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Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: BCF Board Minutes March 10, 2026
Date:Wednesday, April 15, 2026 4:29:35 PM
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Lewis LeeAdministrative Technician - ConfidentialButte County Administration25 County Center Drive, Suite 200 • Oroville, CA 95965T: 530.552.3326www.buttecounty.ca.gov | lelee@buttecounty.ca.gov
From: Vanessa Wilson <admin@buttecountyfair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2026 2:15 PM
To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.ca.gov>
Subject: BCF Board Minutes March 10, 2026
Please see the attached board meeting minutes from March 10, 2026.
Thank you,
Vanessa M. Wilson
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April 15, 2026
Via Electronic Submittal (E-File)
Frank L. Blackett, P.E., Regional Engineer
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Division of Dam Safety and Inspections
100 First Street, Suite 2300
San Francisco, CA 94105-3084
RE: Bucks Creek Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 619-CA
DSSMP/R Submittal for 2025 Record Year
ENCLOSURES CONTAIN CUI//CEII – DO NOT RELEASE
Dear Frank L. Blackett:
This letter presents Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) combined dam safety
surveillance and monitoring plans and reports (DSSMP/Rs) (Enclosure 1) for the 20 25
record year for the Bucks Creek Hydroelectric Project, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) No. 619. The reports provided with this submittal cover surveillance
and monitoring activities at the following dams:
• Bucks Diversion Dam, NATDAM No. CA00331
• Bucks Storage Dam, NATDAM No. CA00332
• Grizzly Forebay Dam, NATDAM No. CA00333
In accordance with Chapter 14, Appendix K, of FERC’s Engineering Guidelines for the
Evaluation of Hydropower Projects, the DSSMP/Rs include statements from PG&E’s Chief
Dam Safety Engineer regarding the safety of the dams listed above for continued
operation. A table listing regulatory follow-up actions that PG&E considers resolved with
submittal of these DSSMP/Rs is included in (Enclosure 2). In a letter to FERC dated March
26, 2026, PG&E requested an extension of time to April 30, 2026 to submit the enclosed
DSSMP/Rs.
PG&E typically begins preparing DSSMP/Rs about 6 months before they are due to FERC.
To maintain PG&E’s schedule for coordinating and compiling the DSSMP/Rs and allow
FERC’s comments to be incorporated in future reports, PG&E must receive timely
feedback. To facilitate completion of PG&E’s DSSMP/Rs for the 2025 record year, PG&E
respectfully requests that FERC return all comments on the 2025 DSSMP/Rs by
September 30, 2026.
Frank L. Blackett, P.E. Regional Engineer
April 15, 2026
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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 Andrew Garcia, license coordinator for PG&E, at (530) 228-8990.
Sincerely,
Robert O. Ellis, P.E., G.E.
Deputy Chief Dam Safety Engineer
Enclosures: CUI//CEII – DO NOT RELEASE
1. DSSMP/Rs (3)
2. Completed Comments and Recommendations
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