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From:Schuman, Amy
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Subject:FW: Delegated Order issued in FERC P-2107-021
Date:Monday, March 9, 2020 12:10:37 PM
Good afternoon,
Please see the email below from FERC.
Amy Schuman
Associate Clerk of the Board
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
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On 3/9/2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington D.C., issued this document:
Docket(s): P-2107-021
Lead Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Filing Type: Delegated Order
Description: Order Granting Extension of Time Pursuant to Article 407 re Pacific Gas and Electric Company
under P-2107.
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UNITEDSTATES OF AMERICA
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Pacific Gas and Electric CompanyProject No.2107-021
ORDER GRANTING EXTENSIONOF TIME PURSUANT TOARTICLE 407
(IssuedMarch 9, 2020)
1.OnFebruary 3, 2020,Pacific Gas and Electric Company, licensee for the Poe
Hydroelectric Project No. 2107, filed asecondextension of timerequest pursuant tothe
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Commission’s April 18, 2019 Order Granting Rehearing(rehearing order).Theproject
islocated on the North Fork Feather River, just upstream of Lake Oroville, near the
Town of Pulga, in Butte County, California. The project occupies 144 acres of federal
land within the Plumas National Forest administered by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service.
2.The Commission’s rehearing order added Article 407to the license.Article 407
requires the licenseeto conductwithin 9 months of license issuance, a feasibility study on
improving an existingabandoned trail between Bardees Bar and the Poe powerhouse road
and compare the results of this study withthe information provided in the licensee’s
September 2006feasibility report on modifying the abandoned construction road,
upstream of Bardees Bar,for use as a trail; and if feasible, based on the results of the
study, include in the Recreation Plan a schedule for constructingan all-weather hiking
trail in one of the twolocations.
3.On September 17, 2019, the licensee filed thefirst extension of time request to
complete the feasibility studyand to develop alternatives to the repair and long-term
maintenance of Bardees Bar Road and a schedule for construction the trail, ifdetermined
to be feasible. Commission staff subsequently granted the request in an order dated
October 22, 2019,which extendedthe deadline to file the results of the feasibility study
with the Commission to January 31, 2020. The October 22, 2019 order also extended the
deadlinefordeveloping alternativesto the repair and long-term maintenance of Bardees
Bar Road and a schedule for constructing the trail, if determined to be feasible, to
July31, 2020.
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167FERC ¶ 61,047 (2019).
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4.The licensee states in its February 3, 2020 filing thatButte County Resource
Conservation District had not provided the draft study until November 11, 2019, since
additional time was needed to refine estimated construction costs. The licensee provided
an electronic copy of the draft feasibility study to stakeholders on December 9, 2019 and
subsequently received comments on the study. The licensee states thatit needs additional
time toaddressthese commentsandtoconsult with stakeholders. Additionally, the
licensee states that it discoveredinadequacies with respect to the preliminary cost
estimatesincludedin the draft study, and that it needs to initiate an additional estimation
process.
5.The licensee requests that the due date to file the final feasibility study withthe
Commission be extended to correspond with the previously extended due date established
in the October 22, 2019 order forfilinga schedule for constructing the trail ifthe trailis
determined to be feasible (i.e., July31,2020).The licensee states that, in a meeting with
stakeholders on January 23, 2020, the stakeholders voiced support for an extension of
time request to complete and incorporate an adequate estimation of permitting costsand
that they requested additional time tocomment on the final recommendation regarding
thefeasibility of the trail, including appropriate cost estimates, before it is submitted to
the Commission.
6.Thelicensee’srequestis justified and reasonable and is supported by the necessary
stakeholders.Therefore, the request should be approved.
The Director orders:
(A)Pacific Gas and Electric Company’ssecond requestto extend the deadline
tofilethe trail feasibility studyfor the Poe Hydroelectric Project No.2107,filed on
February 3, 2020,pursuant to Article 407of the Order Granting Rehearing,is approved.
The deadlineto(1)filethe resultsof the feasibility studyand comparisons to the 2006
study; and (2)develop alternatives to the repair and long-term maintenance of Bardees
Bar Road and a schedule for constructing the trail, if determined to be feasible, is
July31,2020.If determined to be feasible, the schedule for constructing the trail must be
filed as an addendum to the Recreation Plan.
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(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
section313(a) of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. § 825l(2018), and the Commission’s
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
order.The licensee’sfailure to file a request for rehearing shall constitute acceptance of
this order.
Robert J. Fletcher
Land Resources Branch
Division of HydropowerAdministration
and Compliance