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Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Comment on Filing submitted in FERC P-619-005 by California State Historic
Perservation Office,et al.
Date:Monday, March 15, 2021 8:38:20 AM
Good Morning,
Please see Board Correspondence below from FERC.
Shaina Paulsen
Administrative Assistant, Senior
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200
Oroville, CA 95969
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On 3/12/2021, the following Filing was submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),
Washington D.C.:
Filer: California State Historic Perservation Office
California Office of Historic Preservation (as Agent)
Docket(s): P-619-005
Lead Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Filing Type: Comment on Filing
Description: California State Historic Preservation Office submits Comments Regarding Pacific Gas and Electric
Company's Request for Permission to Address Several Access and Safety Issues Identified under P-619.
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DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Armando Quintero, Director
OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Julianne Polanco, State Historic Preservation Officer
1725 23rd Street, Suite 100, Sacramento, CA 95816-7100
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March 12, 2021
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In reply refer to: FERC_2021_0226_001
Ms. Arran Bell
Cultural Resources Specialist
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
2730 Gateway Oaks, Suite 220
Sacramento, CA 95833
RE: Grizzly Forebay Dam Access Improvements Project, Bucks Creek Hydroelectric
Project (FERC No. 619)
Dear Ms. Bell,
The State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) is in receipt of your consultation letter
dated February 26, 2021 regarding the above referenced project. Pacific Gas and
Electric Company (PG&E) consults on behalf of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
of 1966 (54 U.S.C. § 300101), as amended, and its implementing regulation found at 36
CFR § 800.
PG&E seeks permission from the FERC (Undertaking) to address several access and
safety issues it has identified. PG&E proposes to replace stairways and concrete
anchor blocks, extend concrete landings, remove vegetation, improve paths, grade
stairs, level footpaths, modify and reinstall an existing ladder while adding chain across
itand constructing a landing at the bottom of it, install graded stairs, and add a pipe rail
guard rail that matches an existing guard rail.
PG&E has defined the Area of Potential Effects (APE) to include the project area and all
staging, laydown, and access. Present within the APE is the Bucks Creek Hydroelectric
System Historic District, eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places
(NRHP) under Criteria A and C with a period of significance from 1925-1928.
PG&E, on behalf of the FERC has determined that the Undertaking will not cause
adverse effects to historic properties because the Project would not alter any of the
character-defining features of the historic property.
Ms. Arran BellFERC_2021_0226_001
March 12, 2021
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Following review of your submittal, I offer the following comments:
Pursuant to 36 CFR § 800.4(a)(1), I do not object to the APE as defined;
Pursuant to 36 CFR § 800.4(b)(1), I find the efforts to identify historic
properties within the APE to be reasonable and in good faith;
Pursuant to 36 CFR § 800.5(d)(2), I do not object to a finding of no
adverse effects to historic properties;
In the event of a post-review discovery, PG&E on behalf of the FERC
might have additional responsibilities pursuant to 36 CFR 800.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Associate State Archaeologist
Brendon Greenaway at Brendon.Greenaway@parks.ca.gov.
Sincerely,
Julianne Polanco
State Historic Preservation Officer