Document ID: FERC-2008-0440-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement: Sacramento Municipal Utility District et al.; Upper American River Project and the Chili Bar Project
Posted Date: 2008-03-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 57)]
[Notices]               
[Page 15511-15512]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2101-084; Project No. 2155-024]

 
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (California); Pacific Gas & 
Electric Company (California); Notice of Availability of the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Upper American River Project and 
the Chili Bar Project

March 14, 2008.
    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 applications for relicense for the 
Upper American River Project (FERC No. 2101) and the Chili Bar Project 
(FERC No. 2155), located on the South Fork of the American River near 
Placerville,

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California, and has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(final EIS) for the projects.
    The existing 688-megawatt (MW) Upper American River Project 
occupies 6,375 acres of federal land administered by the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (Forest Service), in Eldorado 
National Forest and 42.3 acres of federal land administered by the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The Forest 
Service is reviewing an application for a special use permit for 
constructing the Iowa Hill development on National Forest System lands. 
The Forest Service is also a cooperating agency in preparing this final 
EIS for the Upper American River Project.
    Pacific Gas & Electric Company's 7-MW Chili Bar Project is located 
on the South Fork of the American River immediately downstream of the 
Upper American River Project. The project occupies 47.81 acres of 
federal land administered by the BLM.
    In the final EIS, staff evaluates the applicant's proposals and 
alternatives for relicensing the projects. The final EIS documents the 
views of governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, 
affected Indian tribes, the public, the license applicant, and 
Commission staff.
    Copies of the final EIS are available for review in the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, Room 2A, located at 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The final EIS also may be viewed on 
the Internet at http://www.ferc.gov under the eLibrary link. Enter the 
docket number (either P-2101 or P-2155) 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.
    CD versions of the final EIS have been mailed to everyone on the 
mailing list for the projects. Copies of the CD, as well as a limited 
number of paper copies, are available from the Public Reference Room 
identified above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to these or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    For further information, contact James Fargo at (202) 502-6095 or 
at: james.fargo@ferc.gov.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-5831 Filed 3-21-08; 8:45 am]

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