HomeMy WebLinkAbout01.08.20 Email from FERC - Order Granting Ext of Time to File Fire Prevention Response, and Investigation Plan Pursuant to Article 401 RE PGE under P-2107
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Pacific Gas and Electric Company Project No. 2107-016
ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE FIRE PREVENTION,
RESPONSE, AND INVESTIGATION PLAN PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 401
(Issued January 8, 2020)
1. On December 12, 2019, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, licensee for the Poe
Hydroelectric Project No. 2107, filed a request for an extension of time to file a Fire
Prevention, Response, and Investigation Plan, pursuant to Article 401 of the project
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license. The project is located on the North Fork Feather River in Butte County,
California. The project occupies, in part, federal lands administered by the U. S. Forest
Service (Forest Service).
2. On December 17, 2018, the Commission issued a new license for the project.
Article 401 requires the licensee to file for Commission approval various plans that are
section 401 water quality certificate (WQC) and Forest Service section 4(e) conditions.
4(e) condition 7 requires the licensee to file a Fire Prevention, Response, and
Investigation Plan within one year of license issuance.
3. The plan was to be filed within the Commission on or before December 17, 2019.
The licensee states that it is currently consulting with the Forest Service and additional
time is required to complete the consultation and obtain approval of the plan from the
Forest Service. The licensee therefore requests an extension until March 31, 2020 to file
request for an extension of time from the Forest Service, as well as the Forest Service
approval of the extension request.
4. Fire Prevention, Response,
and Investigation Plan would allow additional time for the licensee to consult with the
Forest Service and obtain their approval of the plan prior to filing it with the Commission
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Order Issuing New License (165 FERC ¶ 62,172), issued December 17, 2018.
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Project No. 2107-016-2 -
for approval by March 31,
file the plan should be extended to March 31, 2020.
The Director orders:
(A) , filed on December 12, 2019,
to extend the due date to file a Fire Prevention, Response, and Investigation Plan, for the
Poe Hydroelectric Project No. 2107, is approved. The due date to file the plan is
extended to March 31, 2020.
(B) This order constitutes final agency action. Any party may file a request for
rehearing of this order within 30 days from the date of its issuance, as provided in section
313(a) of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. § 825l (2018
regulations at 18 C.F.R. § 385.713 (2019). The filing of a request for rehearing does not
operate as a stay of the effective date of this order, or of any other date specified in this
this order.
Robert J. Fletcher
Land Resources Branch
Division of Hydropower Administration
and Compliance