Document ID: FERC-2012-0190-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Eagle Crest Energy Co. Eagle Mountain Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project
Posted Date: 2012-02-03T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5505-5506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2453]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13123-002--California]

Eagle Crest Energy Company; Notice of Availability of the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Eagle Mountain Pumped Storage 
Hydroelectric Project

    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 application for license for the Eagle 
Mountain Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 13123), located 
on the site of the largely inactive Eagle Mountain mine in Riverside 
County, California, near the town of Desert Center and prepared a final 
environmental impact statement (EIS) for the project. The project would 
occupy 675.63 acres of Federal lands

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administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
    The final EIS contains staff's analysis of the applicant's proposal 
and the alternatives for a licensee for the Eagle Mountain Pumped 
Storage Hydroelectric Project. The final EIS documents the views of 
governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, affected Indian 
tribes, the public, the license applicant, and Commission staff.
    A copy of the final EIS is available for review at the Commission 
in the Public Reference Room or 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.
    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.
    For further information, please contact Kenneth Hogan at (202) 502-
8434 or at kenneth.hogan@ferc.gov.

    Dated: January 30, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-2453 Filed 2-2-12; 8:45 am]
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