Document ID: FERC-2020-1003-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
Posted Date: 2020-08-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47202-47203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16949]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 10821-005]

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Application Ready for 
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms 
and Conditions, and Prescriptions

    Take notice that the following license application has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License--Transmission Line Only.
    b. Project No.: P-10821-005.
    c. Date filed: June 27, 2019.
    d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).
    e. Name of Project: Camp Far West Transmission Line Project.
    f. Location: The existing transmission line project, with proposed 
modifications, would be located in Placer and Yuba Counties, 
California. The project would occupy a total of 52.3 acres and include 
tribal land managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Indian Affairs (Auburn Off-Reservation Land Trust) and federal land 
managed by the U.S. Department of Defense (Beale Air Force Base).
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r.
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert Donovan, Senior Transmission 
Planner, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 245 Market Street, Room 
1053B, Mail Code N10A, San Francisco, California 94105.
    i. FERC Contact: Quinn Emmering, (202) 502-6382, 
quinn.emmering@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this 
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this 
notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERC.aspx. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 
without prior registration, using the eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. 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, (866) 208-
3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic 
filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. 
Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, 
Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be 
addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first 
page of any filing should include docket number P-10821-005.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of

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that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the 
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the 
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve 
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    k. This application has been accepted and is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The existing Camp Far West Transmission Line Project includes a 
1.9-mile-long, three-phase, 60-kilovolt (kV) transmission line 
extending from the powerhouse of the Camp Far West Hydroelectric 
Project in Placer County to an interconnection with PG&E's 9-mile-long 
Smartville-Lincoln (formerly Smartville-Pleasant Grove) 60-kV 
transmission line. The Camp Far West Transmission Line Project is a 
transmission line only project; therefore, the project does not 
generate power, nor does it include any dams, diversions, or otherwise 
discharge to surface waters, nor does it include recreation facilities. 
The transmission line project annually transmits approximately 26,900 
megawatt hours of energy generated at the project powerhouse for the 
Camp Far West Hydroelectric Project.
    PG&E proposes to include the 9-mile-long Smartville-Lincoln 60-kV 
transmission line as a project facility in any subsequent license 
issued for the project. PG&E has determined that, while this segment of 
transmission line used to carry electricity from multiple sources, it 
now only carries electricity from the Camp Far West Hydroelectric 
Project to the integrated transmission system. Due to this, PG&E 
believes that the 9-mile-long segment should be considered part of the 
primary transmission line for the Camp Far West Hydroelectric Project 
and that it be incorporated into the Camp Far West Transmission Line 
Project. As proposed, the Camp Far West Transmission Line Project would 
consist of 10.9-mile-long, three-phase, 60-kV transmission line 
extending from the powerhouse of the Camp Far West Hydroelectric 
Project to the interconnection point located at Beale Air Force Base.
    m. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the 
internet through the Commission's website at 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 (i.e., P-
10821). At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the 
Commission's Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a 
National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), 
issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
COMMENTS, REPLY COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS, or 
PRESCRIPTIONS; (2) set forth in the heading the name of the applicant 
and the project number of the application to which the filing responds; 
(3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the person 
submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements 
of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments, recommendations, 
terms and conditions or prescriptions must set forth their evidentiary 
basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). 
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all 
persons listed on the service list prepared by the Commission in this 
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    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.
    n. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality 
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including 
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; 
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.
Deadline for Filing Comments, Recommendations, and Agency Terms and 
Conditions/Prescriptions September 28, 2020
Licensee's Reply to REA Comments November 11, 2020
Commission issues EA April 2021
Comments on EA May 2021
Commission issues license order October 2021

    Dated: July 29, 2020.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-16949 Filed 8-3-20; 8:45 am]
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