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Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Compliance Directives issued in FERC P-619-164
Date:Thursday, January 8, 2026 8:27:08 AM
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On 1/8/2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington D.C., issued this document:
Docket(s): P-619-164
Lead Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Filing Type: Compliance Directives
Delegated Order
Description: Letter to Pacific Gas & Electric Company granting the 10/16/2025 request for an extension of time to
post temporary signage re potable water availability identified in the 2025 Environmental Inspection of the Bucks
Creek Hydroelectric Project under P-619.
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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY PROJECTS
Project No. 619-164 -- California
Bucks Creek Hydroelectric Project
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
January 8, 2026
VIA FERC SERVICE
Stephanie Maggard
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
P.O. Box 28209
Oakland, CA 94604
Subject: Extension of time request to post temporary signage regarding potable
water availability identified in the 2025 environmental inspection of the
Bucks Creek Hydroelectric Project
Dear Mrs. Maggard:
This is in response to your letter, filed on October 16, 2025, with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission), regarding an additional extension of time
request to post temporary signage regarding potable water availability (follow-up Item 3),
identified during the 2025 environmental inspection of the Bucks Creek Hydroelectric
Project (FERC No. 619).
You explain that, by the time our follow-up letter was issued on October 9, 2025,
all of your recreational facilities were closed and winterized for the season. This process
includes the draining of all water systems to avoid damaging the pipes through freezing
and removal of all water spigots. Furthermore, you explain that, due to the variation in
annual snowpack, it is possible you may only gain access to the recreational sites after
Memorial Day in 2026, depending on when the county roads are cleared, and so you
cannot ensure that the temporary signage can be placed before our required date. In
addition, the water systems in the campgrounds will require refilling, flushing, and
testing to ensure their safety prior to opening, which will take additional time after access
is gained. As an example, you state that some of your recreational sites were not opened
until July 1 in 2023.
Document Accession #: 20260108-3023 Filed Date: 01/08/2026
Project No. 619-164 -2-
In the event that the sites are accessible prior to Memorial Day, you should ensure
that the temporary signage is posted in a timely manner of reopening a recreational site to
the public. Such signage will ensure that recreationists are aware of the campground
water quality status and are directed to an appropriate potable water source. As such,
temporary signage should be posted within 7 days of reopening a recreational site, after
the water systems are reactivated and you have obtained the water quality test results.
Please record the dates each recreational site is reopened, the date the temporary potable
water information is posted at each site, photo documentation of at least one of the
temporary potable water sources, the status of the water potability, and file a summary
report of this information with the Commission by July 31, 2026. Please continue to
update and modify the signs as water supply repairs are completed and water quality
testing is completed to accurately reflect current conditions at each campground until
such issues are resolved.
Thank you for your cooperation regarding these matters. If you have any
questions, please contact me at (415) 369-3348 or by email at
katherine.schmidt@ferc.gov.
Sincerely,
Katherine T. Schmidt
Aquatic Resources Branch
Division of Hydropower Administration
and Compliance
Document Accession #: 20260108-3023 Filed Date: 01/08/2026
KATHERINE
SCHMIDT
Digitally signed by
KATHERINE SCHMIDT
Date: 2026.01.08 07:29:58
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Document Content(s)
P-619_2025 EPUI Item 3 EOT.pdf............................................1
Document Accession #: 20260108-3023 Filed Date: 01/08/2026