[Federal Register: December 29, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 248)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and
Prescriptions
December 18, 2003.
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.: 382-026.
c. Date filed: February 26, 2003.
d. Applicant: Southern California Edison Company.
e. Name of Project: Borel Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Kern River near the town of Bodfish, Kern
County, California. The canal intake for the project is located on
approximately 188 acres of Sequoia National Forest Service lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Nino J. Mascolo, Senior Attorney,
Southern California Edison Co., 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, P.O. Box 800,
Rosemead, California 91770.
i. FERC Contact: Emily Carter at (202) 502-6512 or
Emily.Carter@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance of this
notice. All reply comments must be filed with the Commission within 105
days from the date of this notice.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
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.
Comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions
may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. The
Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site
(http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``eLibrary'' link.
k. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
l. The existing Borel Hydroelectric Project (Project) consists of:
(1) A 158-foot long, 4-foot-high concrete diversion dam with fishway;
(2) a 61-foot-long intake structure with three 10- by 10-foot radial
gates; (3) a canal inlet structure consisting of a canal intake, trash
racks, and a sluice gate; (4) a flowline with a combined total length
of 1,985 feet of tunnel, 1,651feet of steel Lennon flume, 3,683 feet of
steel siphon, and 51,835 feet of concrete-lined canal; (5) four steel
penstocks--penstocks 1 and 2 are 526 feet long and 565 feet long,
respectively with varying diameters between 42 and 60 inches, and
penstocks 3 and 4 each have a 60-inch-diameter and extend 622 feet at
which point they wye together to form a single 84-inch-diameter, 94-
foot-long penstock; (6) a powerhouse with two 3,000-kW generators and
one 6,000-kW generator for a total installed capacity of 12,000 kW or
12 MW; and (7) other appurtenant facilities. The Project has no storage
capability and relies on water releases from Lake Isabella made by the
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.
m. 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, contact
FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
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.
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n. Public notice of the filing of the initial development
application, which has already been given, established the due date for
filing competing applications or notices of intent.
Under the Commission's regulations, any competing development
application must be filed in response to and in compliance with public
notice of the initial development application. No competing
applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to this
notice.
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.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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