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Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Project Operations Compliance Report submitted in FERC P-2107-000 by Pacific Gas
and Electric Company,et al.
Date:Wednesday, March 10, 2021 2:38:22 PM
Good Afternoon,
Please see Board Correspondence from FERC below.
Thanks
Shaina Paulsen
Administrative Assistant, Senior
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200
Oroville, CA 95969
T: 530.552.3304 | F: 530.538.7120
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On 3/10/2021, the following Filing was submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),
Washington D.C.:
Filer: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
PGE (as Agent)
Docket(s): P-2107-000
Lead Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Filing Type: Project Operations Compliance Report
Description: Pacific Gas and Electric Company submits Tributary Access Monitoring Plan & Documentation of
Consultation for the Poe Hydroelectric Project under P-2107.
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Ms. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary
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Subject: Poe Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2107-CA
Tributary Access Monitoring Plan Documentation of Consultation
Dear Secretary Bose:
In a letter dated July 23, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
approved the Tributary Access Monitoring Plan (Plan) for Pacific Gas and Electric
Compa-2107). In ordering Paragraph B,
FERC directed PG&E to file documentation of consultation with the resource agencies
on whether to collect data during a given year and notification of when the annual field
data collection is to begin. This notification must be filed with the Commission by
December 31, annually, until such time that the determination occurs. PG&E and the
agencies have made this determination completing this requirement, please see
discussion below.
PG&E held a meeting on December 11, 2020 with the Forest Service and State Water
Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to consult annually by December 31st to request
updates on the progress of CalTrans improvements at the mouth of Mill Creek and
conditions at Flea Valley Creek to determine if tributary access monitoring should begin
in 2021. Due to ongoing Caltrans construction work at Mill Creek that is scheduled to be
completed in June of 2021, PG&E, Forest Service, and SWRCB agreed that tributary
access monitoring will be postponed until 2022. Waiting until 2022 will allow the first
monitoring year to be fully complete (Monitoring will occur in March, June, August, and
October) and will allow the improvements at Mill Creek to endure a winter of higher
flows before the first year data collection would begin. PG&E will submit the first annual
observation monitoring report to FERC by March 31, 2023.
PG&E followed up with an email on December 24, 2020, documenting this consultation
with additional resource agencies. Additional concurrence was received from the
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS) and is included as Enclosure 1.
Ms. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary
March 10, 2021
Page 2
Coordinator, Mr. Matthew Joseph, at 530-889-3276 or at Matthew.Joseph@pge.com.
Sincerely,
Teri Smyly
Manager, FERC Compliance
Enclosure
1. Documentation of agency consultation
Enclosure 1
Agency Consultation
From:Lose, Sarah@Wildlife
To:Joseph, Matthew; Lind, Amy -FS; Downey, Savannah@Waterboards; Reyes, Catalina; Pope, Jackie;
Aondrea_Bartoo@fws.gov; Lawson, Beth@Wildlife
Cc:Visinoni, Jamie
Subject:RE: Poe Tributary Access Monitoring Plan Consultation
Date:Thursday, January 07, 2021 1:36:06 PM
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Thank you for the update Matt. CDFW concurs with this schedule.
Sarah C. Lose
Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist)
CA. Dept of Fish and Wildlife/North Central Region
Water Program-FERC Coordinator
1701 Nimbus Rd.
Rancho Cordova, CA. 95670
(916) 747-5226: cell
From: Joseph, Matthew <MWJA@pge.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2020 6:38 AM
To: Lind, Amy -FS <amy.lind@usda.gov>; Downey, Savannah@Waterboards
<Savannah.Downey@Waterboards.ca.gov>; Reyes, Catalina <CERh@pge.com>; Pope, Jackie
<JHPL@pge.com>; Aondrea_Bartoo@fws.gov; Lose, Sarah@Wildlife <Sarah.Lose@wildlife.ca.gov>;
Lawson, Beth@Wildlife <Beth.Lawson@wildlife.ca.gov>
Cc: Visinoni, Jamie <JNVS@pge.com>
Subject: RE: Poe Tributary Access Monitoring Plan Consultation
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Hello,
PG&E held a meeting on December 11, 2020 with the Forest Service and State Water Resources
st
Control Board (SWRCB) to consult annually by December 31 to request updates if progress of
improvements at the mouth of Mill Creek and conditions at Flea Valley Creek to determine if
tributary access monitoring should begin in 2021. Due to ongoing Caltrans construction work at Mill
Creek that is scheduled to be completed in June of 2021, PG&E, Forest Service, and SWRCB decided
that tributary access monitoring will be postponed until 2022. Waiting until 2022 will allow the first
monitoring year to be fully complete (Monitoring will occur in March, June, August, and October)
and will allow the improvements at Mill Creek to endure a winter of higher flows and get settled. In
addition, PG&E was able to install the stage pin and take some initial photos of Flea Valley Creek in
November, 2020. The ongoing construction at Mill Creek did not allow us to take any photos this
year. PG&E is required to install stage pins and take initial drone photos at both sites in 2020 prior to
monitoring. When you have a chance, please respond with a concurrence email that will document
that it is understood that tributary access monitoring will begin in 2022. There is no requirement in
the plan to update FERC of the schedule, so this email communication will serve as documentation
of consultation that we will all keep with our records. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Happy Holidays!
Thanks,
Matt
Matthew Joseph
Senior License Coordinator
Power Generation – Hydro License Management
530-889-3276
From:Bartoo, Aondrea
To:Joseph, Matthew; Lind, Amy -FS; Downey, Savannah@Waterboards; Reyes, Catalina; Pope, Jackie; Lose,
Sarah@Wildlife; Lawson, Beth@Wildlife
Cc:Visinoni, Jamie
Subject:Re: \[EXTERNAL\] RE: Poe Tributary Access Monitoring Plan Consultation
Date:Friday, January 08, 2021 7:58:02 AM
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USFWS concurs with the schedule outlined by PG&E for tributary monitoring for Poe.
My apologies for not responding sooner and thank you to Sarah for your response which gave
me the reminder!
A. Leigh Bartoo
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Bay-Delta Fish and Wildlife Office
650 Capitol Mall, Suite 8-300
Sacramento, California 95814
916-930-5621
From: Joseph, Matthew <MWJA@pge.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2020 6:37 AM
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<Savannah.Downey@Waterboards.ca.gov>; Reyes, Catalina <CERh@pge.com>; Pope, Jackie
<JHPL@pge.com>; Bartoo, Aondrea <aondrea_bartoo@fws.gov>; Lose, Sarah@Wildlife
<sarah.lose@wildlife.ca.gov>; Lawson, Beth@Wildlife <beth.lawson@wildlife.ca.gov>
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Subject: \[EXTERNAL\] RE: Poe Tributary Access Monitoring Plan Consultation
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Hello,
PG&E held a meeting on December 11, 2020 with the Forest Service and State Water Resources
st
Control Board (SWRCB) to consult annually by December 31 to request updates if progress of
improvements at the mouth of Mill Creek and conditions at Flea Valley Creek to determine if
tributary access monitoring should begin in 2021. Due to ongoing Caltrans construction work at Mill
Creek that is scheduled to be completed in June of 2021, PG&E, Forest Service, and SWRCB decided
that tributary access monitoring will be postponed until 2022. Waiting until 2022 will allow the first
monitoring year to be fully complete (Monitoring will occur in March, June, August, and October)
and will allow the improvements at Mill Creek to endure a winter of higher flows and get settled. In
addition, PG&E was able to install the stage pin and take some initial photos of Flea Valley Creek in
November, 2020. The ongoing construction at Mill Creek did not allow us to take any photos this
year. PG&E is required to install stage pins and take initial drone photos at both sites in 2020 prior to
monitoring. When you have a chance, please respond with a concurrence email that will document
that it is understood that tributary access monitoring will begin in 2022. There is no requirement in
the plan to update FERC of the schedule, so this email communication will serve as documentation
of consultation that we will all keep with our records. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Happy Holidays!
Thanks,
Matt
Matthew Joseph
Senior License Coordinator
Power Generation – Hydro License Management
530-889-3276