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Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Supplemental/Additional Information submitted in FERC P-619-000 by Pacific Gas and Electric Company,et al.
Date:Wednesday, October 14, 2020 1:05:45 PM
Good afternoon,
Please see the email below from FERC.
Amy Schuman
Associate Clerk of the Board
Butte County Administration
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On 10/14/2020, the following Filing was submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington D.C.:
Filer: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
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Docket(s): P-619-000
Lead Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Filing Type: Supplemental/Additional Information
Description: Request of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Bucks Creek-Grizzly Hydro Project, Re: Recover Abandoned Historic-Era Steam Boiler from Lower Bucks
Lakebed, Plumas County under P-619.
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October 14, 2020
Via Electronic Submittal E-File
Ms. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street NE
Washington, DC 20426
RE: Bucks Creek-Grizzly Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 619
Recover Abandoned Historic-Era Steam Boiler from Lower Bucks Lakebed,
Plumas County
ENCLOSURES CONTAIN PRIVILEGED
INFORMATION (CUI/PRIV) DO NOT RELEASE
Dear Secretary Bose:
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) plans to recover an abandoned historic-era
steam boiler from Lower Bucks Lakebed this fall. Lower Bucks Lake is
Bucks Creek Hydroelectric Project, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Project No. 619.
In support of
Bucks Lake, reservoir levels were lowered, exposing a suspected historic-era boiler. This
summer, PG&E performed an investigation and recorded the item (Enclosure 1).
PG&E is working with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) on the steam boiler removal and a
future display plan. The USFS has taken the lead, and on September 25, 2020, initiated
consultation as described in Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act with the
California State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) on the Recover Abandoned Historic-
Era Steam Boiler Project. Please find enclosed the SHPO concurrence letter dated
October 9, 2020, which concurs with the recommendation that the steam boiler is not
eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (Enclosure 2).
The plan for relocation is to have an excavator track in along the current Lower Bucks
bypass route and contour down to the boiler (see attached project figure, Enclosure 3). No
improvement to (blading/grading) nor deposition of fill material is proposed for the
excavator access route as it will travel overland to the boiler location. The boiler is about
30% buried in sand, which will be hand excavated away by archaeologists. Once the
Ms. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary
October 14, 2020
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boiler is exposed, the boiler will be lifted up out of the lakebed and tracked out to the
adjacent upland and access road by rigging attached to the excavator bucket.
In addition to the USFS consultation with SHPO, PG&E has consulted with the California
Regional Water Quality Control Board, the U.S. Army Corps and the Plumas National
Forest. All agencies are supportive of the project moving forward and agree this recovery
activity will not result in discharge of fill or dredge material into Waters of the US; see
consultation record (Enclosure 4).
cultural resources specialist, Mr. Jim Nelson,
at (530) 228-3152, license coordinator, Jamie Visinoni, at (530) 215-6676.
Sincerely,
Elisabeth Rossi
Supervisor, Hydro Licensing
Enclosures: CONTAIN CUI/PRIV DO NOT RELEASE
1) Record DPR-A
2) SHPO Concurrence
3) Project figure
4) Agency consultation record