Document ID: FERC-2011-0897-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Site Reviews: Pacific Gas and Electric Co., and Nevada Irrigation District
Posted Date: 2011-06-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35208-35209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14969]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[ Project No. 2310-193--California; Project No. 2266-102--California]

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Nevada Irrigation District; 
Notice of Environmental Site Review

    On July 6-8, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) staff and the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and 
Nevada Irrigation District (NID) (applicants) will conduct an 
environmental site review of the Drum-Spaulding and Yuba-Bear Projects. 
The Drum-Spaulding Project is located on the west slope of the Sierra 
Nevada on the South Yuba River, Bear River, North Fork of the North 
Fork American River, and tributaries in the Sacramento River watershed 
in Nevada and Placer Counties, California. The Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric 
Project is located on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada in the Middle 
Yuba River, Canyon Creek, Rucker Creek and Bear River watersheds in 
Nevada, Placer and Sierra Counties, California.
    The site visit is open to the public and resource agencies, and 
will occur from 8 a.m. to about 5 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) on each 
of three days. Participants will meet no later than the start time at 
Discovery Trail near Bear Valley on the first day, at PG&E's Alta 
Service Center on the second day, and at PG&E's Halsey forebay on the 
third day. Each day will start with a brief safety talk, review of the 
facilities that will be visited that day, and discussion of logistics. 
The tour will depart the meeting location no later than 15 minutes 
after the start time. We will try to return to the meeting location by 
5 p.m. each day.
    Participants are responsible to provide their own transportation 
(recommend a 4-wheel drive vehicle), but car pooling to the extent 
possible is encouraged. We do not anticipate hiking in any difficult 
terrain or entering private property that requires special permission, 
but some brief walking over dirt trails might be needed. Cell phone 
coverage in the upper and mid elevation sites is limited.
    Safety is a prime concern. Many of the sites that will be visited 
require wearing hardhats, safety eyewear, and safety vests that 
licensees will provide. Participants must wear appropriate footwear 
(i.e. no sandals or open-toed shoes).
    The schedule below is provided for general guidance only and is not 
intended to be a strict schedule. We may proceed through the schedule 
for each day at a slower or faster pace than anticipated in the 
schedule below, or may decide to delete or add project facilities. For 
these reasons and because of poor electronic communications in some 
areas, it will be difficult for a participant to join the site visit 
after it departs the initial meeting location. Project facilities 
listed below are indicated as either ``YB'' for NID's Yuba-Bear 
Hydroelectric Project or ``DS'' for PG&E's Drum-Spaulding Project.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
     Meet at Discovery Trail in Bear Valley at 8 a.m.;
     Bowman Lake (YB);
     Bowman/Spaulding canal at Fall Creek (YB);
     Fuller Lake (DS);
     Lake Spaulding dam (DS);
     Bear Valley--Drum canal and South Yuba canal (DS).

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Thursday, July 7, 2011
     Meet at Alta Service Center at 8 a.m.;
     Drum powerhouse (DS);
     Dutch Flat 2 powerhouse (YB);
     Dutch Flat afterbay (YB);
     Rollins dam (YB);
     Bear River Head dam (DS).
Friday, July 8, 2011
     Meet at Halsey forebay at 8 a.m.;
     Halsey afterbay (DS);
     Rock Creek reservoir (DS),
    [rtarr8] Wise canal, Rock Creek, delivery to North Auburn Water 
Treatment Plant;
     Auburn Ravine,
    [rtarr8] Delivery to Auburn Ravine at YB-259, PCWA Pump Station 
into South canal;
     Newcastle forebay and powerhouse (DS).
    If you plan to attend, please notify Alan Mitchnick, FERC Team 
Leader, at (202) 502-6074 or alan.mitchnick@ferc.gov, no later than 
June 30, 2011.

    Dated: June 10, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-14969 Filed 6-15-11; 8:45 am]
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