Notice2025-02778
Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
Primary source
Metadata and text below are from the Federal Register, a public-domain U.S. government work. Always verify the official published version before relying on it for any legal matter.
Published
February 19, 2025
Issuing agencies
Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
Full Text
<html>
<head>
<title>Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 32 (Wednesday, February 19, 2025)</title>
</head>
<body><pre>
[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9898-9899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02778]
[[Page 9898]]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 1388-082]
Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Application
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study
Requests Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing 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.: 1388-082.
c. Date Filed: January 29, 2025.
d. Applicant: Southern California Edison Company.
e. Name of Project: Lee Vining Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is located on both Lee Vining and
Glacier Creeks in Inyo County, California, near the town of Lee Vining.
The project affects 536 acres of Federal land managed by the U.S.
Forest Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Wayne Allen, Principal Manager, Southern
California Edison Company, 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, CA
91770; Telephone (626) 302-9741 or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#82f5e3fbece7e3eeeee7ecc2f1e1e7ace1edef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b8cfd9c1d6ddd9d4d4ddd6f8cbdbdd96dbd7d5">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Rebecca Kipp, (202) 502-8846 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bac8dfd8dfd9d9db94d1d3cacafadcdfc8d994ddd5cc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fc8e999e999f9f9dd297958c8cbc9a998e9fd29b938a">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ]
61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: March 31, 2025.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp</a>. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#13555641505c7d7f7a7d76406663637c616753757661703d747c65"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="db9d9e899894b5b7b2b5be88aeababb4a9af9bbdbea9b8f5bcb4ad">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202)
502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper
copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed
to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly
D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins
Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. All filings must clearly identify
the project name and docket number on the first page: Lee Vining
Hydroelectric Project (P-1388-082).
m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The existing Lee Vining Hydroelectric Project consists of four
dams and three reservoirs including: (1) the 600-foot-long, 45-foot-
high redwood-faced rockfill Saddlebag Dam with: (a) a 54-foot-wide,
4.5-foot-deep rectangular notch spillway that discharges directly into
Lee Vining Creek below the dam, (b) a 297-acre Saddlebag Lake
impoundment with 9,495 acre-feet net storage capacity at 10,089.40 feet
above sea level elevation, (c) a 220-foot-long, 30-inch-diameter
riveted steel pipeline to extend the outlet downstream of the dam, and
(d) a low-level outlet works with maximum discharge capacity of about
150 cubic feet per second (cfs) that discharges directly into Lee
Vining Creek and consists of: (i) a fully submerged, ungated, concrete
intake box at 10,048.8 feet elevation located at upstream toe of the
dam that admits water to (ii) a 30-inch-diameter concrete-encased steel
pipe that passes under the dam near the left abutment that is
controlled at the downstream toe by (iii) a manually operated 30-inch
rising stem gate valve, and (iv) a concrete valve house located at the
south of Saddlebag Dam; (2) the 270-foot-long, 27-foot-high redwood-
faced rockfill Tioga Dam with: (e) 57-feet-wide, 4-feet-deep spillway
with a crest elevation of 9,650.28 feet, (f) the low-level outlet works
consist of a 24-inch-diameter concrete-encased riveted steel pipe that
passes through the base of the main Tioga Dam with an upstream invert
elevation of 9,626.72 feet, draining into Lee Vining Creek and is
manually controlled by (g) a 24-inch gate valve located in (h) a
concrete valve house at the downstream toe of the Tioga Dam; and (3)
the 50-foot-long, 19-foot-high, concrete-arch Tioga Auxiliary Dam
located on Tioga Lake in the headwaters of Glacier Creek, that together
with the Tioga Dam impound the 73-acre Tioga Lake with 1,254 acre-feet
net storage capacity at 9,650.28 feet above sea level elevation, and
(j) the 19.5-foot-long right auxiliary spillway bay, and the 21.5-foot-
long left auxiliary spillway bay at 9,651.28 feet crest elevation; and
(4) the 437-foot-long, 18.5-foot-high rockfill Rhinedollar Dam that (k)
impounds the 61-acre Ellery Lake with 493 acre-feet net storage
capacity at 9,492.53 feet above sea level elevation, (l) three spillway
bays, each 12-foot-wide and 6.5-foot-deep, located at Rhinedollar Dam
at an elevation of 9,492.53 feet, (m) a reinforced concrete intake
structure at 9,480 feet elevation, (n) a 6,271-foot-long below ground
flowline with a maximum flow of 110 cfs that convey flows from Ellery
Lake at the Rhinedollar Dam to Poole Powerhouse and consist of: (v) a
2,530-foot-long, 48-inch-diameter double riveted steel pipeline, and
(vi) a 3,741-foot-long steel penstock that tapers from 44- to 28-inches
in diameter; (o) the outlet works consists of a 48-inch concrete-
encased steel pipe conduit with a butterfly valve at the downstream
end; (p) the 68-foot-long, 38-foot-wide, 43-foot-high reinforced
concrete Poole Powerhouse and located on Lee Vining Creek east
downstream of Ellery Lake which contains one generating unit with a
nameplate capacity of 11.25 megawatt (MW); (q) a switchyard located
immediately north of the powerhouse that contains the main power
transformers, (r) approximately 50 feet of primary transmission line
between the switchyard and Poole Powerhouse, (s) seven project-
associated stream gages immediately downstream of Saddlebag and Tioga
Dams, in stream; and (t) appurtenant facilities.
Southern California Edison Company is not proposing any changes to
project facilities or operation.
o. 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
[[Page 9899]]
number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to
access the document (P-1388). For assistance, contact FERC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b1d1e091814353732353e082e2b2b34292f1b3d3e2938753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2f4f7e0f1fddcdedbdcd7e1c7c2c2ddc0c6f2d4d7c0d19cd5ddc4">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp</a> to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
p. 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#c689969686a0a3b4a5e8a1a9b0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f1bea1a1b197948392df969e87">[email protected]</span></a>.
q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: the application will
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Milestone Target date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)........ March 2025.
Request Additional Information (if necessary). March 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments......... June 2025.
Issue Acceptance Letter....................... July 2025.
Request Additional Information (if necessary). July 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)....... August 2025.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental August 2025.
Analysis.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
r. 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 12, 2025.
Carlos D. Clay,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-02778 Filed 2-18-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
</pre><script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script></body>
</html>Indexed from Federal Register on February 19, 2025.
This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.