Notice2024-02194
Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment
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February 5, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7697-7698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02194]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 382-108]
Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare
an Environmental Assessment
On May 1 and 2, 2023, as supplemented on May 16, 2023, Southern
California Edison Company (SCE or licensee) filed an application to
surrender its license and decommission the Borel Hydroelectric Project
No. 382. The project is located on the Kern River, in the City of
Bodfish in Kern County, California. The project occupies Federal lands
administered by the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.
SCE is requesting to surrender its license for the Borel
Hydroelectric Project and the disposition of all Borel Project
facilities (i.e., removal, modification, or abandonment in place). SCE
is surrendering the Borel Project license because the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers (Corps) implemented a safety modification to its Lake
Isabella Auxiliary Dam for which the Corps condemned land associated
with the Borel Project and sealed off the existing section of conduit
through the Auxiliary Dam by filling it with concrete and abandoning
the conduit in place. This action rendered the Borel Project
nonfunctional and therefore SCE is seeking to surrender the Project
license.
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A Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments,
Motions to Intervene, and Protest was issued on June 13, 2023.
This notice identifies Commission staff's intention to prepare an
environmental assessment (EA) for the proposed action. The planned
schedule for the completion of the EA is July 2024.\1\ Revisions to the
schedule may be made as appropriate. The EA will be issued and made
available for review by all interested parties. All comments filed on
the EA will be reviewed by staff and considered in the Commission's
final decision on the proceeding.
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\1\ 42 U.S.C. 4336a(g)(1)(B) requires lead Federal agencies to
complete EAs within 1 year of the agency's decision to prepare an
EA.
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With this notice, the Commission is inviting Federal, State, local,
and Tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with
respect to environmental issues affected by the proposal to cooperate
in the preparation of the EA planned to be issued July 2024. Agencies
wishing to cooperate, or further discuss the benefits,
responsibilities, and obligations of the cooperating agency role,
should contact staff listed at the bottom of this notice by February
20, 2024. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission's policy that
agencies that cooperate in the preparation of any environmental
document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ] 61,076 (2001).
The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members, and others to access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abe4fbfbebcdced9c885ccc4dd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="642b343424020116074a030b12">[email protected]</span></a>.
Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Rebecca
Martin at 202-502-6012 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#88daedeaedebebe9a6e5e9fafce1e6c8eeedfaeba6efe7fe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="13417671767070723d7e7261677a7d53757661703d747c65">[email protected]</span></a>.
Dated: January 30, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-02194 Filed 2-2-24; 8:45 am]
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