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Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Motion/Notice of Intervention submitted in FERC P-803-122 by California
Department of Fish and Wildlife,et al.
Date:Friday, June 14, 2024 4:25:11 PM
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On 6/14/2024, the following Filing was submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),
Washington D.C.:
Filer: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (as Agent)
Docket(s): P-803-122
Lead Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Filing Type: Motion/Notice of Intervention
Description: (doc-less) Motion to Intervene of California Department of Fish and Wildlife under P-803.
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Submission Description: (doc-less) Motion to Intervene of California
Department of Fish and Wildlife under P-803-122.The licensee requests a
temporary variance of the instantaneous minimum flow requirements in the West
Branch Feather River below the Hendricks Head Dam and in Philbrook Creek
Submission Date: 6/14/2024 4:50:24 PM
Filed Date: 6/14/2024 4:50:24 PM
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P-803-122 Request for temporary flow variance
Filing Party/Contacts:
Filing Party Signer (Representative)
Other Contact (Principal)
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife michael.maher@wildlife.ca.gov
Basis for Intervening:
The licensee requests a temporary variance of the instantaneous minimum flow
requirements in the West Branch Feather River below the Hendricks Head Dam
and in Philbrook Creek below Philbrook Reservoir to be averaged over 48
hours. Specifically, the licensee requests that the instantaneous normal and
dry year minimum flow requirements: (1) in the West Branch Feather River, of
15 or 7 cubic feet per second (cfs), respectively, be temporarily modified to
water year types), be temporarily modified to between 1 and 2 cfs over 48
hours. The licensee proposes to execute these changes as soon as the
Commission grants approval until September 30, 2024. The licensee states
that the temporary variance would maximize the delivery of flows released
from Philbrook to Butte Creek by eliminating the need to release additional
always met. The proposed variance would help preserve cold water storage in
Philbrook Reservoir, increase flow to Butte Creek via the Hendricks Canal,
and decrease water residence time in the DeSabla Forebay, thus providing
additional water to Butte Creek during the hot summer months to minimize high
temperature effects to Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon, and to
their holding period when the situation is most critical. Decisions on when
and how to implement variance flows, as well as any changes under the
licensee staff, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, National Marine
Fisheries Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is the trustee for the
State of California's fish and wildlife resources with jurisdiction over the
conservation, protection, and management of fish, wildlife, native plants,
and the habitat necessary for biologically sustainable populations of those
species. (Fish & G. Code, §§ 711.7, 1802.) The proposed project involves
the potential to affect species and associated habitat that is important to
the State of California's policy to preserve, conserve, and maintain the
state's fish and wildlife resources (Fish & G. Code, § 1801.). CDFW
therefore respectfully requests that the Commission grant CDFW's motion for
intervention.
Document Accession #: 20240614-5199 Filed Date: 06/14/2024
Document Content(s)
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Document Accession #: 20240614-5199 Filed Date: 06/14/2024