Document ID: FERC-2023-0857-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Placer County Water Agency
Posted Date: 2023-07-06T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 128 (Thursday, July 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 43108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14260]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2079-111]

Placer County Water Agency; Notice of Availability of 
Environmental Assessment

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission or FERC) 
regulations, 18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 380, Commission 
staff reviewed Placer County Water Agency's application for a non-
capacity amendment of the license for the Middle Fork American River 
Project No. 2079 (project) and have prepared an Environmental 
Assessment (EA). The licensee proposes to amend the license to 
implement the Duncan Creek Diversion Improvement Project. As proposed, 
the licensee would modify the diversion to facilitate instream flows 
and pulse flows required by the project license. The licensee proposes 
to modify the diversion by: (1) modifying the spillway; (2) adding a 
new intake bay, which would include a trash rack, fish screen, and 
downstream fish passage; and (3) installing two new micro-hydro units. 
The 223.788-megawatt project is in Placer and El Dorado counties, 
California on the Middle Fork of the American River, the Rubicon River, 
and Duncan Creek and North and South Fork Long Canyon creeks. The 
project occupies federal lands administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
    The EA contains Commission staff's analysis of the potential 
environmental effects of the proposed amendment and concludes that it 
would not constitute a major federal action that would significantly 
affect the quality of the human environment.
    The Commission provides all interested persons with an opportunity 
to view and/or print the EA via the internet through the Commission's 
Home Page (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 [email protected] or toll-free at (866) 208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/eSubscription.aspx 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, contact David Rudisail at 202-502-6376 or 
[email protected].

    Dated: June 29, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-14260 Filed 7-5-23; 8:45 am]
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