Notice2026-10988
Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Terms and Conditions, Recommendations and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions
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June 2, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32968-32969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10988]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 1388-082]
Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Application
Accepted for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Motions To
Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and
Soliciting Comments, Terms and Conditions, Recommendations and
Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions
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#ddaabca4b3b8bcb1b1b8b39daebeb8f3beb2b0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c7b0a6bea9a2a6ababa2a987b4a4a2e9a4a8aa">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Rebecca Kipp, (202) 502-8846 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f5d4a4d4a4c4c4e0144465f5f6f494a5d4c01484059"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ea988f888f89898bc481839a9aaa8c8f9889c48d859c">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions: on or before
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 27, 2026; reply comments are due on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 10, 2026.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
file motions to intervene and protests, comments, recommendations,
terms and conditions, and prescriptions using the Commission's eFiling
system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. Commenters can
submit brief comments up to 10,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx</a>. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fabcbfa8b9b5949693949fa98f8a8a95888eba9c9f8899d49d958c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d3b382f3e3213111413182e080d0d120f093d1b180f1e531a120b">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202)
502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy
via U.S. Postal Service 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:
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any
filing should include docket number P-1388-082.
The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document
on that resource agency.
k. This application has been accepted and is ready for
environmental analysis.
l. 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 mean sea level elevation (msl), (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 discharge directly into
Lee Vining Creek and consists of: (i) a fully submerged, ungated,
concrete intake box at 10,048.8 feet msl 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 msl, (f) the low-level outlet
works consisting 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 msl, draining into Lee
Vining Creek which 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 msl, 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 msl 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 msl, (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 msl, (m) a reinforced concrete intake structure at
9,480 feet elevation msl, (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 consists 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
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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 megawatts (MWs); (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.
m. A copy of the application may be viewed on the Commission's
website at <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. For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support at FERCOnlineSupport. A copy is also available for inspection
and reproduction at the address in item h above.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'', ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', ``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY COMMENTS'',
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;''
(2) set forth in the heading the name of the applicant and the project
number of the application to which the filing responds; (3) furnish the
name of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the
application directly from the applicant. A copy of any protest or
motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the
applicant specified in the particular application. A copy of all other
filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof
of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and
385.2010.
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.
n. For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, contact the Office
of Public Participation at (202)502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abe4fbfbebcdced9c885ccc4dd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="420d121202242730216c252d34">[email protected]</span></a>.
o. The applicant must file the following on or before 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on July 27, 2026: (1) a copy of the water quality
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request;
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
p. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time June 29, 2026.
(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)
Dated: May 28, 2026.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-10988 Filed 6-1-26; 8:45 am]
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