Document ID: FERC-2011-1899-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
Posted Date: 2011-12-15T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 241 (Thursday, December 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77994-77995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32126]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2784-004-CA]

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Availability of 
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 the application for a new license for 
the Rollins Transmission Line Project located within the Bear River 
basin, on private land in Placer and Nevada counties, California. The 
transmission line extends 0.72 mile from Nevada Irrigation District's 
(NID) existing Rollins powerhouse switchyard (part of the Yuba-Bear 
Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2266) to the junction with 
PG&E's Drum-Grass Valley-Weimer transmission line (non-FERC

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jurisdictional). Commission staff has prepared an Environmental 
Assessment (EA) that analyzes the potential environmental effects of 
the transmission line and concludes that issuing a new license for the 
Rollins Transmission Line Project, with appropriate environmental 
measures, would not constitute a major federal action significantly 
affecting the quality of the human environment.
    The EA contains staff's analysis of the potential environmental 
effects of the project and alternatives and concludes that licensing 
the project, with appropriate environmental protective measures, would 
not constitute a major federal action that would significantly affect 
the quality of the human environment.
    A copy of the EA 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 project. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    Any comments on the EA should be filed within 30 days from the date 
of this notice. Comments may be filed electronically via the Internet. 
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's 
Web site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can 
submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior 
registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eComment.asp. You must include your name and contact information 
at the end of your comments.
    Please contact Mary Greene by telephone at (202) 502-8865 or by 
email at mary.greene@ferc.gov if you have any questions.

    Dated: December 8, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-32126 Filed 12-14-11; 8:45 am]
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