Document ID: FERC-2021-0142-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Santa Clara Valley Water District
Posted Date: 2021-02-08T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 24 (Monday, February 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8611-8612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02498]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 5737-007]

Santa Clara Valley Water District; Notice of Availability of 
Supplemental 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 an application submitted by Santa Clara 
Valley Water District for the Anderson Dam Project No. 5737, to draw 
down the Anderson Reservoir, construct and operate a new low-level 
outlet tunnel, and implement downstream measures. Anderson Dam is 
located on Coyote Creek in Santa Clara County, California.
    A supplemental environmental assessment (EA) has been prepared as 
part of Commission staff's review of the proposal.\1\ The supplemental 
EA includes additional analysis to supplement staff's October 1, 2020 
EA for the reservoir drawdown. The supplemental EA contains Commission 
staff's analysis of the probable environmental effects of the proposed 
action and concludes that approval of the proposal, with appropriate 
environmental protective measures, would not constitute a major federal

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action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
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    \1\ On July 16, 2020, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) 
issued a final rule, Update to the Regulations Implementing the 
Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act 
(Final Rule, 85 FR 43,304), which was effective as of September 14, 
2020; however, the NEPA review of this project was in process at 
that time and was prepared pursuant to CEQ's 1978 NEPA regulations.
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    The supplemental EA may be viewed on the Commission's website at 
http://www.ferc.gov using the ``elibrary'' link. Enter the docket 
number (P-5737) 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 FERC Online 
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-866-208-3372, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

    Dated: February 2, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-02498 Filed 2-5-21; 8:45 am]
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