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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 9341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02473]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1389-060]

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.: 1389-060.
    c. Date Filed: January 22, 2025.
    d. Applicant: Southern California Edison Company (SCE).
    e. Name of Project: Rush Creek Hydroelectric Project (project).
    f. Location: The project is located on Rush Creek near the 
unincorporated community of June Lake in Mono County, California.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Matthew Woodhall, Relicensing Project 
Manager, SCE at (909) 362-1764 or [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Quinn Emmering, Project Coordinator at (202) 502-
6382 or [email protected].
    j. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description: The project is located primarily on federal 
lands within Inyo National Forest and the Ansel Adams Wilderness Area, 
both administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 
Service. Existing project facilities include: (1) the 50-foot-high, 
463-foot-long Rush Meadows Dam impounding the 130-acre Waugh Lake; (2) 
the 84-foot-high, 688-foot-long Gem Dam impounding 256-acre Gem Lake; 
(3) the 30-foot-high, 278-foot-long Agnew Dam impounding 23-acre Agnew 
Lake; (4) a water conveyance system consisting of an approximately 
4,584-foot-long buried steel flowline conveying water from Gem Dam to 
Agnew Junction, a 575-foot-long steel flowline from Agnew Dam to the 
Agnew valve house, and two 4,280-foot-long buried steel penstocks; (5) 
a powerhouse containing two impulse turbines and two horizontal-shaft 
generator units; (6) a 470-foot-long tailrace conveying water from the 
powerhouse to Rush Creek; (7) a 1.59-mile-long, 4-kilovolt (kV) power 
line, half of which is de-energized for future repairs; (8) a 150-foot-
long, 2.4-kV power line; (9) an approximately 1.63-mile-long 
communication line; (10) incline railroads (tramways) used to transport 
personnel and equipment, including a 1,490-foot-long tramway from Agnew 
Lake to Gem Dam and a 4,280-foot-long tramway from the project 
powerhouse to Agnew Dam; (11) about 1,860 feet of trails to access 
project facilities; and (12) ancillary facilities. The project does not 
include any developed recreation facilities.
    SCE proposes to: (1) decommission hydroelectric operations at Rush 
Meadows Dam and Agnew Dam, including partial removal of the two dams; 
(2) retrofit Gem Dam with a new spillway and reduce the height of the 
dam to facilitate compliance with seismic restrictions under a probable 
maximum flood event; and (3) continue hydroelectric operations at Gem 
Dam and the project powerhouse. SCE does not propose any additional 
generation capacity or new project facilities.
    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 in the 
docket number field to access the document (P-1389). 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, 
community organizations, 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)--February 2025
Additional Information Request (if necessary)--April 2025
Notice of Acceptance--September 2025
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--September 2025
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and 
fishway prescriptions--November 2025
Commission issues Draft EA--May 2026
Comments on Draft EA--June 2026
Commission issues Final EA--December 2026

    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: February 5, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-02473 Filed 2-10-25; 8:45 am]
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