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Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Dam Safety Compliance Report submitted in FERC P-619-000 by Pacific Gas and Electric
Company,et al.
Date:Friday, September 23, 2022 8:53:44 AM
Please see Board Correspondence below.
Shaina Paulsen
Associate Clerk of The Board
Butte County Administration
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On 9/23/2022, 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 & Electric Company
Filing Type: Dam Safety Compliance Report
Description: Pacific Gas and Electric Company submits Notification of Completion of Recommendation 11 from the
2017 Focused Spillway Assessment for the Bucks Storage Dam, Bucks Creek Hydroelectric Project under P-619.
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Power Generation
245 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Mailing Address:
Mail Code N11D
P.O. Box 770000
San Francisco, CA 94177
September 22, 2022
Via Electronic Submittal (E-File)
Frank L. Blackett, P.E., Regional Engineer
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Division of Dam Safety and Inspections
San Francisco Regional Office
100 First Street, Suite 2300
San Francisco, CA 94105-3084
RE: Bucks Creek Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 619-CA
Bucks Storage Dam, NATDAM No. CA00332
2017 Focused Spillway Assessment – Completion of Recommendation 11
Dear Frank L. Blackett:
This letter reports on the completion of Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) efforts
to complete Recommendation 11 (R-11) from the 2017 focused engineering assessment
of the spillway at Bucks Storage Dam, which is part of PG&E’s Bucks Creek Hydroelectric
Project, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) No. 619. PG&E submitted a copy
of the spillway assessment report to your office on January 2, 2018, and filed a plan and
schedule to address the recommendations from the report on April 21, 2021 , with a
subsequent extension of time request provided to your office on December 30, 2021.
A summary of PG&E’s efforts to complete R-11 is enclosed with this letter (Enclosure 1).
Should you have technical questions concerning this matter, please contact Ben Fontana,
senior dam safety engineer for PG&E, at (530) 762 -9459. For general questions, please
contact Jamie Visinoni, senior license coordinator for PG&E, at (530) 215-6676.
Sincerely,
Robert O. Ellis, P.E., G.E.
Deputy Chief Dam Safety Engineer
Enclosure:
1. Conclusion of PG&E’s Efforts to Address Recommendation 11 from the 2017 Focused
Spillway Assessment Report
Enclosure 1
1
Bucks Creek Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 619 -CA
Bucks Storage Dam, NATDAM No. CA00332
Conclusion of PG&E’s Efforts to Address Recommendation 11 from the
2017 Focused Spillway Assessment Report
Recommendation 11 (R-11) was provided in the 2017 focused engineering assessment
of the spillway at Bucks Storage Dam, which is part of PG&E’s Bucks Creek
Hydroelectric Project, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) No. 619. For
reference, R-11 is copied below, followed by a summary and conclusion regarding
PG&E’s efforts to address the recommendation.
R-11: Repair coatings for spillway flashboard steel members.
PG&E recoated the spillway flashboard steel members in 2022 , as shown in
Photos 1 and 2 below. PG&E believes that R-11 has been satisfactorily
addressed and no further response is necessary.
Photo 1: Recoated flashboard vertical members
Enclosure 1
2
Photo 2: Recoated flashboard crest connection plates