Document ID: FERC-2020-0886-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Don Pedro and La Grange Projects; Turlock Irrigation District, Modesto Irrigation District
Posted Date: 2020-07-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 134 (Monday, July 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 41970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15023]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2299-082; Project No. 14581-002]

Turlock Irrigation District; Modesto Irrigation District; Notice 
of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Don 
Pedro and La Grange Projects

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations, 18 CFR part 380, the Office of Energy Projects has 
reviewed the applications for new license for the Don Pedro Project 
(FERC No. 2299) and for an original license for the La Grange Project 
(FERC No. 14581) and has prepared a final environmental impact 
statement (EIS) for the projects. The Don Pedro Project is located on 
the Tuolumne River in Tuolumne County, California. It occupies 4,802 
acres of federal land administered by the U.S. Department of Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management. The La Grange Project is located on the 
Tuolumne River immediately downstream of the Don Pedro Project in 
Stanislaus and Tuolumne Counties, California. It occupies 14 acres of 
federal land administered by BLM.
    The final EIS contains staff's evaluations of the applicant's 
proposals and the alternatives for relicensing the Don Pedro Project 
and licensing the La Grange Project. The final EIS documents the views 
of governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, affected 
Indian tribes, the public, the license applicants, and Commission 
staff.
    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 Home Page (http://ferc.gov) using the 
``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three 
digits in the docket number field to access the document. 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 the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, 
(886) 208-3676 or TYY, (202) 502-8659.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link 
at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically may mail 
similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in 
docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services, 
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

    Dated: July 7, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-15023 Filed 7-10-20; 8:45 am]
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