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Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 15, 

2024. 

Those not able to attend the meeting 

or who have insufficient time to address 

the committee are invited to send a 

written statement to David Borak, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585, or email to: seab@hq.doe.gov. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available on the SEAB website 

at www.energy.gov/seab or by contacting 

David Borak at seab@hq.doe.gov. 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

September 17, 2024, by David Borak, 

Committee Management Officer, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document 

with the original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on September 

17, 2024. 

Jennifer Hartzell, 

Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

U.S. Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21584 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of a new system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Privacy 

Act of 1974 and the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Circulars A–108 and A–130, the 

Department of Energy (DOE or the 

Department) is publishing notice of a 

newly established Privacy Act system of 

records. DOE proposes to establish 

System of Records DOE–42 

Nondiscrimination in Federally 

Assisted Programs Files. This System 

contains information on individuals 

who engage with entities that may 

receive Federal financial assistance 

(FFA) from the Department. The 

information is necessary to ensure the 

programs and activities of entities that 

receive FFA comply with Federal civil 

rights laws prohibiting discrimination 

against any individual on the basis of 

race, color, national origin, sex, 

disability, or age. The information is 

used by the DOE’s Office of Energy 

Justice and Equity’s, Office of Civil 

Rights and Equal Employment 

Opportunity (OCR–EEO) to fulfill the 

requirements outlined in Federal law. 

DATES: This System of Records Notice 

(SORN) will become applicable 

following the end of the public 

comment period on October 21, 2024 

unless comments are received that 

result in a contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 

735 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503, and to Ken Hunt, Chief Privacy 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, Rm. 

8H–085, Washington, DC 20585, or by 

facsimile at (202) 586–8151, or by email 

at privacy@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken 

Hunt, Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Rm 8H–085, 

Washington, DC 20585, or by facsimile 

at (202) 586–8151, by email at privacy@

hq.doe.gov, or by telephone at (240) 

686–9485. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: System of 

Records DOE–42 Nondiscrimination in 

Federally Assisted Programs Files is 

maintained by the U.S. Department of 

Energy (Department) Office of Energy 

Justice and Equity, Office of Civil Rights 

and Equal Employment Opportunity 

(OCR–EEO). This system provides a 

central electronic repository to: (i) 

maintain all records used by OCR–EEO 

personnel in making Federal civil rights 

compliance determinations with 

accuracy, relevance, timeliness, and 

completeness to assure fairness to the 

individual(s) in the determination; (ii) 

create appropriate administrative, 

technical, and physical safeguards that 

ensure the security and confidentiality 

of records and protect against any 

anticipated threats or hazards to their 

security or integrity and; (iii) create 

rules of conduct for authorized OCR– 

EEO personnel involved in the 

operation, maintenance, and routine 

uses for this system records. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

DOE–42 Nondiscrimination in 

Federally Assisted Program Files. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Systems leveraging this SORN may 

exist in multiple locations. All systems 

storing records in a cloud-based server 

are required to use governmentapproved cloud services and follow 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) security and privacy 

standards for access and data retention. 

Records maintained in a governmentapproved cloud server are accessed 

through secure data centers in the 

continental United States. 

U.S. Department of Energy, 

Headquarters, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585. 

U.S. Department of Energy, John A. 

Gordon Albuquerque Complex, 24600 

20th Street SE, Albuquerque, NM 87116. 

U.S. Department of Energy, 

Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. 

Box 3621, Portland, OR 97208. 

U.S. Department of Energy, 

Environmental Management 

Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC), 

550 Main Street, Room 7–010, 

Cincinnati, OH 45202. 

U.S. Department of Energy, Golden 

Field Office, 15013 Denver West 

Parkway, Golden, CO 80401. 

U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho 

Operations Office, 1955 Fremont 

Avenue, Idaho Falls, ID 83415. 

U.S. Department of Energy, National 

Energy Technology Laboratory 

(Pittsburgh), 626 Cochran Mill Road, 

Pittsburgh, PA 15236. 

U.S. Department of Energy, National 

Energy Technology Laboratory 

(Morgantown), 3610 Collins Ferry Road, 

Morgantown, WV 26505. 

U.S. Department of Energy, National 

Energy Technology Laboratory (Albany), 

1450 Queen Avenue SW, Albany, OR 

97321. 

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 

Science, Consolidated Service Center, 

P.O. Box 2001, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. 

U.S. Department of Energy, Hanford 

Field Office, P.O. Box 550, Richland, 

WA 99352. 

U.S. Department of Energy, 

Southeastern Power Administration, 

1166 Athens Tech Road, Elberton, GA 

30635–6711. 

U.S. Department of Energy, 

Southwestern Power Administration, 

One West Third Street, Suite 1500, 

Tulsa, OK 74103. 

U.S. Department of Energy, Strategic 

Petroleum Reserve Project Management 

Office, 900 Commerce Road East, New 

Orleans, LA 70123. 

U.S. Department of Energy, Western 

Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 

281213, Lakewood, CO 80228–8213. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

Headquarters: Office of Civil Rights 

and Equal Employment Opportunity 


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(OCR–EEO), U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585. 

Field Offices: Office of Civil Rights 

and Equal Employment Opportunity 

(OCR–EEO) at the ‘‘System Locations’’ 

listed above are the system managers for 

their respective portions of this system. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 

1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq., (Title VI) 

and implementing regulations at 10 CFR 

part 1040, subparts A and B; Section 

504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

amended, 29 U.S.C. 794 and 

implementing regulations at 10 CFR part 

1040, subpart D; The Age 

Discrimination Act of 1975, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq., and 

implementing regulations at 10 CFR part 

1040, subpart E; Section 16 of the 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 

1974, as amended, Public Law 93–275; 

Section 401 of the Energy 

Reorganization Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93– 

438; Title IX of the Education 

Amendments of 1972, as amended, 20 

U.S.C. 1681 et seq. (Title IX) and 

implementing regulations at 10 CFR part 

1042; Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act 

of 1968, Public Law 90–284. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

The Office of Civil Rights and Equal 

Employment Opportunity (OCR–EEO) 

maintains the DOE–42 System of 

Records for the following purposes: 

1. Pre-award Review: Prior to award, 

and as a condition of approval, 

applications for Federal financial 

assistance (FFA) are subject to review by 

OCR–EEO. The basis for an OCR–EEO 

pre-award review is the submission of 

assurances by FFA applicants, agreeing 

that their programs and activities will be 

operated in compliance with Federal 

civil rights laws and Department 

regulations. Where a determination of 

compliance cannot be made from such 

assurances, OCR–EEO may require FFA 

applicants to submit additional 

information and may take other steps 

necessary to make a compliance 

determination. 

2. Compliance Information: Each FFA 

recipient must submit timely, complete, 

and accurate reports as OCR–EEO may 

deem necessary to determine whether 

the programs and activities of the FFA 

recipient comply with Federal civil 

rights laws and Department regulations. 

Generally, FFA recipients must have 

data available on program participants, 

as well as any subrecipients and 

subcontractors to which it extends its 

FFA. The FFA recipient also may be 

required to permit OCR–EEO access to 

other sources of information necessary 

to ascertain its compliance with Federal 

civil rights laws and Department 

regulations. 

3. Complaint investigations: When 

OCR–EEO receives a formal complaint 

or equivalent correspondence alleging 

discrimination in any program or 

activity operated by any entity to which 

the Department may have extended 

FFA, OCR–EEO may need to collect 

information from or about individuals 

in order to: (1) determine whether the 

Department has jurisdiction over the 

alleged discriminating entity; (2) if 

jurisdiction is not found, refer the 

complaint to the Federal agency with 

jurisdiction wherever possible; (3) if 

jurisdiction is found, notify the alleged 

discriminating entity (FFA recipient) of 

OCR–EEO’s receipt of the complaint, the 

nature of the complaint, and with 

written consent of the complainant(s) or 

OCR–EEO authority, the identity of the 

complainant(s); (4) identify the FFA 

recipient programs or activities affected 

by the complaint; (5) provide an 

opportunity for the FFA recipient to 

respond to, rebut, or deny the 

allegations made in the complaint; (6) 

maintain a schedule under which the 

complaint will be investigated; (7) 

conduct an investigation and issue 

preliminary findings; (8) make 

recommendations and engage in 

negotiations to achieve voluntary 

compliance by the FFA recipient; (9) 

memorialize any agreement by the FFA 

recipient to achieve voluntary 

compliance, with corresponding 

notification to the complainant(s), and; 

(10) record any other means authorized 

by law to effect compliance by the FFA 

recipient. 

4. Compliance Reviews: OCR–EEO 

periodically conducts compliance 

reviews of FFA recipients, and 

accordingly, may collect information 

from or about individuals in order to: (1) 

select FFA recipients for review; (2) 

determine the practices to be reviewed; 

(3) determine the programs or activities 

affected by the review; (4) provide an 

opportunity for FFA recipients to 

explain, validate, or otherwise address 

the practices under review; (5) maintain 

a schedule under which the reviews 

will be conducted; (6) conduct the 

reviews and issue preliminary findings; 

(7) make recommendations and engage 

in negotiations to achieve voluntary 

compliance by FFA recipients; (8) 

memorialize any agreement with FFA 

recipients to achieve voluntary 

compliance and; (9) record any other 

means authorized by law to effect 

compliance by FFA recipients. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

This system maintains information 

on: (1) Individuals affiliated with FFA 

applicants and FFA recipients, 

subrecipients, licensees, and 

contractors; (2) Individuals who apply 

to, participate in, benefit from, or 

otherwise engage with programs or 

activities operated by FFA applicants 

and FFA recipients; (3) Complainants, 

subjects, victims, witnesses, parents/ 

legal guardians, advocates or other 

authorized representatives, and (4) 

Individuals to whom the Department 

provides technical assistance due to 

their limited English proficiency or 

need for reasonable accommodation due 

to disability. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Categories of records in this system 

relate to OCR–EEO pre-award reviews, 

complaint investigations, compliance 

reviews and technical assistance, for 

which, information about individuals 

includes but is not limited to: full name, 

street address, telephone number, email 

address, academic record, employment 

record, occupational status, 

demographic data (race, color, national 

origin, sex, disability, age), parental/ 

marital status, household/housing 

status, income level, and energy access. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

The information maintained in this 

system is obtained directly from the 

individuals to whom it pertains, or from 

the parents/legal guardians, authorized 

representatives, or advocates thereof, or 

participants, candidates, beneficiaries, 

licensees, contractors, or third parties 

engaged with programs and activities 

operated by any entities that may 

receive Federal financial assistance 

(FFA) from the Department. Information 

may also be obtained directly from 

entities (FFA applicants and FFA 

recipients), which can include an 

instrumentality of state or local 

government, institution of higher 

education, corporation, partnership, 

sole proprietorship, other private 

organization, or any combination 

thereof. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

Any disclosures of information from 

this system of records will be 

compatible with the purpose for which 

OCR–EEO collects the information. 

Information from this system may be 

disclosed to the individual to whom it 

pertains, or: (1) to the individual’s nextof kin, parent, guardian, or emergency 

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involving that individual; (2) to the 

public about an individual’s 

involvement with OCR–EEO with the 

written consent of that individual; or (3) 

in accordance with OCR–EEO standard 

routine uses as follows: 

1. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use to the 

appropriate local, state or federal agency 

when records alone or in conjunction 

with other information, indicates a 

violation or potential violation of law 

whether civil, criminal, or regulatory in 

nature, and whether arising by general 

statute or particular program pursuant 

thereto. 

2. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use for the 

purpose of an investigation, settlement 

of claims, or the preparation and 

conduct of litigation to (1) persons 

representing the Department in the 

investigation, settlement or litigation, 

and to individuals assisting in such 

representation; (2) others involved in 

the investigation, settlement, and 

litigation, and their authorized 

representatives and individuals 

assisting those representatives; (3) 

witnesses, potential witnesses, or their 

representatives and assistants; and (4) 

any other persons who possess 

information pertaining to the matter 

when it is relevant and necessary to 

obtain information or testimony relevant 

to the matter. 

3. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use in court or 

administrative proceedings to the 

tribunals, counsel, other parties, 

witnesses, and the public (in publicly 

available pleadings, filings, or 

discussion in open court) when such 

disclosure: (1) is relevant to, and 

necessary for, the proceeding; (2) is 

compatible with the purpose for which 

the Department collected the records; 

and (3) the proceedings involve: 

a. The Department, its predecessor 

agencies, current or former contractor of 

the Department, or other United States 

Government agencies and their 

components, or 

b. A current or former employee of the 

Department and its predecessor 

agencies, current or former contractors 

of the Department, or other United 

States Government agencies and their 

components, who is acting in an official 

capacity or in any individual capacity 

where the Department or other United 

States Government agency has agreed to 

represent the employee. 

4. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use to DOE 

contractors in performance of their 

contracts, and their officers and 

employees who have a need for the 

record in the performance of their 

duties. Those provided information 

under this routine use are subject to the 

same limitations applicable to 

Department officers and employees 

under the Privacy Act. 

5. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use to appropriate 

agencies, entities, and persons when (1) 

the Department suspects or has 

confirmed that there has been a breach 

of the system of records; (2) the 

Department has determined that as a 

result of the suspected or confirmed 

breach there is a risk of harm to 

individuals, DOE (including its 

information systems, programs, and 

operations), the Federal Government, or 

national security; and (3) the disclosure 

made to such agencies, entities, and 

persons is reasonably necessary to assist 

in connection with the Department’s 

efforts to respond to the suspected or 

confirmed breach or to prevent, 

minimize, or remedy such harm. 

6. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use to another 

Federal agency or Federal entity, when 

the Department determines that 

information from this system of records 

is reasonably necessary to assist the 

recipient agency or entity in (1) 

responding to a suspected or confirmed 

breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or 

remedying the risk of harm to 

individuals, the recipient agency or 

entity (including its information 

systems, programs, and operations), the 

Federal Government, or national 

security, resulting from a suspected or 

confirmed breach. 

7. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use to a federal, 

state, or local agency maintaining civil, 

criminal, or other relevant enforcement 

information or other pertinent 

information, such as current licenses, if 

necessary to obtain information relevant 

to an agency decision concerning the 

hiring or retention of an employee, the 

issuance of a security clearance, the 

letting of a contract, or the issuance of 

a license, grant, or other benefit. 

8. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use for the 

production of descriptive and 

inferential statistics and analytical 

studies in support of the function for 

which the records are collected and 

maintained. 

9. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use to the Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission 

(EEOC) when requested in connection 

with the employment policies and 

practices of recipients of Federal 

financial assistance. 

10. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use to a Member 

of Congress in response to an inquiry of 

the Congressional office made at the 

request of the individual about whom 

the record is maintained. 

11. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use to 

representatives of the General Services 

Administration and the National 

Archives and Records Administration 

(NARA) during the course of records 

management inspections conducted 

under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 

and 2906. 

12. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use to the U.S. 

Department of Justice or the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) if OCR– 

EEO determines that disclosure is 

desirable or necessary in determining 

whether particular records are required 

to be disclosed under the FOIA or the 

Privacy Act. 

13. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use to the news 

media and the public when: (1) a matter 

has become public knowledge; (2) OCR– 

EEO determines that disclosure is 

necessary to preserve confidence in the 

integrity of OCR–EEO or is necessary to 

demonstrate the accountability of OCR– 

EEO’s officers, employees, or 

individuals covered by this system; or 

(3) OCR–EEO determines that there 

exists a legitimate public interest in the 

disclosure of the information, except to 

the extent that OCR–EEO determines in 

any of these situations that disclosure of 

specific information in the context of a 

particular case would constitute an 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

The records in this system consist of 

electronic media. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Records may be retrieved from the 

system by one or more personal 

identifiers, including, but not limited to: 

individual last name, telephone 

number, email address, street address, 

Data Universal Numbering System 

(DUNS), complaint number, or other 

unique identifier. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Retention and disposition of these 

records is in accordance with the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration approved records. 

Records in this system are currently 

unscheduled, which requires the 

records to be retained as permanent 

until NARA approves a DOE Records 

Disposition Schedule. 


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ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Electronic records may be secured 

and maintained on a cloud-based 

software server and operating system 

that resides in Federal Risk and 

Authorization Management Program 

(FedRAMP) and Federal Information 

Security Modernization Act (FISMA) 

hosting environment. Data located in 

the cloud-based server is firewalled and 

encrypted at rest and in transit. The 

security mechanisms for handling data 

at rest and in transit are in accordance 

with DOE encryption standards. 

Records are protected from 

unauthorized access through the 

following appropriate safeguards: 

• Administrative: Access to all 

records is limited to lawful government 

purposes only, with access to electronic 

records based on role and either twofactor authentication or password 

protection. The system requires 

passwords to be complex and to be 

changed frequently. Users accessing 

system records undergo frequent 

training in Privacy Act and information 

security requirements. Security and 

privacy controls are reviewed on an 

ongoing basis. 

• Technical: Computerized records 

systems are safeguarded on 

Departmental networks configured for 

role-based access based on job 

responsibilities and organizational 

affiliation. Privacy and security controls 

are in place for this system and are 

updated in accordance with applicable 

requirements as determined by NIST 

and DOE directives and guidance. 

• Physical: Computer servers on 

which electronic records are stored are 

located in secured Department facilities, 

which are protected by security guards, 

identification badges, and cameras. 

Paper copies of all records are locked in 

file cabinets, file rooms, or offices and 

are under the control of authorized 

personnel. Access to these facilities is 

granted only to authorized personnel 

and each person granted access to the 

system must be an individual 

authorized to use or administer the 

system. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

The Department follows the 

procedures outlined in 10 CFR 1008.4. 

Valid identification of the individual 

making the request is required before 

information will be processed, given, 

access granted, or a correction 

considered, to ensure that information is 

processed, given, corrected, or records 

disclosed or corrected only at the 

request of the proper person. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Any individual may submit a request 

to the System Manager and request a 

copy of any records relating to them. In 

accordance with 10 CFR 1008.11, any 

individual may appeal the denial of a 

request made by him or her for 

information about or for access to or 

correction or amendment of records. An 

appeal shall be filed within 90 calendar 

days after receipt of the denial. When an 

appeal is filed by mail, the postmark is 

conclusive as to timeliness. The appeal 

shall be in writing and must be signed 

by the individual. The words 

‘‘PRIVACY ACT APPEAL’’ should 

appear in capital letters on the envelope 

and the letter. Appeals relating to DOE 

records shall be directed to the Director, 

Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA), 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

In accordance with the DOE 

regulation implementing the Privacy 

Act, 10 CFR part 1008, a request by an 

individual to determine if a system of 

records contains information about 

themselves should be directed to the 

U.S. Department of Energy, 

Headquarters, Privacy Act Officer. The 

request should include the requester’s 

complete name and the time period for 

which records are sought. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

The system is exempt under 

subsections 552a(k)(2) of the Privacy 

Act to the extent that information 

within the system meets the criteria of 

those subsections of the Act. Such 

information has been exempted from the 

provisions of subsections (c)(3); 5 U.S.C. 

552a(d) and (e)(1) of the Act; see the 

DOE Privacy Act regulation at 10 CFR 

part 1008. 

HISTORY: 

This notice proposes to establish 

DOE–42 Nondiscrimination in Federally 

Assisted Program Files as a new system 

of records. There has been no previous 

publication in the Federal Register 

pertaining to this system of records. 

SIGNING AUTHORITY

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on September 9, 

2024, by Ann Dunkin, Senior Agency 

Official for Privacy, pursuant to 

delegated authority from the Secretary 

of Energy. That document with the 

original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on September 

10, 2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2735–104] 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing and Soliciting 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. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 2735–104. 

c. Date filed: April 18, 2024. 

d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company. 

e. Name of Project: Helms Pumped 

Storage Project. 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located about 50 miles northeast of the 

city of Fresno, on the North Fork Kings 

River and Helms Creek, in Fresno and 

Madera Counties, California. The project 

currently occupies 3,346.6 acres of 

federal land administered by the U.S. 

Forest Service, 28.36 acres of federal 

land managed by the U.S. Bureau of 

Reclamation, and 0.07 acre of land 

managed by the Bureau of Land 

Management. The project, with the 

proposed project boundary 

modifications, would occupy a total of 

2,887.7 acres of federal land 

administered by the U.S. Forest Service, 

28.5 acres of federal land managed by 

the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and 

2.22 acres of land managed by the 

Bureau of Land Management. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Dave Gabbard, 

Vice President Power Generation, 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 300 

Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA 94612; 

telephone at (650) 207–9705; email at 

David.gabbard@pge.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Evan Williams, 

Project Coordinator, West Branch, 


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