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The licensee proposes to raise the 

spillway crest elevation of the lower 

reservoir by 1 ft, from 818.5 ft to 819.5 

ft, by adding wooden flashboards. The 

licensee also proposes raising the upper 

reservoir pool elevation 2 ft, from 1,555 

ft to 1,557 ft, by allowing only 4 ft of 

freeboard to the dam crest elevation of 

1,561 ft. As an additional precaution to 

existing monitors and controls, the 

licensee is proposing to install an 

overflow structure at the upper reservoir 

to prevent overtopping the non-overflow 

structures (dikes) in the event of high 

water levels. The structure would be 

installed for emergency backup purpose. 

l. Locations of the Application: 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 tollfree 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. 

m. 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. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following preliminary Hydro 

Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule may be made as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Notice of Acceptance/Notice 

of Ready for Environmental 

Analysis.

April 19, 2011. 

Filing of recommendations, 

preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions.

June 18, 

2011. 

Commission issues Non-Draft 

EA.

October 16, 

2011. 

Comments on EA .................. November 15, 

2011. 

Modified Terms and Conditions.January 14, 

2012. 

o. 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. 

Dated: March 4, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5489 Filed 3–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2479–011] 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; 

Notice of Application Tendered for 

Filing With the Commission, and 

Establishing Procedural Schedule for 

Licensing and Deadline for 

Submission of Final Amendments 

Take notice that the following 

transmission line only project 

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–2479–011. 

c. Date Filed: February 22, 2011. 

d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company. 

e. Name of Project: French Meadows 

Transmission Line Project. 

f. Location: The French Meadows 

Transmission Line Project is located in 

Placer County, California, within the 

boundaries of the Eldorado and Tahoe 

National Forests. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Forrest 

Sullivan, Senior Project Manager, 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 5555 

Florin Perkins Road, Sacramento, CA, 

95826. Tel: (916) 386–5580. 

i. FERC Contact: Mary Greene, (202) 

502–8865 or mary.greene@ferc.gov. 

j. Status: This application is not ready 

for environmental analysis at this time. 

k. Description of Project: The Project 

is connected with The Middle Fork 

American River Hydroelectric Project, 

FERC Project No. 2079, owned and 

operated by the Placer County Water 

Agency (PCWA). The Project consists of 

a 3-phase, 60-kilovolt, wood-pole 

transmission line extending 13.27 miles 

from PCWA’s French Meadows 

powerhouse switchyard to PCWA’s 

Middle Fork powerhouse (feature of 

Project 2079). The Project includes a 

3-phase, 60-kV transmission line 

extending approximately 900 feet from 

PCWA’s Oxbow powerhouse (feature of 

Project 2079) to the interconnection at 

PG&E’s Weimar #1 60 kV transmission 

line. The transmission line right-of-way 

is 40 feet in width for its entire length. 

The Project also includes a 230-kV tap 

at PCWA’s Ralston powerhouse. The tap 

is wholly contained within the 

switchyard at Ralston powerhouse. 

The French Meadows 60-kV 

transmission line is entirely within the 

boundaries of the Eldorado National 

Forest, and the Oxbow 60-kV tap is 

entirely within the boundaries of the 

Tahoe National Forest. The combined 

length of the two 60-kV transmission 

lines on National Forest System lands is 

6.58 miles: 6.42 miles in the Eldorado 

National Forest and 0.16 mile in the 

Tahoe National Forest. Approximately 

6.69 miles of the French Meadows 60- 

kV transmission line are located on 

private lands within the boundary of the 

Eldorado National Forest. The Oxbow 

tap is located entirely on National 

Forest System lands. 

PG&E is not proposing to modify the 

existing Project and does not plan any 

changes to the operation or maintenance 

of the transmission line. 

l. 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 three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (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 

e-mail of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

m. With this notice, we are initiating 

consultation with the California State 

Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as 

required by section 106, National 

Historic Preservation Act, and the 

regulations of the Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4. 

n. Procedural schedule and final 

amendments: This application will be 

processed according to the following 

Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule will be made if the 

Commission determines it necessary to 

do so. 


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Milestone Tentative date 

Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis .................................................................. March 31, 2011. 

Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions ............................... May 30, 2011. 

Commission issues EA ...................................................................................................................................... September 27, 2011. 

Comments on EA ............................................................................................................................................... October 27, 2011. 

Modified Terms and Conditions ......................................................................................................................... December 26, 2012. 

Final amendments to the application 

must be filed with the Commission no 

later than 30 days from the issuance 

date of the notice soliciting final terms 

and conditions. 

Dated: March 4, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5482 Filed 3–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2661–082] 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; 

Notice of Application for Amendment 

of License and Soliciting Comments, 

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: Application Type: Request for 

temporary variance of the water surface 

elevation requirement, pursuant to 

Article 403 of the Hat Creek 

Hydroelectric Project. 

b: Project No.: 2661–082. 

c: Date Filed: February 10, 2011. 

d: Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company. 

e: Name of Project: Hat Creek 

Hydroelectric Project (P–2661). 

f: Location: The Hat Creek 

Hydroelectric Project is located on Hat 

Creek, near the town of Cassel, in Shasta 

County, California. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h: Applicant Contact: Mr. Jason F.R. 

Vann, Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company, 245 Market Street, San 

Francisco, California 94105, Tel: (415) 

973–3727. 

i. FERC Contact: Kelly Houff, (202) 

502–6393, Kelly.Houff@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: 15 

days from the issuance date of this 

notice. 

All documents may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site 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 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and seven copies to: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Please include the project number (P– 

2661–082) on any documents or 

motions filed. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears 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. Description of Request: Pacific Gas 

and Electric Company (PG&E) is 

requesting a temporary variance of its 

water surface elevation requirement of 

Cassel Pond, pursuant to Article 403 of 

the license. PG&E proposes a temporary 

reduction of one foot, from 3,188.27 feet 

National Geodetic Vertical Datum 

(NVGD) ± 0.5 feet to 3,187.27 feet NVGD 

± 0.5 feet. The purpose of the water 

surface elevation of Cassel Pond is to 

mitigate the new water leakage found on 

the downstream side of the embankment 

of Hat 1 Fore bay Dam. The water 

leakage is in the same general vicinity 

of drainage mitigation work performed 

in 2009. PG&E does not consider the 

leakage an immediate dam safety 

concern but needs to reduce the water 

surface elevation of Cassel Pond to 

actively investigate the cause of the 

leakage and perform corrective 

measures. The water elevation level 

variance would be in effect from the 

date of the Commission approval until 

PG&E can assess whether the source of 

the new leaks are related to the leaks 

observed in 2009, and can implement 

corrective measures. The estimated 

length of the elevation reduction is 6 to 

8 months; however, the duration of the 

reduction depends on the time it takes 

to locate the root cause of the leakage 

and the time necessary to complete the 

corrective actions implemented. 

l. 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. 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. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

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, .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. 

Any filings must bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘PROTEST,’’ or ‘‘MOTION TO 

INTERVENE,’’ as applicable, and the 

Project Number of the particular 

application to which the filing refers. A 

copy of any motion to intervene must 

also be served upon each representative 

of the Applicant specified in the 

particular application. 

Federal, State, and local agencies are 

invited to file comments on the 


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