HomeMy WebLinkAbout07.06.21 Board Correspondence - Emergency Action Plan submitted in FERC P-1354-000,et al. by Pacific Gas and Electric Company,et al.
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Subject:Board Correspondence - Emergency Action Plan submitted in FERC P-1354-000,et al. by Pacific Gas and Electric Company,et al.
Date:Tuesday, July 6, 2021 2:02:09 PM
Please see below correspondence.
Kayla Reaster, MBA, MAED
Associate Clerk of the Board
Butte County Administration
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On 7/6/2021, the following Filing was submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington D.C.:
Filer: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (as Agent)
Docket(s): P-1354-000
P-175-000
P-1962-001
P-1988-000
P-2130-000
P-2155-001
P-2310-000
P-233-000
P-2687-000
P-619-000
Lead Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Filing Type: Emergency Action Plan
Description: Pacific Gas and Electric Company submits 2019 Annual Emergency Action Plan Status Reports for Balch Hydroelectric Project, et al under P-175, et al.
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July 6, 2021
Via Electronic Submittal (E-File)
Frank Blackett, P.E., Regional Engineer
San Francisco Regional Office
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
100 First Street, Suite 2300
San Francisco, CA 94105-3084
RE: 2019 Annual Emergency Action Plan Status Reports
Balch Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 175
Pit 3, 4, and 5 Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 233
Bucks Creek Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 619
Crane Valley Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 1354
Rock Creek-Cresta Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 1962
Haas-Kings River Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 1988
Spring Gap-Stanislaus Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2130
Chili Bar Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2155
Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2310
Pit 1 Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2687
Dear Frank Blackett:
This letter is in response to your letter, dated May 20, 2021, regarding Pacific Gas and
plan and schedule for early warning technologies for time
sensitive dams. For reference, follow-up items from your letter are summarized below,
1) In view of the limited warning time available to the potential population at risk,
particularly if the dams were to fail under sunny day conditions, PG&E should
submit justification of the scheduled dates for installing sirens downstream of the
dams.
PG&E performed a review of the dams where early warning technologies, such as
sirens, could potentially improve emergency response time. Installation of sirens
requires a multi-year capital project that includes engineering, project management,
possible permitting and construction. We grouped the dams by watershed and
assigned a priority for each dam based on consequence of failure. The watershed
with the most high priority dams was the Drum watershed and it was selected to
serve as a pilot watershed to begin the project implementation. In 2021, the plan is
Frank L. Blackett, P.E., Regional Engineer
July 6, 2021
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for standards for installation and scoping to occur. In 2022, engineering design and
permitting will be performed, and in 2023 construction will take place. The plan and
schedule have been developed for each watershed to follow this 3-year cycle of
scoping, design/permitting and construction, with the watershed priority based on
the accumulative priority of the dams within each watershed.
PG&E also notes that in addition to the plans for siren installation, we have taken
measures for public education and preparedness by installing public safety signage
in the downstream reaches, sent annual mailers to residents below time sensitive
dams and installed posters at recreation sites for time sensitive sites.
Sincerely,
Andrew Hagen
EAP Coordinator - Principal, Public Safety Specialist