[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47202-47203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16949]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 10821-005]
Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Application Ready for
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms
and Conditions, and Prescriptions
Take notice that the following license application has been filed
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent License--Transmission Line Only.
b. Project No.: P-10821-005.
c. Date filed: June 27, 2019.
d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).
e. Name of Project: Camp Far West Transmission Line Project.
f. Location: The existing transmission line project, with proposed
modifications, would be located in Placer and Yuba Counties,
California. The project would occupy a total of 52.3 acres and include
tribal land managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs (Auburn Off-Reservation Land Trust) and federal land
managed by the U.S. Department of Defense (Beale Air Force Base).
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert Donovan, Senior Transmission
Planner, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 245 Market Street, Room
1053B, Mail Code N10A, San Francisco, California 94105.
i. FERC Contact: Quinn Emmering, (202) 502-6382,
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and 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
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERC.aspx. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters,
without prior registration, using the eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. 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, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S.
Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A,
Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be
addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first
page of any filing should include docket number P-10821-005.
The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of
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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 and is ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The existing Camp Far West Transmission Line Project includes a
1.9-mile-long, three-phase, 60-kilovolt (kV) transmission line
extending from the powerhouse of the Camp Far West Hydroelectric
Project in Placer County to an interconnection with PG&E's 9-mile-long
Smartville-Lincoln (formerly Smartville-Pleasant Grove) 60-kV
transmission line. The Camp Far West Transmission Line Project is a
transmission line only project; therefore, the project does not
generate power, nor does it include any dams, diversions, or otherwise
discharge to surface waters, nor does it include recreation facilities.
The transmission line project annually transmits approximately 26,900
megawatt hours of energy generated at the project powerhouse for the
Camp Far West Hydroelectric Project.
PG&E proposes to include the 9-mile-long Smartville-Lincoln 60-kV
transmission line as a project facility in any subsequent license
issued for the project. PG&E has determined that, while this segment of
transmission line used to carry electricity from multiple sources, it
now only carries electricity from the Camp Far West Hydroelectric
Project to the integrated transmission system. Due to this, PG&E
believes that the 9-mile-long segment should be considered part of the
primary transmission line for the Camp Far West Hydroelectric Project
and that it be incorporated into the Camp Far West Transmission Line
Project. As proposed, the Camp Far West Transmission Line Project would
consist of 10.9-mile-long, three-phase, 60-kV transmission line
extending from the powerhouse of the Camp Far West Hydroelectric
Project to the interconnection point located at Beale Air Force Base.
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 (i.e., P-
10821). 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.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
COMMENTS, REPLY COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS, or
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
submitting the filing; 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. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all
persons listed on the service list prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
n. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following
the date of issuance of this notice: (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.
o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
Deadline for Filing Comments, Recommendations, and Agency Terms and
Conditions/Prescriptions September 28, 2020
Licensee's Reply to REA Comments November 11, 2020
Commission issues EA April 2021
Comments on EA May 2021
Commission issues license order October 2021
Dated: July 29, 2020.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-16949 Filed 8-3-20; 8:45 am]
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