Notice2024-29098
Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
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December 11, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 99854-99855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29098]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2290-130]
Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Application
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural
Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 2290-130.
c. Date Filed: November 22, 2024.
d. Applicant: Southern California Edison Company (SCE).
e. Name of Project: Kern River No. 3 Hydroelectric Project (KR3
Project).
f. Location: On the North Fork Kern River and on Salmon Creek and
Corral Creek near the town of Kernville in Kern and Tulare Counties,
California.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Stephanie Fincher-DeMillo, Project Manager,
Southern California Edison Company, 54170 Mtn Spruce Road, Big Creek,
California 93605; (626) 302-0945; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#81f2f5e4f1e9e0efe8e4afe7e8efe2e9e4f3c1f2e2e4afe2eeec"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83f0f7e6f3ebe2edeae6ade5eaede0ebe6f1c3f0e0e6ade0ecee">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Quinn Emmering, Project Coordinator; (202) 502-
6382 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d4a5a1bdbabafab1b9b9b1a6bdbab394b2b1a6b7fab3bba2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e0f0b171010501b13131b0c1710193e181b0c1d50191108">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. Project Description: The KR3 Project is operated as a run-of-
river facility to generate power and has no water storage. Project
facilities are primarily located on federal land in the Sequoia
National Forest and consist of: (1) the project's main diversion,
Fairview Dam, located on the North Fork Kern River (NFKR) at river mile
18.6, which is a 26-foot-high mass concrete overflow gravity structure
with a 206-foot-long, 6.5-foot-wide overflow crest at 3,632 feet above
mean sea level that also serves as the spillway with a capacity of
about 15,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) with 8 feet of head; (2) two
non-operational fish ladders located adjacent to the west abutment of
the dam; (3) two 19-foot by 8-foot fish-release slide gates each with a
capacity of 300 cfs located near the east abutment of the dam passing
minimum instream flow releases to the 16-mile-long NFKR bypassed reach;
(4) an 85-foot-long, 19-foot-wide rectangular reinforced concrete
intake structure and trash rack with 2-inch spacing on the east
abutment of the dam diverting water from the NFKR; (5) a 61-foot-long,
5-foot-high mass concrete diversion structure on Salmon Creek located
about 0.4 miles upstream of its confluence with the NFKR, which
includes two drain gates directing water to the creek and a third gate
conveying water to a diversion pipe; (6) a 226-foot-long, 26-inch-
diameter steel pipe delivering water to the project's conveyance
system; (7) a 43-foot-long, 8-foot-high mass concrete diversion
structure on Corral Creek located about 1.1 miles upstream of its
confluence with the NFKR, which includes a 17-foot-wide spillway notch
on top; an 8-inch slide gate to pass natural flows downstream when not
diverting; and a pipe with interchangeable fixed-orifice plates to
deliver water for minimum instream flows and to the diversion pipe; (8)
a 904-foot-long, 14-inch- and 11-inch-diameter steel pipe delivering
water to the project's conveyance system; (9) two flowline intake gates
conveying water to an approximately 13-mile-long, 620-cfs capacity
water conveyance system located along the eastern hillslope above the
NFKR that is comprised of: (a) a 449-foot-long sandbox to trap sediment
before water is directed to the flowline; (b) a buried flowline
consisting of 24, 8-foot-high, 8.5- to 9.5-foot-wide concrete-lined
tunnel segments totaling 60,270 feet long; (c) 4,600 feet of 8.5-foot-
high, 8.25-foot-wide, above-ground concrete flumes between each tunnel
segment; (d) the Cannell Creek siphon and spillway consisting of a
1,146-foot-long, steel pipe and a 515-foot-long spillway conveying
excess water in the flowline to Cannell Creek during unplanned outages
or paused generation; (e) a 1,100-foot-long, 9.5-foot-diameter concrete
pressure flume pipe; (f) two 24-inch slide gates between the flume and
forebay controlling flow to the penstocks; (g) a 61-foot-long, 20-foot-
wide, 30-foot-high concrete box forebay with a 2,700-foot-long spillway
to the NFKR; and (h) two 2,500-foot-long steel penstocks extending from
the forebay to the powerhouse; (10) an 130-foot-long, 88-foot-wide
concrete powerhouse containing two Francis reaction-type turbines and
two generator units with installed capacities of 20.5 and 19.7
megawatts; (7) a 90-foot-long, 20-foot-wide concrete wing wall attached
to the powerhouse serving as a tailrace that discharges all diverted
water to the NFKR; (11) two communication lines totaling 2.5 miles
long; (12) 33 project roads totaling about 18.4 miles; (13) an
approximately 3.4-acre recreation facility downstream of the powerhouse
with parking and a boat launch; and (14) appurtenant facilities. The
estimated average annual generation (1997-2023) is 118,497 megawatt-
hours.
SCE proposes to continue operating the KR3 Project in run-of-river
mode with minor adjustments to the FERC project boundary and operation
and maintenance activities in response to implementing proposed
environmental measures. No new project facilities are proposed.
l. In addition to publishing this notice in the Federal Register,
the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view
and/or print the contents of this notice, as well as other documents in
the proceeding (e.g., license application) via the internet through the
Commission's Home Page (<a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a>), using the ``eLibrary''
link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last three digits
[[Page 99855]]
in the docket number field to access the document (P-2290). For
assistance, contact FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#64222136272b0a080d0a01371114140b161024020116074a030b12"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e4a2a1b6a7ab8a888d8a81b79194948b9690a482819687ca838b92">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676
(toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). You may also register online at
<a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a> to be notified via email of
new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
m. 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, 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#08475858486e6d7a6b266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7a352a2a3a1c1f0819541d150c">[email protected]</span></a>.
n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will
be made as appropriate.
Deficiency Letter (if necessary) December 2024
Additional Information Request (if necessary) January 2025
Notice of Acceptance April 2025
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis April 2025
o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Dated: December 5, 2024.
Carlos D. Clay,
Acting Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-29098 Filed 12-10-24; 8:45 am]
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