Notice2025-03925
Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment
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March 14, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 49 (Friday, March 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12157-12158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03925]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 1121-135]
Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Assessment
On September 9, 2022, as supplemented on October 2, 2023, and
December 1, 2023, Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E or licensee)
filed an application for a non-capacity
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amendment for the Battle Creek Hydroelectric Project No. 1121. The
project is located on the mainstem Battle Creek, and on the North Fork
and South Fork Battle Creek in Shasta and Tehama counties, California.
The project occupies federal lands administered by the U.S. Forest
Service and the Bureau of Land Management.
PG&E is requesting that its license for the Battle Creek
Hydroelectric Project be amended to support a new Phase 2 of the Battle
Creek Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Project (Restoration Project).
The Restoration Project is a collaborative effort to restore fish
habitat on Battle Creek and some of its tributaries. The new Phase 2
amendment requires the removal of the South Diversion Dam, Soap Creek
Feeder Diversion Dam, Lower Ripley Creek Feeder Diversion Dam, and
Coleman Diversion Dam, but does not include the tailrace connector
tunnel from South Powerhouse to Inskip Canal. A Notice of Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and
Protest was issued on October 3, 2022.
The original Phase 2 was evaluated in a 2005 Environmental Impact
Statement; however, the new Phase 2 amendment request does not include
the construction of one of the mitigation measures. This notice
identifies Commission staff's intention to prepare an environmental
assessment (EA) analyzing the recent changes to the proposed action.
The planned schedule for the completion of the EA is April 7, 2025.\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\ The unique identification number for documents relating to
this environmental review is EAXX-019-20-000-1741169216.
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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#602f303020060512034e070f16"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aae5fafaeacccfd8c984cdc5dc">[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#5e0c3b3c3b3d3d3f70333f2c2a37301e383b2c3d70393128"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="31635453545252501f5c504345585f71575443521f565e47">[email protected]</span></a>.
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)
Dated: March 6, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-03925 Filed 3-13-25; 8:45 am]
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