[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29937-29938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10721]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 10821-005]
Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Notice Soliciting Scoping
Comments
Take notice that the following 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 & 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. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert Donovan, Senior Transmission
Planner, Pacific Gas & 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 scoping comments: June 12, 2020.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
scoping comments 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-10821-005.
k. This application is not 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 Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov) using
the ``eLibrary'' link.
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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.
n. 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.
o. Scoping Process
The Commission staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment
(EA) for the Camp Far West Transmission Line Project in accordance with
the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will consider both site-
specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable
alternatives to the proposed action.
Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping
meetings at this time. Instead, we are soliciting comments,
recommendations, and information, on the Scoping Document (SD) issued
on May 13, 2020.
Copies of the SD outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the
EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list and
the applicant's distribution list. Copies of the SD may be viewed on
the web 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, call 1-866-208-3676 or
for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
Dated: May 13, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-10721 Filed 5-18-20; 8:45 am]
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