Document ID: FERC-2014-1654-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Nevada Irrigation District; Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, Deer Creek and Yuba-Bear Projects
Posted Date: 2014-12-30T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78419-78420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30423]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2310-193--California; Project No. 14531-000--California; 
Project No. 14530-000--California; Project No. 2266-102--California]

Pacific Gas and Electric Company Nevada Irrigation District; 
Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, Deer Creek, and Yuba-Bear 
Hydroelectric Projects

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) 
regulations contained in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)(18 CFR 
part 380 [FERC Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897]), the Office of Energy 
Projects has reviewed the applications for license for Pacific Gas and 
Electric Company's Upper Drum-Spaulding (FERC No. 2310), Lower Drum 
(FERC No. 14531), and Deer Creek (FERC No. 14530) Projects and Nevada 
Irrigation District's Yuba-Bear Project (FERC No. 2266) and has 
prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the projects.

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    The Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Deer Creek Projects are 
located within three primary river basins, the South Yuba River, Bear 
River, and North Fork of the North Fork American River, in Nevada and 
Placer Counties, California, and occupy 994 acres of federal lands 
administered by the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 
and Bureau of Reclamation. The Yuba-Bear Project is located within 
three major river basins, the Middle Yuba River, South Yuba River, and 
Bear River, in Sierra, Nevada, and Placer Counties, California, and 
occupies 1,748 acres of federal lands administered by the Forest 
Service and BLM.
    The final EIS contains staff's analysis of the applicants' 
proposals and the alternatives for relicensing the four projects. The 
final EIS documents the views of governmental agencies, non-
governmental organizations, affected Indian tribes, the public, the 
license applicants, and Commission staff.
    A copy of the final EIS is available for review at the Commission 
or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov, 
using the ``e-Library'' link. Enter the docket number, excluding the 
last three digits, to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at (866) 208-
3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    All comments must be filed by Monday, February 9, 2015, and should 
reference Project Nos. 2310-193, 14531-000, 14530-000, and/or 2266-102. 
Comments may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
(http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the ``eFiling'' 
link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on 
``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support. 
Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, 
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    For further information, please contact Alan Mitchnick at (202) 
502-6074 or at alan.mitchnick@ferc.gov.

    Dated: December 19, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-30423 Filed 12-29-14; 8:45 am]
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