Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project FERC Relicensing

Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project FERC Relicensing

NID owns and operates the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project. NID proposes to renew the existing FERC license for hydropower facilities associated with the Yuba-Bear Project. The Proposed Project consists of acceptance and implementation of the new FERC license and continued operation and maintenance of the project pursuant to the terms and conditions contained in the new license. NID would accept a new FERC license in order to: • Continue to operate, maintain, and manage the existing Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project facilities, • Remove from licensed facilities a segment of Chicago Park Forebay Road and the unnamed recreation road that provides access to the Jackson Meadows administrative site. • Construct a new proposed powerhouse (the Rollins upgrade) that would be located within the existing FERC Project Boundary on NID-owned land adjacent to the existing Rollins Powerhouse, • Construct and rehabilitate existing facilities at the following recreation areas: Jackson Meadows reservoir, Milton diversion impoundment, Bowman Lake, Sawmill Lake, Canyon Creek, Dutch Flat No 2 forebay, and Dutch Flat afterbay. • Make minor modifications to the existing FERC Project Boundary • Implement the other terms and conditions in the new license.

Colfax

Nevada, Placer, Sierra

Countywide, Northern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW)

Recreational (6 existing and 7 new recreation facilities), Power:Hydroelectric (Megawatts 79.32)

FERC relicense

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire