HomeMy WebLinkAbout12.13.19 Email from FERC - Docket P-2017 Poe Hydro Project Ext of Time Request Artilcle 404, Condition No. 26 - Recreation, Enhancement, Const, and Impl. Plan
Enclosure 1
a) Letter to SWRCB dated 11/26/2019 Requesting to
Amend the WQC to provide additional time to complete
various FERC-required plans.
b) Letter to Forest Service dated 11/26/2019
Requesting additional time to complete various FERC-
required plans
Enclosure 2
Letter from Forest Service dated 12/6/2019
approving extension of time request
Enclosure 3
SWRCB Public Notice to Amend WQC
PUBLIC NOTICE FOR
CLEAN WATER ACT 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION AMENDMENT
BEFORE THESTATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD
A request for a water quality certification (certification) amendment for the Poe
Hydroelectric Project (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project No. 2107)was
filed with the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board). Certifications
are issued under section 401of the Clean Water Act.California Code of Regulations,
title 23, section 3858 requires the Executive Director of the State Water Board to
provide public notice of an application at least twenty-one (21) days before taking
certification action on the application. The typical notice period may be shortened in an
emergency. Written questions and/or comments regarding the application should be
directed to Savannah Downey:
By email:
Savannah.Downey@waterboards.ca.gov
or
By mail:
State Water Resources Control Board
Division of Water Rights – Water Quality Certification Program
Attn: Savannah Downey
P.O. Box 2000
Sacramento, CA 95812-2000
RECEIVED: November 26, 2019
PROJECT: Poe Hydroelectric Project
APPLICANT: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
CONTACT: Steve Bauman
COUNTY: Butte County
PUBLIC NOTICE: December 4, 2019
PROJECT STATUS: Pending
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION:The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has
requested an amendment to the Poe Hydroelectric Project (Project; Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission \[FERC\] Project No. 2107) water quality certification
(certification). The Project certification currently requires PG&E to submit management
plans to the Deputy Director of the Division of Water Rights for review and approval
within one year of FERC license issuance (by December 17, 2019). The proposed
amendment would extend the one-yearsubmissiondeadline by three, six, or twelve
months for the following management plans:
Three-month Extension (March 31, 2020):
o Sediment Management Plan (Condition 4);
o Amphibian Monitoring Plan (Condition 9);
o Riparian Monitoring Plan (Condition 11); and
o Tributary Access Monitoring Plan (Condition 13);
Six-month Extension (June 31, 2020):
o Recreation Management Plan (Condition 8); and
o Road Management Plan (Condition 12); and
Twelve-month Extension (December 31, 2020):
o Long-Term Ramping Rate Plan (Condition 5); and
o Bardees Bar Tunnel Spoil Pile Revegetation Plan (Condition 15).
PG&E is developing management plans in consultation with State Water Board staff,
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States Department of Agriculture –
Forest Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Butte County, Plumas County,
American Whitewater, and California Sportfishing Protection Alliance.
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