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On 11/18/2019,the following Filing was submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),Washington
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Filer: California State Historic Perservation Office
California Office of Historic Preservation (as Agent)
Docket(s): P-2107-000
Lead Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Filing Type: Other External Submittal
Description: Comment of California State Historic Perservation Office under P-2107.
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maw. State of California• Natural Resources Agency Gavin Newsom, Governor
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Lisa Ann L.Mangat,Director
OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Julianne Polanco,State Historic Preservation Officer
1725 23rd Street,Suite 100, Sacramento, CA 95816-7100
Telephone: (916)445-7000 FAX: (916)445-7053
calshpo.ohp@parks.ca.gov www.ohp.parks.ca.gov
November 15, 2019
VIA EMAIL
In reply refer to: FERC_2019_0521_001
Ms. Leslie Smirnoff Sakowicz
Senior Cultural Resources Specialist
Environmental Planning and Permitting
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
2730 Gateway Oaks, Suite 220
Sacramento, CA 95833
Subject: Continuation of Historic Properties Management Plan Consultation, Poe
Hydroelectric Project, (FERC License No. 2107), Butte County, California
(PG&E Work Order 8187799
Dear Ms. Sakowicz:
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), under the authority of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) is consulting with the State Historic Preservation
Officer (SHPO) on the above referenced undertaking pursuant to Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act (as amended) and its implementing regulations found
at 36 CFR Part 800. Along with the consultation letter, the following documents were
provided:
• Poe Hydroelectric Project FERC Project No. 2107 Historic Resources Inventory
and Evaluation Report, July 2019, prepared by Stantec
• Plumas National Forest comments
In accordance with 36 CFR 800.2(c)(4), the FERC has designated PG&E as its non-
federal representative for the purposes of Section 106 consultation concerning the Poe
Hydroelectric Project (FERC 2107) study implementation and Historic Properties
Management Plan (HPMP) production.
PG&E received a new license for the Poe Hydroelectric Project on December 17, 2018,
which requires the production of an HPMP. The archaeological survey is forthcoming,
and ethnographic studies are scheduled for early 2020. The undertaking is located in
the North Fork Feather River Basin and portions of the undertaking overlap with the
Plumas National Forest lands.
Ms. Sakowicz
November 15, 2019
Page 2 FERC_2019_0521_001
PG&E has delineated the APE to include the FERC project boundary, including a buffer
of 300-feet around the boundary to account for varying easement widths and the
potential footprint of operations and maintenance activities, which include access,
staging, vegetation management, etc. A graphic illustration of the APE was included
with PG&E's June 4, 2019 letter. As noted July 2, 2019, I found the documentation and
delineation of the APE to be sufficient.
PG&E's efforts to identify built environment historic properties included a records search
and letters to interested historical parties. No responses to the letters have been
received to date. All built environment resources that were determined to be over fifty
years of age were included as part of the Survey Population, and subject to intensive
inventory and evaluation. The records search indicated that one of the ten identified
historic period resources within the Survey Population was previously determined
individually ineligible for the National Register by consensus through the Section 106
process.
PG&E is requesting review and comment on the adequacy of the built environment
identification and evaluation report. Following review of the submitted documentation, I
have the following comments:
• Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.4(b), I find that PG&E has made a reasonable and
good faith effort to identify built environment historic properties within the area of
potential effects.
• Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.4(c)(2), PG&E has determined nine built environment
resources of the Poe Hydroelectric Project—identified as Poe Intake Structure;
Poe Tunnel, Adit 1 and 2; Bardee's Bar Bridge; Poe Access Road; Poe Access
Road Bridge; Poe Surge Tank and Penstock; Poe Powerhouse; Poe Switchyard;
and Big Bend Dam—are not individually eligible for the NRHP. I concur.
• Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.4(c)(2), PG&E has determined the Poe Hydroelectric
System—consisting of these nine built environment resources plus the Poe
Diversion Dam previously determined individually ineligible—is not eligible for
the NRHP as a historic district. I do not concur.
• Please provide comparative analysis to document how the Poe Hydroelectric
System compares to the six developments that preceded it on the watershed,
particularly with regard to extant resources and integrity, and to properties
reflective of PG&E's achievements in hydroelectric generation.
• Please submit the DPR 523 forms for these resources to the appropriate
Information Center for assignment of primary numbers. For future consultations,
OHP requests that primary numbers be assigned to resources prior to consulting
on eligibility.
If you require further information, please contact Associate State Archaeologist Brendon
Greenaway at (916) 445-7036 or at Brandon onn Groonaway parks ca soy or State
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Ms. Sakowicz
November 15, 2019
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Respectfully,
Julianne Polanco
State Historic Preservation Officer