81 FR 69812 - California Department of Water Resources and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document (PAD), Commencement of Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; Request for Comments on the PAD and Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study Requests

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 195 (October 7, 2016)

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 195 (Friday, October 7, 2016)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2426-227]

California Department of Water Resources and Los Angeles
Department of Water and Power; Notice of Intent To File License
Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document (PAD), Commencement of
Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; Request for Comments on the PAD and
Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study
Requests

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application for
a New License and Commencing Pre-filing Process.
b. Project No.: 2426-227.
c. Dated Filed: August 1, 2016.
d. Submitted By: California Department of Water Resources and Los
Angeles Department of Water and Power (Co-Applicants).
e. Name of Project: South SWP Hydropower Project.
f. Location: Along the West Branch of the State Water Project's
California Aqueduct, in Los Angeles County, California. Excluding
transmission lines, the project occupies 2,807.25 acres of United
States lands, including 2,790.25 acres of National Forest System lands
within the Angeles and the Los Padres National Forests and 17 acres
under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau
of Land Management.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of the Commission's
Regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contacts: Ted Craddock, Chief, Hydropower
License Planning and Compliance Office, Executive Division, California
Department of Water Resources, 2033 Howe Avenue, Suite 220, Sacramento,
CA 98525, (916) 557-4555 or Ted.Craddock@water.ca.gov.; and Simon
Zewdu, Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Power Planning and
Development, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, 111 North Hope
Street, Room 921, Los Angeles, CA 90012, (213) 367-0881, or
Simon.Zewdu@ladwp.com.
i. FERC Contact: John Mudre at (202) 502-8902 or email at
john.mudre@ferc.gov.
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 o 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. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with:
(a) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency
regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402 and (b) the State Historic
Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National Historic
Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. With this notice, we are designating Co-Applicants as the
Commission's non-federal representatives for carrying out informal
consultation, pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and
section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
m. On August 1, 2016, Co-Applicants filed with the Commission a
Pre-Application Document (PAD; including a proposed process plan and
schedule), pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site
(http://www.ferc.gov), 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@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at
the address in paragraph h.
Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
o. With this notice, we are soliciting comments on the PAD and
Commission's staff Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as well as study requests.
All comments on the PAD and SD1, and study requests should be sent to
the address above in paragraph h. In addition, all comments on the PAD
and SD1, study requests, requests for cooperating agency status, and
all communications to and from Commission staff related to the merits
of the potential application must be filed with the Commission.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
all documents using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the
eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You
must include your name and contact information at the end of your
comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. In lieu of electronic filing, please send a
paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing
should include docket number P-2426-227.
All filings with the Commission must bear the appropriate heading:
``Comments on Pre-Application Document,'' ``Study Requests,''
``Comments on Scoping Document 1,'' ``Request for Cooperating Agency
Status,'' or ``Communications to and from Commission Staff.'' Any
individual or entity interested in submitting study requests,
commenting on the PAD or SD1, and any agency requesting cooperating
status must do so by November 29, 2016.
p. Although our current intent is to prepare an environmental
assessment (EA), there is the possibility that an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) will be required. Nevertheless, this meeting will
satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of whether an EA or
EIS is issued by the Commission.

Scoping Meetings

Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings in the vicinity of
the project at the times and places noted below. The daytime meeting
will focus on resource agency, Indian tribes, and non-governmental
organization concerns, while the evening meeting is primarily for
receiving input from the public. We invite all interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies to attend one or both of the meetings, and
to assist staff in identifying particular study needs, as well as the
scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the environmental
document. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows:

Daytime Scoping Meeting

Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2016.
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: Embassy Suites by Hilton Valencia, 28508 Westinghouse
Place, Valencia, CA, 91355.
Phone: (661) 257-3111.

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Evening Scoping Meeting

Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2016.
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Embassy Suites by Hilton Valencia, 28508 Westinghouse
Place, Valencia, CA, 91355.
Phone: (661) 257-3111.
Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which outlines the subject areas to be
addressed in the environmental document, was mailed to the individuals
and entities on the Commission's mailing list. Copies of SD1 will be
available at the scoping meetings, or may be viewed on the web at
http://www.ferc.gov, using the ``eLibrary'' link. Follow the directions
for accessing information in paragraph n. Based on all oral and written
comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be issued. SD2 may include a
revised process plan and schedule, as well as a list of issues,
identified through the scoping process.

Environmental Site Review

The potential applicant and Commission staff will conduct an
Environmental Site Review (site visit) of the project on Wednesday
October 25, 2016, starting at 9:00 a.m. and ending at or about 3:00
p.m. All participants should meet at Vista Del Lago Visitor's Center,
located at 38500 Vista Del Lago Road, Gorman, California. Participants
are responsible for their own transportation. Persons planning on
participating in the site visit, or with questions about it, should
contact Ms. Gwen Sholl of California Department of Water Resources at
(916) 557-4554 or Gwen.Scholl@water.ca.gov on or before October 14,
2016.

Meeting Objectives

At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) Initiate scoping of the
issues; (2) review and discuss existing conditions and resource
management objectives; (3) review and discuss existing information and
identify preliminary information and study needs; (4) review and
discuss the process plan and schedule for pre-filing activity that
incorporates the time frames provided for in Part 5 of the Commission's
regulations and, to the extent possible, maximizes coordination of
federal, state, and tribal permitting and certification processes; and
(5) discuss the appropriateness of any federal or state agency or
Indian tribe acting as a cooperating agency for development of an
environmental document.
Meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their issues
and/or concerns. Please review the PAD in preparation for the scoping
meetings. Directions on how to obtain a copy of the PAD and SD1 are
included in item n. of this document.

Meeting Procedures

The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will be placed
in the public records of the project.

Dated: September 30, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY instructions for filing such requests The Commission strongly encourages
described in item o below. Cooperating electronic filing. Please file all
Federal Energy Regulatory agencies should note the Commission’s documents using the Commission’s
Commission policy that agencies that cooperate in eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/
[Project No. 2426–227] the preparation of the environmental docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can
document cannot also intervene. See 94 submit brief comments up to 6,000
California Department of Water FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). characters, without prior registration,
Resources and Los Angeles k. With this notice, we are initiating using the eComment system at http://
Department of Water and Power; informal consultation with: (a) the U.S. www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
Notice of Intent To File License Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA ecomment.asp. You must include your
Application, Filing of Pre-Application Fisheries under section 7 of the name and contact information at the end
Document (PAD), Commencement of Endangered Species Act and the joint of your comments. For assistance,
Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; agency regulations thereunder at 50 please contact FERC Online Support at
Request for Comments on the PAD CFR, Part 402 and (b) the State Historic FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. In lieu of
and Scoping Document, and Preservation Officer, as required by electronic filing, please send a paper
Identification of Issues and Associated section 106, National Historic copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy
Study Requests Preservation Act, and the implementing Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
regulations of the Advisory Council on NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. page of any filing should include docket
File License Application for a New l. With this notice, we are designating number P–2426–227.
License and Commencing Pre-filing Co-Applicants as the Commission’s non- All filings with the Commission must
Process. federal representatives for carrying out bear the appropriate heading:
b. Project No.: 2426–227. ‘‘Comments on Pre-Application
informal consultation, pursuant to
c. Dated Filed: August 1, 2016.
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’
d. Submitted By: California
and section 106 of the National Historic ‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’
Department of Water Resources and Los
Preservation Act. ‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency
Angeles Department of Water and Power
m. On August 1, 2016, Co-Applicants Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and
(Co-Applicants).
e. Name of Project: South SWP filed with the Commission a Pre- from Commission Staff.’’ Any
Hydropower Project. Application Document (PAD; including individual or entity interested in
f. Location: Along the West Branch of a proposed process plan and schedule), submitting study requests, commenting
the State Water Project’s California pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the on the PAD or SD1, and any agency
Aqueduct, in Los Angeles County, Commission’s regulations. requesting cooperating status must do so
California. Excluding transmission n. A copy of the PAD is available for by November 29, 2016.
lines, the project occupies 2,807.25 review at the Commission in the Public p. Although our current intent is to
acres of United States lands, including Reference Room or may be viewed on prepare an environmental assessment
2,790.25 acres of National Forest System the Commission’s Web site (http:// (EA), there is the possibility that an
lands within the Angeles and the Los www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
Padres National Forests and 17 acres link. Enter the docket number, will be required. Nevertheless, this
under the jurisdiction of the U.S. excluding the last three digits in the meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping
Department of the Interior’s Bureau of docket number field to access the requirements, irrespective of whether an
Land Management. document. For assistance, contact FERC EA or EIS is issued by the Commission.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of Online Support at
Scoping Meetings
the Commission’s Regulations. FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
h. Potential Applicant Contacts: Ted 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 Commission staff will hold two
Craddock, Chief, Hydropower License (TTY). A copy is also available for scoping meetings in the vicinity of the
Planning and Compliance Office, inspection and reproduction at the project at the times and places noted
Executive Division, California address in paragraph h. below. The daytime meeting will focus
Department of Water Resources, 2033 Register online at http:// on resource agency, Indian tribes, and
Howe Avenue, Suite 220, Sacramento, www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ non-governmental organization
CA 98525, (916) 557–4555 or esubscription.asp to be notified via concerns, while the evening meeting is
Ted.Craddock@water.ca.gov.; and email of new filing and issuances primarily for receiving input from the
Simon Zewdu, Manager of Strategic related to this or other pending projects. public. We invite all interested
Initiatives, Power Planning and For assistance, contact FERC Online individuals, organizations, and agencies
Development, Los Angeles Department Support. to attend one or both of the meetings,
of Water and Power, 111 North Hope o. With this notice, we are soliciting and to assist staff in identifying
Street, Room 921, Los Angeles, CA comments on the PAD and particular study needs, as well as the
90012, (213) 367–0881, or Commission’s staff Scoping Document 1 scope of environmental issues to be
Simon.Zewdu@ladwp.com. (SD1), as well as study requests. All addressed in the environmental
i. FERC Contact: John Mudre at (202) comments on the PAD and SD1, and document. The times and locations of
502–8902 or email at john.mudre@ study requests should be sent to the these meetings are as follows:
ferc.gov. address above in paragraph h. In
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Daytime Scoping Meeting
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, addition, all comments on the PAD and
local, and tribal agencies with SD1, study requests, requests for Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2016.
jurisdiction and/or special expertise cooperating agency status, and all Time: 9:00 a.m.
with respect to environmental issues communications to and from Location: Embassy Suites by Hilton
that wish to cooperate in the Commission staff related to the merits of Valencia, 28508 Westinghouse Place,
preparation of the environmental the potential application must be filed Valencia, CA, 91355.
document should follow the with the Commission. Phone: (661) 257–3111.

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Evening Scoping Meeting Directions on how to obtain a copy of EIS No. 20160230, Draft, USACE, WA,
Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2016. the PAD and SD1 are included in item Millennium Bulk Terminals—
Time: 6:00 p.m. n. of this document. Longview, Comment Period Ends: 11/
Location: Embassy Suites by Hilton 29/2016, Contact: Danette L. Guy 206–
Meeting Procedures
Valencia, 28508 Westinghouse Place, 316–3048
The meetings will be recorded by a
Valencia, CA, 91355. stenographer and will be placed in the Amended Notices
Phone: (661) 257–3111. public records of the project. EIS No. 20160200, Draft, USACE, NY,
Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which
Dated: September 30, 2016. Atlantic Coast of New York, East
outlines the subject areas to be
Kimberly D. Bose, Rockaway Inlet to Rockaway Inlet and
addressed in the environmental
Jamaica Bay, Comment Period Ends:
document, was mailed to the Secretary.
11/17/2016, Contact: Robert J. Smith
individuals and entities on the [FR Doc. 2016–24270 Filed 10–6–16; 8:45 am]
917–790–8729
Commission’s mailing list. Copies of BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
SD1 will be available at the scoping Revision to FR Notice Published 09/
meetings, or may be viewed on the web 02/2016; Extending Comment Period
at http://www.ferc.gov, using the from 11/02/2016 to 11/17/2016
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions AGENCY Dated: October 4, 2016.
for accessing information in paragraph Dawn Roberts,
n. Based on all oral and written [ER–FRL–9029–5]
Management Analyst, NEPA Compliance
comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) Division, Office of Federal Activities.
Environmental Impact Statements;
may be issued. SD2 may include a [FR Doc. 2016–24335 Filed 10–6–16; 8:45 am]
Notice of Availability
revised process plan and schedule, as BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
well as a list of issues, identified Responsible Agency: Office of Federal
through the scoping process. Activities, General Information (202)
564–7146 or http://www.epa.gov/nepa. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Environmental Site Review
Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact AGENCY
The potential applicant and Statements (EISs)
Commission staff will conduct an [FRL—9953–80–OW]
Filed 09/26/2016 through 09/30/2016
Environmental Site Review (site visit) of Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. Information Session; Implementation
the project on Wednesday October 25, of the Water Infrastructure Finance and
2016, starting at 9:00 a.m. and ending at Notice
Innovation Act of 2014
or about 3:00 p.m. All participants Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act
should meet at Vista Del Lago Visitor’s requires that EPA make public its AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Center, located at 38500 Vista Del Lago comments on EISs issued by other Agency (EPA).
Road, Gorman, California. Participants Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters ACTION: Notice.
are responsible for their own on EISs are available at: http://
transportation. Persons planning on www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/ SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
participating in the site visit, or with eisdata.html. Agency (EPA) is announcing plans to
questions about it, should contact Ms. EIS No. 20160225, Final, BR, NM, hold information sessions on: October
Gwen Sholl of California Department of Continued Implementation of the 14, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois; October
Water Resources at (916) 557–4554 or 2008 Operating Agreement for the Rio 20, 2016 in Orlando, Florida; November
Gwen.Scholl@water.ca.gov on or before Grande Project, Review Period Ends: 7, 2016 in New York, New York;
October 14, 2016. 11/07/2016, Contact: Hector Garcia November 14, 2016 in San Francisco,
505–462–3550 California; November 15, 2016 in Los
Meeting Objectives Angeles, California; and November 18,
EIS No. 20160226, Draft, FRA, GA,
At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) Atlanta to Chattanooga High Speed 2016 in Dallas, Texas.
Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review Ground Transportation Project, The purpose of these sessions is to
and discuss existing conditions and Comment Period Ends: 11/21/2016, provide potential applicants with
resource management objectives; (3) Contact: John Winkle 202–493–6067 information about the implementation
review and discuss existing information EIS No. 20160227, Draft, USFS, WY, of the ‘‘Water Infrastructure Finance and
and identify preliminary information Upper Green River Area Rangeland Innovation Act of 2014’’ (WIFIA).
and study needs; (4) review and discuss Project, Comment Period Ends: 11/21/ Under WIFIA, EPA will provide loans
the process plan and schedule for pre- 2016, Contact: Dave Booth 307–367– and loan guarantees for water
filing activity that incorporates the time 5754 infrastructure of national or regional
frames provided for in Part 5 of the EIS No. 20160228, Final Supplement, significance. It was signed into law on
Commission’s regulations and, to the BLM, ID, Proposed Land Use Plan June 11, 2014 as Public Law 113–121.
extent possible, maximizes coordination Amendments for Segments 8 and 9 of EPA will provide an overview of the
of federal, state, and tribal permitting the Gateway West 500-kV program’s statutory and eligibility
and certification processes; and (5) Transmission Line Project, Review requirements, application and selection
discuss the appropriateness of any Period Ends: 11/07/2016, Contact: Jim process, and creditworthiness
federal or state agency or Indian tribe Stobaugh 775–861–6478 assessment. It will also discuss
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acting as a cooperating agency for EIS No. 20160229, Final, DOE, ID, examples of the potential cost-savings
development of an environmental Recapitalization of Infrastructure that WIFIA credit assistance could have
document. Supporting Naval Spent Nuclear Fuel for projects. The intended audience is
Meeting participants should come Handling at the Idaho National potential WIFIA applicants including
prepared to discuss their issues and/or Laboratory, Review Period Ends: 11/ municipal entities, corporations,
concerns. Please review the PAD in 07/2016, Contact: Erik Anderson 202– partnerships, and State Revolving Fund
preparation for the scoping meetings. 781–6057 programs, as well as the private and

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Dates		Wednesday, October 26, 2016.
FR Citation		81 FR 69812

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 195 (October 7, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission