foot-long buried
penstock, and (7) a powerhouse with a Francis turbine rated at 1.8 MW.
Kaweah No. 3
This development consists of: (1) A 2,580-foot-long concrete-lined
flume, (2) an embankment forebay, (3) a 3,151-foot-long penstock, and
(4) a powerhouse with two impulse turbines rated at a combined 4.8 MW.
The project has a primary 4.09-mile-long transmission line
extending from the Kaweah No. 3 powerhouse to a substation, and two tap
lines (120-foot-long and 0.4-mile-long) connecting Kaweah No. 1 and No.
2 powerhouses, respectively, to the primary line, and appurtenant
facilities.
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Non-Project Facilities
The project makes use of several non-project facilities located in
Sequoia National Park. These facilities comprise portions of Kaweah No.
1 and No. 3 developments: (1) Two diversion structures on the Middle
Fork and Marble Fork Kaweah Rivers, (2) a 21,000-foot-long steel flume
that is the initial section of flowline which conveys water to the
Kaweah No. 3 powerhouse, and (3) four small reservoirs on the East Fork
Kaweah River. These facilities are operated under a special use permit
(Permit No. PWR-SEKI-6000-2016-015) issued to SCE by the National Park
Service, which expires on September 8, 2026.
Project Boundary
SCE is proposing the following modifications to the existing
project boundary to include all lands necessary for operation and
maintenance of the project, remove lands no longer necessary for
operation and maintenance of the project, and correct known errors in
the current Exhibit G for the project.
Boundary Increases
The project boundary will be increased to include the following
existing project facilities that are currently outside the boundary.
Kaweah No. 1 Development
Kaweah No. 1 Gaging Cableway (Map G-1h)
Kaweah No. 1 Diversion Solar Panel (Map G-1h)
Kaweah No. 1 Solar Yard Satellite Repeater (Map G-1h)
Kaweah No. 1 Flowline Access Road--Unnamed (portion) (Map G-
1h)
Kaweah No. 1 Flowline Access Road--Bear Canyon (portion) (Map
G-1h)
Kaweah No. 1 Flowline Access Road--Slick Rock (portion) (Map
G-1h)
Kaweah No. 2 Development
Kaweah No. 2 Gaging Cableway (Map G-1d)
Kaweah No. 2 Flowline--West Access Road (portion) (Map G-1b)
Kaweah No. 2 Flowline--Center Access Road (portion) (Map G-1b)
Kaweah No. 2 Flowline Access Road--Canal 6 West (Map G-1c)
Kaweah No. 2 Flowline Access Road--Canal 6 East (Map G-1c)
Kaweah No. 2 Flowline Access Road--Canal 5 (portion) (Map G-
1c)
Kaweah No. 2 Flowline Access Road--Canal 4 West (Map G-1c)
Kaweah No. 2 Flowline Access Road--Canal 4 East (Map G-1c)
Kaweah No. 2 Flowline Access Road--Canal 2 Brushout Grid
(portion) (Map G-1c)
Boundary Decreases
The project boundary will be decreased to remove communication line
and road corridors that are no longer necessary for operation and
maintenance of the project.
Kaweah No. 1 Development
Communication line corridor along Kaweah No. 1 Flowline in the
vicinity of Kaweah No. 1 Diversion Dam (Map G-1h)
Communication line corridor along Kaweah No. 1 Flowline in the
vicinity of Kaweah No. 1 Forebay Tank (Map G-1f)
Communication line corridor between Kaweah No. 1 Powerhouse
and Kaweah No. 2 Flowline (Map G-1b)
Kaweah No. 2 Development
Communication line corridor along the Kaweah No. 2 Flowline in
the vicinity of Flume 9/Flume 10 (Map G-1b)
Communication line corridor along the Kaweah No. 2 Flowline in
the vicinity of Canal 9 (Map G-1b)
Communication line corridor along the Kaweah No. 2 Flowline in
the vicinity of Canal 6 (Map G-1c)
Communication line corridor along the Kaweah No. 2 Flowline in
the vicinity of Flume 5 (Map G-1c)
Communication line corridor along the Kaweah No. 2 Flowline in
the vicinity of Flume 2 (Map G-1c)
The following road corridors will be removed as they are remnants
of the original project which have been removed and are no longer in
existence.
Kaweah No. 2 Development
Road corridor along the Kaweah No. 2 Flowline in the vicinity
of Canal 9 (Map G-1b)
Road corridor from Kaweah No. 2 Flowline--East Access Road to
Kaweah No. 2 Flowline (Map G-1c)
Kaweah No. 3 Development
Road corridor from Kaweah No. 3 Forebay Road to Kaweah No. 3
Penstock (Map G-1d)
Boundary Corrections
The project boundary will be further modified because a review of
the existing boundary against the latest data sources available for the
project resulted in some corrections to the project boundary currently
approved by the Commission. These specific instances of boundary
corrections will be included in the revised Exhibit G.
m. The Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the license application via the internet through the
Commission's Home Page (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 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, 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.
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 comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene
in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure,
18 CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action
to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments
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
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or
before the specified comment date for the particular application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'', ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', ``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,''
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``PRELIMINARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or
``PRELIMINARY FISHWAY 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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, recommendations, 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. A copy of any protest or
motion to intervene must be served
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upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular
application. A copy of all other filings in reference to this
application 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.
o. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Filing of recommendations, preliminary June 2020.
terms and conditions, and preliminary
fishway prescriptions.
Commission issues Draft EA or EIS...... February 2021.
Comments on Draft EA or EIS............ March 2021.
Modified Terms and Conditions.......... May 2021.
Commission Issues Final EA or EIS...... August 2021.
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p. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.
q. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following
the date of issuance of the notice of acceptance and ready for
environmental analysis provided for in 5.22: (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.
Dated: April 15, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-08447 Filed 4-21-20; 8:45 am]
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