Notice2025-02473
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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Published
February 11, 2025
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 9341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02473]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 1389-060]
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.: 1389-060.
c. Date Filed: January 22, 2025.
d. Applicant: Southern California Edison Company (SCE).
e. Name of Project: Rush Creek Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: The project is located on Rush Creek near the
unincorporated community of June Lake in Mono County, California.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Matthew Woodhall, Relicensing Project
Manager, SCE at (909) 362-1764 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8de0ecf9f9e5e8faa3fae2e2e9e5ece1e1cdfeeee8a3eee2e0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1875796c6c707d6f366f77777c70797474586b7b7d367b7775">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Quinn Emmering, Project Coordinator at (202) 502-
6382 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5223273b3c3c7c373f3f37203b3c3512343720317c353d24"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b3c2c6dadddd9dd6deded6c1daddd4f3d5d6c1d09dd4dcc5">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. Project Description: The project is located primarily on federal
lands within Inyo National Forest and the Ansel Adams Wilderness Area,
both administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service. Existing project facilities include: (1) the 50-foot-high,
463-foot-long Rush Meadows Dam impounding the 130-acre Waugh Lake; (2)
the 84-foot-high, 688-foot-long Gem Dam impounding 256-acre Gem Lake;
(3) the 30-foot-high, 278-foot-long Agnew Dam impounding 23-acre Agnew
Lake; (4) a water conveyance system consisting of an approximately
4,584-foot-long buried steel flowline conveying water from Gem Dam to
Agnew Junction, a 575-foot-long steel flowline from Agnew Dam to the
Agnew valve house, and two 4,280-foot-long buried steel penstocks; (5)
a powerhouse containing two impulse turbines and two horizontal-shaft
generator units; (6) a 470-foot-long tailrace conveying water from the
powerhouse to Rush Creek; (7) a 1.59-mile-long, 4-kilovolt (kV) power
line, half of which is de-energized for future repairs; (8) a 150-foot-
long, 2.4-kV power line; (9) an approximately 1.63-mile-long
communication line; (10) incline railroads (tramways) used to transport
personnel and equipment, including a 1,490-foot-long tramway from Agnew
Lake to Gem Dam and a 4,280-foot-long tramway from the project
powerhouse to Agnew Dam; (11) about 1,860 feet of trails to access
project facilities; and (12) ancillary facilities. The project does not
include any developed recreation facilities.
SCE proposes to: (1) decommission hydroelectric operations at Rush
Meadows Dam and Agnew Dam, including partial removal of the two dams;
(2) retrofit Gem Dam with a new spillway and reduce the height of the
dam to facilitate compliance with seismic restrictions under a probable
maximum flood event; and (3) continue hydroelectric operations at Gem
Dam and the project powerhouse. SCE does not propose any additional
generation capacity or new project facilities.
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 in the
docket number field to access the document (P-1389). For assistance,
contact FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c98f8c9b8a86a7a5a0a7ac9abcb9b9a6bbbd89afacbbaae7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="22646770616d4c4e4b4c47715752524d505662444750410c454d54">[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,
community organizations, 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#b3fce3e3f3d5d6c1d09dd4dcc5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ce819e9e8ea8abbcade0a9a1b8">[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)--February 2025
Additional Information Request (if necessary)--April 2025
Notice of Acceptance--September 2025
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--September 2025
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and
fishway prescriptions--November 2025
Commission issues Draft EA--May 2026
Comments on Draft EA--June 2026
Commission issues Final EA--December 2026
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: February 5, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-02473 Filed 2-10-25; 8:45 am]
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