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Shaver Lake Dam and Powerhouse No. 

2A to keep water off the dam and to get 

more generation from Powerhouse No. 

2. Although not currently in use, the 

Shoo fly Complex gives SCE the 

flexibility to divert water from Shaver 

Lake to Powerhouse No. 2, if required. 

n. 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 email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

o. 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. 

p. Procedural schedule and final 

amendments: The application will be 

processed according to the following 

Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule will be made if the 

Commission determines it necessary to 

do so: 

Milestone Tentativedate 

Issue Acceptance/Deficiency Letter and request Additional Information, if needed ............................................................. June 2007. 

Notice asking for final terms and conditions ......................................................................................................................... September 2007. 

Notice of the availability of the draft EIS ............................................................................................................................... March 2008. 

Notice of the availability of the final EIS ................................................................................................................................ September 2008. 

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. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–4479 Filed 3–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 67–113] 

Southern California Edison Company; 

Notice of Application and Amended 

Preliminary Draft Environmental 

Assessment Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission, and Establishing 

Procedual Schedule for Licensing and 

Deadline for Submission of Final 

Amendments 

March 7, 2007. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New License 

for Major Project-Existing Dam. 

b. Project No.: P–67–113. 

c. Date Filed: February 23, 2007. 

d. Applicant: Southern California 

Edison Company. 

e. Name of Project: Big Creek Nos. 2A, 

8 and Eastwood Power Station 

Hydroelectric Power Project. 

f. Location: The Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 

and Eastwood Hydroelectric Project is 

located in Fresno County, California 

near the town of Shaver Lake within the 

South Fork San Joaquin River, Big 

Creek, and Stevenson Creek watersheds. 

The project affects 2,143.25 acres of 

Federal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Russ W. 

Krieger, Vice President, Power 

Production, Southern California Edison 

Company, 300 North Lone Hill Ave., 

San Dimas, California 91773. Phone: 

(909) 394–8667. 

i. FERC Contact: Jim Fargo, (202) 502–

6095, or e-mail: james.fargo@ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating Agencies: We are 

asking Federal, State, local, and tribal 

agencies with jurisdiction and/or 

special expertise with respect to 

environmental issues to cooperate with 

us in the preparation of the 

environmental document. Agencies who 

would like to request cooperating status 

should follow the instructions for filing 

comments described in item k below. 

Agencies granted cooperating status will 

be precluded from being an intervenor 

in this proceeding consistent with the 

Commission’s regulations. 

k. Deadline for requests for 

cooperating agency status: 60 days from 

the date of this notice. All documents 

(original and eight copies) should be 

filed with: Philis J. Posey, Acting 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. Comments may 

be filed electronically via the Internet in 

lieu of paper; see 18 CFR 

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

on the Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

After logging into the e-Filing system, 

select ‘‘Comment on Filing’’ from the 

Filing Type Selection screen and 

continue with the filing and process. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. 

l. Status: This application has not 

been accepted for filing. We are not 

soliciting motions to intervene, protests, 

or final terms and conditions at this 

time. 

m. Description of Project: The existing 

Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood 

Power Station Hydroelectric Power 

Project consists of two powerhouses and 

an underground power station; two 

major dams and reservoirs; five 

moderate-sized dams forming two 

forebays and three small diversion 

pools; eight small diversions; six water 

conveyance systems; and one 

transmission line. The project would 

have an average annual generation of 

1,125,429 megawatt-hours. 

• Powerhouses and powerstation (i) 

Big Creek Powerhouse No. 2A with two 

turbine/generator units and a total 

dependable operating capacity of about 

98.5 MW; (ii) Powerhouse No. 8 with 

two turbine/generator units and a 

dependable operating capacity of about 

64.5 MW; and (iii) Eastwood Power 

Station, with one turbine/pump/ 

generator unit and a dependable 

operating capacity of about 207 MW. 

• Major dams and reservoirs (i) 

Shaver Dam, forming Shaver Lake, 

which has a usable storage capacity of 

about 135,568 ac-ft, at an elevation of 

about 5,370 ft above mean sea level 

(msl); and (ii) Florence Dam, forming 

Florence Lake, which has a usable 

storage capacity of about 64,406 ac-ft, at 

an elevation of about 7,327 ft above msl. 

• Moderate-sized dams, forebays and 

diversion pools (i) Balsam Forebay, with 

a usable storage capacity of about 1,547 

ac-ft, at an elevation of about 6,670 ft 

above msl; (ii) Dam 5 Impoundment 


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(Powerhouse 8 Forebay), with a usable 

storage capacity of 49 ac–ft, at an 

elevation of about 2,943 ft above msl; 

(iii) Pitman Diversion Pool, with a 

usable capacity of about 1 ac–ft, at an 

elevation of about 6,900 ft above msl; 

(iv) Bear Diversion Pool, with a usable 

capacity of about 103 ac–ft, at an 

elevation of about 7,350 ft above msl; 

and (v) Mono Diversion Pool, with a 

usable capacity of about 47 ac–ft, at an 

elevation of about 7,350 ft above msl. 

• Small diversions (i) Hooper Creek 

Diversion, with a usable capacity of 

about 3 ac-ft, at an elevation of about 

7,505 ft above msl; (ii) Bolsillo Creek 

Diversion, with a usable capacity of less 

than 1 ac–ft, at an elevation of about 

7,535 ft above msl; (iii) Chinquapin 

Creek Diversion, with a usable capacity 

of less than 1 ac–ft, at an elevation of 

about 7,629 ft above msl; (iv) Camp 62 

Creek Diversion, with a usable capacity 

of less than 1 ac–ft, at an elevation of 

about 7,307 ft above msl. 

• Water conveyance systems (i) Ward 

Tunnel, about 12.8 miles long, conveys 

water from Florence Lake to Huntington 

Lake (Huntington Lake is a component 

of FERC Project No. 2175) and has a 

conveyance capacity of about 1,760 

cubic feet per second (cfs). The tunnel 

receives water from Florence Lake, 

Mono Creek, Bear Creek, the small 

tributaries discussed above, and the East 

and West Forks of Camp 61 Creek (via 

Portal Forebay, a component of the 

Portal Project, (FERC Project No. 2174); 

(ii) Mono-Bear Siphon, about 1.6 miles 

of flowline from Mono Diversion and 

1.4 miles of flowline and tunnel from 

Bear Creek Diversion connect at the 

Mono-Bear Wye and continues for about 

2.6 miles through a combined flowline/ 

siphon, conveys water from the Mono 

and Bear diversions to Ward Tunnel. 

The Mono Tunnel and Bear Tunnel 

have conveyance capacities of 450 cfs 

each and the combined flowline/siphon 

has a conveyance capacity of about 650 

cfs; (iii) Huntington-Pitman-Shaver 

Conduit, also known as Tunnel No. 7, 

conveys water from Huntington Lake 

and the Pitman Creek Diversion to 

Shaver Lake through either North Fork 

Stevenson Creek or through Balsam 

Forebay and the Eastwood Power 

Station. Tunnel No. 7 is about 5.4 miles 

long and terminates at Gate No. 2 tunnel 

outlet located on North Fork Stevenson 

Creek upstream of Shaver Lake. The 

Balsam Diversion Tunnel is about 1.1 

miles long and branches off Tunnel No. 

7 about 1,200 ft upstream of the Gate 

No. 2 outlet, connecting to Balsam 

Forebay; (iv) Eastwood Power Station 

and Tailrace Tunnels, which convey 

water from Balsam Forebay through the 

Eastwood Power Station to Shaver Lake. 

The Eastwood Power Station Tunnel is 

about 1 mile long. The Tailrace Tunnel 

is about 1.4 miles long. The conveyance 

capacity of the tunnels is about 2,500 

cfs. (v) Tunnel No. 5, about 2.6 miles 

long, conveys water from Shaver Lake to 

Big Creek Powerhouse No. 2A and has 

a conveyance capacity of about 650 cfs. 

(vi) Tunnel No. 8, about 1 mile long, 

conveys water from the Dam No. 5 

Impoundment just downstream of 

Powerhouse 2/2A to Powerhouse No. 8, 

has a conveyance capacity of about 

1,173 cfs. 

• Transmission line (i) Eastwood 

Power Station—Big Creek 1 

Transmission Line, which connects 

Eastwood Power Station to a non-Project 

switchyard at Big Creek Powerhouse No. 

1. This transmission line is about 4.7 

miles long, and is a 220kV line. 

n. 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 email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

o. 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. 

p. Procedural schedule and final 

amendments: The application will be 

processed according to the following 

Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule will be made if the 

Commission determines it necessary to 

do so: 

Milestone Tentative date 

Issue Acceptance/Deficiency Letter and request Additional Information, if needed ............................................................. June 2007. 

Notice asking for final terms and conditions ......................................................................................................................... September 2007. 

Notice of the availability of the draft EIS ............................................................................................................................... March 2008. 

Notice of the availability of the final EIS ................................................................................................................................ September 2008. 

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. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–4480 Filed 3–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2006–0969; FRL–8107–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Residential LeadBased Paint Hazard Disclosure 

Requirements; EPA ICR No. 1710.05, 

OMB Control No. 2070–0151 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR, entitled: ‘‘Residential Lead-Based 

Paint Hazard Disclosure Requirements’’

and identified by EPA ICR No. 1710.05 

and OMB Control No. 2070–0151, is 

scheduled to expire on November 30, 

2007. Before submitting the ICR to OMB 

for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 14, 2007. 


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