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Santa Rosa, California 95404-4731
January I I, 201 I In response, refer to:
FERC P-2100; P-2107; P-1962; P-2105
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20426
Re: Filing of Draft Recovery Plan far Central Valley Listed Salmonids to the Administrative
Records of the Following Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Hydroelectric Projects
on the Feather and North Fark Feather Rivers, California: Feather River {P-2100), Poe
(P-2147), Rock Creek-Cresta (P-1962), and Upper North Fork Feather (P-2105)
Dear Secretary Bose:
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS} is filing electronically NMFS' "Public
Draft Recovery Plan for Central Valley Winter-run and Spring-run Chinook Salmon and
Steelhead" {Draft Recovery Plan), dated October 7, 2009, with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC or Commission} as information to be considered during the relicensing
proceedings for the FERC Hydroelectric Projects on the Feather and North Fork Feather Rivers,
California.
If you have questions regarding these documents, please contact Mr. William Foster
{916-930-36I7) of my staff.
Sincere,
Richard L. Wantuck
Hydropower Program Supervisor
Habitat Conservation Division
Enclosures
cc: Steve Edmondson, NMFS, Santa Rosa, CA
Maria Rea, NMFS, Sacramento, CA
Howard Brawn, NMFS, Sacramento, CA
P-2100, P-2I07, P-1962, P-2105 Service Lists
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Enclosure A
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
California Department of Water Resources
Feather River Hydroelectric Project
Pacific Gas and Electric Company }
Poe }
Rock Creek-Cresta }
Upper North Fork Feather )
E-Filed Document
Project No. P-2100
Projects Nos:
P-2107
P-1962
P-2105
E,~Filed PDF: NMFS Public Draft Central Valley Recovery Plan (Draft, Recovery Plan)
PDF File Name: NMFS.1 PublicDraftRecoveryPlan Sects 1-S ~~
PDF Fite Name: NMFS.2_PublicDraftRecoveryPlan_Appends&Attachs
A Draft Recovery Plan and guidance document for the evolutionarily significant units (ESU) o~
Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) {winter-run), Central
Valley spring-run Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha} (spring-run), and fine distinct population
segment (DPS) of Central Valley steelhead (O. mykiss) {steelhead), dated October 7, 2Q09.
Also Available at: http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/recovery/centralvalleypIan.htm.
Et~clasure B
UNITED STATES QF AMERICA
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
California Departnaen# of Wa#er Resources ) Prajec# No. P-2100
Feather Rivsr Hydroelectric Project ~
Pacific Gas and Electric Company ) Projects Nos:
Poe } P-2107
Rock Creek-Cresta ) P-19&2
Upper North Fork Feather ) P-21 fly
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
i hexeby certify that 1 have dais day served, by first class mail or electronic mail, a letter
to Secretary Bose, Federal Energy Regulatory Cornmissian, NOAA's National Marine Fisheries
Service's Draft Recovery Plan to the Administrative Record of the Cornmissian's Hydroelectric
Projects on tlae Feather and North Fork Feather Rivers, California, and this Certifcate of Service
upon each person designated an the official Service List compiled by the Commission in the
above-captioned proceeding.
Dated this 1 ItF~day af~anuary ZO11
illiam E. Foster
National Marine Fisheries Service