97-762. Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice Granting Extension of Time

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1741-1742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-762]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 137-002-CA]


Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice Granting Extension of 
Time

January 8, 1997.
    On December 26, 1996, the Notice of Availability of Draft 
Environmental Assessment (NDEA) for the Mokelumne River Project No. 137 
was issued in the Federal Register (Vol. 61 No. 249 FR 68033). The NDEA 
requested that any comments should be filed within 30 days from the 
date of this notice. The

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Commission issued the NDEA on December 19, 1996, comments are due by 
January 21, 1997.
    In a letter dated January 2, 1997, Friends of the River, American 
Whitewater Affiliation, California Outdoors, and Foothill Conservancy 
(Intervenors) requested an extension of time to comment on the DEA 
until March 19, 1997. Intervenors state that they received copies of 
the DEA between December 31, 1996 and January 2, 1997, providing just 
over two weeks to file comments.
    Further, Intervenors state that additional time is needed to review 
the DEA because: (1) many complex issues were raised in its comments on 
the Notice Ready for Environmental Analysis; (2) the proceeding began 
24 years ago and the pertinent record is voluminous; and (3) recent 
developments regarding the operations of other facilities on the 
Mokelumne River, which may not be fully considered in the DEA, but 
which need to be integrated into the cumulative impact analysis.
    Because the pertinent record is voluminous, and because the DEA 
wasn't received until the end of December 1996 or the beginning of 
January 1997, the date to file comments is extended until February 21, 
1997. If you have any questions about this matter, please call Tom Dean 
at [phone].
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-762 Filed 1-10-97; 8:45 am]
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