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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 99854-99855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29098]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2290-130]

Southern California Edison 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 hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2290-130.
    c. Date Filed: November 22, 2024.
    d. Applicant: Southern California Edison Company (SCE).
    e. Name of Project: Kern River No. 3 Hydroelectric Project (KR3 
Project).
    f. Location: On the North Fork Kern River and on Salmon Creek and 
Corral Creek near the town of Kernville in Kern and Tulare Counties, 
California.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Stephanie Fincher-DeMillo, Project Manager, 
Southern California Edison Company, 54170 Mtn Spruce Road, Big Creek, 
California 93605; (626) 302-0945; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Quinn Emmering, Project Coordinator; (202) 502-
6382 or [email protected].
    j. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description: The KR3 Project is operated as a run-of-
river facility to generate power and has no water storage. Project 
facilities are primarily located on federal land in the Sequoia 
National Forest and consist of: (1) the project's main diversion, 
Fairview Dam, located on the North Fork Kern River (NFKR) at river mile 
18.6, which is a 26-foot-high mass concrete overflow gravity structure 
with a 206-foot-long, 6.5-foot-wide overflow crest at 3,632 feet above 
mean sea level that also serves as the spillway with a capacity of 
about 15,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) with 8 feet of head; (2) two 
non-operational fish ladders located adjacent to the west abutment of 
the dam; (3) two 19-foot by 8-foot fish-release slide gates each with a 
capacity of 300 cfs located near the east abutment of the dam passing 
minimum instream flow releases to the 16-mile-long NFKR bypassed reach; 
(4) an 85-foot-long, 19-foot-wide rectangular reinforced concrete 
intake structure and trash rack with 2-inch spacing on the east 
abutment of the dam diverting water from the NFKR; (5) a 61-foot-long, 
5-foot-high mass concrete diversion structure on Salmon Creek located 
about 0.4 miles upstream of its confluence with the NFKR, which 
includes two drain gates directing water to the creek and a third gate 
conveying water to a diversion pipe; (6) a 226-foot-long, 26-inch-
diameter steel pipe delivering water to the project's conveyance 
system; (7) a 43-foot-long, 8-foot-high mass concrete diversion 
structure on Corral Creek located about 1.1 miles upstream of its 
confluence with the NFKR, which includes a 17-foot-wide spillway notch 
on top; an 8-inch slide gate to pass natural flows downstream when not 
diverting; and a pipe with interchangeable fixed-orifice plates to 
deliver water for minimum instream flows and to the diversion pipe; (8) 
a 904-foot-long, 14-inch- and 11-inch-diameter steel pipe delivering 
water to the project's conveyance system; (9) two flowline intake gates 
conveying water to an approximately 13-mile-long, 620-cfs capacity 
water conveyance system located along the eastern hillslope above the 
NFKR that is comprised of: (a) a 449-foot-long sandbox to trap sediment 
before water is directed to the flowline; (b) a buried flowline 
consisting of 24, 8-foot-high, 8.5- to 9.5-foot-wide concrete-lined 
tunnel segments totaling 60,270 feet long; (c) 4,600 feet of 8.5-foot-
high, 8.25-foot-wide, above-ground concrete flumes between each tunnel 
segment; (d) the Cannell Creek siphon and spillway consisting of a 
1,146-foot-long, steel pipe and a 515-foot-long spillway conveying 
excess water in the flowline to Cannell Creek during unplanned outages 
or paused generation; (e) a 1,100-foot-long, 9.5-foot-diameter concrete 
pressure flume pipe; (f) two 24-inch slide gates between the flume and 
forebay controlling flow to the penstocks; (g) a 61-foot-long, 20-foot-
wide, 30-foot-high concrete box forebay with a 2,700-foot-long spillway 
to the NFKR; and (h) two 2,500-foot-long steel penstocks extending from 
the forebay to the powerhouse; (10) an 130-foot-long, 88-foot-wide 
concrete powerhouse containing two Francis reaction-type turbines and 
two generator units with installed capacities of 20.5 and 19.7 
megawatts; (7) a 90-foot-long, 20-foot-wide concrete wing wall attached 
to the powerhouse serving as a tailrace that discharges all diverted 
water to the NFKR; (11) two communication lines totaling 2.5 miles 
long; (12) 33 project roads totaling about 18.4 miles; (13) an 
approximately 3.4-acre recreation facility downstream of the powerhouse 
with parking and a boat launch; and (14) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated average annual generation (1997-2023) is 118,497 megawatt-
hours.
    SCE proposes to continue operating the KR3 Project in run-of-river 
mode with minor adjustments to the FERC project boundary and operation 
and maintenance activities in response to implementing proposed 
environmental measures. No new project facilities are proposed.
    l. In addition to publishing this notice in the Federal Register, 
the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view 
and/or print the contents of this notice, as well as other documents in 
the proceeding (e.g., license application) via the internet through the 
Commission's Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov), using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last three digits

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in the docket number field to access the document (P-2290). For 
assistance, contact FERC at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 
(toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). You may also register online at 
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of 
new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. 
For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    m. The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports 
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission 
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, 
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access 
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For 
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as 
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is 
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595, or [email protected].
    n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate.

Deficiency Letter (if necessary) December 2024
Additional Information Request (if necessary) January 2025
Notice of Acceptance April 2025
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis April 2025

    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: December 5, 2024.
Carlos D. Clay,
Acting Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-29098 Filed 12-10-24; 8:45 am]
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