HomeMy WebLinkAbout01.08.20 Email from FERC - Order Granting Ext of Time to File Riparian Monitoring 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 RIPARIAN
MONITORING PLAN PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 401
(Issued January 8, 2020)
1. On December 13, 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 Riparian
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Monitoring Plan pursuant to Article 401 of the project 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.
WQC condition 11 requires the licensee to file a Riparian Monitoring 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 California SWRCB on the plan
and additional time is required to complete the consultation and obtain approval of the
plan. The licensee therefore requests an extension until March 31, 2020 to file the plan
an extension of time with the California SWRCB. Due to a public notice requirement,
the California SWRCB has not responded to the l.
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would allow additional time for the licensee to consult with the California SWRCB and
obtain their approval of the plan prior to filing it with the Commission for approval by
March 31,
should be extended to March 31, 2020.
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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 -
The Director orders:
(A) , filed on December 13, 2019,
to extend the due date to file a Riparian Monitoring 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