Amendment to the Poe Hydroelectric Project Water Quality Certification Conditions 1 and 9 for Minimum Instream Flows and Monitoring
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Summary
SCH Number
2017092021
Public Agency
State Water Resources Control Board
Document Title
Amendment to the Poe Hydroelectric Project Water Quality Certification Conditions 1 and 9 for Minimum Instream Flows and Monitoring
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/18/2025
Document Description
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is receiving an amendment to the water quality certification (certification) for the Poe Hydroelectric Project (Project; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [FERC] Project No. 2107). The amendment allows for temporary changes to minimum instream flows (Condition 1 Minimum Instream Flows) and monitoring requirements (Condition 9 Poe Bypass Reach Biological Monitoring) of the Project certification. Changes to Condition 1 provide flexibility for PG&E to temporarily reduce minimum instream flows to support facility maintenance and repairs. Changes to Condition 9 (1) update the Poe Bypass Reach Fish and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Plan monitoring schedule and (2) remove the required temperature trigger from the Poe Amphibian Monitoring Plan.
Contact Information
Name
Jessica Dyke
Agency Name
State Water Resources Control Board
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Pulga, CA
Counties
Butte
Regions
Northern California, Unincorporated
Waterways
North Fork Feather River
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15301, subdivision (m) (Existing Facilities), and section 15306 (Infor
Reasons for Exemption
The Project involves adding language to the Project’s water quality certification to allow temporary reduction of minimum instream flows to support facility maintenance and repairs but does not consist of actual facility maintenance or repairs, which means there is negligible or no expansion of existing use. The Project updates data collection schedules and methodologies for biological monitoring, which will not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource. None of the exceptions to the categorical exemptions apply.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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