Lee Vining Hydroelectric Project Relicensing

Lee Vining Hydroelectric Project Relicensing

The State Water Board is seeking comments from trustee agencies, responsible agencies, Tribes, and interested parties concerning the scope and content of the environmental information to be included in the EIR. The Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) three main dams and reservoirs (Saddlebag, Tioga, and Ellery); (2) a 1.2-mile flowline, consisting of a 2,530-foot-long pipeline followed by a 3,741-foot-long penstock, connecting Ellery Lake to Poole Powerhouse; (3) seven stream and reservoir gages; (4) two access roads; and (5) the 11.25-megawatt Poole Powerhouse. SCE is requesting to relicense the Hydroelectric Project. The Proposed Project involves continued operations and maintenance, with changes to the project boundary, and proposed measures which include water management, fish stocking, a resource management plan, invasive species monitoring, a historic properties management plan, and an erosion and sediment control plan.

Lee Vining

Mono

Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 9 (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 Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan South Lake Tahoe Region 6 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), 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, University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Power:Hydroelectric (Megawatts 11.25)

Clean Water Act 401 water quality certification

Biological Resources, Hydrology/Water Quality, Tribal Cultural Resources