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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 96–045] 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; 

Notice of Intent To File License 

Application, Filing of Pre-Application 

Document (Pad), Commencement of 

Pre-Filing Process, and Joint Scoping 

With the California State Water 

Resources Control Board; Request for 

Comments on the Pad and Scoping 

Document, and Identification of Issues 

and Associated Study Requests 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application for a New 

License and Commencing Pre-filing 

Process 

b. Project No.: 96–045 

c. Dated Filed: November 16, 2017 

d. Submitted By: Pacific Gas & 

Electric Company (PG&E) 

e. Name of Project: Kerckhoff 

Hydroelectric Project 

f. Location: On the San Joaquin River, 

in Fresno and Madera Counties, 

California, about 25 miles northeast of 

the city of Fresno, California. The 

majority of the project is located on 

lands owned by PG&E, National Forest 

System Lands administered by the U.S. 

Forest Service, Sierra National Forest, 

and on lands managed by the U.S. 

Bureau of Land Management. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of 

the Commission’s Regulations. 

h. Applicant Contact: Debbie Powell, 

Senior Director, Power Generation— 

Operations, Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company, P.O. Box 770000, MCN11D– 

1138, San Francisco, CA 94177–0001 

i. FERC Contact: Evan Williams at 

(202) 502–8462 or evan.williams@

ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, 

local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item o below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See 94 

FERC 61,076 (2001). 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA 

Fisheries under section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act and the joint 

agency regulations thereunder at 50 

CFR, Part 402, (b) NOAA Fisheries 

under section 305(b)(2) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries 

Conservation and Management Act; and 

(c) the State Historic Preservation 

Officer, as required by section 106, 

National Historic Preservation Act, and 

the implementing regulations of the 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. With this notice, we are designating 

PG&E as the Commission’s non-federal 

representatives for carrying out informal 

consultation, pursuant to: Section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act; section 

305(b)(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fisheries Conservation and Management 

Act; and section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act. 

m. On November 16, 2017, PG&E filed 

with the Commission a Pre-Application 

Document (PAD; including a proposed 

process plan and schedule), pursuant to 

18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s 

regulations. 

n. A copy of the PAD is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s website (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, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). A copy is also available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

address in paragraph h. 

Register online at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filing and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

o. With this notice, we are soliciting 

comments on the PAD and 

Commission’s staff Scoping Document 1 

(SD1), as well as study requests. All 

comments on the PAD and SD1, and 

study requests should be sent to the 

address above in paragraph h. In 

addition, all comments on the PAD and 

SD1, study requests, requests for 

cooperating agency status, and all 

communications to and from 

Commission staff related to the merits of 

the potential application must be filed 

with the Commission. Scoping 

comments should be filed separately 

with the Commission and California 

State Water Resources Control Board 

(State Water Board), as noted below. 

Commission: 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file all 

documents 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 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 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–96–045. 

All filings with the Commission must 

bear the appropriate heading: Comments 

on Pre-Application Document, Study 

Requests, Comments on Scoping 

Document 1, Request for Cooperating 

Agency Status, or Communications to 

and from Commission Staff. Any 

individual or entity interested in 

submitting study requests, commenting 

on the PAD or SD1, and any agency 

requesting cooperating status must do so 

by March 17, 2018. 

State Water Board: 

Written comments should be 

provided as noted below. When 

submitting your comments, provide the 

contact person’s name and phone 

number. The State Water Board is 

seeking information regarding what type 

of environmental document should be 

prepared (i.e., negative declaration, 

mitigated negative declaration, or 

environmental impact report), as well as 

scoping comments. 

State Water Resources Control Board, 

Division of Water Rights—Water Quality 

Certification Program, Attention: Philip 

Choy, P.O. Box 2000, Sacramento, CA 

95812–2000, Phone: (916) 341–5408, 

Fax: (916) 341–5400, Email: 

Philip.Choy@waterboards.ca.gov. 

Scoping Meetings 

Commission staff will hold two 

scoping meetings in the vicinity of the 

project at the times and places noted 

below. The daytime meeting will focus 

on resource agency, Indian tribes, and 

non-governmental organization 

concerns, while the evening meeting is 

primarily for receiving input from the 

public. We invite all interested 

individuals, organizations, and agencies 

to attend one or both of the meetings, 

and to assist staff in identifying 

particular study needs, as well as the 

scope of environmental issues to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document. 

These scoping meetings are being 

coordinated with the State Water Board 

and are considered joint scoping 

meetings for the purposes of both the 

National Environmental Policy Act 


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(NEPA) and the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), 

should the State Water Board prepare an 

environmental impact report (EIR). (See 

Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, 15083, 15223, 

15226.) This notice is intended to 

provide notice of the State Water 

Board’s informal consultation with 

responsible and trustee agencies 

pursuant to section 15063 of the CEQA 

Guidelines as to the potential for the 

proposed action to cause a significant 

impact to the environment. (Cal. Code 

Regs., tit. 14, § 15063, subd. (g).) 

Recipients of this notice are invited to 

comment on whether an EIR, negative 

declaration, or mitigated negative 

declaration should be prepared. In 

addition, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines 

section 15083, subdivision (c), these 

meetings are intended to simultaneously 

serve the purposes identified in 

California Code of Regulations, title 14, 

section 15082, subdivision (c). Any 

responsible or trustee agency or other 

interested parties that believes an EIR 

should be prepared should identify the 

scope and content of any environmental 

information it believes should be 

required, should the State Water Board 

prepare an EIR. 

The times and locations of these 

meetings are as follows: 

Daytime Scoping Meeting 

Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2018. 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Location: Piccadilly Inn Airport, 5115 

E McKinley Ave., Fresno, CA. 

Phone: (559) 375–7760. 

Evening Scoping Meeting 

Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2018. 

Time: 6:00 p.m. 

Location: Piccadilly Inn Airport, 5115 

E McKinley Ave., Fresno, CA. 

Phone: (559) 375–7760. 

SD1, which outlines the subject areas 

to be addressed in the environmental 

document, was mailed to the 

individuals and entities on the 

Commission’s mailing list. Copies of 

SD1 will be available at the scoping 

meetings, or may be viewed on the web 

at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

eLibrary link. Follow the directions for 

accessing information in paragraph n. 

Based on all oral and written comments, 

a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be 

issued. SD2 may include a revised 

process plan and schedule, as well as a 

list of issues, identified through the 

scoping process. 

Environmental Site Review 

The potential applicant and 

Commission staff will conduct an 

Environmental Site Review (site visit) of 

the project at 8:00 a.m., Wednesday, 

February 14, 2018. Participants are 

responsible for their own transportation. 

Persons planning on participating in the 

site visit must RSVP to Ms. Lisa 

Whitman of PG&E at Lisa.Whitman@

pge.com or (415) 973–7465, on or before 

February 1, 2018. Additional details 

concerning the site visit are provided in 

SD1. 

Meeting Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) 

Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review 

and discuss existing conditions and 

resource management objectives; (3) 

review and discuss existing information 

and identify preliminary information 

and study needs; (4) review and discuss 

the process plan and schedule for prefiling activity that incorporates the time 

frames provided for in Part 5 of the 

Commission’s regulations and, to the 

extent possible, maximizes coordination 

of federal, state, and tribal permitting 

and certification processes; and (5) 

discuss the appropriateness of any 

federal or state agency or Indian tribe 

acting as a cooperating agency for 

development of an environmental 

document. 

Meeting participants should come 

prepared to discuss their issues and/or 

concerns. Please review the PAD in 

preparation for the scoping meetings. 

Directions on how to obtain a copy of 

the PAD and SD1 are provided in item 

n. of this document. 

Meeting Procedures 

The meetings will be recorded by a 

stenographer and will be placed in the 

public record of the Commission and 

State Water Board proceedings for this 

project. 

Dated: January 16, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: Thursday, January 25, 

2018 at 10:00 a.m. 

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW, Washington, 

DC (Ninth Floor). 

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Proposed Interim Enforcement Policy on 

Volunteer Mail Exemption 

Proposed Revisions to Forms 8 & 9 and 

Instructions 

Management and Administrative 

Matters 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: 

(202) 694–1220. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

require special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

contact Dayna C. Brown, Secretary and 

Clerk, at (202) 694–1040, at least 72 

hours prior to the meeting date. 

Dayna C. Brown, 

Secretary and Clerk of the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System. 

ACTION: Notice, request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System (Board or 

Federal Reserve) invites comment on a 

proposal to extend, with revision, the 

mandatory Reporting Requirements 

associated with Regulation QQ (OMB 

No. 7100–0346). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 23, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Reg QQ, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Agency website: http://

www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments at 

http://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ 

foia/proposedregs.aspx. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: regs.comments@

federalreserve.gov. Include OMB 

number in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Fax: (202) 452–3819 or (202) 452– 

3102. 

• Mail: Ann Misback, Secretary, 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, 20th Street and 

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DC 20551. 

All public comments are available 

from the Board’s website at http://

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proposedregs.aspx as submitted, unless 

modified for technical reasons. 

Accordingly, your comments will not be 

edited to remove any identifying or 

contact information. Public comments 

may also be viewed electronically or in 

paper form in Room 3515, 1801 K Street 

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