Document ID: FERC-2015-0553-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Sacramento Municipal Utility District Upper American River Hydroelectric Project
Posted Date: 2015-05-06T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 26018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10563]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2101-096]

Sacramento Municipal Utility District; Notice of Availability of 
Environmental Assessment

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office 
of Energy Projects has reviewed the application for amendment to 
authorize the construction of the new Slab Creek powerhouse and boating 
flow release valve for the Upper American River Hydroelectric Project. 
The project is located on Silver Creek and the Rubicon and South Fork 
American Rivers in El Dorado and Sacramento counties, California. The 
project occupies federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management and by the U.S. Forest Service within the Eldorado National 
Forest.
    The application, filed with the Commission on August 27, 2014, 
contains an Environmental Analysis in its Exhibit E (pages 49-143). On 
April 20, 2015, the licensee filed a supplemental biological resource 
analysis to its application. In staff's independent review of the 
licensee's Exhibit E and the April 20, 2015 supplement, staff has 
decided to adopt the licensee's Environmental Analysis and issue it as 
staff's Environmental Assessment (EA). The EA analyzes the potential 
environmental impacts of the project plus the proposed mitigation 
measures and concludes that granting the amendment to licensing would 
not constitute a major federal action that would significantly affect 
the quality of the human environment.
    A copy of the EA and the supplemental biological resource analysis 
is on file with the Commission and is available for public inspection. 
The EA and supplement may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 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. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.
    A copy of the EA may also be accessed using this link: http://elibrary.ferc.gov/IDMWS/common/opennat.asp?fileID=13623756.
    A copy of the supplement may also be accessed using this link: 
http://elibrary.ferc.gov/IDMWS/common/opennat.asp?fileID=13844884.
    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 on the EA and supplement must be filed by May 29, 
2015, and should reference Project No. 2101-096. The Commission 
strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments 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. In lieu of electronic 
filing, please send a paper copy to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426.
    For further information, contact Rebecca Martin at (202) 502-6012 
or Rebecca.Martin@ferc.gov.

     Dated: April 29, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-10563 Filed 5-5-15; 8:45 am]
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