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Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Government Agency Submittal submitted in FERC P-619-000 by California State Historic Perservation Office,et al.
Date:Friday, April 16, 2021 9:12:48 AM
Please see the below correspondence.
Ashley N. Snyder
Assistant Clerk of the Board
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
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On 4/16/2021, 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-619-000
Lead Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Filing Type: Government Agency Submittal
Description: Comments of California State Historic Preservation Office 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
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April 15, 2021
In reply refer to: FERC_2021_0323_001
Ms. Kathleen Forrest
Senior Cultural Resources Specialist
Environmental Planning and Permitting
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
2730 Gateway Oaks, Suite 220
Sacramento, CA 95833
Via Email
RE: Section 106 Consultation—PG&E Haskins Valley Boat Ramp Replacement (Bucks
Creek Hydroelectric Project, No. 619), Plumas County
Dear Ms. Forrest,
The State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) is in receipt of your consultation letter
dated March 23, 2021 regarding the above referenced project. The 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. By letter dated February 22, 2021 (included with your submittal), the Army
Corps of Engineers, also responsible for issuing a permit for the project, has designated
the FERC as the lead federal agency responsible for consultation under Section 106.
The project includes demolition and removal of the Haskins Valley Boat Ramp on Bucks
Lake, construction of a concrete mat replacement boat ramp, and construction of new
pavement on the access road, turnaround, and parking areas. Rock slope protection
will be added along the road and boat ramp at the water’s edge. Additional activities
include minor vegetation clearing and grubbing, drainage improvements (new concrete
swale, replacement of culvert and headwall, new rock-lined ditch), parking lot paving,
and dewatering of the construction area.
The Area of Potential Effects (APE), depicted in Attachment 3, includes the project area
to a depth of six feet as well as an off-site staging area for which no improvements are
necessary and no ground disturbance is anticipated. Historic property identification
efforts included a records search of the APE; previous pedestrian survey performed
during the 2015 relicensing of the Bucks Creek Hydroelectric Project was relied on to
Ms. Kathleen ForrestFERC_2021_0323_001
April 15, 2021
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inform on thepresence of additional resources. Present within the APE is the National
Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibleBucks Creek Hydroelectric Historic District
(Criteria A and C), for which the Bucks Lake Dam is a contributor and Bucks Lake itself
is a character-defining feature.
Consultation with Native American Indian Tribes has been ongoing in support of the
relicensing for the Bucks Creek Hydroelectric Project. No significant places have been
identified in the APE thus far and no additional consultation was initiated for this
undertaking.
PG&E applied the criteria of adverse effect at 36 CFR § 800.5(a)(1) and determined that
the undertaking will not adversely affect Bucks Lake, Bucks Lake Dam, or the Bucks
Creek Hydroelectric Historic District and the project activities are consistent with the
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, specifically
the Standards for Rehabilitation.
Currently PG&E is seeking SHPO comments on the following:
The appropriateness of the Area of Potential Effects (APE) pursuant to 36 CFR §
800.4(a)(1);
The adequacy of historic property identification efforts in accordance with 36
CFR § 800.4(b);
The finding of no adverse effects pursuant to 36 CFR § 800.5(b)
Following review of your submittal, I offer the following comments:
Pursuant to 36 CFR § 800.4(a)(1), I find the APE as defined to be appropriately
defined;
Pursuant to 36 CFR § 800.4(b), I find the efforts to identify historic properties to
be reasonable and in good faith;
Pursuant to 36 CFR § 800.5(b) I do not object to a finding of no adverse effects;
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