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Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Request for Additional Information issued in FERC P-7242-000
Date:Thursday, December 3, 2020 9:52:19 AM
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
O: 530.552.3300 |D: 530.552.3308 | F: 530.538.7120
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Subject: Request for Additional Information issued in FERC P-7242-000
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On 12/3/2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington D.C., issued this document:
Docket(s): P-7242-000
Lead Applicant: STS Hydropower Ltd.
Filing Type: Request for Additional Information
General Correspondence
Description: Letter requesting Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC to file a surrender application within 60 days for the Kanaka Project under P-7242.
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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY PROJECTS
Project No.7242-000—California
Kanaka Project
STS Hydropower, LLC
December 3, 2020
VIA FERC Service
Jody Smet
Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC
116 N. State Street
PO Box 167
Neshkoro, WI 54960-0167
Subject: Request to file a surrender application
Dear Mr. Smet:
The Commission issued the Order Issuing License for the Kanaka Project No.
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7242 (project) on August 15, 1985.The project is located on Sucker Run Creek, a
tributary of the South Fork Feather River, in Butte County, California. The project
consists of a diversion structure across Sucker Run Creek, a 4,960-foot-long
pipeline/penstock, a powerhouse with an installed capacity of 1.12 megawatt, and an 850-
foot-long transmission line.
By letter submitted May 20, 2020, you stated that the project has been destroyed
by wildfire and you have no intention of restoring the project. Within 60 days of the date
of this letter, you must file a plan and schedule with the Commission to surrender of your
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license.
Any surrender application filed with the Commission must be in accordance with
section 6.1 of the Commission’s regulations, and include: (1) a decommissioning plan
describing the planned disposition of project facilities; (2) an environmental report that
describes the existing environment in the project area; (3) a description of any
environmental effects that are expected to occur upon surrender and any measures that
would be taken to mitigate those effects; (4) a schedule for surrendering of the project
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Television Communications, Inc. 82 FERC ¶ 62,883 (1985).
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See 18 CFR Part 6-Application for surrender, § 6.1.
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and implementing any proposed measures; (5) documentation of consultation with
relevant federal and state agencies and other interested parties; and (6) your response to
any comments received on the surrender application. Guidance for submitting surrender
applications is available at https://www.ferc.gov/industries-
data/hydropower/administration-and-compliance/how-surrender-license-or-exemption.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file the requested
information using the Commission’s eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-
filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In
lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S.
Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket number P-7242-000.
Thank you for your cooperation. If you have any questions regarding this matter,
please contact David Rudisail at (202) 502-6376 or david.rudisail@ferc.gov.
Sincerely,
Kim A. Nguyen, Chief
Environmental and Project Review Branch
Division of Hydropower Administration
and Compliance
Cc: VIA Electronic Mail
Ryan Schoolmeesters
STS Hydropower, LLC
Ryan.schoolmeesters@eaglecreekre.com