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Home My WebLink About12.12.25 Board Correspondence - FW_ Compliance Directives issued in FERC P-2088-000From:Clerk of the Board To:Clerk of the Board; Connelly, Bill; Cook, Holly; Cook, Robin; Durfee, Peter; Jessee, Meegan; Kimmelshue, Tod; Kitts, Melissa; Krater, Sharleen; Lee, Lewis; Little, Melissa; Pickett, Andy; Ritter, Tami; Stephens, Brad J.; Sweeney, Kathleen; Teeter, Doug; Zepeda, Elizabeth Cc:Nuzum, Danielle; Loeser, Kamie Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Compliance Directives issued in FERC P-2088-000 Date:Friday, December 12, 2025 8:21:47 AM Please see Board Correspondence - -----Original Message----- From: 'FERC eSubscription' <eSubscription@ferc.gov> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2025 8:06 AM Subject: Compliance Directives issued in FERC P-2088-000 .ATTENTION: This message originated from outside Butte County. Please exercise judgment before opening attachments, clicking on links, or replying.. On 12/12/2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington D.C., issued this document: Docket(s): P-2088-000 Lead Applicant: South Feather Water & Power Agency Filing Type: Compliance Directives General Correspondence Delegated Order Description: Letter in response to filing of the Part 12D Inspection Plan and Independent Consultant Team Proposal for the 2026 Comprehensive Assessment of Miners Ranch Development of the South Feather Power Project, under P-2088. To view the document for this Issuance, click here https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/filelist? accession_num=20251212-3020__;!!KNMwiTCp4spf!C5NLhEoS8OD8fWJ6RmzWPiABTkAPzkTZ- -94KeCRMJ8i7buBGAdWMUj2VCTASrnFdPmvUY0Q_q8uHkU7x1QBQHAl8KBTwhd3k450$ To modify your subscriptions, click here: -94KeCRMJ8i7buBGAdWMUj2VCTASrnFdPmvUY0Q_q8uHkU7x1QBQHAl8KBTwgSCXYmU$ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please do not respond to this email. 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Comments and Suggestions can be sent to this email address: mailto:FERCOnlineSupport@Ferc.gov FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Energy Projects Division of Dam Safety and Inspections 888 First Street, NE Routing Code: PJ-13 Washington, DC 20426 (202) 502-6314 Office December 12, 2025 In reply refer to: P-2088 VIA FERC Service Mr. Rath Moseley General Manager South Feather Water & Power Agency 2310 Oro-Quincy Hwy Oroville, CA 95966-5226 Subject: Part 12D Inspection Plan and IC Team Proposal, 2026 Comprehensive Assessment, Miners Ranch Development Dear Mr. Moseley: This letter is to acknowledge your November 6, 2025, letter transmitting the Part 12D Inspection Plan and Independent Consultant Team (IC Team) proposal (collectively, the Inspection Plan) for the 2026 Comprehensive Assessment (CA) of Miners Ranch Development of South Feather Power Project, FERC No. 2088. We have reviewed the Inspection Plan and have the following comments that require additional detail to fulfill the expectations as outlined in Chapter 16 of the Commission’s Engineering Guidelines for the Evaluation of Hydropower Projects (Guidelines): 1. As discussed during the initial call, the scope for the CA is the entire system conveying flow from the Ponderosa intake structure to the Kelly Ridge Powerhouse. While the Inspection Plan does include much of the upstream conveyance system, it does not include the conveyance system to the point of the diversion in the scope of the CA. A revised Inspection must include project discussion, inspection considerations and assessment of IC Team qualification for the following additional project features: (1) The Ponderosa intake structure, (2) The Ponderosa to Miners Ranch Canal Tunnel, and (3) the Miners Ranch Canal headworks (radial gate). 2. The Inspection Plan did not provide sufficiently detailed information for hydrologic and seismic loading. The Inspection Plan must state the estimated Document Accession #: 20251212-3020 Filed Date: 12/12/2025 2 magnitude and recurrence intervals both for seismic and hydrologic loadings as currently understood, along with a description of any identified concerns such as overtopping the crest of any features (particularly erodible features), and effects on operation of the project. This information is essential in determining the experience and expertise necessary on the IC Team for this CA. The revised Inspection Plan should ensure that it provides all of the information requested in Section 16-3.3 of the Guidelines. If probabilistic loading estimates for the project have not yet been completed, it can be acceptable for the Inspection Plan to cite the current site-specific PGA and the USGS estimates for PGAs for the 475-, 975-, and 2,475-year recurrence intervals for comparison purposes (and similar comparative information for hydrologic loading). 3. The Inspection Plan states the entire reservoir rim will be observed during the inspection, but it does not explain how that inspection will be performed. The Inspection plan also states no boat inspection is proposed at this time. As stated in Section 16-6.7.1, the scope of the reservoir rim inspection for a CA must be sufficient to observe all areas that could contribute to the instantiating conditions in any identified PFMs, regardless of whether the PFMs are considered credible or not. The revised Inspection Plan must clarify how the reservoir rim inspection will be performed and its adequacy. 4. The Inspection Plan lists Mr. Chris Bain as a “Recorder”. Since he will not serve as a SME for this CA, we consider him to be support staff and not a member of the IC Team as defined in 18 CFR § 12.31(b). If this is incorrect, clarify his role with the revised Inspection Plan. 5. The proposed date in the schedule for the CAR Review Meeting appears to be a typo. Provide the correct date for the CAR Review Meeting with the revised Inspection Plan. The resume for Mr. Craig Hall demonstrates that he fulfills the requirements of 18 CFR § 12.31(a), has the appropriate experience and expertise for the project features and type of inspection, and he is accepted to serve in the role as IC for this project. The resumes provided for Mr. Nick Oettle, Ms. Ashley Hase and Mr. Caleb Stewart demonstrate that they meet the requirements of 18 CFR § 12.31(b) and have the appropriate experience and expertise to serve as Subject Matters Experts on IC Team for the type of inspection and project features identified. The Inspection Plan also provides satisfactory documentation to demonstrate that the PFMA/L2RA risk facilitator, Mr. Matthew Farren, fulfills the requirements of Section 17-4.3.3 and Section 18-5.3, respectively, of the Guidelines. It should be noted that FERC is not currently enforcing the project risk experience requirements included in Document Accession #: 20251212-3020 Filed Date: 12/12/2025 3 Section 18-5.3 of the Guidelines. This letter constitutes approval of the Director, Division of Dam Safety and Inspections, for Mr. Farren to serve as the PFMA/L2RA risk facilitator. Per 18 CFR § 12.34(a), you are required to obtain the approval of the IC Team, the facilitators for the PFMA and L2RA, and the Inspection Plan from the Director, Division of Dam Safety and Inspections, prior to the performance of this CA. At this time, we are unable to provide approval of the IC Team and the Inspection Plan pending resolution of the above comments. Within 30 days of the date of this letter, provide a revised Inspection Plan that addresses the above comments. File your submittal using the Commission’s eFiling system at https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview. During eFiling make the following menu selections: Hydro: Dam Safety; Washington, DC; Independent Consultant Approval Request. The cover page of the filing must indicate that the material was eFiled. For assistance with eFiling, contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). Thank you for your continued cooperation and interest in dam safety. If you have any questions, please contact me at (202) 502-8486 or yilak.desta@ferc.gov. Sincerely, Yilak Desta, P.E. Civil Engineer Division of Dam Safety and Inspections Document Accession #: 20251212-3020 Filed Date: 12/12/2025 YILAK DESTA Digitally signed by YILAK DESTA Date: 2025.12.12 10:31:16 -05'00' Document Content(s) P-2088 Miners Ranch CA Plan Review.pdf....................................1 Document Accession #: 20251212-3020 Filed Date: 12/12/2025