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FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT

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Appendix A 

Aquatic Resources Tables
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Appendix A-1 

Aquatic Resources Tables: Affected Environment
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Table 3-5. Physical characteristics of reservoirs, forebays, and afterbays, by sub-basin. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and 

NID 2011a) 

Reservoir, Forebay, Afterbay Project Development Elevation (feet msl) Storage Capacity (acre-feet) 

Normal 

Maximum

Normal 

Minimum

Gross Usable

Middle Yuba River Sub-Basin

Jackson Meadows Reservoir Yuba-Bear Bowman 6,036 5,980 67,435 64,641 

Milton Diversion Impoundment Yuba-Bear Bowman 5,690 5,686 275 275 

Canyon Creek Sub-Basin

Jackson Lake Yuba-Bear Bowman 6,592.7 6,570 1,334 975 

French Lake Yuba-Bear Bowman 6,660.3 6,608 13,940 13,940 

Faucherie Lake Yuba-Bear Bowman 6,123 6,090 3,980 3,740 

Sawmill Lake Yuba-Bear Bowman 5,860 5,805 3,030 3,030 

Bowman Lake Yuba-Bear Bowman 5,562 5,400 68,363 68,363 

Upper Rock Lake Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 3 6,741.5 6,700.3 275 207 

Lower Rock Lake Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 3 6,625.8 6,617.4 Unknown 48 

Culbertson Lake Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 3 6,436.4 6,421.7 3,150 953 

Upper Lindsey Lake Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 3 6,482.6 6,477.5 Unknown 18 

Middle Lindsey Lake Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 3 6,435.7 6,429.7 Unknown 110 

Lower Lindsey Lake Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 3 6,235.6 6,224.7 Unknown 278 

Fall Creek Sub-Basin
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Table 3-5. Physical characteristics of reservoirs, forebays, and afterbays, by sub-basin. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and 

NID 2011a) 

Reservoir, Forebay, Afterbay Project Development Elevation (feet msl) Storage Capacity (acre-feet) 

Normal 

Maximum

Normal 

Minimum

Gross Usable

Feeley Lake Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 3 6,723.6 6,706.8 Unknown 739 

Carr Lake Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 3 6,663.7 6,651.9 Unknown 150 

Rucker Creek Sub-Basin

Blue Lake Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 3 5,931.6 5,910.8 4,042 1,158 

Rucker Lake Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 3 5,464.2 5,447.2 Unknown 648 

South Yuba River Sub-Basin

White Rock Lake 

Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 1 and 

No. 2 7,820 7,810.5 Unknown 570 

Meadow Lake 

Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 1 and 

No. 2 7,281.8 7,252.7 4935 4,841 

Lake Sterling Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 1 and 

No. 2 

6,987.9 6,966 Unknown 1,764 

Fordyce Lake Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 1 and 

No. 2 

6,405.1 6,290.5 49525 49,426 

Kidd Lake Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 1 and 

No. 2 

6,627.6 6,600.3 Unknown 1,505 

Upper Peak Lake Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 1 and 

No. 2 

6,607.4 6,572.4 Unknown 1,736 
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Table 3-5. Physical characteristics of reservoirs, forebays, and afterbays, by sub-basin. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and 

NID 2011a) 

Reservoir, Forebay, Afterbay Project Development Elevation (feet msl) Storage Capacity (acre-feet) 

Normal 

Maximum

Normal 

Minimum

Gross Usable

Lower Peak Lake Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 1 and 

No. 2 

6,581.9 6,560.4 Unknown 484 

Fuller Lake Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 1 and 

No. 2 

5,341.8 5,320.4 Unknown 1,109 

Lake Spaulding Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding No. 1 and 

No. 2 

5,014.6 4,832.3 75912 75,912 

Deer Creek Sub-Basin

Deer Creek Forebay Deer Creek Deer Creek 4,473 4,469 15.8 10.7 

North Fork American River Sub-Basin

Kelly Lake Drum-Spaulding Drum No. 1 and No. 2 5,908.8 5,890.2 Unknown 352 

Lake Valley Reservoir Drum-Spaulding Drum No. 1 and No. 2 5,784.9 5,728.4 7,902 7,902 

Bear River Sub-Basin

Drum Forebay Drum-Spaulding Drum No. 1 and No. 2 4,756 4,738 621 436 

Drum Afterbay Drum-Spaulding Dutch Flat No. 1 3,383.3 3,342 154.5 150.4 

Dutch Flat No. 2 Forebay Yuba-Bear Dutch Flat No.2 3,330 3,323 177.9 159.8 

Alta Forebay Drum-Spaulding Alta 4,240 4,236 37.5 19.4 

Dutch Flat Afterbay Yuba-Bear Chicago Park 2,741 2,729 1,359.2 1,359.2 

Chicago Park Forebay Yuba-Bear Chicago Park 2,716 2,710 103 103 

Rollins Reservoir Yuba-Bear Rollins 2,171 2,030 58,682 54,453 

Mormon Ravine Sub-Basin

Halsey Forebay Lower Drum Halsey 1,816.7 1,803.7 244 238 
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Table 3-5. Physical characteristics of reservoirs, forebays, and afterbays, by sub-basin. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and 

NID 2011a) 

Reservoir, Forebay, Afterbay Project Development Elevation (feet msl) Storage Capacity (acre-feet) 

Normal 

Maximum

Normal 

Minimum

Gross Usable

Halsey Afterbay Lower Drum Wise And Wise No. 2 1,494 1,480.8 86 76 

Rock Creek Reservoir Lower Drum Wise And Wise No. 2 1,439.6 1,423.1 485 482 

Auburn Ravine Sub-Basin

Wise Forebay Lower Drum Wise And Wise No. 2 1,418 1,407 32 32 
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Table 3-6. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Upper 

Rock Lake (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for period of 

record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 7.0(a) 60.0(a) 117.0(a)

November 15.6(a) 45.0(a) 89.8(a)

December 20.0(a) 108.6(a) 174.3(a)

January 19.0(a) 154.8(a) 199.0(a)

February 19.0(a) 190.0(a) 199.8(a)

March 87.3(a) 201.0(a) 207.0(a)

April 159.9(a) 204.0(a) 207.0(a)

May 198.0(a) 207.0(a) 207.0(a)

June 191.0(a) 205.0(a) 207.0(a)

July 162.0(a) 188.0(a) 203.0(a)

August 123.0(a) 151.0(a) 175.0(a)

September 54.0(a) 111.0(a) 145.9(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-7. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Lower 

Rock Lake (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for period of 

record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 12.7(a) 31.0(a) 46.1(a)

November 7.0(a) 28.0(a) 48.0(a)

December 11.5(a) 44.6(a) 48.0(a)

January 20.2(a) 48.0(a) 48.0(a)

February 28.4(a) 48.0(a) 48.0(a)

March 36.7(a) 48.0(a) 48.0(a)

April 45.1(a) 48.0(a) 48.0(a)

May 47.7(a) 48.0(a) 48.0(a)

June 46.4(a) 48.0(a) 48.0(a)

July 42.9(a) 47.6(a) 48.0(a)

August 37.0(a) 45.0(a) 48.0(a)

September 31.0(a) 40.5(a) 48.0(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-8. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in 

Culbertson Lake (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for 

period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 

2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 6.0(a) 267.0(a) 529.0(a)

November 30.0(a) 242.0(a) 459.8(a)

December 101.2(a) 265.0(a) 584.3(a)

January 63.2(a) 391.0(a) 431.0(a)

February 149.5(a) 337.5(a) 438.0(a)

March 218.5(a) 368.5(a) 823.0(a)

April 323.0(a) 505.0(a) 953.0(a)

May 399.0(a) 598.0(a) 953.0(a)

June 340.8(a) 781.0(a) 953.6(a)

July 292.0(a) 813.0(a) 920.0(a)

August 195.2(a) 669.0(a) 812.4(a)

September 73.6(a) 418.0(a) 678.9(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-9. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Middle 

Lindsey Lake (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for period 

of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 12.6(a) 23.0(a) 49.3(a)

November 12.0(a) 23.1(a) 53.4(a)

December 14.0(a) 38.1(a) 80.1(a)

January 14.0(a) 28.3(a) 96.8(a)

February 14.0(a) 89.0(a) 98.0(a)

March 82.2(a) 103.6(a) 110.0(a)

April 107.3(a) 110.0(a) 110.0(a)

May 109.2(a) 110.0(a) 110.0(a)

June 100.4(a) 110.0(a) 112.0(a)

July 77.0(a) 95.2(a) 110.0(a)

August 47.0(a) 71.0(a) 98.0(a)

September 22.0(a) 42.0(a) 71.8(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-10. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Lower 

Lindsey Lake (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for period 

of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 72.0(a) 152.7(a) 247.1(a)

November 77.0(a) 137.0(a) 241.9(a)

December 63.5(a) 177.0(a) 240.2(a)

January 35.8(a) 174.2(a) 259.5(a)

February 41.9(a) 260.0(a) 270.5(a)

March 125.8(a) 272.8(a) 289.2(a)

April 238.6(a) 275.0(a) 296.8(a)

May 275.0(a) 278.0(a) 293.0(a)

June 257.0(a) 275.0(a) 281.3(a)

July 222.0(a) 268.1(a) 275.4(a)

August 177.0(a) 245.5(a) 273.0(a)

September 117.3(a) 206.0(a) 263.0(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-11. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Carr 

Lake (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for period of 

record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PGE, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 39.3(a) 88.2(a) 134.3(a)

November 18.1(a) 66.3(a) 144.0(a)

December 6.0(a) 69.0(a) 110.4(a)

January 20.7(a) 49.2(a) 64.2(a)

February 19.2(a) 48.6(a) 75.0(a)

March 23.1(a) 86.1(a) 127.2(a)

April 43.4(a) 137.2(a) 150.0(a)

May 77.4(a) 143.9(a) 150.0(a)

June 102.7(a) 150.0(a) 152.0(a)

July 98.6(a) 142.0(a) 150.0(a)

August 82.9(a) 131.0(a) 148.5(a)

September 62.8(a) 112.2(a) 143.9(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-12. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Blue 

Lake (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for period of 

record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 0.0(a) 181.3(a) 619.5(a)

November 0.0(a) 186.4(a) 526.9(a)

December 12.9(a) 148.0(a) 410.7(a)

January 0.0(a) 44.8(a) 1,178.6(a)

February 47.7(a) 175.0(a) 911.9(a)

March 73.5(a) 238.3(a) 601.3(a)

April 85.6(a) 343.4(a) 641.7(a)

May 219.8(a) 470.3(a) 902.0(a)

June 173.7(a) 567.2(a) 1,039.8(a)

July 105.9(a) 529.9(a) 934.4(a)

August 23.4(a) 423.9(a) 832.5(a)

September 0.0(a) 298.0(a) 689.3(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-13. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in 

Meadow Lake (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 

Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 

2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 0.0(a) 1,117.1(a) 3,309.3(a)

November 0.0(a) 59.6(a) 2,090.5(a)

December 0.0(a) 55.9(a) 1,766.2(a)

January 0.0(a) 223.7(a) 2,440.0(a)

February 0.0(a) 652.8(a) 3,092.5(a)

March 0.0(a) 1,287.2(a) 3,748.6(a)

April 109.9(a) 2,130.8(a) 4,329.6(a)

May 832.0(a) 2,985.4(a) 4,841.0(a)

June 2,460.7(a) 4,162.2(a) 4,841.0(a)

July 2,520.7(a) 4,547.1(a) 4,841.0(a)

August 2,406.2(a) 4,114.1(a) 4,773.7(a)

September 711.3(a) 2,645.2(a) 4,471.9(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference).
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Table 3-14. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in White 

Rock Lake (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) 

for period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 

2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 0.0(a) 88.3(a) 263.5(a)

November 0.0(a) 24.1(a) 135.1(a)

December 0.0(a) 31.9(a) 180.6(a)

January 0.0(a) 52.6(a) 355.9(a)

February 0.0(a) 125.6(a) 510.2(a)

March 0.0(a) 224.5(a) 570.0(a)

April 0.0(a) 265.5(a) 570.0(a)

May 120.0(a) 513.9(a) 570.0(a)

June 420.6(a) 570.0(a) 570.0(a)

July 230.6(a) 552.0(a) 570.0(a)

August 42.3(a) 462.0(a) 566.6(a)

September 0.0(a) 256.0(a) 442.5(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-15. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Lake 

Sterling (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for 

period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 

2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 0.0(a) 363.0(a) 1,066.5(a)

November 0.0(a) 22.8(a) 542.6(a)

December 0.0(a) 76.4(a) 790.2(a)

January 6.7(a) 234.3(a) 1,298.7(a)

February 64.0(a) 404.8(a) 1,360.0(a)

March 127.8(a) 629.4(a) 1,672.9(a)

April 470.6(a) 969.9(a) 1,642.0(a)

May 992.2(a) 1,348.8(a) 1,753.6(a)

June 1,374.4(a) 1,620.0(a) 1,757.3(a)

July 1,350.6(a) 1,652.9(a) 1,751.1(a)

August 1,242.3(a) 1,517.7(a) 1,676.5(a)

September 611.0(a) 1,220.1(a) 1,541.6(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-16. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Fordyce 

Lake (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for 

period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 

2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 3,469.4(a) 9,751.7(a) 24,301.2(a)

November 3,443.5(a) 8,270.8(a) 16,779.6(a)

December 4,406.7(a) 7,695.2(a) 19,028.0(a)

January 5,165.8(a) 8,778.1(a) 34,800.4(a)

February 5,573.9(a) 9,426.8(a) 33,765.1(a)

March 6,193.0(a) 10,977.3(a) 35,256.1(a)

April 7,981.3(a) 17,449.1(a) 36,762.3(a)

May 18,596.2(a) 34,418.3(a) 44,113.8(a)

June 31,922.4(a) 43,119.4(a) 49,037.1(a)

July 17,265.7(a) 36,536.0(a) 46,585.5(a)

August 6,509.2(a) 24,984.9(a) 41,292.5(a)

September 3,892.7(a) 15,705.6(a) 31,634.9(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-17. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Kidd 

Lake (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for 

period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 

2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 71.0(a) 245.9(a) 618.9(a)

November 32.0(a) 117.1(a) 255.7(a)

December 69.7(a) 169.4(a) 315.8(a)

January 92.8(a) 241.9(a) 526.4(a)

February 146.7(a) 377.3(a) 812.5(a)

March 223.5(a) 583.2(a) 977.9(a)

April 423.0(a) 874.6(a) 1,245.8(a)

May 692.2(a) 1,210.0(a) 1,510.0(a)

June 694.0(a) 1,359.0(a) 1,543.0(a)

July 652.0 1,230.0 1,482.1 

August 593.0 907.0 1,376.8 

September 209.8(a) 589.0(a) 1,247.0(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are 

provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-18. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Upper 

Peak Lake (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for 

period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 

2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 0.0(a) 276.0(a) 917.7(a)

November 0.0(a) 44.0(a) 262.8(a)

December 0.0(a) 76.7(a) 314.5(a)

January 12.8(a) 203.0(a) 847.9(a)

February 87.0(a) 381.2(a) 1,160.0(a)

March 101.1(a) 598.1(a) 1,268.0(a)

April 343.9(a) 923.6(a) 1,619.2(a)

May 830.7(a) 1,374.2(a) 1,736.0(a)

June 1,023.0(a) 1,662.0(a) 1,736.0(a)

July 866.0(a) 1,649.0(a) 1,726.9(a)

August 525.7(a) 1,508.6(a) 1,664.7(a)

September 206.7(a) 944.5(a) 1,571.7(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-19. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Lower 

Peak Lake (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for 

period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 

2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 0.0(a) 241.0(a) 357.4(a)

November 0.0(a) 63.0(a) 232.0(a)

December 0.0(a) 85.0(a) 161.8(a)

January 95.0(a) 125.0(a) 198.7(a)

February 108.0(a) 182.0(a) 218.6(a)

March 137.3(a) 196.0(a) 347.9(a)

April 225.4(a) 384.0(a) 487.0(a)

May 436.0(a) 490.0(a) 497.0(a)

June 424.0(a) 484.0(a) 494.0(a)

July 364.0(a) 451.0(a) 481.0(a)

August 229.2(a) 415.0(a) 475.0(a)

September 184.0(a) 341.0(a) 414.5(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-20. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Lake 

Spaulding (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for 

period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 

2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 20,100.0(a) 40,322.0(a) 52,919.8(a)

November 21,686.6(a) 34,987.0(a) 49,331.7(a)

December 18,192.6(a) 28,572.5(a) 47,983.1(a)

January 15,679.8(a) 24,493.0(a) 53,753.9(a)

February 10,246.5(a) 20,643.5(a) 55,757.1(a)

March 10,172.7(a) 25,096.0(a) 58,605.0(a)

April 18,042.3(a) 45,301.0(a) 64,894.3(a)

May 42,067.6(a) 66,633.5(a) 73,496.6(a)

June 58,931.7(a) 70,101.0(a) 74,529.0(a)

July 45,900.0(a) 64,462.0(a) 73,425.2(a)

August 29,911.6(a) 51,459.5(a) 63,518.1(a)

September 18,990.0(a) 40,571.0(a) 56,685.5(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-21. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Lake 

Valley reservoir (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Drum No. 1 and No. 2 Development) 

for period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 

2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 2,887.2(a) 4,287.4(a) 5,808.6(a)

November 2,610.6(a) 3,490.5(a) 5,022.4(a)

December 2,085.9(a) 3,248.3(a) 5,793.8(a)

January 1,637.4(a) 2,997.4(a) 6,785.2(a)

February 1,133.9(a) 3,358.0(a) 6,841.9(a)

March 1,181.3(a) 4,267.9(a) 6,923.4(a)

April 2,322.5(a) 5,354.8(a) 7,362.7(a)

May 4,436.7(a) 7,155.9(a) 7,841.1(a)

June 4,964.4(a) 7,654.7(a) 7,867.6(a)

July 4,584.4(a) 7,256.4(a) 7,753.5(a)

August 3,979.6(a) 6,075.1(a) 7,297.0(a)

September 3,429.1(a) 5,078.3(a) 6,688.2(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-22. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Kelly 

Lake (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Drum No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for period of 

record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 30.0(a) 177.8(a) 259.5(a)

November 19.0(a) 83.0(a) 249.0(a)

December 34.0(a) 106.7(a) 306.6(a)

January 38.7(a) 145.9(a) 313.3(a)

February 43.0(a) 164.4(a) 315.0(a)

March 91.4(a) 285.0(a) 318.0(a)

April 259.4(a) 315.9(a) 335.6(a)

May 311.0(a) 334.0(a) 339.8(a)

June 313.0(a) 331.1(a) 338.0(a)

July 294.8(a) 311.0(a) 328.1(a)

August 270.4(a) 287.0(a) 306.0(a)

September 67.2(a) 262.7(a) 286.1(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-23. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Drum 

forebay (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Dutch Flat No. 1 Development) for period of 

record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 74.3(a) 223.5(a) 297.4(a)

November 95.6(a) 225.0(a) 297.2(a)

December 108.6(a) 240.0(a) 302.4(a)

January 88.0(a) 228.5(a) 297.5(a)

February 95.0(a) 240.0(a) 309.0(a)

March 99.0(a) 253.0(a) 317.0(a)

April 100.0(a) 242.0(a) 312.2(a)

May 94.0(a) 243.0(a) 311.0(a)

June 80.0(a) 241.5(a) 296.0(a)

July 89.0(a) 233.0(a) 298.9(a)

August 100.0(a) 247.0(a) 311.6(a)

September 86.0(a) 232.0(a) 310.0(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-24. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Halsey 

forebay (Lower Drum Project, Halsey Development) for period of record (WY 1976-

2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 134.0(a) 192.0(a) 239.7(a)

November 77.0(a) 186.0(a) 233.0(a)

December 149.8(a) 194.0(a) 223.0(a)

January 149.0(a) 191.0(a) 226.0(a)

February 149.0(a) 190.0(a) 221.0(a)

March 149.0(a) 192.0(a) 231.0(a)

April 159.0(a) 200.0(a) 229.0(a)

May 167.0(a) 205.0(a) 230.0(a)

June 168.0(a) 212.1(a) 231.0(a)

July 171.9(a) 213.6(a) 234.1(a)

August 172.0(a) 211.0(a) 235.0(a)

September 174.0(a) 216.4(a) 233.0(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-25. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Halsey 

afterbay (Lower Drum Project, Wise and Wise No. 2 Development) for period of record 

(WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 4.0(a) 49.0(a) 65.0(a)

November 2.0(a) 49.0(a) 64.0(a)

December 3.0(a) 50.8(a) 64.0(a)

January 4.0(a) 49.0(a) 62.7(a)

February 3.0(a) 49.8(a) 63.1(a)

March 3.0(a) 52.0(a) 62.3(a)

April 2.0(a) 53.6(a) 63.8(a)

May 4.0(a) 57.1(a) 64.8(a)

June 4.0(a) 57.0(a) 64.0(a)

July 4.0(a) 61.8(a) 65.0(a)

August 4.0(a) 61.0(a) 67.8(a)

September 4.0(a) 55.0(a) 67.5(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-26. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Rock 

Creek reservoir (Lower Drum Project, Wise and Wise No. 2 Development) for period of 

record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 123.0(a) 363.0(a) 515.0(a)

November 89.0(a) 275.0(a) 440.0(a)

December 114.8(a) 260.0(a) 526.0(a)

January 118.5(a) 267.0(a) 517.0(a)

February 122.0(a) 252.7(a) 504.0(a)

March 111.0(a) 259.2(a) 520.0(a)

April 132.3(a) 294.0(a) 504.0(a)

May 108.0(a) 310.7(a) 471.0(a)

June 106.5(a) 323.0(a) 439.5(a)

July 108.0(a) 341.9(a) 445.4(a)

August 114.7(a) 354.6(a) 465.0(a)

September 109.4(a) 349.4(a) 471.0(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-27. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Wise 

forebay (Lower Drum Project, Wise and Wise No. 2 Development) for period of record 

(WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 12.0(a) 23.0(a) 25.0(a)

November 16.0(a) 23.0(a) 25.0(a)

December 21.0(a) 24.0(a) 25.0(a)

January 22.0(a) 24.0(a) 25.0(a)

February 21.0(a) 24.0(a) 25.0(a)

March 22.0(a) 24.0(a) 25.0(a)

April 22.0(a) 24.0(a) 25.0(a)

May 22.0(a) 24.0(a) 25.0(a)

June 22.0(a) 24.0(a) 25.0(a)

July 23.0(a) 24.0(a) 26.0(a)

August 22.0(a) 24.0(a) 25.0(a)

September 22.0(a) 24.0(a) 26.0(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
A-1-27 

Table 3-28. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Texas Creek below 

Upper Rock Lake dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 0.0 0.0 0.1 No data No data No data 

November 0.0 0.0 0.5 No data No data No data 

December 0.0 0.2 0.8 No data No data No data 

January 0.1 0.3 1.0 No data No data No data 

February 0.1 0.4 1.2 No data No data No data 

March 0.4 0.8 2.4 No data No data No data 

April 0.7 1.7 3.5 No data No data No data 

May 0.6 2.3 4.7 No data No data No data 

June 0.0 0.5 3.2 No data No data No data 

July 0.0 0.0 0.6 No data No data No data 

August 0.0 0.0 0.0 No data No data No data 

September 0.0 0.0 0.1 No data No data No data 
A-1-28 

Table 3-29. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Texas Creek below 

Lower Rock Lake dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 0.3(a) 1.0(a) 1.2(a) 0.0 0.0 0.2 

November 0.1(a) 0.3(a) 1.0(a) 0.0 0.1 0.8 

December 0.3(a) 0.8(a) 1.0(a) 0.0 0.3 1.4 

January No data No data No data 0.1 0.4 1.7 

February No data No data No data 0.2 0.7 2.0 

March No data No data No data 0.6 1.2 3.9 

April No data No data No data 1.2 2.8 5.8 

May 0.5(a) 0.6(a) 0.6(a) 1.0 3.8 7.6 

June 0.2(a) 0.3(a) 0.7(a) 0.1 0.8 5.1 

July 0.2(a) 0.3(a) 0.5(a) 0.0 0.0 0.9 

August 0.2(a) 0.3(a) 0.5(a) 0.0 0.0 0.1 

September 0.3(a) 0.6(a) 1.1(a) 0.0 0.0 0.1 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-30. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in an unnamed 

tributary below Culberston Lake dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for period of record (WY 

1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs) 

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 0.0(a) 0.9(a) 1.2(a) 0.0 0.0 0.3 

November 0.0(a) 0.7(a) 1.1(a) 0.0 0.1 1.4 

December 0.4(a) 0.7(a) 0.9(a) 0.1 0.5 2.3 

January No data No data No data 0.2 0.7 2.8 

February No data No data No data 0.3 1.1 3.3 

March No data No data No data 1.0 2.1 6.5 

April 0.7(a) 0.8(a) 0.8(a) 2.0 4.6 9.6 

May 0.7(a) 0.9(a) 1.2(a) 1.7 6.4 13.0 

June 0.7(a) 0.8(a) 1.2(a) 0.1 1.5 8.9 

July 0.7(a) 0.9(a) 1.1(a) 0.0 0.1 1.6 

August 0.7(a) 0.8(a) 1.0(a) 0.0 0.0 0.1 

September 0.5(a) 0.8(a) 1.1(a) 0.0 0.0 0.1 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
A-1-30 

Table 3-31. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for regulated and estimated 

unregulated flow (cfs) in Lindsey Creek below Upper Lindsey Lake dam (Upper DrumSpaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month

90% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 0.0 0.0 0.1 

November 0.0 0.0 0.4 

December 0.0 0.2 0.7 

January 0.1 0.2 0.9 

February 0.1 0.4 1.1 

March 0.3 0.7 2.1 

April 0.6 1.6 3.2 

May 0.6 2.4 4.7 

June 0.0 0.6 3.6 

July 0.0 0.0 0.8 

August 0.0 0.0 0.0 

September 0.0 0.0 0.0 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate 

but are provided for approximate reference). 
A-1-31 

Table 3-32. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Lindsey Creek 

below Middle Lindsey Lake dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-

2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 0.0(a) 0.3(a) 0.6(a) 0.0 0.0 0.2 

November 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 0.4(a) 0.0 0.1 1.1 

December 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 0.2(a) 0.1 0.4 1.8 

January 0.1(a) 0.4(a) 0.8(a) 0.1 0.6 2.2 

February 0.0(a) 0.3(a) 0.5(a) 0.2 0.9 2.6 

March 0.2(a) 0.5(a) 0.5(a) 0.8 1.6 5.0 

April 0.1(a) 0.3(a) 0.4(a) 1.5 3.7 7.6 

May 0.2(a) 0.4(a) 0.7(a) 1.4 5.2 10.5 

June 0.3(a) 0.3(a) 0.6(a) 0.1 1.2 7.5 

July 0.3(a) 0.3(a) 0.5(a) 0.0 0.1 1.4 

August 0.3(a) 0.3(a) 0.4(a) 0.0 0.0 0.1 

September 0.0(a) 0.3(a) 0.5(a) 0.0 0.0 0.1 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
A-1-32 

Table 3-33. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Lindsey Creek 

below Lower Lindsey Lake dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-

2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 0.4(a) 0.7(a) 1.0(a) 0.0 0.1 0.5 

November 0.4(a) 0.8(a) 1.1(a) 0.1 0.2 2.5 

December 0.6(a) 0.7(a) 1.0(a) 0.2 0.9 4.2 

January 0.8(a) 0.9(a) 0.9(a) 0.3 1.3 5.1 

February No data No data No data 0.5 2.1 6.1 

March No data No data No data 1.8 3.8 11.9 

April 0.5(a) 0.6(a) 1.0(a) 3.6 8.6 17.9 

May 0.4(a) 0.6(a) 1.0(a) 3.2 12.0 24.4 

June 0.3(a) 0.7(a) 1.1(a) 0.2 2.8 17.0 

July 0.5(a) 0.7(a) 1.1(a) 0.0 0.1 3.2 

August 0.5(a) 0.7(a) 1.1(a) 0.0 0.1 0.2 

September 0.5(a) 0.7(a) 1.0(a) 0.0 0.1 0.3 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference).
A-1-33 

Table 3-34. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Lake Creek below 

Feeley Lake dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 0.4(a) 0.8(a) 2.2(a) 0.0 0.0 0.2 

November 0.5(a) 0.7(a) 1.2(a) 0.0 0.1 1.1 

December 0.2(a) 0.6(a) 0.8(a) 0.1 0.4 1.9 

January 0.6(a) 0.6(a) 0.7(a) 0.1 0.6 2.4 

February 0.0(a) 0.6(a) 0.6(a) 0.2 1.0 2.8 

March 0.3(a) 0.6(a) 0.7(a) 0.8 1.8 5.5 

April 0.5(a) 0.6(a) 0.8(a) 1.7 4.0 8.3 

May 0.3(a) 0.8(a) 1.5(a) 1.5 5.7 11.4 

June 0.5(a) 0.7(a) 1.0(a) 0.1 1.4 8.2 

July 0.5(a) 0.6(a) 0.9(a) 0.0 0.1 1.6 

August 0.5(a) 0.6(a) 0.9(a) 0.0 0.0 0.1 

September 0.5(a) 0.7(a) 2.3(a) 0.0 0.0 0.1 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
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Table 3-35. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Lake Creek below 

Carr Lake dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 0.7(a) 2.0(a) 4.3(a) 0.0 0.0 0.3 

November 0.5(a) 2.2(a) 5.0(a) 0.0 0.1 1.4 

December 0.4(a) 0.8(a) 2.1(a) 0.1 0.5 2.3 

January 0.3(a) 0.4(a) 1.0(a) 0.2 0.7 2.8 

February 0.3(a) 0.4(a) 0.7(a) 0.3 1.1 3.4 

March 0.3(a) 0.8(a) 0.9(a) 1.0 2.1 6.6 

April 0.5(a) 1.0(a) 414.6(a) 2.0 4.8 9.9 

May 0.6(a) 1.2(a) 293.8(a) 1.8 6.8 13.6 

June 0.5(a) 1.0(a) 4.9(a) 0.1 1.6 9.6 

July 0.5(a) 0.8(a) 2.0(a) 0.0 0.1 1.8 

August 0.4(a) 0.7(a) 1.0(a) 0.0 0.0 0.1 

September 0.5(a) 1.1(a) 3.2(a) 0.0 0.0 0.1 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
A-1-35 

Table 3-36. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Rucker Creek below 

Blue Lake dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October No data No data No data 0.0 0.0 0.1 

November No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 0.9 

December No data No data No data 0.1 0.3 1.4 

January No data No data No data 0.1 0.5 1.8 

February No data No data No data 0.2 0.7 2.1 

March No data No data No data 0.6 1.2 3.6 

April No data No data No data 1.0 2.2 4.6 

May No data No data No data 0.8 2.9 6.1 

June No data No data No data 0.0 0.6 3.7 

July No data No data No data 0.0 0.0 0.6 

August No data No data No data 0.0 0.0 0.1 

September No data No data No data 0.0 0.0 0.1 
A-1-36 

Table 3-37. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Rucker Creek below 

Rucker Lake dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October No data No data No data 0.1 0.2 0.9

November No data No data No data 0.2 0.6 6.2

December No data No data No data 0.4 2.1 9.5

January No data No data No data 0.8 3.2 12.2

February No data No data No data 1.3 5.2 14.7

March No data No data No data 4.0 8.6 25.1

April No data No data No data 6.5 15.0 30.8

May No data No data No data 5.1 19.8 41.1

June No data No data No data 0.3 3.8 25.1

July No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 4.3

August No data No data No data 0.1 0.1 0.4

September No data No data No data 0.1 0.1 0.5
A-1-37 

Table 3-38. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in an unnamed 

tributary below Fuller Lake dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 3 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-

2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 0.3 

November No data No data No data 0.1 0.2 2.1 

December No data No data No data 0.1 0.7 3.2 

January No data No data No data 0.3 1.1 4.2 

February No data No data No data 0.4 1.8 5.2 

March No data No data No data 1.3 2.9 8.3 

April No data No data No data 2.0 4.6 9.5 

May No data No data No data 1.6 6.1 12.7 

June No data No data No data 0.1 1.1 7.5 

July No data No data No data 0.0 0.0 1.3 

August No data No data No data 0.0 0.0 0.1 

September No data No data No data 0.0 0.0 0.2 
A-1-38 

Table 3-39. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in an unnamed 

tributary below Meadow Lake dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for period of 

record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October No data No data No data 0.1 0.1 0.7 

November No data No data No data 0.1 0.3 2.5 

December No data No data No data 0.2 1.0 4.6 

January No data No data No data 0.4 1.4 5.5 

February No data No data No data 0.5 2.0 6.5 

March No data No data No data 1.8 4.1 12.5 

April No data No data No data 3.7 10.2 22.2 

May No data No data No data 6.0 19.8 40.2 

June No data No data No data 0.6 6.8 38.3 

July No data No data No data 0.1 0.4 9.9 

August No data No data No data 0.1 0.1 0.4 

September No data No data No data 0.1 0.1 0.4 
A-1-39 

Table 3-40. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in White Rock Creek 

below White Rock diversion dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for period of record 

(WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 0.6 

November No data No data No data 0.1 0.2 1.7 

December No data No data No data 0.1 0.6 3.0 

January No data No data No data 0.2 0.9 3.8 

February No data No data No data 0.4 1.2 4.0 

March No data No data No data 1.1 2.6 8.2 

April No data No data No data 2.7 8.3 19.5 

May No data No data No data 6.1 19.3 39.0 

June No data No data No data 0.7 7.6 38.7 

July No data No data No data 0.1 0.5 10.6 

August No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 0.4 

September No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 0.3 
A-1-40 

Table 3-41. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Bloody Creek below 

Lake Sterling dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-

2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 0.5 

November No data No data No data 0.1 0.2 2.1 

December No data No data No data 0.1 0.8 3.7 

January No data No data No data 0.3 1.2 4.6 

February No data No data No data 0.4 1.7 5.4 

March No data No data No data 1.5 3.4 10.4 

April No data No data No data 3.0 8.2 17.6 

May No data No data No data 4.4 15.1 30.2 

June No data No data No data 0.4 4.9 27.3 

July No data No data No data 0.1 0.3 6.8 

August No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 0.3 

September No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 0.3 
A-1-41 

Table 3-42. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Fordyce Creek 

below Fordyce Lake dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for period of record (WY 

1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 5.2 43.0 306.6 1.2 2.7 15.3 

November 5.4 20.0 171.1 1.8 6.8 63.6 

December 5.3 12.0 80.0 4.1 23.7 111.1 

January 5.4 16.0 78.0 8.6 35.2 136.3 

February 6.5 18.0 99.8 13.2 52.3 160.0 

March 8.8 28.0 176.0 46.2 100.6 311.5 

April 13.0 32.0 181.0 91.7 248.0 532.8 

May 23.0 44.0 527.0 132.5 454.7 909.1 

June 37.0 265.5 633.1 12.3 145.1 805.8 

July 36.0 236.0 502.0 2.2 8.5 198.3 

August 12.0 128.0 402.8 1.2 2.1 8.4 

September 6.7 98.0 332.0 1.2 2.0 8.6 
A-1-42 

Table 3-43. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Unnamed tributary 

below Kidd Lake dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-

2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October No data No data No data 0.0 0.0 0.3 

November No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 1.5 

December No data No data No data 0.1 0.5 2.5 

January No data No data No data 0.2 0.8 3.0 

February No data No data No data 0.3 1.2 3.5 

March No data No data No data 1.0 2.2 7.0 

April No data No data No data 2.1 5.0 10.3 

May No data No data No data 1.7 6.7 13.5 

June No data No data No data 0.1 1.4 9.0 

July No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 1.5 

August No data No data No data 0.0 0.0 0.1 

September No data No data No data 0.0 0.0 0.1 
A-1-43 

Table 3-44. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Cascade Creek 

below Lower Peak Lake dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for period of record 

(WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 0.5 

November No data No data No data 0.1 0.3 2.7 

December No data No data No data 0.2 0.9 4.5 

January No data No data No data 0.3 1.4 5.5 

February No data No data No data 0.5 2.2 6.4 

March No data No data No data 1.9 4.0 12.6 

April No data No data No data 3.8 9.0 18.6 

May No data No data No data 3.1 12.1 24.4 

June No data No data No data 0.2 2.6 16.3 

July No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 2.7 

August No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 0.2 

September No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 0.3 
A-1-44 

Table 3-45. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in South Yuba River 

below Kidd Lake dam and Lower Peak Lake dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for 

period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 5.4 18.9 56.0 2.0 4.4 25.4 

November 3.5 15.1 137.1 3.3 12.5 120.7 

December 6.6 40.0 200.6 7.6 44.7 208.7 

January 12.0 59.4 247.8 15.8 66.1 256.7 

February 22.0 94.2 294.1 24.5 102.0 305.2 

March 84.0 181.0 563.3 90.1 189.3 578.8 

April 160.9 414.0 878.2 169.7 424.4 894.8 

May 183.0 651.0 1348.4 190.2 681.3 1366.1 

June 14.0 186.7 1052.6 15.1 189.8 1065.0 

July 5.8 10.8 228.4 2.6 10.0 241.9 

August 4.9 7.9 17.0 2.0 3.0 12.3 

September 6.0 12.8 37.3 2.0 3.2 13.9 
A-1-45 

Table 3-46. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) through Spaulding no. 

2 powerhouse (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 1.2(a) 4.2(a) 6.2(a) 4.8 10.3 59.4 

November 1.3(a) 4.4(a) 6.2(a) 7.8 29.9 290.1 

December 1.2(a) 2.3(a) 6.2(a) 18.3 106.7 493.1 

January 1.5(a) 2.4(a) 11.0(a) 37.9 157.5 609.5 

February 1.4(a) 2.5(a) 21.0(a) 59.5 244.4 733.1 

March 1.1(a) 2.4(a) 34.0(a) 212.3 443.8 1355.8 

April 1.2(a) 2.9(a) 39.0(a) 389.0 968.4 2033.5 

May 1.6(a) 6.4(a) 42.0(a) 439.6 1562.7 3120.4 

June 1.3(a) 5.0(a) 44.1(a) 34.9 437.2 2435.5 

July 1.3(a) 3.5(a) 7.6(a) 6.1 23.5 566.4 

August 1.3(a) 3.9(a) 6.5(a) 4.7 7.0 28.6 

September 1.0(a) 4.0(a) 6.7(a) 4.7 7.3 32.2 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
A-1-46 

Table 3-47. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in the South Yuba 

River at Lang’s Crossing below Rucker Creek (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for 

period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 5.3 6.3 11.0 5.1 11.0 60.9 

November 5.4 7.3 17.0 8.5 31.0 299.1 

December 5.6 8.4 39.0 19.2 109.5 509.3 

January 5.6 12.0 50.8 39.4 161.7 630.6 

February 6.0 15.0 68.0 61.5 253.3 753.3 

March 7.2 18.0 83.0 218.2 457.7 1389.3 

April 5.8 15.0 250.7 403.3 984.0 2066.2 

May 5.8 24.0 1320.0 445.5 1585.8 3164.0 

June 5.6 9.9 1200.0 35.5 442.0 2460.4 

July 5.3 6.6 25.8 6.5 24.2 572.5 

August 5.1 6.2 8.1 4.9 7.6 29.7 

September 5.3 6.6 9.8 4.9 7.8 33.2 
A-1-47 

Table 3-48. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in the South Yuba 

River below Fall Creek (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for period of record (WY 

1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 5.3 6.3 11.0 5.8 12.7 65.0 

November 5.4 7.3 17.0 9.8 33.8 322.7 

December 5.6 8.4 39.0 21.4 115.9 548.9 

January 5.6 12.0 50.8 42.9 172.6 670.4 

February 6.0 15.0 68.0 66.3 274.3 802.4 

March 7.2 18.0 83.0 232.7 488.7 1464.5 

April 5.8 15.0 250.7 424.9 1034.0 2147.3 

May 5.8 24.0 1320.0 463.6 1635.9 3277.3 

June 5.6 9.9 1200.0 36.8 453.9 2530.6 

July 5.3 6.6 25.8 7.3 25.8 584.0 

August 5.1 6.2 8.1 5.4 9.0 32.2 

September 5.3 6.6 9.8 5.4 9.1 35.7 
A-1-48 

Table 3-49. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in the South Yuba 

River below Canyon Creek (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for period of record (WY 

1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 6.3 7.8 13.2 6.6 14.6 72.5 

November 6.8 9.9 30.7 11.6 38.1 365.6 

December 7.5 13.4 69.9 24.4 129.5 607.1 

January 8.3 20.9 94.5 48.2 193.3 762.4 

February 10.5 27.9 128.2 74.7 310.3 896.5 

March 18.0 43.0 160.9 258.6 541.0 1620.8 

April 23.2 51.0 286.5 469.2 1138.0 2334.3 

May 15.4 80.7 1407.1 497.4 1770.8 3531.6 

June 7.8 17.9 1239.0 39.6 483.0 2715.5 

July 6.4 8.6 27.9 8.2 27.5 616.4 

August 6.1 7.6 10.7 6.1 10.4 35.8 

September 6.3 7.8 11.4 6.1 10.7 39.8 
A-1-49 

Table 3-50. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical flow (cfs) in South 

Fork Deer Creek below Deer Creek powerhouse (Deer Creek Project, Deer Creek 

Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 

2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical

October 36.0 54.0 69.8 

November 30.0 42.0 65.0 

December 30.0 39.0 60.0 

January 0.0 39.0 66.0 

February 0.0 39.0 71.0 

March 0.0 42.0 78.0 

April 0.0 0.0 66.0 

May 0.0 53.0 86.0 

June 30.0 60.0 91.0 

July 48.0 62.0 78.0 

August 51.2 60.0 78.0 

September 42.9 60.0 78.0 
A-1-50 

Table 3-51. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in the North Fork of 

the North Fork American River below Lake Valley reservoir dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Drum No. 1 and No. 2 

Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 3.2(a) 17.0(a) 31.0(a) 0.2 0.4 2.4 

November 5.0(a) 18.0(a) 30.0(a) 0.4 1.4 14.3 

December 10.1(a) 15.1(a) 27.0(a) 0.9 4.9 22.9 

January 7.3(a) 14.5(a) 28.0(a) 1.7 7.5 28.6 

February 3.5(a) 16.0(a) 28.0(a) 2.8 11.9 34.0 

March 5.0(a) 16.0(a) 30.0(a) 9.8 20.7 63.0 

April 1.9(a) 10.0(a) 29.0(a) 17.8 41.6 85.0 

May 0.3(a) 12.0(a) 43.0(a) 14.2 55.4 112.6 

June 2.9(a) 5.3(a) 29.0(a) 0.8 11.6 72.5 

July 1.0(a) 4.2(a) 19.0(a) 0.1 0.4 12.3 

August 2.0(a) 6.0(a) 20.0(a) 0.2 0.3 1.0 

September 2.0(a) 5.3(a) 22.0(a) 0.2 0.3 1.3 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference).
A-1-51 

Table 3-52. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Sixmile Creek below 

Kelly Lake dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Drum No. 1 and No. 2 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 0.0(a) 2.0(a) 3.0(a) 0.0 0.1 0.3 

November 0.0(a) 2.5(a) 5.0(a) 0.0 0.2 1.8 

December 0.0(a) 1.0(a) 3.5(a) 0.1 0.6 2.8 

January 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 2.5(a) 0.2 0.9 3.5 

February 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 5.0(a) 0.4 1.5 4.2 

March 0.0(a) 1.5(a) 5.0(a) 1.2 2.6 7.7 

April 0.0(a) 2.0(a) 5.0(a) 2.2 5.0 10.3 

May 0.0(a) 2.1(a) 5.0(a) 1.7 6.7 13.6 

June 0.0(a) 0.5(a) 5.6(a) 0.1 1.4 8.7 

July 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 1.0(a) 0.0 0.1 1.5 

August 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 0.5(a) 0.0 0.0 0.1 

September 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 1.0(a) 0.0 0.0 0.2 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference).
A-1-52 

Table 3-53. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in the North Fork of 

the North Fork American River below Lake Valley canal diversion dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Drum No. 1 and No. 2 

Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 1.0(a) 1.4(a) 11.2(a) 0.4 0.9 5.1 

November 1.0(a) 1.2(a) 25.9(a) 0.8 3.0 31.9 

December 1.0(a) 1.5(a) 118.2(a) 1.9 10.8 49.6 

January 1.0(a) 5.4(a) 98.2(a) 3.9 16.5 62.7 

February 1.0(a) 5.6(a) 31.3(a) 6.3 26.3 75.0 

March 1.1(a) 14.1(a) 71.9(a) 21.1 44.8 133.0 

April 1.2(a) 21.5(a) 78.0(a) 36.5 84.5 172.7 

May 1.1(a) 33.5(a) 173.6(a) 28.7 111.9 229.4 

June 3.0(a) 3.4(a) 59.2(a) 1.5 22.4 144.9 

July 3.0(a) 3.2(a) 5.7(a) 0.2 0.8 24.8 

August 3.0(a) 3.2(a) 3.9(a) 0.3 0.6 2.0 

September 3.0(a) 3.4(a) 8.1(a) 0.4 0.6 2.6 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
A-1-53 

Table 3-54. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical flow (cfs) from the 

Bear River below Drum canal spillway gate (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Drum No. 1 

and No. 2 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 

of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical

October 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 0.0(a)

November 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 0.0(a)

December 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 75.0(a)

January 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 0.0(a)

February 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 75.0(a)

March 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 194.8(a)

April 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 200.5(a)

May 0.0(a) 50.0(a) 324.5(a)

June 0.0(a) 5.5(a) 185.0(a)

July 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 60.0(a)

August 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 0.0(a)

September 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 0.0(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate 

but are provided for approximate reference). 
A-1-54 

Table 3-55. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Bear River at 

Highway 20 crossing, between South Yuba canal inflow at gage YB-139 (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Drum No. 1 and No. 2 

Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 5.6(a) 7.1(a) 12.4(a) 0.2 0.5 1.0 

November 5.8(a) 7.4(a) 20.0(a) 0.4 0.8 4.2 

December 5.9(a) 8.3(a) 36.0(a) 0.6 1.7 8.8 

January 5.9(a) 9.9(a) 72.5(a) 0.9 2.5 12.5 

February 6.6(a) 12.2(a) 127.5(a) 1.3 4.6 14.0 

March 8.0(a) 17.0(a) 203.6(a) 3.1 7.4 18.0 

April 7.5(a) 19.0(a) 226.3(a) 4.6 9.1 17.2 

May 6.4(a) 77.5(a) 264.0(a) 2.6 9.8 20.8 

June 6.5(a) 11.7(a) 158.0(a) 0.5 2.3 11.1 

July 5.5(a) 7.9(a) 83.1(a) 0.2 0.7 2.7 

August 5.6(a) 7.3(a) 25.3(a) 0.2 0.5 0.9 

September 5.9(a) 7.4(a) 19.0(a) 0.2 0.4 0.8 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference).
A-1-55 

Table 3-56. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Canyon Creek below 

Towle canal diversion dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Alta Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 0.0(a) 0.2(a) 1.1(a) 0.3 0.7 1.1 

November 0.1(a) 0.4(a) 1.1(a) 0.5 0.9 3.0 

December 0.2(a) 0.9(a) 1.2(a) 0.7 1.4 7.3 

January 0.3(a) 1.0(a) 1.2(a) 0.8 2.0 11.6 

February 0.5(a) 1.1(a) 1.2(a) 1.1 3.7 13.7 

March 1.0(a) 1.1(a) 1.2(a) 2.3 5.9 16.2 

April 0.9(a) 1.1(a) 1.2(a) 2.6 6.0 13.2 

May 0.4(a) 1.0(a) 1.2(a) 1.5 4.4 13.4 

June 0.3(a) 1.0(a) 1.2(a) 0.6 1.8 5.7 

July 0.1(a) 0.6(a) 1.1(a) 0.3 0.9 2.2 

August 0.0(a) 0.3(a) 1.1(a) 0.2 0.6 1.2 

September 0.0(a) 0.3(a) 1.2(a) 0.2 0.5 1.0 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference).
A-1-56 

Table 3-57. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Little Bear River 

below Alta powerhouse tailrace (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Alta Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 0.0(a) 0.2(a) 0.3(a) 0.3 0.7 1.2 

November 0.0(a) 0.2(a) 1.1(a) 0.5 0.9 2.7 

December 0.2(a) 0.7(a) 10.0(a) 0.7 1.3 6.8 

January 0.2(a) 2.0(a) 20.0(a) 0.8 1.8 11.5 

February 0.6(a) 6.7(a) 29.4(a) 1.0 3.4 13.7 

March 1.2(a) 6.2(a) 24.0(a) 2.0 5.3 16.2 

April 0.2(a) 3.3(a) 22.6(a) 1.5 5.0 12.5 

May 0.1(a) 0.4(a) 17.4(a) 1.1 2.8 12.1 

June 0.1(a) 0.2(a) 2.1(a) 0.6 1.5 4.1 

July 0.0(a) 0.2(a) 0.3(a) 0.3 1.0 2.0 

August 0.0(a) 0.2(a) 0.4(a) 0.2 0.7 1.2 

September 0.0(a) 0.2(a) 0.4(a) 0.2 0.6 1.0 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference).
A-1-57 

Table 3-58. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in the Bear River 

below Drum afterbay (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, Dutch Flat No. 1 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 5.1(a) 6.0(a) 9.2(a) 2.1 4.8 8.6 

November 5.1 5.9 8.0 3.8 7.2 28.3 

December 5.1(a) 6.0(a) 7.0(a) 5.6 11.6 59.1 

January 5.1(a) 6.0(a) 7.3(a) 6.5 17.6 92.7 

February 5.2(a) 6.1(a) 16.5(a) 8.7 31.1 109.0 

March 5.5(a) 10.0(a) 46.0(a) 20.4 51.7 128.4 

April 5.5(a) 10.0(a) 70.0(a) 24.5 54.8 113.7 

May 5.6(a) 10.0(a) 13.0(a) 13.9 47.1 117.1 

June 5.4(a) 10.0(a) 13.0(a) 4.6 15.5 57.3 

July 5.3(a) 10.0(a) 13.0(a) 2.3 6.5 18.5 

August 5.3(a) 10.0(a) 13.0(a) 1.5 4.4 8.3 

September 5.3(a) 11.0(a) 13.0(a) 1.6 4.0 7.2 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference).
A-1-58 

Table 3-59. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical flow (cfs) in Bear 

River diversion dam and Bear River canal (Lower Drum Project, Halsey Development) 

for period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 

2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical

October 0.0 400.0 476.8 

November 2.9 243.0 473.1 

December 85.4 398.0 483.0 

January 151.0 377.0 480.0 

February 118.2 380.0 477.0 

March 122.2 412.0 478.0 

April 139.5 424.0 483.1 

May 274.2 434.0 478.0 

June 341.9 435.5 476.0 

July 370.0 444.0 470.0 

August 374.0 446.0 474.0 

September 269.9 442.0 475.1 
A-1-59 

Table 3-60. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Dry Creek below 

Halsey afterbay dam (Lower Drum Project, Wise and Wise No. 2 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October No data No data No data 0.4 0.9 1.4 

November No data No data No data 0.7 1.2 3.3 

December No data No data No data 0.9 1.5 8.3 

January No data No data No data 1.0 2.2 14.1 

February No data No data No data 1.3 4.1 16.8 

March No data No data No data 2.4 6.5 19.9 

April No data No data No data 1.9 6.1 15.3 

May No data No data No data 1.3 3.4 14.9 

June No data No data No data 0.8 1.9 5.0 

July No data No data No data 0.4 1.2 2.4 

August No data No data No data 0.3 0.8 1.5 

September No data No data No data 0.3 0.7 1.3 
A-1-60 

Table 3-61. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Rock Creek below 

Rock Creek diversion dam (Lower Drum Project, Wise and Wise No. 2 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 0.0(a) 0.2(a) 8.4(a) 0.3 0.6 1.0 

November 0.0(a) 0.2(a) 34.9(a) 0.4 0.8 2.2 

December 0.0(a) 0.2(a) 30.4(a) 0.6 1.0 5.5 

January 0.0(a) 0.1(a) 12.7(a) 0.6 1.5 9.3 

February 0.0(a) 0.2(a) 39.1(a) 0.8 2.7 11.1 

March 0.1(a) 0.2(a) 9.4(a) 1.6 4.3 13.2 

April 0.1(a) 0.2(a) 8.8(a) 1.3 4.0 10.1 

May 0.0(a) 0.2(a) 25.0(a) 0.9 2.3 9.9 

June 0.0(a) 0.2(a) 25.9(a) 0.5 1.3 3.3 

July 0.0(a) 0.3(a) 25.0(a) 0.3 0.8 1.6 

August 0.0(a) 0.2(a) 25.0(a) 0.2 0.5 1.0 

September 0.0(a) 0.2(a) 19.5(a) 0.2 0.5 0.9 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference).
A-1-61 

Table 3-62. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical flow (cfs) in 

Auburn Ravine (Lower Drum Project, Wise and Wise No. 2 Development) for period of 

record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical

October 2.3 159.0 319.0 

November 1.2 38.5 331.0 

December 15.0 298.0 342.1 

January 24.0 290.8 336.0 

February 20.8 287.5 339.8 

March 46.9(a) 300.2(a) 339.0(a)

April 11.0 239.2 334.0 

May 12.0 161.2 255.0 

June 13.0 100.0 216.0 

July 10.0(a) 34.5(a) 143.0(a)

August 11.0 71.0 168.0 

September 13.0 171.0 278.1 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate 

but are provided for approximate reference).
A-1-62 

Table 3-63. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for flow (cfs) through Mormon 

Ravine (Lower Drum Project, Newcastle Development) for period of record (WY 1976-

2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical

October 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 235.0(a)

November 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 303.0(a)

December 0.0(a) 278.0(a) 321.0(a)

January 0.0(a) 276.1(a) 312.0(a)

February 53.2(a) 272.0(a) 309.0(a)

March 33.8(a) 271.0(a) 306.0(a)

April 0.0(a) 221.0(a) 277.0(a)

May 0.0(a) 125.0(a) 215.0(a)

June 0.0(a) 37.0(a) 177.0(a)

July 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 62.0(a)

August 0.0(a) 0.0(a) 127.0(a)

September 0.0(a) 148.0(a) 209.1(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate 

but are provided for approximate reference).
A-1-63 

Table 3-64. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Jackson 

Meadows reservoir (Yuba-Bear Project, Bowman Development) for period of record 

(WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 19,468.6 39,137.9 50,546.6 

November 17,744.7 33,760.1 42,217.2 

December 17,936.7 33,377.8 39,860.5 

January 18,147.7 34,170.8 53,337.5 

February 15,643.1 34,626.0 53,337.5 

March 16,301.3 34,902.1 53,530.0 

April 24,123.1 38,939.8 54,011.3 

May 34,050.6 54,107.7 67,200.7 

June 38,460.4 63,047.6 68,130.2 

July 33,397.0 62,189.6 67,730.2 

August 24,633.7 55,214.0 67,219.8 

September 22,895.9 47,470.7 61,523.4 
A-1-64 

Table 3-65. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Milton 

diversion dam impoundment (Yuba-Bear Project, Bowman Development) for period of 

record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 157.0 193.0 220.0 

November 160.0 177.0 229.0 

December 157.0 165.0 221.8 

January 157.0 165.0 221.0 

February 157.0 166.0 294.0 

March 157.0 167.0 295.0 

April 157.0 168.0 295.0 

May 160.0 192.9 295.0 

June 161.0 198.0 295.0 

July 161.0 189.0 252.0 

August 157.0 193.0 215.0 

September 159.0 193.0 220.0 
A-1-65 

Table 3-66. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Jackson 

Lake (Yuba-Bear Project, Bowman Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 393.2 900.0 1,054.8 

November 410.0 882.0 1,030.0 

December 414.0 868.0 1,110.0 

January 387.0(a) 848.0(a) 1,262.7(a)

February 377.0(a) 866.0(a) 1,330.0(a)

March 387.0(a) 867.0(a) 1,330.0(a)

April 400.0 912.0 1,330.0 

May 662.2 1,200.0 1,350.0 

June 912.0 1,330.0 1,350.0 

July 813.0 1,240.0 1,337.0 

August 699.2 1,120.0 1,250.8 

September 556.4 1,000.5 1,135.1 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
A-1-66 

Table 3-67. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in French 

Lake (Yuba-Bear Project, Bowman Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 1,743.2 7,100.0 12,011.0 

November 1,695.8 6,723.5 11,781.2 

December 2,322.6 7,560.0 12,075.0 

January 2,843.2 7,864.0 13,840.0 

February 2,976.0 8,097.0 13,840.0 

March 2,088.2 8,890.0 13,840.0 

April 3,721.4 10,920.5 13,840.0 

May 7,659.8 13,400.0 14,100.0 

June 5,924.3 13,840.0 14,135.9 

July 4,177.0 13,600.0 13,900.0 

August 2,258.0 12,000.0 13,542.2 

September 1,936.8 8,909.5 12,865.3 
A-1-67 

Table 3-68. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in 

Faucherie Lake (Yuba-Bear Project, Bowman Development) for period of record (WY 

1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 965.0 3,721.0 4,005.8 

November 783.2(a) 3,230.0(a) 3,997.0(a)

December 1,480.1(a) 3,460.0(a) 3,995.1(a)

January 1,847.1(a) 3,980.0(a) 4,000.9(a)

February 2,328.4(a) 3,989.5(a) 4,010.0(a)

March 2,892.8(a) 3,990.0(a) 4,018.7(a)

April 3,459.4(a) 4,001.1(a) 4,030.9(a)

May 3,910.1(a) 4,022.0(a) 4,060.0(a)

June 3,976.6(a) 4,010.0(a) 4,047.0(a)

July 2,987.0(a) 3,989.0(a) 4,034.0(a)

August 1,434.0 3,980.0 4,023.0 

September 954.9 3,975.0 4,020.0 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
A-1-68 

Table 3-69. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Sawmill 

Lake (Yuba-Bear Project, Bowman Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 965.7(a) 2,398.3(a) 3,030.0(a)

November 1,098.1 2,332.4 3,030.0 

December 1,469.5 2,860.3 3,030.0 

January 1,687.0 3,030.0 3,068.0 

February 2,159.4 3,030.0 3,070.0 

March 3,030.0 3,030.0 3,080.0 

April 3,030.0(a) 3,030.0(a) 3,090.0(a)

May 3,030.0(a) 3,030.0(a) 3,100.0(a)

June 3,030.0(a) 3,030.0(a) 3,080.0(a)

July 2,662.9(a) 3,030.0(a) 3,030.0(a)

August 1,391.1(a) 3,028.2(a) 3,030.0(a)

September 506.8(a) 2,727.7(a) 3,030.0(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
A-1-69 

Table 3-70. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in 

Bowman Lake (Yuba-Bear Project, Bowman Development) for period of record (WY 

1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 25,607.7 45,835.3 53,352.5 

November 25,024.2 42,368.0 52,464.0 

December 26,598.1 37,317.0 51,020.6 

January 24,489.7 31,821.1 61,298.3 

February 22,665.1 32,475.8 56,384.3 

March 22,259.3 34,587.7 57,923.0 

April 25,781.4 42,160.5 57,414.1 

May 36,335.0 52,841.0 67,862.1 

June 42,892.8 64,290.7 69,893.2 

July 43,110.7 60,478.0 67,636.5 

August 41,083.3 51,958.8 62,488.8 

September 30,720.7 45,346.9 57,500.4 
A-1-70 

Table 3-71. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Dutch 

Flat afterbay (Yuba-Bear Project, Chicago Park Development) for period of record (WY 

1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 1,556.0(a) 1,807.0(a) 1,974.6(a)

November 1,616.3(a) 1,827.5(a) 1,971.0(a)

December 1,665.8(a) 1,856.0(a) 2,006.0(a)

January 1,700.0(a) 1,863.0(a) 2,074.5(a)

February 1,743.0(a) 1,873.0(a) 2,067.0(a)

March 1,670.0(a) 1,913.0(a) 2,087.0(a)

April 1,734.8(a) 1,971.0(a) 2,085.4(a)

May 1,779.3(a) 1,932.0(a) 2,082.0(a)

June 1,755.8(a) 1,856.0(a) 2,001.0(a)

July 1,760.0(a) 1,854.5(a) 1,979.0(a)

August 1,720.0(a) 1,834.0(a) 1,968.0(a)

September 1,304.0(a) 1,571.0(a) 1,920.6(a)

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely 

accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
A-1-71 

Table 3-72. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for storage (acre-feet) in Rollins 

reservoir (Yuba-Bear Project, Rollins Development) for period of record (WY 1976-

2008). (Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

50% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

10% Exceedance 

Storage (ac-ft)

October 23,415.6 36,093.0 47,178.2 

November 26,671.1 44,960.0 58,757.0 

December 30,046.8 47,196.0 59,165.0 

January 28,077.6 50,792.0 59,470.0 

February 33,323.8 57,147.0 59,671.0 

March 42,747.0 59,063.0 59,671.0 

April 45,851.1 59,165.0 59,521.3 

May 44,809.8 59,050.0 59,369.0 

June 40,876.1 58,372.0 59,169.7 

July 41,322.4 56,406.0 58,961.0 

August 37,627.0 54,347.0 58,175.0 

September 33,041.3 48,359.0 56,994.0 
A-1-72 

Table 3-73. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in the Middle Yuba 

River below Jackson Meadows dam (Yuba-Bear Project, Bowman Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Middle Yuba River below Jackson Meadows Dam

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 8.0(a) 144.0(a) 304.0(a) 1.8 5.3 17.1 

November 7.9(a) 11.0(a) 283.1(a) 2.2 9.1 60.3 

December 4.2(a) 9.3(a) 133.0(a) 6.1 18.3 121.7 

January 4.7(a) 9.5(a) 91.5(a) 8.6 30.5 152.1 

February 4.8(a) 10.0(a) 182.0(a) 13.5 45.4 144.6 

March 6.3(a) 70.0(a) 206.5(a) 33.6 85.3 264.8 

April 8.2(a) 76.0(a) 257.0(a) 75.6 202.6 435.9 

May 8.8(a) 106.0(a) 389.5(a) 99.6 355.9 770.7 

June 5.6(a) 108.0(a) 362.0(a) 16.4 110.3 547.9 

July 5.0(a) 104.0(a) 177.8(a) 5.0 13.3 114.3 

August 5.0(a) 99.0(a) 159.0(a) 3.4 6.2 13.7 

September 6.0(a) 145.5(a) 263.0(a) 1.3 5.3 13.6 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference). 
A-1-73 

Table 3-74. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in the Middle Yuba 

River below Milton diversion dam (Yuba-Bear Project, Bowman Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 3.3 3.8 4.3 1.9 5.7 18.4 

November 3.2(a) 3.7(a) 4.2(a) 2.4 9.9 65.2 

December 3.2(a) 3.7(a) 4.2(a) 6.7 19.9 132.1 

January 3.0(a) 3.6(a) 4.6(a) 9.4 33.3 165.4 

February 3.0(a) 3.8(a) 6.0(a) 14.7 49.6 159.2 

March 2.6(a) 3.9(a) 5.0(a) 36.6 92.9 284.6 

April 2.2(a) 3.8(a) 73.0(a) 81.5 217.1 468.4 

May 2.0(a) 4.0(a) 385.2(a) 105.5 378.1 817.2 

June 3.2(a) 3.9(a) 276.0(a) 17.2 115.7 578.3 

July 3.2(a) 3.8(a) 5.3(a) 5.2 13.7 119.4 

August 3.2 3.8 4.5 3.6 6.7 14.7 

September 3.4(a) 3.8(a) 4.5(a) 1.4 5.6 14.6 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference).
A-1-74 

Table 3-75. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Wilson Creek below 

Wilson Creek diversion dam (Yuba-Bear Project, Bowman Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 0.5 

November No data No data No data 0.1 0.2 2.5 

December No data No data No data 0.1 0.9 4.1 

January No data No data No data 0.3 1.3 5.0 

February No data No data No data 0.5 2.0 5.9 

March No data No data No data 1.7 3.7 11.3 

April No data No data No data 3.4 8.0 16.6 

May No data No data No data 2.8 10.9 22.0 

June No data No data No data 0.2 2.4 14.6 

July No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 2.6 

August No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 0.2 

September No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 0.2 
A-1-75 

Table 3-76. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Jackson Creek 

below Jackson Lake dam (Yuba-Bear Project, Bowman Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix 

E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 0.9(a) 1.2(a) 1.8(a) 0.0 0.1 0.4 

November 0.9(a) 1.2(a) 1.8(a) 0.0 0.2 1.7 

December 0.9(a) 1.3(a) 1.7(a) 0.1 0.6 2.9 

January 0.9(a) 1.3(a) 1.7(a) 0.2 0.9 3.6 

February 0.9(a) 1.3(a) 1.7(a) 0.3 1.4 4.2 

March 0.9(a) 1.4(a) 1.8(a) 1.3 2.7 8.2 

April 0.9(a) 1.3(a) 1.7(a) 2.4 6.1 12.9 

May 0.9(a) 1.5(a) 2.0(a) 2.7 9.7 19.5 

June 0.9(a) 1.6(a) 2.0(a) 0.2 2.7 15.3 

July 1.0(a) 1.6(a) 2.0(a) 0.0 0.1 3.4 

August 0.9(a) 1.2(a) 1.9(a) 0.0 0.0 0.2 

September 0.9(a) 1.2(a) 1.8(a) 0.0 0.0 0.2 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference).
A-1-76 

Table 3-77. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Canyon Creek below 

French Lake dam (Yuba-Bear Project, Bowman Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of 

PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 2.8(a) 3.0(a) 3.2(a) 0.2 0.4 2.4 

November 2.9(a) 3.1(a) 3.2(a) 0.3 1.2 11.3 

December 2.7(a) 3.1(a) 3.2(a) 0.7 4.1 19.0 

January 2.8(a) 3.0(a) 3.2(a) 1.4 6.0 23.3 

February 2.8(a) 3.1(a) 3.2(a) 2.2 9.1 27.6 

March 2.8(a) 3.2(a) 3.2(a) 8.0 17.3 52.7 

April 2.8(a) 3.0(a) 3.2(a) 15.7 40.5 86.0 

May 2.9(a) 3.2(a) 3.2(a) 19.3 68.5 136.4 

June 2.9(a) 3.2(a) 3.2(a) 1.6 20.1 113.3 

July 2.8(a) 3.1(a) 3.2(a) 0.3 1.1 26.5 

August 2.8(a) 2.9(a) 3.1(a) 0.2 0.3 1.2 

September 2.7(a) 3.0(a) 3.2(a) 0.2 0.3 1.3 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference).
A-1-77 

Table 3-78. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Canyon Creek below 

Faucherie Lake dam (Yuba-Bear Project, Bowman Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 

of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 2.8(a) 2.9(a) 3.2(a) 0.4 0.8 4.7 

November 2.9(a) 3.0(a) 3.3(a) 0.6 2.3 22.0 

December 2.9(a) 3.0(a) 3.3(a) 1.4 8.0 37.8 

January 2.8(a) 3.0(a) 3.3(a) 2.8 11.8 45.9 

February 2.8(a) 3.0(a) 3.2(a) 4.4 18.0 54.3 

March 2.8(a) 2.9(a) 3.3(a) 16.0 33.9 104.2 

April 2.8(a) 2.9(a) 3.3(a) 30.6 78.6 167.3 

May 2.7(a) 2.9(a) 3.3(a) 36.1 128.6 257.6 

June 2.8(a) 2.9(a) 3.1(a) 3.0 36.8 206.8 

July 2.8(a) 2.9(a) 3.2(a) 0.5 2.0 47.4 

August 2.8(a) 2.9(a) 3.2(a) 0.4 0.6 2.3 

September 1.3(a) 2.9(a) 3.2(a) 0.4 0.6 2.6 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference).
A-1-78 

Table 3-79. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Canyon Creek below 

Sawmill Lake dam (Yuba-Bear Project, Bowman Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of 

PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 3.0(a) 3.6(a) 6.5(a) 0.7 1.5 8.8 

November 3.0(a) 3.7(a) 31.0(a) 1.1 4.4 43.3 

December 2.9(a) 3.7(a) 57.0(a) 2.7 15.8 73.2 

January 2.9(a) 4.0(a) 14.0(a) 5.5 23.5 90.5 

February 2.9(a) 4.1(a) 9.5(a) 8.7 36.4 107.7 

March 2.9(a) 4.2(a) 8.8(a) 31.7 67.3 207.5 

April 2.9(a) 4.0(a) 8.8(a) 61.4 151.7 315.4 

May 2.8(a) 3.4(a) 8.2(a) 63.2 231.3 462.6 

June 2.9(a) 4.0(a) 6.1(a) 4.7 61.4 352.7 

July 2.9(a) 3.5(a) 6.1(a) 0.8 3.0 74.8 

August 2.9(a) 4.0(a) 29.0(a) 0.7 1.0 4.1 

September 2.9(a) 4.1(a) 36.2(a) 0.7 1.1 4.8 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference).
A-1-79 

Table 3-80. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Canyon Creek below 

Bowman-Spaulding diversion dam (Yuba-Bear Project, Dutch Flat No. 2 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 2.6 4.4 6.7 1.2 2.6 15.0 

November 2.1 4.1 7.3 2.0 7.7 78.4 

December 2.2 4.2 10.0 4.9 28.0 129.3 

January 2.3 4.7 26.0 9.9 42.2 163.8 

February 2.5 5.0 48.0 15.6 66.1 194.8 

March 3.0 6.3 117.4 55.7 118.6 361.2 

April 3.3 5.5 145.1 105.3 255.2 525.2 

May 3.0 5.1 269.2 100.8 379.0 753.0 

June 3.2 4.9 230.1 7.0 94.0 549.1 

July 2.6 4.5 10.0 1.2 4.4 115.1 

August 2.6 4.3 6.6 1.1 1.7 6.7 

September 2.7 4.2 6.6 1.2 1.8 8.0 
A-1-80 

Table 3-81. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Texas Creek at 

Texas Creek diversion dam (Yuba-Bear Project, Dutch Flat No. 2 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October No data No data No data 0.2 0.5 2.9 

November No data No data No data 0.4 1.5 16.1 

December No data No data No data 1.0 5.6 26.5 

January No data No data No data 2.0 8.6 32.5 

February No data No data No data 3.1 13.3 38.7 

March No data No data No data 11.2 23.8 72.7 

April No data No data No data 21.7 51.1 105.4 

May No data No data No data 17.9 69.8 140.9 

June No data No data No data 1.1 15.4 94.0 

July No data No data No data 0.2 0.6 16.9 

August No data No data No data 0.2 0.3 1.2 

September No data No data No data 0.2 0.3 1.5 
A-1-81 

Table 3-82. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Clear Creek below 

Bowman-Spaulding conduit (Yuba-Bear Project, Dutch Flat No. 2 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October No data No data No data 0.1 0.2 0.8 

November No data No data No data 0.1 0.5 5.6 

December No data No data No data 0.3 1.9 8.6 

January No data No data No data 0.7 2.9 11.1 

February No data No data No data 1.1 4.7 13.3 

March No data No data No data 3.6 7.8 22.4 

April No data No data No data 5.8 13.3 27.3 

May No data No data No data 4.5 17.6 36.6 

June No data No data No data 0.2 3.3 22.1 

July No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 3.8 

August No data No data No data 0.1 0.1 0.3 

September No data No data No data 0.1 0.1 0.4 
A-1-82 

Table 3-83. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Fall Creek below 

Fall Creek diversion dam (Yuba-Bear Project, Dutch Flat No. 2 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 0.7(a) 2.0(a) 4.3(a) 0.0 0.0 0.3 

November 0.5(a) 2.2(a) 5.0(a) 0.0 0.1 1.4 

December 0.4(a) 0.8(a) 2.1(a) 0.1 0.5 2.3 

January 0.3(a) 0.4(a) 1.0(a) 0.2 0.7 2.8 

February 0.3(a) 0.4(a) 0.7(a) 0.3 1.1 3.4 

March 0.3(a) 0.8(a) 0.9(a) 1.0 2.1 6.6 

April 0.5(a) 1.0(a) 414.6(a) 2.0 4.8 9.9 

May 0.6(a) 1.2(a) 293.8(a) 1.8 6.8 13.6 

June 0.5(a) 1.0(a) 4.9(a) 0.1 1.6 9.6 

July 0.5(a) 0.8(a) 2.0(a) 0.0 0.1 1.8 

August 0.4(a) 0.7(a) 1.0(a) 0.0 0.0 0.1 

September 0.5(a) 1.1(a) 3.2(a) 0.0 0.0 0.1 

(a) Denotes missing data within the given period (statistics will not be completely accurate but are provided for approximate reference).
A-1-83 

Table 3-84. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Trap Creek below 

Bowman-Spaulding conduit (Yuba-Bear Project, Dutch Flat No. 2 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 0.3 

November No data No data No data 0.1 0.2 2.2 

December No data No data No data 0.1 0.8 3.4 

January No data No data No data 0.3 1.2 4.5 

February No data No data No data 0.5 1.9 5.4 

March No data No data No data 1.4 3.1 9.0 

April No data No data No data 2.3 5.3 10.8 

May No data No data No data 1.8 7.0 14.5 

June No data No data No data 0.1 1.3 8.7 

July No data No data No data 0.0 0.1 1.5 

August No data No data No data 0.0 0.0 0.1 

September No data No data No data 0.0 0.0 0.2 
A-1-84 

Table 3-85. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Rucker Creek below 

Bowman-Spaulding conduit (Yuba-Bear Project, Dutch Flat No. 2 Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October No data No data No data 0.1 0.2 1.0 

November No data No data No data 0.2 0.6 6.6 

December No data No data No data 0.4 2.2 10.1 

January No data No data No data 0.8 3.4 13.0 

February No data No data No data 1.3 5.5 15.6 

March No data No data No data 4.2 9.1 26.5 

April No data No data No data 6.8 15.7 32.4 

May No data No data No data 5.4 20.9 43.3 

June No data No data No data 0.3 4.0 26.3 

July No data No data No data 0.0 0.2 4.5 

August No data No data No data 0.1 0.1 0.4 

September No data No data No data 0.1 0.1 0.5 
A-1-85 

Table 3-86. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in Bear River below 

Dutch Flat afterbay dam (Yuba-Bear Project, Chicago Park Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). 

(Source: appendix E12 of PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 9.7 11.0 13.0 3.9 9.0 15.3 

November 5.2 6.5 12.0 6.9 12.6 42.6 

December 5.2 6.5 13.0 9.9 19.1 99.9 

January 5.3 6.5 14.0 11.3 28.1 158.6 

February 5.3 6.3 15.8 14.8 51.2 188.4 

March 5.4 6.5 70.8 32.3 82.6 222.2 

April 5.5 7.1 128.0 36.1 82.9 182.0 

May 6.3 11.0 16.0 20.3 62.9 185.4 

June 6.3 11.0 12.0 8.4 24.9 80.5 

July 6.3 11.0 37.6 4.4 12.1 30.2 

August 9.9 11.0 34.0 2.8 8.2 15.6 

September 10.0 12.0 45.0 3.0 7.4 13.2 
A-1-86 

Table 3-87. Exceedance frequency analysis (10, 50, and 90 percent) for historical and estimated unregulated flow (cfs) in the Bear River 

below Rollins dam (Yuba-Bear Project, Rollins Development) for period of record (WY 1976-2008). (Source: appendix E12 of 

PG&E, 2011a; NID, 2011a) 

Month 90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

90% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs) 

50% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

10% 

Exceedance 

Flow (cfs)

Historical Historical Historical Unregulated Unregulated Unregulated

October 65.2 83.0 290.8 18.5 41.4 69.7 

November 19.9 27.0 470.0 31.1 56.6 174.8 

December 20.0 30.0 734.0 44.5 84.5 448.6 

January 19.0 234.0 1,248.0 52.0 132.5 759.5 

February 19.0 434.0 1,670.0 70.5 223.7 916.2 

March 21.0 576.0 1,650.0 133.5 353.7 1,012.9 

April 24.0 584.5 1,400.0 128.9 335.9 775.9 

May 78.2 507.0 996.0 75.0 214.3 774.6 

June 83.9 407.0 673.0 36.8 103.6 296.7 

July 80.0 152.0 458.8 20.3 55.7 125.9 

August 83.0 142.0 361.0 12.5 38.1 69.5 

September 75.0 100.0 350.0 14.8 35.5 63.7 
A-1-87 

Table 3-88. NID’s water rights associated with the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project. (Source: 

NID, 2011a)

License, 

Permit,

Application, 

or 

Statement 

No.

Source Priority

Date

Place of Storage

or Diversion 

Direct 

Diversion 

Amount (cfs)

Storage 

Amount

(acre-feet)

S4716 Canyon 

Creek

1873 Sawmill Lake

Not applicable (pre-1914 

rights)

S4717 Canyon 

Creek

1859 French Lake

S13330 Middle Yuba 

River

1854 Milton diversion

impoundment

S1 3800 Canyon 

Creek

1872 Bowman 

reservoir

S1 3801 Canyon 

Creek

1872 Faucherie Lake

S13927 South Yuba 

River

1874 PG&E’s

South Yuba 

canal

S1 3928 South Yuba 

River

1874 PG&E’s Drum 

canal

S14354 Bear River 1853 Rollins reservoir

S14355 Bear River 1853 PG&E’s

Bear River canal

S14356 Canyon 

Creek

1872 Bowman

reservoir

12795

(7/10/1991)

Jackson 

Creek

5/7/1919 Jackson Lake --- 970 (1/1-

12/31)

Canyon 

Creek

Faucherie Lake --- 3980 (1/1- 

12/31)

Canyon 

Creek

Sawmill Lake --- 1221 (1/1-

12/31)

Canyon 

Creek

Bowman Lake --- 58829 (1/1-

12/31)

Canyon 

Creek

BowmanSpaulding

conduit

146 

(4/15-9/30)

---

Texas Creek BowmanSpaulding

conduit

30 (4/15-9/30) ---
A-1-88 

Table 3-88. NID’s water rights associated with the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project. (Source: 

NID, 2011a)

License, 

Permit,

Application, 

or 

Statement 

No.

Source Priority

Date

Place of Storage

or Diversion 

Direct 

Diversion 

Amount (cfs)

Storage 

Amount

(acre-feet)

Fall Creek BowmanSpaulding

conduit

15 (4/15-9/30) ---

Trap Creek BowmanSpaulding

conduit

5 (4/15-9/30) ---

12796

(7/10/1991)

Middle Yuba 

River

3/25/1921 Jackson 

Meadows and

Bowman 

reservoirs

--- 60,000 (1/1-

12/31)

12797

(7/10/1991)

Middle Yuba 

River

3/25/1921 Jackson 

Meadows and

Bowman 

reservoirs

--- 60,000 

(12/1-7/15)

12798

(7/1 0/1 991)

Jackson 

Creek

6/3/1921 Jackson Lake --- 970 (12/1-

7/15)

Canyon 

Creek Faucherie Lake --- 2,993 (12/1-7/15)

Canyon 

Creek Sawmill Lake --- 3,030 (12/1-7/15)

Canyon 

Creek

Bowman 

reservoir

--- 47,530 

(12/1-7/15)

Canyon 

Creek

BowmanSpaulding

conduit

152 (1/1-12/31) ---

Texas Creek BowmanSpaulding

conduit

30 (1/1-12/31) ---

Fall Creek BowmanSpaulding

conduit

15 (1/1-12/31) ---

Trap Creek BowmanSpaulding

conduit

5 (1/1-12/31) ---
A-1-89 

Table 3-88. NID’s water rights associated with the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project. (Source: 

NID, 2011a)

License, 

Permit,

Application, 

or 

Statement 

No.

Source Priority

Date

Place of Storage

or Diversion 

Direct 

Diversion 

Amount (cfs)

Storage 

Amount

(acre-feet)

10350

(11/26/1968)

Bear River 11/22/1921 Rollins 

reservoir

--- 6,945 

(11/30-6/1)

Permit No. 

11626

(Lic. In 

Progress)

Bear River 11/22/1921 Rollins 

reservoir

--- 65,000 

(11/30-6/1)

Permit No.

13770

(Lic. In 

Progress)

Middle Yuba 

River

9/8/1926 Jackson 

Meadows,

Milton and 

Bowman

reservoirs

--- 50,000 

(1/1-6/30, 

10/1-12/1))

8809

(1/20/1964)

Bear River 3/26/1 929 Bear River 

canal

120 (4/1-

10/31)

---

4544

(2/11/1957)

Middle Yuba

River, 

Canyon

Creek & 

others

not listed

11/7/1934 PG&E’s

Drum canal

135 (1/1-

12/31)

---

1707

(12/15/1936)

Middle Yuba

River, 

Canyon

Creek & 

others

not listed

11/7/1924 PG&E’s

South Yuba 

canal

126 (1/1-

12/31)

---

12799

(7/10/1991)

Clear Creek 6/16/1930 BowmanSpaulding

conduit

5 (10/1 - 9/30) ---

Fall Creek 10 (12/1-7/31) ---

Trap Creek 5 (1/1-7/31) ---

12800

(7/10/1991)

Clear Creek 6/16/1930 BowmanSpaulding

conduit

5 (4/15-9/30) ---

Fall Creek 10 (4/15-7/31) ---

Trap Creek 5 (4/15-7/31) ---
A-1-90 

Table 3-88. NID’s water rights associated with the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project. (Source: 

NID, 2011a)

License, 

Permit,

Application, 

or 

Statement 

No.

Source Priority

Date

Place of Storage

or Diversion 

Direct 

Diversion 

Amount (cfs)

Storage 

Amount

(acre-feet)

12802

(7/1 0/1 991)

Texas Creek 11/27/1934 BowmanSpaulding

conduit

68 (1/1-6/30) ---

Clear Creek 13.6 (1/1-7/31) ---

Fall Creek 75.7 (12/1-

7/31)

---

Trap Creek 8.6 (4/15-6/30) ---

Rucker 

Creek

25 (1/1-12/31) ---

12803

(7/10/1991)

Wilson 

Creek

11/27/1934 MiltonBowman

conduit

3.5 (1/1-12/31) ---

Bowman 

reservoir

--- 680 (11/1-

6/30)

12801

(7/10/1991)

Wilson 

Creek

11/27/1934 MiltonBowman

conduit and 

Bowman

Lake

2.7 (1/1-12/31) 680 (11/1-

6/30)

Permit No. 

5815

(Lic. In 

Progress)

Clear Creek 11/27/1934 BowmanSpaulding

conduit

30 (1/1-12/31) 6,000 (1 1/1-

6/30)

Texas Creek 70 (1/1-12/31) 14,000 

(11/1-6/30)

Fall Creek 85 (1/1-12/31) 17,000 

(11/1-6/30)

Trap Creek 15 (1/1-12/31) 3,000 (11/1-

6/30)

Rucker 

Creek

25 (1/1-12/31) 5,000 (11/1-

6/30)

10016

(3/5/1973)

South Yuba 

River

9/3/1 953 PG&E’s

Lake Spaulding

200 (9/1-6/30) ---

Permit No. 

13772

(Lic. In 

Progress)

South Yuba 

River

3/6/1961 Rollins 

reservoir

200 (9/1-6/30) 18,000 

(11/1-6/30)
A-1-91 

Table 3-88. NID’s water rights associated with the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project. (Source: 

NID, 2011a)

License, 

Permit,

Application, 

or 

Statement 

No.

Source Priority

Date

Place of Storage

or Diversion 

Direct 

Diversion 

Amount (cfs)

Storage 

Amount

(acre-feet)

Permit No. 

13773

(Lic. In 

Progress)

Middle Yuba 

River

4/6/1961 Jackson 

Meadows and

Bowman 

reservoirs

--- 50,000 

(10/1-6/30)

9903

(4/19/1972)

Bear River 2/5/1963 Chicago Park 

flume

1,056 (1/1-

12/31)

---

9902

(4/1 9/1 972)

Bear River 2/5/1963 Dutch Flat no. 

2 

flume

550 (1/1-

12/31)

---

S1 0591

(Riparian 

Right)

Damfine 

Spring

1967 Jackson 

Meadows

campground

--- ---

S1 0592

(Riparian 

Right)

Unnamed 

tributary

to Pass 

Creek

1967 Jackson 

Meadows

Campground

--- ---

Permit No. 

16953 

(Lic. In 

Progress)

Bear River 1/9/1976 Rollins reservoir 700 (1/1-12/31) 62,080 

(11/30-6/1) 

Permit No. 

19158 

(Lic. In 

Progress)

Canyon Creek 10/22/1982 Bowman 

reservoir

322 (1/1-12/31) 65,000 (1/1-

7/31) 
A-1-92 

Table 3-89. Summary of water rights held by PG&E related to the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Deer Creek Projects. (Source: 

PG&E, 2011a)

Application

No.

License 

or

(Permit) 

No.

Statement 

of

Water 

Diversion

and Use No.

Priority/

First use

Storage

Right

(acrefeet)

Direct

Diversion Right

Description

(Name of Works)

Point of 

Diversion

Type of 

Usea

Water 

Right

Class Amount Units

934 1855 207 Upper Rock Lake Rock Creek P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

935 1855 48 Lower Rock Lake Rock Creek P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

936 1852 953 Culbertson Lake Texas Creek P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

937 1870 18 Upper Lindsey 

Lake Lindsey Creek P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

938 110 Middle Lindsey 

Lake Lindsey Creek P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

939 1870 293 Lower Lindsey 

Lake Lindsey Creek P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

940 1875 739 Feeley Lake Lake Creek P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

941 1875 150 Carr Lake Lake Creek P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

9978 1870 20 cfs Texas Creek 

feeder Texas Creek P,I,J,M,D Pre-1914

9979 1870 20 cfs Lindsey Creek 

feeder Lindsey Creek P,I,J,M,D Pre-1914

9980 1870 20 cfs Clear Creek feeder Clear Creek P,I,J,M,D Pre-1914

9981 1870 30 cfs Fall Creek feeder Fall Creek P,I,J,M,D Pre-1914

10396 1870 30 cfs Trap Creek 

diversion Trap Creek P Pre-1914

942 1870 1163 Blue Lake Rucker Creek P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

943 1870 648 Rucker Lake Rucker Creek P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

9982 1870 30 cfs Rucker Creek 

feeder Rucker Creek P,I,J,M,D Pre-1914
A-1-93 

Table 3-89. Summary of water rights held by PG&E related to the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Deer Creek Projects. (Source: 

PG&E, 2011a)

Application

No.

License 

or

(Permit) 

No.

Statement 

of

Water 

Diversion

and Use No.

Priority/

First use

Storage

Right

(acrefeet)

Direct

Diversion Right

Description

(Name of Works)

Point of 

Diversion

Type of 

Usea

Water 

Right

Class Amount Units

9032 1870 70 cfs Jordan Creek 

conduit Jordan Creek P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

945 1864 4935 Meadow Lake Tributary to

Fordyce Creek P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

946 1850 570 White Rock 

reservoir

White Rock 

Creek P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

951 1877 1764 Sterling Lake Sterling Creek P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

9033 1873 20,222 Lake Fordyce near 

Cisco Fordyce Creek P,I,J,M,D Pre-1914

2750 986 2/9/1 922 26,572 Lake Fordyce Fordyce Creek P License

3550 10867 7/26/1 

923 26,662 Lake Fordyce Fordyce Creek I,M,J License

948 1855 1,505 Kidd Lake

Tributary to 

South

Yuba River

P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

949 1855 1,736 Upper Peak Lake

Tributary to

South

Yuba River

P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

950 1860 484 Lower Peak Lake

Tributary to 

South

Yuba River

P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

944 1852 74,773 Lake Spaulding South Yuba 

River P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

954 1853 165 cfs South Yuba canal South Yuba 

River P,I,D Pre-1914
A-1-94 

Table 3-89. Summary of water rights held by PG&E related to the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Deer Creek Projects. (Source: 

PG&E, 2011a)

Application

No.

License 

or

(Permit) 

No.

Statement 

of

Water 

Diversion

and Use No.

Priority/

First use

Storage

Right

(acrefeet)

Direct

Diversion Right

Description

(Name of Works)

Point of 

Diversion

Type of 

Usea

Water 

Right

Class Amount Units

965 1853 10 cfs

So. Yuba canal

feeders

sta. 40+08 to 

55+83

Tributary to

Bear River P,I Pre-1914

970 1853 10 cfs

South Yuba canal 

feeder - 

sta. 63 7+20

Tributary to

Bear River P,I Pre-1914

953 1865 800 cfs Drum canal intake South Yuba 

River P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

4851 1464 9466 300 Kelly Lake Six Mile Valley I,D License

952 1887 7964 Lake Valley 

reservoir

Lake Valley 

Creek

P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

26517 (P20253) 9/4/1 980 42 cfs Lake Valley canal North Fork of 

the North Fork

American 

River

P Permit

955 1853 40 cfs Lake Valley canal North Fork of 

the North Fork

American 

River

P,I,D Pre-1914

964 1865 10 cfs Feeder to Drum 

canal

Tributary to

Bear River

P Pre-1914

5970 8888 7/5/1928 525 cfs Dutch Flat 1 

intake

Bear River P License

2753 987 2/9/1922 100 cfs Bear River canal

intake

Bear River P License
A-1-95 

Table 3-89. Summary of water rights held by PG&E related to the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Deer Creek Projects. (Source: 

PG&E, 2011a)

Application

No.

License 

or

(Permit) 

No.

Statement 

of

Water 

Diversion

and Use No.

Priority/

First use

Storage

Right

(acrefeet)

Direct

Diversion Right

Description

(Name of Works)

Point of 

Diversion

Type of 

Usea

Water 

Right

Class Amount Units

6332 1375 6/19/1929 120 cfs Bear River canal

intake

Bear River P License

957 1852 475 cfs Bear River canal

intake

Bear River P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

969 1917 --- cfs Inflow to Halsey 

afterbay

Dry Creek P,I,D Prescription

968 1917 --- cfs Inflow to Rock

Creek reservoir

Rock tributary

to Bear Creek

P,I,D Prescription

960 1863 50 cfs Towle canal 

500 ft below head

Canyon Creek P,I,D,PS Pre-1914

961 1864 60 cfs Boardman canal

below Alta 

powerhouse

Little Bear 

River

I,D Pre-1914

a Domestic (D); Irrigation (I); Municipal (M); Power (P); Public Service (PS).
A-1-96 

Table 3-90. Water quality objectives supporting designated uses in the project areas. (Source: 

PG&E and NID, 2010a) 

Parameter Basin Plan Objective, 

California Toxics Rule 

Criterion, or Benchmark

Reference Notes

BACTERIA (MUNICIPAL, RECREATION-1) 

Total coliform < 10,000 MPN per 100 mL 

< 240 MPN per 100 mL 

(geometric mean)

U.S. EPA, 2003 Water contact recreation, 

single day sample; water 

contact recreation, 30-day 

geometric mean

Fecal coliform < 10% of sample > 400 MPN 

per 100 mL

< 200 MPN per 100 mL 

(geometric mean)

Central Valley 

Water Board, 

1998 

Water contact recreation, 

30-day geometric mean with 

individual samples not 

>400 MPN/100 mL 

Escherichia coli < 235 MPN per 100 mL in 

any single sample

< 126 MPN per 100 mL 

(geometric mean)

U.S. EPA, 2003 Water contact recreation, 

30-day geometric mean

BIOSTIMULATORY SUBSTANCES (COLDWATER HABITAT, SPAWNING)

Nitrate-Nitrite --- ---

---

---

Total Kjeldahl 

Nitrogen

---

Total 

Phosphorous 

---

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS (AGRICULTURE, COLDWATER HABITAT, MUNICIPAL)

Alkalinity None --- ---

Aluminum 1 mg/L CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

Arsenic 0.05 mg/L CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

Cadmium 0.005 mg/L CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

Calcium None --- ---
A-1-97 

Table 3-90. Water quality objectives supporting designated uses in the project areas. (Source: 

PG&E and NID, 2010a) 

Parameter Basin Plan Objective, 

California Toxics Rule 

Criterion, or Benchmark

Reference Notes

Chloride 250 mg/L CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

Chromium 50 mg/L CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

Specific 

Conductance 

150 μSiemens/cm Central Valley 

Water Board, 

1998 

Aquatic Life Protection 

Copper 1 mg/L CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

Iron 0.3 mg/L CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

Mercury 0.002 mg/L CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

Nickel 100 mg/L CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

Potassium None --- ---

Selenium 0.05 mg/L CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

Silver 0.1 mg/L CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

Sodium None --- ---
A-1-98 

Table 3-90. Water quality objectives supporting designated uses in the project areas. (Source: 

PG&E and NID, 2010a) 

Parameter Basin Plan Objective, 

California Toxics Rule 

Criterion, or Benchmark

Reference Notes

Zinc 5 mg/L CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

DISSOLVED OXYGEN (COLDWATER HABITAT, SPAWNING)

Dissolved 

Oxygen 

> 7 mg/L (minimum)

> 75% saturation in 95% of 

samples

> 85% saturation in 50% of 

samples

Central Valley 

Water Board, 

1998 

Aquatic Life Protection 

FLOATING MATERIAL (RECREATION-1, RECREATION-2) 

Floating material Narrative criteria Central Valley 

Water Board, 

1998 

Aesthetics—absent by visual 

observation 

OIL AND GREASE (RECREATION-1, RECREATION-2)

Oil and Grease Narrative Central Valley 

Water Board, 

1998 

Aesthetics—absent by visual 

observation 

Total Petroleum 

Hydrocarbons 

None --- ---

pH (COLDWATER HABITAT, SPAWNING, WILDLIFE)

pH 6.5-8.5 Central Valley 

Water Board, 

1998 

Aquatic Life Protection 

SEDIMENT AND SETTLEABLE SOLIDS (RECREATION-2, SPAWNING, WILDLIFE) 

Sediment Narrative Central Valley 

Water Board, 

1998 

Aquatic Life Protection 
A-1-99 

Table 3-90. Water quality objectives supporting designated uses in the project areas. (Source: 

PG&E and NID, 2010a) 

Parameter Basin Plan Objective, 

California Toxics Rule 

Criterion, or Benchmark

Reference Notes

TASTES AND ODORS (MUNICIPAL)

Chloride 250 mg/L CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

Specific 

Conductance 

900 μSiemens/cm CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

Copper 1.3 mg/L CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

Iron 0.3 mg/L CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

Silver 0.1 mg/L CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

Sodium 30-60 mg/L U.S. EPA, 2003 Sodium Restricted Diet

Zinc 5 mg/L CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary MCLa

TOXICITY (COLDWATER HABITAT, SPAWNING, MUNICIPAL)

Ammonia as N 

(pH and 

temperature 

dependent)b

24.1 mg/L (CMC); 

4.2-5.9 mg/L (CCC)

5.6 mg/L (CMC); 

1.7-2.4 mg/L (CCC)

0.9 mg/L (CMC); 

0.3-0.5 mg/L (CCC)

U.S. EPA, 2000 CTR criteria over 0-20°C 

assuming pH 7.0 

CTR criteria over 0-20°C 

assuming pH 8.0 

CTR criteria over 0-20°C 

assuming pH 9.0 

Aluminum 0.087 mg/L Marshack, 2003 Ambient Water Quality 

Criteria; see footnotes in 

Marshack, 2003 
A-1-100 

Table 3-90. Water quality objectives supporting designated uses in the project areas. (Source: 

PG&E and NID, 2010a) 

Parameter Basin Plan Objective, 

California Toxics Rule 

Criterion, or Benchmark

Reference Notes

Arsenic 0.34 mg/L (CMC); 

0.15 mg/L (CCC) 

U.S. EPA, 2000 CTR criteria

Cadmium

(hardness 

dependent) 

0.16 μg/L (CMC); 

0.24 μg/L (CCC) 

0.35 μg/L (CMC); 

0.41 μg/L (CCC) 

0.54 μg/L (CMC); 

0.55 μg/L (CCC) 

0.95 μg/L (CMC); 

0.80 μg/L (CCC) 

U.S. EPA, 2000 CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 5 mg/L 

as CaCO3

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

10 mg/L as CaCO3 

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

15 mg/L as CaCO3

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

25 mg/L as CaCO3

Copper 0.80 μg/L (CMC); 

0.69 μg/L (CCC) 

1.54 μg/L (CMC); 

1.25 μg/L (CCC) 

2.25 μg/L (CMC);

1.77 μg/L (CCC) 

3.64 μg/L (CMC); 

2.74 μg/L (CCC) 

U.S. EPA, 2000 CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 5 mg/L 

as CaCO3

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

10 mg/L as CaCO3 

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

15 mg/L as CaCO3

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

25 mg/L as CaCO3

Mercury 0.05 μg/L U.S. EPA, 2000 

40 CFR 131.38 

CTR/Federal Register 

5/18/2000 
A-1-101 

Table 3-90. Water quality objectives supporting designated uses in the project areas. (Source: 

PG&E and NID, 2010a) 

Parameter Basin Plan Objective, 

California Toxics Rule 

Criterion, or Benchmark

Reference Notes

Chromium 

(hardness 

dependent) 

47.19 μg/L (CMC); 

15.31 μg/L (CCC) 

83.25 μg/L (CMC); 

27.00 μg/L (CCC) 

116.03 μg/L (CMC);

37.64 μg/L (CCC) 

176.31 μg/L (CMC); 

57.19 μg/L (CCC) 

U.S. EPA, 2000 CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 5 mg/L 

as CaCO3

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

10 mg/L as CaCO3 

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

15 mg/L as CaCO3

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

25 mg/L as CaCO3

Iron 1 mg/L Marshack, 2003 Ambient Water Quality 

Criteria

Nitrate-Nitrite 10 mg/L (combined total) CDHS, 2005, as 

cited in Central 

Valley Water 

Board, 1998 

Title 22 Primary 

MCLa (“Blue Baby 

Syndrome”) 

Nickel (hardness 

dependent) 

37.21 μg/L (CMC); 

4.14 μg/L (CCC) 

66.89 μg/L (CMC); 

7.44 μg/L (CCC) 

94.26 μg/L (CMC); 

10.46 μg/L (CCC) 

145.21 μg/L (CMC); 

16.14 μg/L (CCC) 

U.S. EPA, 2000 CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 5 mg/L 

as CaCO3

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

10 mg/L as CaCO3 

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

15 mg/L as CaCO3

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

25 mg/L as CaCO3
A-1-102 

Table 3-90. Water quality objectives supporting designated uses in the project areas. (Source: 

PG&E and NID, 2010a) 

Parameter Basin Plan Objective, 

California Toxics Rule 

Criterion, or Benchmark

Reference Notes

Silver (hardness 

dependent) 

0.02 μg/L (CMC) 

instantaneous

0.07 μg/L (CMC) 

instantaneous 

0.13 μg/L (CMC) 

instantaneous 

0.32 μg/L (CMC) 

instantaneous 

U.S. EPA, 2000 CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 5 mg/L 

as CaCO3

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

10 mg/L as CaCO3 

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

15 mg/L as CaCO3

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

25 mg/L as CaCO3

Lead (hardness 

dependent) 

2.0 μg/L (CMC); 

0.086 μg/L (CCC) 

5.0 μg/L (CMC); 

0.191 μg/L (CCC) 

8.0 μg/L (CMC); 

0.303 μg/L (CCC) 

14.0 μg/L (CMC);

0.540 μg/L (CCC) 

U.S. EPA, 2000 CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 5 mg/L 

as CaCO3

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

10 mg/L as CaCO3 

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

15 mg/L as CaCO3

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

25 mg/L as CaCO3

Zinc (hardness 

dependent) 

9.26 μg/L (CMC); 

9.33 μg/L (CCC) 

16.66 μg/L (CMC); 

16.79 μg/L (CCC) 

23.48 μg/L (CMC); 

23.68 μg/L (CCC) 

36.20 μg/L (CMC); 

36.50 μg/L (CCC) 

U.S. EPA, 2000 CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 5 mg/L 

as CaCO3

CTR for dissolved 

sample assuming hardness of 

10 mg/L as CaCO3 

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

15 mg/L as CaCO3

CTR for dissolved sample 

assuming hardness of 

25 mg/L as CaCO3
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Table 3-90. Water quality objectives supporting designated uses in the project areas. (Source: 

PG&E and NID, 2010a) 

Parameter Basin Plan Objective, 

California Toxics Rule 

Criterion, or Benchmark

Reference Notes

TEMPERATURE (COLDWATER HABITAT, SPAWNING, WILDLIFE) 

Temperature 20°C (mean daily), 

> 3-5°C (min)

Elliot 1981; Frost 

and Brown 1967

See PG&E and NID, 2010b

TURBIDITY (COLDWATER HABITAT, SPAWNING, WILDLIFE) 

Turbidity Increase < 1 NTU for 1-5 

NTU background; 

Increase < 20% for 5-50 

NTU background 

Central Valley 

Water Board, 

1998 

Aesthetics, disinfection, egg 

incubation 

1

CDHS Title 22 identified as minimum water quality thresholds, but acknowledged as insufficiently 

protective in some cases (Central Valley Water Board, 1998). 

2

CTR values listed generally assume dissolved concentrations; values must be adjusted for parameter 

dependent factors. 

Key: 

--- not available or not applicable

AGRICULTURE agricultural supply

°C degrees Celsius

CaCO3 calcium carbonate

CCC Criterion Continuous Concentration (4-day chronic exposure) for 

aquatic toxicity as defined by EPA (2000) 

CMC Criterion Maximum Concentration (1-hour acute exposure) for 

aquatic toxicity as defined by EPA (2000) 

COLDWATER HABITAT cold freshwater habitat

CTR California Toxics Rule 

MCL maximum contaminant level

mg/L milligrams per liter

mL milliliter

MPN most probable number 

MUNICIPAL municipal and domestic supply

NTU nephelometric turbidity units 

RECREATION-1 water contact recreation

RECREATION-2 water non-contact recreation

SPAWNING spawning, reproduction, and/or early development 

WARM warm freshwater habitat

WILDLIFE wildlife habitat

μSiemens/cm micro-Siemens per centimeter

μg/L micrograms per liter
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Table 3-91. Fishes in the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, Deer Creek, and Yuba-Bear Project 

area. (Source: staff, based on specifications provided in PG&E and NID, 2010c) 

Common Name Scientific Name Statusa SacramentoSan Joaquin 

Drainageb

Threadfin shad Dorosoma petenense -- Introduced 

Cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki -- Native

Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi FT Introduced 

Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss -- Native

Steelhead trout Oncorhynchus mykiss -- Native

Kokanee Oncorhynchus nerka -- Introduced 

Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha -- Native

Mountain whitefish Prosopium williamsoni -- Native

Brown trout Salmo trutta -- Introduced 

Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis -- Introduced 

Lake trout Salvelinus namaycush -- Introduced 

Pond smelt Hypomesus olidus -- Introduced 

Common carp Cyprinus carpio -- Introduced 

Tui chub Gila bicolor -- Native

Sacramento hitch Lavinia exilicauda exilicauda -- Native

California roach Lavinia symmetricus -- Native

Hardhead Mylopharodon conocephalus CSC Native

Golden shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas -- Introduced 

Sacramento pikeminnow Ptychocheilus grandis -- Native

Speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus -- Native

Lahontan redside Richardsonius egregius -- Native

Sacramento sucker Catostomus occidentalis -- Native

White catfish Ameiurus catus -- Introduced 

Brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus -- Introduced 

Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus -- Introduced 

Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis -- Introduced 

Green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus -- Introduced 

Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus -- Introduced 

Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus -- Introduced 

Redear sunfish Lepomis microlophus -- Introduced 
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Table 3-91. Fishes in the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, Deer Creek, and Yuba-Bear Project 

area. (Source: staff, based on specifications provided in PG&E and NID, 2010c) 

Common Name Scientific Name Statusa SacramentoSan Joaquin 

Drainageb

Smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieui -- Introduced 

Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides -- Introduced 

Crappie Pomoxis sp. -- Introduced 

Sculpin spp. Cottus sp. -- 

a Status: FT − Federally Threatened; CSC − California Fish and Wildlife species of concern. b Native or introduced into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Drainage Basin.

 
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Table 3-92. Fish species present in Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Deer Creek Project reservoirs reported during historical and 

relicensing studies. (Source: staff, based on specifications provided in PG&E and NID, 2010c) 

Common Name

Upper Rock LakeLower Rock LakeCulbertson LakeUpper Lindsay LakeMiddle Lindsay LakeLower Lindsay LakeFeeley LakeCarr LakeBlue LakeRucker LakeFuller LakeMeadow LakeWhite Rock LakeLake SterlingFordyce LakeKidd LakeUpper Peak LakeLower Peak LakeLake SpauldingDeer Creek ForebayDrum ForebayDrum AfterbayHalsey ForebayHalsey Afterbay Rock Creek ReservoirWise ForebayLake Valley ReservoirKelly LakeAlta Forebay

Rainbow trout ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ■ ● ◉ ● ● ● ◉ ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 

Brown trout ▲ ◉ ◉

Brook trout ■ ■ ● ● ● ▲ ● ● ● ● ◉ ● ◉ ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 

Cutthroat trout ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ◉ ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 

Mountain 

whitefish

▲ ■ 

Kokanee ▲ ● ▲ ▲ ■ ▲ ▲ 

Chinook salmon ● ◉ ● 

Arctic grayling ● ● 

Lake trout ▲ ● ● 

Common carp ● ● ● 

Sacramento 

pikeminnow

● ◉ ● ● 

Tui chub ◉

Lahontan redside ● ● ● ● ○ ● ● 

Speckled dace ● ● ● ● 

Golden shiner ● ● ● 

Sacramento sucker ● ○ 

Largemouth bass ● 
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Table 3-92. Fish species present in Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Deer Creek Project reservoirs reported during historical and 

relicensing studies. (Source: staff, based on specifications provided in PG&E and NID, 2010c) 

Common Name

Upper Rock LakeLower Rock LakeCulbertson LakeUpper Lindsay LakeMiddle Lindsay LakeLower Lindsay LakeFeeley LakeCarr LakeBlue LakeRucker LakeFuller LakeMeadow LakeWhite Rock LakeLake SterlingFordyce LakeKidd LakeUpper Peak LakeLower Peak LakeLake SpauldingDeer Creek ForebayDrum ForebayDrum AfterbayHalsey ForebayHalsey Afterbay Rock Creek ReservoirWise ForebayLake Valley ReservoirKelly LakeAlta Forebay

Smallmouth bass ● ○ ● ● ● ● 

Crappie ● ● ● ● 

Redear sunfish ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ■ ● ● ● ● ● ● 

Green sunfish ■ ● 

Bluegill ● ● ● ● ● ● ■ 

Pond smelt ◉

Reference: ● historical, ○ relicensing studies, ◉ historical and relicensing studies, ■ current status is uncertain, ▲ historically present but likely extirpated

Note: No historical information on fish populations is available for Wise forebay.
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Table 3-93. Fish species present in Yuba-Bear Project reservoirs reported during historical and 

relicensing studies. (Source: staff, based on specifications provided in PG&E and NID, 

2010c) 

Common Name

Jackson Meadows ReservoirMilton Diversion ImpoundmentJackson LakeFrench LakeFaucherie LakeSawmill LakeBowman LakeDutch Flat ForebayDutch Flat AfterbayChicago Park ForebayRollins Reservoir

Rainbow trout ◉ ● ● ● ● ● ◉ ◉

Brown trout ◉ ● ◉ ◉

Brook trout ◉ ● ● ● ● 

Cutthroat trout ◉ ● ● 

Kokanee ● ◉ ● 

Arctic grayling ▲ 

Lake trout ▲ 

Common carp ● 

Sacramento pikeminnow ○ 

Tui chub ◉ ● ● ● ● ● ● 

Lahontan redside ◉ ● ● ◉

Speckled dace ◉ ○ ● 

Golden shiner

● ◉

Sacramento sucker ○ 

Largemouth bass ◉

Crappie ◉

Redear sunfish ● ● ◉

Green sunfish ● ◉

Bluegill ◉

Brown bullhead ● ◉
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Table 3-93. Fish species present in Yuba-Bear Project reservoirs reported during historical and 

relicensing studies. (Source: staff, based on specifications provided in PG&E and NID, 

2010c) 

Common Name

Jackson Meadows ReservoirMilton Diversion ImpoundmentJackson LakeFrench LakeFaucherie LakeSawmill LakeBowman LakeDutch Flat ForebayDutch Flat AfterbayChicago Park ForebayRollins Reservoir

Channel catfish ◉

White catfish ○ 

Threadfin shad ● 

Pond smelt ◉

Reference: ● historical, ○ relicensing studies, ◉ historical and relicensing studies, ▲ historically 

present but likely extirpated. 

Note: No historical information on fish populations is available for Dutch flat forebay, Dutch flat 

afterbay, and Chicago Park forebay. 
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Table 3-94. Fish planted in Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, Deer Creek, and Yuba-Bear 

Project reservoirs from 2002-2009. (Source: staff, based on specifications provided in 

PG&E and NID, 2010c) 

Reservoir Rainbow 

trout

Brown 

trout

Brook 

trout

Eagle 

Lake 

rainbow 

trout

Kokanee Chinook 

salmon 

Jackson Meadow Reservoir ● ● ● ● 

French Lake ● 

Faucherie Lake ● ● ● 

Sawmill Lake ● 

Bowman Lake ● ● ● 

Rollins Reservoir ● ● ● 

Upper Rock ● 

Lower Rock Lake ● 

Culbertson Lake ● 

Upper Lindsey Lake ● 

Lower Lindsey Lake ● ● 

Halsey Forebay ● ● 

Lake Valley Reservoir ● ● ● 

Fuller Lake ● ● ● 

Fordyce Lake ● 

Lake Spaulding ● 
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Table 3-95. Number and composition of fish captured in the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, 

Deer Creek, and Yuba-Bear Project reservoirs, June to November 2009. (Source: NID 

and PG&E, 2010a) 

Species Jackson 

Meadow 

Reservoir

Bowman 

Lake

Rollins 

Reservoir

Lake 

Spaulding

Fordyce 

Lake

N % N % N % N % N % 

Lahontan cutthroat trout 2 0.2 1 2.0

Rainbow trout 92 7.4 16 2.9 1 0.2 10 3.0 17 34.7

Kokanee 23 4.1

Chinook salmon 6 1.8

Brown trout 37 3.0 123 22.2 54 9.2 32 9.8 16 32.7

Brook trout 6 0.5 1 0.3 2 4.1

Pond smelt 31 5.3 69 21.0

Tui chub 1 0.1 13 26.5

Golden shiner 3 0.5

Sacramento pikeminnow 52 8.8 192 58.5

Speckled dace 60 4.8 51 9.2

Lahontan redside 1,050 84.1 342 61.6 9 2.7

Sacramento sucker 6 1.0 1 0.3

White catfish 6 1.0

Brown bullhead 2 0.3

Channel catfish 20 3.4

Green sunfish 6 1.0

Bluegill 114 19.4

Redear sunfish 2 0.3

Smallmouth bass 264 44.8 7 2.1

Largemouth bass 24 4.1

Black Crappie 1 0.2

Centrarchid sp. 3 0.5

Unidentified species 1 0.1 1 0.3

Total (number captured) 1,249 555 589 328 49 
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Table 3-96a. Fish species present in the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, Deer Creek, and Yuba-Bear Projects stream reaches reported during 

historical and relicensing studies. (Source: staff, based on specifications provided in PG&E and NID, 2010d) 

Deer Creek Subbasin

Common Name

Jackson Meadows Dam ReachMilton Diversion Dam ReachWilson Creek Diversion ReachDeer Creek Powerhouse ReachJackson Lake Dam ReachFrench Lake Dam ReachFaucherie Lake Dam ReachSawmill Lake Dam ReachBowman-Spaulding Diversion Dam ReachCanyon Creek below Texas Creek Confluence Reach Upper Rock Lake Dam ReachLower Rock Lake Dam Reach #1 and #2Texas Creek Diversion Dam ReachCulbertson Lake Dam ReachUpper Lindsey Lake Dam ReachMiddle Lindsey Lake Dam ReachLower Lindsey Lake Dam ReachClear Creek Diversion ReachFeeley Lake Dam ReachCarr Lake Dam Reach #1Carr Lake Dam Reach #2Fall Creek Diversion Dam ReachTrap Creek Diversion ReachBlue Lake Dam ReachRucker Lake Dam ReachRucker Creek Diversion Reach

Rainbow trout ○ ◉ ■ ◉ ○ ◉ ◉ ○ ■ ○ ◉ ▲ ◉ ▲ ● ● ◉ ▲ ◉ ◉ ◉ ● ▲ ◉ ▲

Brook trout ▲ ● ○ ▲ ▲ ▲ ■ ▲ ● ▲ ● ▲ ▲ ▲ ● ● ● ● ●

Brown trout ○ ◉ ■ ◉ ▲ ○ ◉ ○ ■ ◉ ▲ ▲ ◉ ○ ◉ ◉ ◉ ▲ ◉ ▲

Cutthroat trout ▲ ▲

Lahontan Cutthroat ■

Steelhead

Chinook salmon

Sculpin spp.

Sucker spp.

Sacramento sucker ◉ ●

Sacramento pikeminnow ◉

California Roach

Lahontan Redside ○

Golden shiner ● ●

Speckled Dace

Hardhead ●

Mosquitofish

Hitch

Channel Catfish

Brown Bullhead

Largemouth bass ▲ ▲

Smallmouth bass ● ▲

Green sunfish ◉

Pumpkinseed Sunfish

Bluegill

Reference: ● indicates historical, ○ indicates relicensing studies, ◉ indicates historical and relicensing studies, ■ indicates current status is uncertain, and ▲ indicates historically present but likely extirpated

Note: No historical information on fish populations is available for Wise forebay.

Rucker Creek 

Sub-basin

Middle Yuba 

River Sub-basin Canyon Creek Sub-basin Texas Creek Sub-basin Fall Creek Sub-basin
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Table 3-96a. Fish species present in the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, Deer Creek, and Yuba-Bear Projects stream reaches reported during 

historical and relicensing studies. (Source: staff, based on specifications provided in PG&E and NID, 2010d) 

Mormon 

Ravine 

SubBasin

Coon 

Creek 

Subbasin

Dry 

Creek 

Subbasin

Auburn 

Ravine 

Subbasin

Common Name

Fuller Lake Dam ReachJordan Creek Diversion ReachMeadow Lake Dam ReachWhite Rock Lake Dam Reaches #1 and 2Lake Sterling Dam ReachFordyce Lake Dam ReachKidd Lake Dam ReachUpper South Yuba Reaches #1 and #2South Yuba River Below Spaulding No. 2 Powerhouse ReachSouth Yuba Reaches #1 through #6Bear River Reach #1 and #2Drum Afterbay Dam ReachDutch Flat Afterbay Dam ReachChicago Park Powerhouse ReachBear River Canal Diversion Dam ReachAlta Powerhouse ReachLake Valley Reservoir Dam ReachLake Valley Canal Diversion Dam ReachKelly Lake Dam ReachCanyon Creek Above Towle Canal Diversion Dam ReachTowle Canal Diversion Dam ReachMormon Ravine ReachRock Creek Dam ReachHalsey Afterbay Dam ReachWise Powerhouse Overflow Reach

Rainbow trout ◉ ● ▲ ◉ ▲ ◉ ▲ ▲ ○ ◉ ◉ ◉ ○ ◉ ▲ ◉ ◉ ▲ ○ ○ ○ ▲ ◉

Brook trout ▲ ▲ ▲ ◉ ○ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲

Brown trout ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ◉ ▲ ○ ○ ○ ○ ◉ ○ ○ ◉ ▲ ◉ ◉ ○ ▲ ○ ●

Cutthroat trout ▲

Lahontan Cutthroat

Steelhead

Chinook salmon

Sculpin spp. ○ ◉

Sucker spp. ●

Sacramento sucker ○ ◉ ○ ○ ○ ●

Sacramento pikeminnow ▲ ▲ ◉ ▲ ○ ○ ▲ ●

California Roach ○ ○ ●

Lahontan Redside ○ ○

Golden shiner ▲ ○ ●

Speckled Dace ○ ○ ○ ○

Hardhead ● ●

Mosquitofish ○ ○ ●

Hitch ●

Channel Catfish ● ● ● ▲ ▲

Brown Bullhead ○

Largemouth bass ▲ ▲ ▲ ● ●

Smallmouth bass ○ ○ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲

Green sunfish ◉ ▲ ○ ○ ● ● ○ ○ ●

Pumpkinseed Sunfish ○ ●

Bluegill ○ ●

Reference: ● indicates historical, ○ indicates relicensing studies, ◉ indicates historical and relicensing studies, ■ indicates current status is uncertain, and ▲ indicates historically present but likely extirpated

Note: No historical information on fish populations is available for Wise forebay.

South Yuba River Sub-basin Bear River Sub-basin

North Fork of the North Fork 

American River Sub-basin
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Table 3-96b. Estimated fish abundance and biomass at Level II quantitative fish population monitoring sites in the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Yuba-Bear Project-affected reaches during 2008 and 2009.

Rainbow Trout Brown Trout Sacramento Sucker Sacramento Pikeminnow Other Speciesa

Stream Stream Reach Site

Date 

Sampled

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

MIDDLE YUBA RIVER SUB-BASIN (YUBA-BEAR PROJECT)

Middle 

Yuba 

River

Jackson 

Meadows Dam 

Reach

RM 46.4 8/19/08 49 1,013 34 115 1,424 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 6 0

8/18/08 44 252 29 63 1,716 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 25

Milton 

Diversion Dam 

Reach

RM 43.6 

(Upper)

8/4/08 85 2,247 205 103 3,235 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

7/13/09b 39 942 43 14 365 17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

RM 26.6 

(Middle)

8/5/08b 208 3,671 76 -- -- -- 15 288 11 -- -- -- -- -- --

7/14/09b 243 5,776 172 -- -- -- 210 9,246 3998 -- -- -- -- -- --

RM 13.6 

(Lower)

8/22/08 -- -- 23 -- -- -- -- -- 20 -- -- 4 -- -- --

7/23/09 -- -- 17 -- -- -- -- -- 117 -- -- 0 -- -- --

CANYON CREEK SUB-BASIN (YUBA-BEAR AND UPPER DRUM-SPAULDING PROJECT)

Canyon 

Creek

BowmanSpaulding 

Diversion Dam 

Reach

RM 7.9 

(Upper)

8/13/08 137 2,217 -- 57 1,320 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

6/29/09 52 1,398 -- 14 608 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

RM 1.3 

(Lower)

7/28/08b 127 1,967 224 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

6/30/09b 130 3,592 161 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Texas 

Creek

Lower Rock 

Lake Dam 

Reach #2

RM 1.6 7/28/09 77 2,050 -- 72 2,989 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

FALL CREEK SUB-BASIN (YUBA-BEAR PROJECT)

Fall 

Creek

Carr Lake Dam 

Reach #2

RM 2.1 7/27/09 121 1,638 -- 26 1,088 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Fall Creek 

Diversion Dam 

Reach

RM 1.9 7/27/09 26 461 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

RUCKER CREEK SUB-BASIN (UPPER DRUM-SPAULDING PROJECT)

Rucker 

Creek

Rucker Lake 

Dam Reach

RM 1.4 7/28/09 13 407 -- 9 371 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

SOUTH YUBA RIVER SUB-BASIN (UPPER DRUM-SPAULDING PROJECT)

Fordyce 

Creek

Fordyce Lake 

Dam Reach

RM 10.1 

(Upper)

8/8/08b 23 464 4 2 371 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 7 0

8/6/09b 30 768 22 3 161 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0
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Table 3-96b. Estimated fish abundance and biomass at Level II quantitative fish population monitoring sites in the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Yuba-Bear Project-affected reaches during 2008 and 2009.

Rainbow Trout Brown Trout Sacramento Sucker Sacramento Pikeminnow Other Speciesa

Stream Stream Reach Site

Date 

Sampled

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

RM 6.2 

(Middle)

8/12/08b 86 2,727 0 4 661 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

8/7/09b 82 2,750 1 4 507 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

RM 2.7 

(Lower)

8/11/08b 54 770 11 8 345 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

8/5/09b 56 904 13 345 546 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

South 

Yuba 

River

South Yuba 

River below 

Spaulding No. 2 

Powerhouse 

Reach

RM 40.3 7/29/09b 23 251 13 1 138 3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

South Yuba 

Reaches #1 to 

#6

RM 39.5 

(#1)

8/18/08b 86 2,148 81 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

7/24/09b 54 1,558 120 3 107 3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

RM 27.6 

(#5)

8/6/08b 81 2,002 238 -- -- -- 5 289 2 -- -- -- -- -- --

7/15/09b 57 1,733 262 -- -- -- 30 461 549 -- -- -- -- -- --

RM 14.9 

(#6)

8/7/08 -- -- 22 -- -- -- -- -- 2 -- -- 88 -- -- --

7/16/09 -- -- 18 -- -- -- -- -- 24 -- -- 5 -- -- --

RM 0.8 7/30/09 -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7 -- -- --

EF=Electrofishing; SN=Snorkeling. EF and SN abundance estimates were made independently for each section.

a

Other species include those captured or observed in small numbers (i.e. less than 5% of the total catch by site). Represented species include: bluegill, California roach, golden shiner, green sunfish, mosquitofish, smallmouth bass, speckled dace, and spotted bass.

b

For combined electrofishing and snorkel survey sites the snorkel section estimates are for a single deep pool, whereas electrofishing section estimates are for multiple representative habitat types excluding pools too deep to electrofish.
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Table 96b. Estimated fish abundance and biomass at Level II quantitative fish population monitoring sites in the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Yuba-Bear Project-affected reaches during 2008 and 2009.

Rainbow Trout Brown Trout Sacramento Sucker Sacramento Pikeminnow Other Speciesa

Stream Stream Reach Site

Date 

Sampled

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

BEAR RIVER SUB-BASIN (UPPER DRUM-SPAULDING AND YUBA-BEAR PROJECT)

Bear River Bear River 

Reach #2

RM 32.9 

(Upper)

7/22/08 1 110 -- 201 4,512 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

7/1/09 1 2 -- 252 5,292 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

RM 30.7 

(Middle)

7/22/08 116 2,848 -- 32 1,741 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

7/17/09 133 2,846 -- 38 2,058 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

RM 28.5 

(Lower)

7/30/08 88 1,942 -- 20 977 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

7/2/09 50 1,355 -- 8 340 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Drum Afterbay 

Dam Reach

RM 25.4 7/31/08 68 1,204 -- 1 420 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

8/3/09 81 1,616 -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Dutch Flat 

Afterbay Dam 

Reach

RM 20.8 

(Upper)

7/21/08 75 1,525 7 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 -- --

8/11/09 102 787 206 1 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 13 0

RM 19.3 

(Lower)

7/24/08 7 141 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7 16 0

8/12/09 41 119 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 53 128 --

Chicago Park 

Powerhouse 

Reach

RM 15.4 9/24/09 -- -- -- -- 28 -- 14 69 -- 1 3 -- 2 9 --

Bear River 

Canal 

Diversion Dam 

Reach

RM 8 

(Upper)

8/14/08 6 58 -- 67 254 -- 23 198 -- 10 91 -- 0 0 --

8/17/09 72 125 -- 23 111 -- 26 149 -- 7 44 -- 93 521 --

RM 3.4 

(Lower)

8/17/08 -- -- 5 -- -- 2 -- -- 2 -- -- 1 -- -- --

8/13/09 -- -- 11 -- -- 6 -- -- 595 -- -- 1 -- -- --
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Table 96b. Estimated fish abundance and biomass at Level II quantitative fish population monitoring sites in the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Yuba-Bear Project-affected reaches during 2008 and 2009.

Rainbow Trout Brown Trout Sacramento Sucker Sacramento Pikeminnow Other Speciesa

Stream Stream Reach Site

Date 

Sampled

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

Abundance 

(EF) 

fish/100m

Biomass 

(EF) 

g/100m

Abundance 

(SN) 

fish/100m

NORTH FORK AMERICAN RIVER SUB-BASIN (UPPER DRUM-SPAULDING PROJECT)

North Fork 

of North 

Fork 

American 

River

Lake Valley 

Reservoir Dam 

Reach

RM 14.3 7/30/08 35 810 -- 49 1,381 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

8/4/09 30 603 -- 74 1,816 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Lake Valley 

Canal 

Diversion Dam 

Reach

RM 11.8 

(Upper)

7/23/08 23 558 -- 94 3,445 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

8/10/09 35 967 -- 92 3,682 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

RM 10.3 

(Lower)

7/23/08 55 1,379 118 17 212 11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

8/10/09 50 1,421 139 17 456 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

COON CREEK SUB-BASIN (LOWER DRUM PROJECT)

Dry Creek Halsey 

Afterbay Dam 

Reach

RM 1.7 8/14/09 -- -- -- 69 1,292 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9 191 --

NORTH YUBA RIVER SUB-BASIN (NON-PROJECT)

North Yuba 

River

North Yuba 

River

RM 55.2 

(Upper)

7/29/08 259 5,882 -- 1 35 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

7/20/08 268 5,620 -- 10 396 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

RM 51.4 

(Middle)

8/20/08 372 6,667 -- 14 3,173 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

7/21/09 195 3,734 -- 6 267 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

RM 22.3 

(Lower)

8/21/08 -- -- 105 -- -- -- -- -- 29 -- -- 147 -- -- --

7/22/09 -- -- 94 -- -- -- -- -- 167 -- -- 29 -- -- --

EF=Electrofishing; SN=Snorkeling. EF and SN abundance estimates were made independently for each section.

a

Other species include those captured or observed in small numbers (i.e. less than 5% of the total catch by site). Represented species include: bluegill, California roach, golden shiner, green sunfish, mosquitofish, smallmouth bass, speckled dace, and spotted bass.

b

For combined electrofishing and snorkel survey sites the snorkel section estimates are for a single deep pool, whereas electrofishing section estimates are for multiple representative habitat types excluding pools too deep to electrofish.
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Table 3-97. Characterization of aquatic macroinvertebrate community biological condition in sampled reaches of Yuba-Bear, Upper DrumSpaulding, and Lower Drum Projects during relicensing studies. (Source: staff, based on specifications provided in PG&E and 

NID, 2010e) 

Sub-basin Study Reach MMI 

Score

MMI 

Condition 

Category 

IBI 

Score

IBI 

Condition 

Category 

North Yuba River North Yuba reach—upper (Yuba-Bear) 62 Fair 66 Fair

North Yuba reach —lower (Yuba-Bear) 74 Good 61 Fair

Middle Yuba River Milton diversion dam reach—upper (Yuba-Bear) 48 Fair 26 Poor 

Milton diversion dam reach—middle (Yuba-Bear) 88 Good 84 Good 

Milton diversion dam reach—lower (Yuba-Bear) 68 Good 56 Fair

Canyon Creek Bowman-Spaulding diversion dam reach (YubaBear) 64 Fair 61 Fair

Canyon Creek below Texas Creek confluence reach

(Yuba-Bear) 

68 Good 50 Fair

Texas Creek Lower Rock Lake dam reach (Upper DrumSpaulding) 62 Fair 47 Fair

Texas Creek diversion dam reach (Yuba-Bear) 54 Fair 53 Fair

South Yuba River Upper South Yuba River reach no. 2 (Upper DrumSpaulding) 66 Fair 44 Fair

South Yuba below Spaulding no. 2 powerhouse 

(Upper Drum-Spaulding) 

68 Good 76 Good 

South Yuba River reach no. 1 (Upper DrumSpaulding) 22 Poor 17 Poor 
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Table 3-97. Characterization of aquatic macroinvertebrate community biological condition in sampled reaches of Yuba-Bear, Upper DrumSpaulding, and Lower Drum Projects during relicensing studies. (Source: staff, based on specifications provided in PG&E and 

NID, 2010e) 

Sub-basin Study Reach MMI 

Score

MMI 

Condition 

Category 

IBI 

Score

IBI 

Condition 

Category 

South Yuba River reach no. 5 (Upper DrumSpaulding) 58 Fair 44 Fair

South Yuba River reach no. 6 (Upper DrumSpaulding) 56 Fair 40 Fair

Fordyce Creek Fordyce Lake dam reach (Upper Drum-Spaulding) 44 Fair 50 Fair

Bear River Bear River reach no. 1 (Upper Drum-Spaulding) 84 Good 74 Good 

Bear River reach no. 2 (Upper Drum-Spaulding) 80 Good 60 Fair

Drum afterbay dam reach (Upper Drum-Spaulding) 70 Good 67 Good 

Dutch Flat afterbay dam reach (Yuba-Bear) 46 Fair 43 Fair

Bear River canal diversion dam reach—upper 

(Lower Drum)

26 Poor 36 Fair

Bear River canal diversion dam reach—lower

(Lower Drum)

50 Fair 51 Fair

North Fork of the North Fork 

American River

Lake Valley reservoir dam reach (Upper DrumSpaulding) 58 Fair 50 Fair

Lake Valley canal diversion dam reach (Upper 

Drum-Spaulding) 

62 Fair 54 Fair

Auburn Ravine Wise powerhouse overflow reach (Lower Drum) 32 Poor 33 Fair

Rock Creek Rock Creek dam reach (Lower Drum) 36 Fair 34 Fair

Dry Creek Halsey afterbay dam reach (Lower Drum) 24 Poor 21 Poor 
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Table 3-98. Water year types for the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Yuba-Bear 

Projects. (Source: adapted by staff, from PG&E 2011a; NID 2011a) 

Water Year Type DWR Forecast of Total Unimpaired Runoff in the Yuba River at 

Smartville in Thousand Acre-Feet or DWR Full Natural Flow 

Near Smartville for the Water Year in Thousand Acre-Feet1 

Extreme Critically Dry Equal to or Less than 615 

Critically Dry 616 to 900

Dry 901 to 1,460

Below Normal 1,461 to 2,190 

Above Normal 2,191 to 3,240 

Wet Greater than 3,240 1

 DWR rounds the Bulletin 120 forecast to the nearest 1,000 acre-feet. The Full Natural Flow is provided to the nearest acre-foot, and Licensee

will round DWR’s Full Natural Flow to the nearest 1,000 acre-feet.
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Table 3-99. Determination of water year type proposed by Reclamation for setting minimum 

streamflows in Mormon Ravine upstream of Folsom Lake. (Source: adapted by staff, 

from BOR, 2012)

Period/Exceedance Unregulated Index/Forecast Minimum Flow Schedule

January 1 Sacramento River

Unregulated Index at 75 

Percent Exceedance (million 

acre-feet)

Between 12.5 and 10.2 Dry Year Schedule

Between 10.2 and 8.1 Critical Year Schedule

Less than 8.1 Extreme Critical Year Schedule

Yuba April to July 

Unregulated Forecast at 90 

Percent Exceedance 

(thousand acre-feet)

Between 800 and 525 Dry Year Schedule

Between 525 and 300 Critical Year Schedule

Below 300 Extreme Critical Year Schedule
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Table 3-100. Required releases to the Middle Yuba River, South Yuba River, Canyon Creek, Fall Creek, Rucker Creek, and Bear River under 

the existing license. (Source: adapted by staff, from PG&E and NID, 2011a) 

SubBasinReservoir Development Gage Location 

(USGS/PG&E No.)

Date Required 

Minimum 

Flow (cfs)

Water 

Year

Type

Canyon 

Creek

Upper Rock 

Lake

Spaulding No. 3 Downstream of Upper Rock Lake 7/1 to 

9/30 

0.1 Alla

Lower Rock 

Lake

Spaulding No. 3 Downstream of Lower Rock Lake

(11416610/YB-202 

7/1 to 

9/30 

0.1 Alla

Culbertson 

Lake

Spaulding No. 3 Downstream of Culbertson Lake

(11416620/YB-203 

YearRound 0.3 Alla

Middle Lindsey 

Lake

Spaulding No. 3 Downstream of Middle Lindsey Lake 7/1 to 

9/30 

0.1 Alla

Lower Lindsey 

Lake

Spaulding No. 3 Downstream of Lower Lindsey Lake YearRound 0.2 Alla

Fall 

Creek Feeley Lake Spaulding No. 3 Downstream of Feeley Lake

(11414350/YB-207) 

YearRound 0.2 Alla

Carr Lake Spaulding No. 3 Downstream of Carr Lake

(11414360/YB-208) 

YearRound 0.2 Alla

Rucker 

Creek

Blue Lake Spaulding No. 3 No Gage Year 

Round 

0.2 Alla

Rucker Lake Spaulding No. 3 No Gage Year 

Round 

0.2 Alla

South 

Yuba 

River

Fordyce Lake Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Downstream of Fordyce Lake YearRoundb 5 All

Lake Spaulding Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 No Gage (At or adjacent to Spaulding 

Powerhouse No. 2) 

YearRound 1 All
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Table 3-100. Required releases to the Middle Yuba River, South Yuba River, Canyon Creek, Fall Creek, Rucker Creek, and Bear River under 

the existing license. (Source: adapted by staff, from PG&E and NID, 2011a) 

SubBasinReservoir Development Gage Location 

(USGS/PG&E No.)

Date Required 

Minimum 

Flow (cfs)

Water 

Year

Type

Lake Spaulding Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 No Gage (Downstream of Spaulding 

Powerhouse No. 2 at Langs Crossing) 

YearRound 5 All

Bear 

River

Drum Forebay Drum No. 1 and No. 2 Towle Canal Diversion Dam

(11426196/YB-282) 

YearRound 1d All

Drum Afterbay Dutch Flat No. 1 Downstream of Drum Afterbay 

(11421770/YB-44) 

3/1 to 

9/30 

10 Normal

5 Dryc 

10/1 to 

2/28-29 

5 Normal

5 Dryc

Mormon 

Ravine

Newcastle 

Powerhouse 

Header Box

Newcastle Mormon Ravine 

(11425418/YB-292) 

Yearround 5 All

a During dry years, these flows shall be adjusted according to the following formula between July 1 and October 31:

(0.80*(storageJuly 1)*0.504)/(123), where 0.80 is used to account for evaporation in the lake; 0.504 is the conversion from acre-feet to cfs; and 123 is the number 

of days from July 1 through October 31.

b Year-round provided that sufficient lake storage shall be reserved at the time of outlet adjustment for unattended winter operation to insure an initial flow of 

5 cfs and not less than 3 cfs at lake level maximum winter drawdown.

c

 Dry year conditions are deemed to exist in the month following whenever the accumulated seasonal precipitation at Lake Spaulding commencing with 

October 1, is equal to or less than: 29 inches as of January 31; 35 inches as of February 28-29; 40 inches as of March 31; 45 inches as of April 30, provided that 

if total precipitation by April 30 is 45 inches or less. Dry year conditions are deemed to exist for the remainder of the year.

d

 The required minimum flow is 1 cfs or natural streamflow, whichever is less.

e

 Upper Boardman Canal was taken out of service by the April 11, 1994, amendment to the license.
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Table 3-101. Average wetted perimeter and depth at the respective channel flow response transects 

downstream of Upper Drum-Spaulding Project and Lower Drum Project facilities where 

minimum streamflows are proposed, based on PG&E’s proposed minimum streamflows, 

as amended, with buffer flows. (Source: adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 

3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010) 

Minimum 

streamflow

Transect 1 Transect 2 Transect 3

Wetted 

Perimeter 

(ft)

Average 

Depth (ft)

Wetted 

Perimeter 

(ft)

Average 

Depth (ft)

Wetted 

Perimeter 

(ft)

Average 

Depth (ft)

Little Bear River Below Alta Powerhouse Tailrace (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project)

0.5 cfs 

(0.75 cfs 

with buffer)

7.84 0.27 7.46 0.28 6.75 0.61 

1 cfs 

(1.25 cfs 

with buffer)

8.25 0.34 7.74 0.35 7.56 0.61 

2 cfs 

(2.25 cfs 

with buffer)

8.72 0.43 8.18 0.42 8.07 0.67 

3 cfs 

(3.25 cfs 

with buffer)

9.21 0.48 8.54 0.47 8.33 0.72 

4 cfs 

(4.25 cfs 

with buffer)

10.12 0.49 8.83 0.51 8.65 0.75 

Rock Creek Below Rock Creek Dam (Lower Drum Project)

1 cfs 

(1.25 cfs 

with buffer)

4.87 0.31 11.3 0.89 9.47 0.43 

2 cfs 

(2.25 cfs 

with buffer)

6.28 0.34 11.55 0.97 10.47 0.52 

3 cfs 

(3.25 cfs 

with buffer)

8.45 0.32 11.69 1.02 10.75 0.59 

Dry Creek Below Halsey Afterbay (Lower Drum Project)

1 cfs 

(1.25 cfs 

with buffer)

7.41 0.5 6.09 0.14 10.63 1.16 
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Table 3-101. Average wetted perimeter and depth at the respective channel flow response transects 

downstream of Upper Drum-Spaulding Project and Lower Drum Project facilities where 

minimum streamflows are proposed, based on PG&E’s proposed minimum streamflows, 

as amended, with buffer flows. (Source: adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 

3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010) 

Minimum 

streamflow

Transect 1 Transect 2 Transect 3

Wetted 

Perimeter 

(ft)

Average 

Depth (ft)

Wetted 

Perimeter 

(ft)

Average 

Depth (ft)

Wetted 

Perimeter 

(ft)

Average 

Depth (ft)

Texas Creek Below Lower rocker Lake #1 (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project)

0.1 cfs 1.72 0.11 2.40 0.12 1.45 0.04 

0.25 cfs 4.30 0.27 6.01 0.31 3.63 0.10 

Texas Creek Below Lower Rock Lake #2 (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project)

0.1 cfs 1.58 0.05 1.38 0.03 1.40 0.12 

0.25 cfs 3.94 0.13 3.44 0.07 3.49 0.29 

Unnamed Tributary Below Culbertson Lake (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project)

0.3 cfs 4.73 0.28 5.14 0.38 5.37 0.11 

0.75 cfs 6.36 0.43 6.75 0.55 7.22 0.19 

1 cfs 6.61 0.45 7.21 0.56 7.44 0.21 

1.5 cfs 7.75 0.46 7.38 0.62 7.62 0.28 

Lindsey Creek Below Middle Lindsey Lake (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project)

0.1 cfs 2.19 0.06 3.39 0.35 3.06 0.10 

0.2 cfs 4.38 0.11 6.77 0.70 6.12 0.20 

Lindsey Creek Below Lower Lindsey Lake (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project)

0.2 cfs 6.06 0.49 5.01 0.09 4.37 0.15 

0.5 cfs 12.60 1.04 10.71 0.21 9.48 0.31 

0.7 cfs 12.98 1.09 11.50 0.24 10.33 0.34 

Lake Creek Below Carr Lake Dam (Reach #1) (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project)

0.2 cfs 5.70 0.21 4.55 0.17 7.68 0.66 

0.5 cfs 7.75 0.30 6.65 0.26 9.13 0.80 

1 cfs 8.25 0.40 7.00 0.38 9.30 0.85 

Lake Creek Below Carr Lake Dam (Reach #2) (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project)

0.2 cfs 4.87 0.05 7.36 0.27 10.92 0.52 

0.5 cfs 8.29 0.11 10.85 0.34 14.14 0.64 

1 cfs 9.78 0.18 13.46 0.37 15.68 0.65 
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Table 3-101. Average wetted perimeter and depth at the respective channel flow response transects 

downstream of Upper Drum-Spaulding Project and Lower Drum Project facilities where 

minimum streamflows are proposed, based on PG&E’s proposed minimum streamflows, 

as amended, with buffer flows. (Source: adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 

3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010) 

Minimum 

streamflow

Transect 1 Transect 2 Transect 3

Wetted 

Perimeter 

(ft)

Average 

Depth (ft)

Wetted 

Perimeter 

(ft)

Average 

Depth (ft)

Wetted 

Perimeter 

(ft)

Average 

Depth (ft)

Rucker Creek Below Blue Lake Dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project)

0.2 cfs 11.60 0.72 6.25 0.18 4.34 0.17 

0.3 cfs 14.02 0.88 7.54 0.24 5.70 0.21 

0.5 cfs 14.28 0.93 7.65 0.28 7.54 0.24 

Rucker Creek Below Lake Dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project)

0.2 cfs 7.93 0.17 10.16 0.22 12.59 0.77 

0.5 cfs 10.04 0.24 12.63 0.29 14.27 0.93 

0.75 cfs 10.82 0.26 13.30 0.32 14.45 0.97 

1 cfs 11.03 0.30 13.76 0.34 14.58 1.00 

1.5 cfs 11.20 0.36 14.46 0.37 14.75 1.05 

Jordan Creek Below Jordan Creek Diversion Dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project)

0.25 cfs 6.66 0.32 6.63 0.16 7.58 0.46 

Unnamed Tributary Below Meadow Lake Dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project)

1 cfs 16.35 1.15 9.96 0.19 16.71 0.58 

5 cfs 19.56 1.19 11.80 0.45 18.74 0.78 

11 cfs 21.12 1.31 12.97 0.68 20.60 0.90 

White Rock Creek Below White Rock Lake Dam (Reach #1 and #2) (Upper Drum-Spaulding 

Project)

0.5 cfs 12.41 1.22 8.05 0.4 7.39 0.62 

1 cfs 12.52 1.25 8.77 0.48 7.82 0.71 

Unnamed Tributary Below Kidd Lake Dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project)

0.5 cfs 5.31 0.29 5.12 0.12 4.14 0.16 

0.75 cfs 5.39 0.33 5.45 0.15 4.39 0.19 

1 cfs 5.46 0.36 5.7 0.18 5.06 0.19 
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Table 3-101. Average wetted perimeter and depth at the respective channel flow response transects 

downstream of Upper Drum-Spaulding Project and Lower Drum Project facilities where 

minimum streamflows are proposed, based on PG&E’s proposed minimum streamflows, 

as amended, with buffer flows. (Source: adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 

3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010) 

Minimum 

streamflow

Transect 1 Transect 2 Transect 3

Wetted 

Perimeter 

(ft)

Average 

Depth (ft)

Wetted 

Perimeter 

(ft)

Average 

Depth (ft)

Wetted 

Perimeter 

(ft)

Average 

Depth (ft)

Cascade Creek Below Lower Peak Lake Dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project)

0.5 cfs 3.96 0.15 3.72 0.05 4 0.26 

0.75 cfs 5.94 0.22 5.58 0.08 6 0.39 

1 cfs 7.92 0.29 7.44 0.11 8 0.53 

Sixmile Creek Below Kelly Lake Dam (Upper Drum-Spaulding Project)

0.2 cfs 3.22 0.09 12.36 0.9 7.95 0.39 

0.5 cfs 4.79 0.14 12.58 0.97 9.11 0.45 
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Table 3-102. Flow setting streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for Upper Drum-Spaulding Project

− Texas Creek below Upper Rock Lake dam (Compliance Point: YB-201) under 

measure DS-AQR1, Part 3. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 

2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water Year 

Above 

Normal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

November 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

December 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

January 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

February 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

March 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

April 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

May 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

June 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

July 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

August 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

September 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 
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Table 3-103. Flow setting streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for Upper Drum-Spaulding Project 

− Texas Creek below Lower Rock Lake dam (Compliance Point: YB-202) under 

measure DS-AQR1, Part 3. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 

2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water Year 

Above 

Normal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

November 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

December 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

January 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

February 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

March 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

April 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

May 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

June 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

July 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

August 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

September 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 
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Table 3-104. Flow setting streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for Upper Drum-Spaulding Project 

− unnamed tributary – below Culbertson Lake dam (Compliance Point: YB-203) 

under measure DS-AQR1, Part 3. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and 

NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water Year 

Above 

Normal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1.5 1.5 

November 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1 1 

December 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1 1 

January 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1 1 

February 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1 1 

March 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1 1 

April 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1 1 

May 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1 1 

June 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1.5 1.5 

July 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1.5 1.5 

August 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1.5 1.5 

September 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1.5 1.5 
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Table 3-105. Flow setting streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for Upper Drum-Spaulding Project 

− Lindsey Creek below Middle Lindsey Lake dam (Compliance Point: YB 205) under 

measure DS-AQR1, Part 3. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 

2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water Year 

Above 

Normal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 

November 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 

December 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 

January 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 

February 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 

March 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 

April 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 

May 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 

June 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 

July 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 

August 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 

September 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 
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Table 3-106. Flow setting streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for Upper Drum-Spaulding Project 

− Lindsey Creek below Lower Lindsey Lake dam (Compliance Point: YB 206B) 

under measure DS-AQR1, Part 3. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and 

NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water Year 

Above 

Normal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 

November 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 

December 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 

January 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 

February 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 

March 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 

April 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 

May 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 

June 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 

July 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 

August 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 

September 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 
A-2-14 

Table 3-107. Flow setting streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for Upper Drum-Spaulding Project 

− Lake Creek below Feeley Lake dam (Compliance Point: YB-207) under measure 

DS-AQR1, Part 3. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water Year 

Above 

Normal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

November 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

December 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

January 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

February 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

March 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

April 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

May 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

June 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

July 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

August 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

September 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 
A-2-15 

Table 3-108. Flow setting streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for Upper Drum-Spaulding Project

− Lake Creek below Carr Lake dam (Compliance Point: YB-208) under measure 

DS-AQR1, Part 3. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water Year 

Above 

Normal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

November 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

December 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

January 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

February 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

March 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

April 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

May 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

June 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

July 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

August 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 

September 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1 
A-2-16 

Table 3-109. Flow setting streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for Upper Drum-Spaulding Project 

− Rucker Creek below Blue Lake dam (Compliance Point: YB-209) under measure 

DS-AQR1, Part 3. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water Year 

Above 

Normal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 

November 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 

December 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 

January 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 

February 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 

March 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 

April 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 

May 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 

June 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 

July 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 

August 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 

September 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 
A-2-17 

Table 3-110. Flow setting streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for Upper Drum-Spaulding Project

− Rucker Creek below Rucker Lake dam (Compliance Point: YB-210) under measure 

DS-AQR1, Part 3. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water Year 

Above 

Normal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5 

November 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5 

December 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5 

January 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5 

February 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5 

March 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5 

April 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5 

May 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5 

June 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5 

July 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5 

August 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5 

September 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5 
A-2-18 

Table 3-111. Flow setting streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for Upper Drum-Spaulding Project

− unnamed tributary below Fuller Lake dam (Compliance Point: YB-211) under 

measure DS-AQR1, Part 3. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 

2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water Year 

Above 

Normal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

November 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

December 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

January 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

February 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

March 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

April 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

May 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

June 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

July 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

August 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 

September 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 
A-2-19 

Table 3-112. Flow setting streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for Upper Drum-Spaulding Project 

− unnamed tributary below Meadow Lake dam (Compliance Point: YB 217) under 

measure DS-AQR1, Part 3. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 

2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water Year 

Above 

Normal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year

October 1 1 1 1 1 1 

November 1 1 1 1 1 1 

December 1 1 1 1 1 1 

January 1 1 1 1 1 1 

February 1 1 1 1 1 1 

March 1 1 1 1 1 1 

April 1 1 1 1 1 1 

May 1 1 1 1 1 1 

June 1 1 1 1 1 1 

July 1-8 5 5 5 5 5 5 

July 9-17 11 11 11 11 11 11 

July 18-31 5 5 5 5 5 5 

August 1 1 1 1 1 1 

September 1 1 1 1 1 1 
A-2-20 

Table 3-113. Flow setting streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for Upper Drum-Spaulding Project

− White Rock Creek below White Rock diversion dam (Compliance Point: YB-218) 

under measure DS-AQR1, Part 3. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and 

NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water Year 

Above 

Normal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

November 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

December 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

January 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

February 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

March 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

April 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

May 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

June 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

July 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

August 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

September 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 
A-2-21 

Table 3-114. Flow setting streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for Upper Drum-Spaulding Project 

− Bloody Creek below Lake Sterling dam (Compliance Point: low level outlet works 

at Lake Sterling dam) under measure DS-AQR1, Part 3. (Source: adapted by staff

from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water Year 

Above 

Normal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

November 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

December 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

January 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

February 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

March 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

April 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

May 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 

June 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

July 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

August 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

September 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 
A-2-22 

Table 3-115. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for the Upper Drum-Spaulding 

Project − Fordyce Creek below Fordyce Lake Dam (Compliance Point: YB-200) 

under measure DS-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and 

NID 2011a) 

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 20 20 20 25 25 25 

November 15 15 15 20 25 25 

December 15 15 15 20 25 25 

January 15 15 15 20 25 25 

February 15 15 15 20 25 25 

March 15 15 15 20 25 25 

April 15 15 15 20 25 25 

May 40 40 40 40 45 45 

June 30 30 30 30 45 45 

July 25 25 25 25 30 30 

August 20 20 20 25 25 25 

September 20 20 20 25 25 25 
A-2-23 

Table 3-116. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in Fordyce 

Creek below Fordyce Lake dam that corresponds to PG&E’s proposed Minimum 

Streamflows, as amended, for the reach. (Source: adapted by staff from Technical 

Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010) 

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTa

October 78% 78% 78% 85% 85% 85%

November 69% 69% 69% 78% 85% 85%

December 69% 69% 69% 78% 85% 85%

January 69% 69% 69% 78% 85% 85%

February 69% 69% 69% 78% 85% 85%

March 69% 69% 69% 78% 85% 85%

April 69% 69% 69% 78% 85% 85%

May 96% 96% 96% 96% 97% 97%

June 90% 90% 90% 90% 97% 97%

July 85% 85% 85% 85% 90% 90%

August 78% 78% 78% 85% 85% 85%

September 78% 78% 78% 85% 85% 85%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTb

October 95% 95% 95% 98% 98% 98%

November 87% 87% 87% 95% 98% 98%

December 87% 87% 87% 95% 98% 98%

January 87% 87% 87% 95% 98% 98%

February 87% 87% 87% 95% 98% 98%

March 87% 87% 87% 95% 98% 98%

April 87% 87% 87% 95% 98% 98%

98%May 99% 99% 99% 99% 98% 98%

June 100% 100% 100% 100% 98% 98%

July 98% 98% 98% 98% 100% 100%

August 95% 95% 95% 98% 98% 98%

September 95% 95% 95% 98% 98% 98%
A-2-24 

Table 3-116. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in Fordyce 

Creek below Fordyce Lake dam that corresponds to PG&E’s proposed Minimum 

Streamflows, as amended, for the reach. (Source: adapted by staff from Technical 

Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010) 

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTc

April 66% 66% 66% 79% 88% 88%

May 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

June 94% 94% 94% 94% 100% 100%

a The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (14,235 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of stream) 

occurs at 70 cfs (figure 6.3.1-20 on page E6.3- 40 of the final license application).

b

 The maximum habitat for juvenile rainbow trout (15,969 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of stream) 

occurs at 35 cfs figure 6.3.1-20 on page E6.3-40 of the final license application). c

 Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from April through May in this reach. The maximum habitat 

for spawning rainbow trout (4,203 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of stream) occurs at 45 cfs 

(figure 6.3.1-20 on page E6.3-40 of the final license application).
A-2-25 

Table 3-117. Reductions in average summertime reservoir elevations in Fordyce Lake under 

PG&E’s minimum streamflows, as amended (with buffer flows) as compared to 

conditions under the existing license. Fordyce Lake’s normal maximum surface water 

elevation is 6,405.1 feet.a (Source: HEC-ResSim Water Balance/Operations Model in 

PG&E’s Supplement No. 2)

Water Year

Type

Median Reservoir Water Surface Elevation (ft)

Jul 1 Jul 15 Aug 1 Aug 15 Sep 1 Sep 15 Sep 30

NO-ACTION ALTERNATIVE (Elevation)

Critically Dry 

& Extreme 

Critically Dry

6,377.6 6,374.3 6,359.3 6,349.2 6,335.4 6,322.8 6,321.8

Dry 6,395.2 6,388.8 6,369.4 6,360.4 6,348.4 6,338.8 6,338.5

Below Normal 6,404.4 6,393.8 6,374.4 6,365.8 6,354.4 6,345.8 6,346.5

Above 

Normal 6,404.7 6,398.8 6,379.4 6,371.2 6,360.5 6,353.5 6,353.0

Wet 6,405.1 6,403.9 6,386.5 6,378.8 6,368.7 6,362.7 6,353.0

PG&E’s AMENDED MINIMUM STREAMFLOWS (Elevation)

Critically Dry 

& Extreme 

Critically Dry

6,361.0 6,355.4 6,347.7 6,341.3 6,334.5 6,328.0 6,324.9

Dry 6,368.2 6,362.7 6,355.5 6,349.4 6,342.9 6,335.1 6,332.7

Below Normal 6,382.7 6,371.0 6,364.4 6,358.7 6,352.9 6,346.2 6,338.9

Above 

Normal 6,395.2 6,392.9 6,376.2 6,369.4 6,364.3 6,358.4 6,353.3

Wet 6,404.9 6,396.3 6,380.8 6,371.6 6,366.4 6,360.7 6,356.6

PG&E’s AMENDED MINIMUM STREAMFLOWS (Change in Elevation from No-Action 

Alternative)

Critically Dry 

& Extreme 

Critically Dry

-16.6 -18.9 -11.6 -7.9 -0.9 5.2 3.1

Dry -27.0 -26.1 -13.9 -11.0 -5.5 -3.7 -5.8

Below Normal -21.7 -22.8 -10.0 -7.1 -1.5 0.3 -7.7
A-2-26 

Table 3-118. Flow setting streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for Upper Drum-Spaulding Project − 

unnamed tributary below Kidd Lake dam (Compliance Point: YB-220) under measure 

DS-AQR1, Part 3. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry 

Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet 

Water 

Year

October 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

November 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

December 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

January 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

February 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

March 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

April 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

May 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

June 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.75 1 1 

July 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

August 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

September 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 
A-2-27 

Table 3-119. Flow setting streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for Upper Drum-Spaulding Project

− Cascade Creek below Lower Peak Lake dam (Compliance Point: YB-222) under 

measure DS-AQR1, Part 3. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 

2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water Year 

Above 

Normal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

November 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

December 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

January 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

February 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

March 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

April 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

May 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

June 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.75 1 1 

July 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

August 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 

September 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 
A-2-28 

Table 3-120. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for the Upper Drum-Spaulding 

Project − South Yuba River below the confluence of unnamed tributary below Kidd 

Lake and Cascade Creek (Compliance Point: YB-316) under measure DS-AQR1, 

Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 5 5 5 5 5 5 

November 5 5 5 5 5 5 

December 5 5 5 5 5 5 

January 5 5 5 5 5 5 

February 5 5 5 5 5 5 

March 5 5 5 5 5 5 

April 5 5 5 5 5 5 

May 5 5 5 5 5 5 

June 5 5 5 5 5 5 

July 5 5 5 5 5 5 

August 5 5 5 5 5 5 

September 5 5 5 5 5 5 
A-2-29 

Table 3-121. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for the Upper Drum-Spaulding 

Project − South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding dam (Compliance Point: YB 29) 

under measure DS-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and 

NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 10/20* 20 20 25 25 30 

November 10/20* 20 20 25 25 30 

December 10/20* 20 20 25 25 30 

January 10/20* 20 20 25 25 30 

February 10/20* 25 25 35 40 50 

March 10/20* 25 30 40 55 75 

April 10/20* 30 40 60 80 90 

May 10/20* 40 60 90 90 90 

June 10/20* 35 40 50 90 90 

July 10/20* 25 30 35 40 40 

August 10/20* 20 23 25 40 40 

September 

1-15 

10/20* 20 23 25 40 40 

September 

16-30 

10/20* 20 20 25 28 30 

*As of the date of this FEIS , there was still a difference of opinion among some Relicensing Participants regarding how to balance potential 

ecological impacts and water supply impacts during back-to-back CD or ECD for the South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding Dam. From a 

power generation impact perspective, PG&E has stated that it can live with any flow in the proposed range (10-20 cfs). For the purpose of the 

application, PG&E modeled the agency group’s 20 cfs alternative.
A-2-30 

Table 3-122. NMFS’ proposal for release or spill from Lake Spaulding dam; flows sufficient to 

achieve continuous minimum flows (in cubic feet per second) in the South Yuba River, 

measured at USGS Gage 1 14142 10.a (Source: NMFS, July 31, 2012) 

Jan Feb Mar Apr Mayb Junb Julc Augc Sepc Octc Novc Decc

25 25 25 25 75 75 50 50 50 50 50 50 a The above flow conditions are to be met in all water year types, based on the California Department 

of Water Resources’ water year forecast of unimpaired year-round runoff in the Yuba River at Smartville, 

as set forth in the Department’s “Bulletin 120 Water Year Conditions in California.” An exception is that 

in extreme cases, water supplies may not be available to meet the flow requirements above; when the May 

Bulletin 120 forecasts year-round unimpaired runoff in the Yuba River at Smartville below 615,000 acrefeet, the licensees should conference with FERC (as the lead), NMFS, USACE, and the other entities and 

agencies implementing (prospective) spring-run Chinook salmon and/or steelhead reintroduction, and this 

contingency should be evaluated under NMFS’ recommended condition for adaptive management, 

described below. 

b Flows in May and June were designed to aid Spring-run Chinook volitional migration from 

Englebright reservoir to the primary holding reaches above the confluence with Poorman Creek, at 

approximately RM 28. If it is determined that the preferred method of reintroduction involves transport 

of the fish by truck to the holding reaches, the flows should be lowered to the values below: 

• 25 and 50 cfs for May and June respectively, downstream of Spaulding dam, measured at USGS 

Gage 11414210. 

• 15 and 30 cfs for May and June respectively, downstream of Bowman Dam, measured at USGS 

Gage 11416500. 

c Additional flows July-Dec may be required to maintain suitable water temperatures for holding and 

spawning/incubation downstream to the Poorman Creek Confluence, at approximately RM 28. NMFS 

recommends the funding, installation, operation and maintenance of telemetered water temperature and 

flow gages at this location; the installation of gages, their rating, and the determination of flows and 

temperatures should occur under the supervision of, or in cooperation with, the United States Geological 

Survey.

July 1- September 15: From Bowman and Spaulding dams, release or spill the greater of: 

The flows sufficient to maintain water temperatures in the South Yuba River above the confluence with 

Poorman Creek (RM 28) below 19°C, measured as the running average of the previous 7 days’ daily 

average water temperature, or the flows to maintain a minimum instantaneous flow of 50 cfs in the South 

Yuba River (measured at USGS Gage 11414210 below Spaulding dam) and a minimum instantaneous 

flow of 30 cfs in Canyon Creek (measured at USGS Gage 11416500 below Bowman dam). 
A-2-31 

Table 3-123. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the 

South Yuba River below Jordan Creek and below Canyon Creek that corresponds to 

PG&E’s proposed Minimum Streamflows, as amended, for the reach. (Source: adapted 

by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010) 

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTa

October 40% 40% 40% 48% 48% 55%

November 40% 40% 40% 48% 48% 55%

December 40% 40% 40% 48% 48% 55%

January 40% 40% 40% 48% 48% 55%

February 40% 48% 48% 61% 67% 76%

March 40% 48% 55% 67% 79% 89%

April 40% 55% 67% 82% 91% 94%

May 40% 67% 82% 94% 94% 94%

June 40% 61% 67% 76% 94% 94%

July 40% 48% 55% 61% 67% 67%

August 40% 40% 45% 48% 67% 67%

September 1-

15 40% 40% 45% 48% 67% 67%

September 16-

30 40% 40% 40% 48% 52% 55%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTb

October 90% 90% 90% 95% 95% 98%

November 90% 90% 90% 95% 95% 98%

December 90% 90% 90% 95% 95% 98%

January 90% 90% 90% 95% 95% 98%

February 90% 95% 95% 99% 100% 99%

March 90% 95% 98% 100% 99% 95%

April 90% 98% 100% 98% 93% 91%

May 90% 100% 98% 91% 91% 91%

June 90% 99% 100% 99% 91% 91%

July 90% 95% 98% 99% 100% 100%

August 90% 90% 93% 95% 100% 100%
A-2-32 

Table 3-123. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the 

South Yuba River below Jordan Creek and below Canyon Creek that corresponds to 

PG&E’s proposed Minimum Streamflows, as amended, for the reach. (Source: adapted 

by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010) 

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

September 1-

15 90% 90% 93% 95% 100% 100%

September 

16-30 90% 90% 90% 95% 96% 98%

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTc

April 53% 64% 71% 81% 85% 86%

May 53% 71% 81% 86% 86% 86%

June 53% 67% 71% 77% 86% 86%

a

 The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (20,367 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 150 cfs (figure 6.3.1-21 on page E6.3-41 of the final license application).

b

 The maximum habitat for juvenile rainbow trout (23,660 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet 

of stream) occurs at 40 cfs (figure 6.3.1-21 on page E6.3-41 of the final license application). c

 Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from April through May in this reach . The 

maximum habitat for spawning rainbow trout (6.5 13 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 300 cfs (figure 6.3.1-21 on page E6.3-41 of the final license application).
A-2-33 

Table 3-124. Percent of WUA for foothill yellow-legged frog eggs and tadpole life stagesa at the 

foothill yellow-legged frog 2D Site on the South Yuba River upstream of Canyon 

Creek that corresponds to PG&E’s proposed minimum streamflows, as amended 

(without buffer flows). (Source: adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-

7, Special-Status Amphibians - Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog Habitat Model, NID 

and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

EGGS

May 98% 91% 85% 74% 74% 74%

June 98% 93% 91% 88% 74% 74%

TADPOLES

July 93% 91% 90% 88% 86% 86%

August 93% 93% 92% 91% 86% 86%

September 1-

15

93% 93% 92% 91% 86% 86%

September 16-

30

93% 93% 93% 91% 90% 90%

a

 Foothill yellow-legged frog eggs are expected to be present in May and June and foothill yellowlegged frog tadpoles in July, August, and September. 
A-2-34 

Table 3-125. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for the Deer Creek Project − South 

Fork Deer Creek below Deer Creek powerhouse (Compliance Point YB-34 in South 

Yuba Canal) under measure DS-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from 

PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a) 

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 5 5 5 5 5 5 

November 5 5 5 5 5 5 

December 5 5 5 5 5 5 

January 5 5 5 5 5 5 

February 5 5 5 5 5 5 

March 5 5 5 5 5 5 

April 5 5 5 5 5 5 

May 5 5 5 5 5 5 

June 5 5 5 5 5 5 

July 5 5 5 5 5 5 

August 5 5 5 5 5 5 

September 5 5 5 5 5 5 
A-2-35 

Table 3-126. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for the Upper Drum-Spaulding 

Project − North Fork of the North Fork American River below Lake Valley Reservoir 

dam (Compliance Point: YB-104) under measure DS-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: 

adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a) 

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 2 2 3 3 3 4 

November 2 2 3 3 3 4 

December 2 2 3 3 3 4 

January 2 2 3 3 3 4 

February 2 2 3 3 3 4 

March 2 2 3 3 3 4 

April 2 4 4 6 8 10 

May 2 6 6 9 11 15 

June 2 5 5 6 8 10 

July 2 3 3.5 5 5.5 6 

August 2 3 3.5 5 5.5 6 

September 2 3 3.5 5 5.5 6 
A-2-36 

Table 3-127. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the Lake 

Valley Reservoir dam reach of the North Fork of the North Fork American River that 

corresponds to PG&E’s proposed Minimum Streamflows, as amended, for the reach. 

(Source: adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and 

PG&E 2010) 

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTa

October 64% 64% 74% 74% 74% 84%

November 64% 64% 74% 74% 74% 84%

December 64% 64% 74% 74% 74% 84%

January 64% 64% 74% 74% 74% 84%

February 64% 64% 74% 74% 74% 84%

March 64% 64% 74% 74% 74% 84%

April 64% 84% 84% 94% 99% 100%

May 64% 94% 94% 99% 100% 97%

June 64% 89% 89% 94% 99% 100%

July 64% 74% 79% 89% /91% 94%

August 64% 74% 79% 89% 91% 94%

September 64% 74% 79% 89% 91% 94%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTb

October 79% 79% 87% 87% 87% 95%

November 79% 79% 87% 87% 87% 95%

December 79% 79% 87% 87% 87% 95%

January 79% 79% 87% 87% 87% 95%

February 79% 79% 87% 87% 87% 95%

March 79% 79% 87% 87% 87% 95%

April 79% 95% 95% 100% 100% 98%

May 79% 100% 100% 99% 97% 90%

June 79% 97% 97% 100% 100% 98%

July 79% 87% 91% 97% 98% 100%

August 79% 87% 91% 97% 98% 100%

September 79% 87% 91% 97% 98% 100%
A-2-37 

Table 3-127. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the Lake 

Valley Reservoir dam reach of the North Fork of the North Fork American River that 

corresponds to PG&E’s proposed Minimum Streamflows, as amended, for the reach. 

(Source: adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and 

PG&E 2010) 

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTc

April 23% 41% 41% 57% 70% 80%

May 23% 57% 57% 75% 84% 95%

June 23% 41% 41% 57% 70% 80%

a The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (8,600 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 10 cfs (figure 6.3.1-27 on page E6.3- 44 of the final license application).

b The maximum habitat for juvenile rainbow trout (8,773 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 8 cfs (figure 6.3.1-27 on page E6.3- 44 of the final license application). c Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from April through May in this reach. The 

maximum habitat for spawning rainbow trout (5,632 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 25 cfs (figure 6.3.1-27 on page E6.3-44 of the final license application).
A-2-38 

Table 3-128. Flow setting streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for Upper Drum-Spaulding Project 

− Sixmile Creek below Kelly Lake dam (Compliance Point: YB-226) under measure 

DS-AQR1, Part 3. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water Year 

Above 

Normal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 

November 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 

December 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 

January 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 

February 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 

March 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 

April 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 

May 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 

June 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 

July 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 

August 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 

September 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 
A-2-39 

Table 3-129. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for the Upper Drum-Spaulding 

Project − North Fork of the North Fork American River below Lake Valley canal 

diversion dam (Compliance Point: YB-236) under measure DS-AQR1, Part 2. 

(Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 2.2 2.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 4.5 

November 2.2 2.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 4.5 

December 2.2 2.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 4.5 

January 2.2 2.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 4.5 

February 2.2 2.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 4.5 

March 2.2 2.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 4.5 

April 2.2 4.2 4.2 6.5 8.5 10.5 

May 2.2 6.2 6.2 9.5 11.5 15.5 

June 2.2 5.2 5.2 6.5 8.5 10.5 

July 2.2 3.2 3.7 5.5 6 6.5 

August 2.2 3.2 3.7 5.5 6 6.5 

September 2.2 3.2 3.7 5.5 6 6.5 
A-2-40 

Table 3-130. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the 

North Fork of the North Fork American River below Lake Valley canal diversion dam 

that corresponds to PG&E’s proposed Minimum Streamflows, as amended, for the 

reach. (Source: adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, 

NID and PG&E 2010) 

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTa

October 28% 28% 32% 33% 33% 37%

November 28% 28% 32% 33% 33% 37%

December 28% 28% 32% 33% 33% 37%

January 28% 28% 32% 33% 33% 37%

February 28% 28% 32% 33% 33% 37%

March 28% 28% 32% 33% 33% 37%

April 28% 36% 36% 44% 49% 53%

May 28% 43% 43% 51% 54% 59%

June 28% 40% 40% 44% 49% 53%

July 28% 32% 34% 41% 42% 44%

August 28% 32% 34% 41% 42% 44%

September 28% 32% 34% 41% 42% 44%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTb

October 42% 42% 46% 47% 47% 51%

November 42% 42% 46% 47% 47% 51%

December 42% 42% 46% 47% 47% 51%

January 42% 42% 46% 47% 47% 51%

February 42% 42% 46% 47% 47% 51%

March 42% 42% 46% 47% 47% 51%

April 42% 50% 50% 58% 62% 65%

May 42% 57% 57% 64% 66% 68%

June 42% 54% 54% 58% 62% 65%

July 42% 46% 48% 55% 42% 58%

August 42% 46% 48% 55% 57% 58%

September 42% 46% 48% 55% 57% 58%
A-2-41 

Table 3-130. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the 

North Fork of the North Fork American River below Lake Valley canal diversion dam 

that corresponds to PG&E’s proposed Minimum Streamflows, as amended, for the 

reach. (Source: adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, 

NID and PG&E 2010) 

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTc

April 22% 36% 36% 49% 58% 66%

May 22% 48% 48% 62% 69% 80%

June 22% 43% 43% 49% 58% 66%

a The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (8,515 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 280 cfs (figure 6.3.1-28 on page E6.3- 44 of the final license application).

b The maximum habitat for juvenile rainbow trout (10882 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet 

of stream) occurs at 280 cfs (figure 6.3.1-28 on page E6.3-44 of the final license application). c Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from April through May in this reach. The 

maximum habitat for spawning rainbow trout (2,093 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 70 cfs (figure 6.3.1-28 on page E6.3-44 of the final license application).
A-2-42 

Table 3-131. Percent of WUA for foothill yellow-legged frog eggs and tadpole life stagesa at the 

foothill yellow-legged frog 2D Site on the North Fork of the North Fork American 

River below Lake Valley canal diversion dam that corresponds to PG&E’s proposed 

minimum streamflows, as amended. (Source: adapted by staff from Technical 

Memorandum 3-7, Special-Status Amphibians - Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog 

Habitat Model, NID and PG&E 2010).

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

EGGS

May 46% 46% 100% 100% 100% 100%

June 46% 46% 100% 100% 100% 100%

TADPOLES

July 46% 67% 77% 99% 99% 99%

August 46% 67% 77% 99% 99% 99%

September 46% 67% 77% 99% 99% 99%

a Foothill yellow-legged frog eggs are expected to be present in May and June and foothill 

yellow-legged frog tadpoles in July, August and September.
A-2-43 

Table 3-132. Resident trout WUA associated with the minimum streamflow in 

Bear River below Drum canal spillway gate at gage YB-137 

agreed to by PG&E and the relicensing stakeholders. (Source: 

adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, 

NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Life 

Stage

EC CD D BN AN W 

Oct Adult 59% 59% 59% 77% 77% 77%

Nov Adult 59% 59% 59% 77% 77% 77%

Dec Adult 59% 59% 59% 77% 77% 77%

Jan Adult 59% 59% 59% 77% 77% 77%

Feb Adult 59% 59% 59% 77% 77% 77%

Mar Adult 59% 59% 59% 77% 77% 77%

Apr Adult 59% 59% 59% 77% 77% 77%

May Adult 59% 59% 59% 77% 77% 77%

Jun Adult 59% 59% 59% 77% 77% 77%

Jul Adult 59% 59% 59% 77% 77% 77%

Aug Adult 59% 59% 59% 77% 77% 77%

Sep Adult 59% 59% 59% 77% 77% 77%
A-2-44 

Table 3-133. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for the Upper Drum-Spaulding 

Project − Bear River at Highway 20 crossing, between South Yuba canal inflow at 

gage YB-139 and gage YB-198 (Compliance Point: YB-198) under measure DSAQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a) 

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 5 5 5 5 5 5 

November 5 5 5 5 5 5 

December 5 5 5 5 5 5 

January 5 5 5 5 5 5 

February 5 5 5 5 5 5 

March 5 5 5 5 5 5 

April 13 13 13 13 13 13 

May 13 13 13 13 13 13 

June 13 13 13 13 13 13 

July 8 8 8 8 8 8 

August 8 8 8 8 8 8 

September 8 8 8 8 8 8 
A-2-45 

Table 3-134. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the Bear 

River at Highway 20 crossing, between South Yuba canal inflow at gage YB-139 

and gage YB-198, Meadow Sub-reach that corresponds to PG&E’s proposed 

Minimum Streamflows, as amended, for the reach. (Source: adapted by staff from 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010) 

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTa

October 89% 89% 89% 89% 89% 89%

November 89% 89% 89% 89% 89% 89%

December 89% 89% 89% 89% 89% 89%

January 89% 89% 89% 89% 89% 89%

February 89% 89% 89% 89% 89% 89%

March 89% 89% 89% 89% 89% 89%

April 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

May 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

June 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

July 97% 97% 97% 97% 97% 97%

August 97% 97% 97% 97% 97% 97%

September 97% 97% 97% 97% 97% 97%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTb

October 97% 97% 97% 97% 97% 97%

November 97% 97% 97% 97% 97% 97%

December 97% 97% 97% 97% 97% 97%

January 97% 97% 97% 97% 97% 97%

February 97% 97% 97% 97% 97% 97%

March 97% 97% 97% 97% 97% 97%

April 98% 98% 98% 98% 98% 98%

May 98% 98% 98% 98% 98% 98%

June 98% 98% 98% 98% 98% 98%

July 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

August 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

September 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
A-2-46 

Table 3-134. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the Bear 

River at Highway 20 crossing, between South Yuba canal inflow at gage YB-139 

and gage YB-198, Meadow Sub-reach that corresponds to PG&E’s proposed 

Minimum Streamflows, as amended, for the reach. (Source: adapted by staff from 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010) 

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTc

April 82% 82% 82% 82% 82% 82%

May 82% 82% 82% 82% 82% 82%

June 82% 82% 82% 82% 82% 82%

a The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (11,057 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 12.5 cfs (figure 6.3.1-24 on page E6.3-42 of the final license application).

b The maximum habitat for juvenile rainbow trout (10,155 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet 

of stream) occurs at 8 cfs (figure 6.3.1-24 on page E6.3-42 of the final license application). c

 Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from April through May in this reach. The 

maximum habitat for spawning rainbow trout (3,974 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 25 cfs (figure 6.3.1 -24 on page E6.3-42 of the final license application).
A-2-47 

Table 3-135. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the 

Bear River at Highway 20 crossing, between South Yuba canal inflow at gage 

YB-139 and gage YB-198, Boardman Sub-reach that corresponds to PG&E’s 

proposed Minimum Streamflows, as amended, for the reach. (Source: adapted by staff 

from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTa

October 85% 85% 85% 85% 85% 85%

November 85% 85% 85% 85% 85% 85%

December 85% 85% 85% 85% 85% 85%

January 85% 85% 85% 85% 85% 85%

February 85% 85% 85% 85% 85% 85%

March 85% 85% 85% 85% 85% 85%

April 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

May 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

June 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

July 95% 95% 95% 95% 95% 95%

August 95% 95% 95% 95% 95% 95%

September 95% 95% 95% 95% 95% 95%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTb

October 93% 93% 93% 93% 93% 93%

November 93% 93% 93% 93% 93% 93%

December 93% 93% 93% 93% 93% 93%

January 93% 93% 93% 93% 93% 93%

February 93% 93% 93% 93% 93% 93%

March 93% 93% 93% 93% 93% 93%

April 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% 99%

May 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% 99%

June 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% 99%

July 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% 99%

August 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% 99%

September 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% 99%
A-2-48 

Table 3-135. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the 

Bear River at Highway 20 crossing, between South Yuba canal inflow at gage 

YB-139 and gage YB-198, Boardman Sub-reach that corresponds to PG&E’s 

proposed Minimum Streamflows, as amended, for the reach. (Source: adapted by staff 

from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTc

April 49% 49% 49% 49% 49% 49%

May 49% 49% 49% 49% 49% 49%

June 49% 49% 49% 49% 49% 49%

a The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (9,861 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 15cfs (figure 6.3.1-25 on page E6.3-43 of the final license application).

b

 The maximum habitat for juvenile rainbow trout (10,099 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet 

of stream) occurs at 10 cfs (figure 6.3.1-25 on page E6.3-43 of the final license application). c

 Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from April through May in this reach. The 

maximum habitat for spawning rainbow trout (1,511 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 105 cfs (figure 6.3.1-25 on page E6.3-43 of the final license application).
A-2-49 

Table 3-136. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for the Upper Drum-Spaulding 

Project − Canyon Creek below Towle canal diversion dam (Compliance Point: YB282) under measure DS-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a 

and NID 2011a) 

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 1 1 1 1 1 1 

November 1 1 1 1 1 1 

December 1 1 1 1 1 1 

January 1 1 1 1 1 1 

February 1 1 1 1 2 2 

March 1 2 2 2 or NF* 2 or NF* 3 or NF* 

April 1 2 2 2 or NF* 2 or NF* 3 or NF* 

May 1 1 1 2 2 3 

June 1 1 1 2 2 2 

July 1 1 1 1 2 2 

August 1 1 1 1 2 2 

September 1 1 1 1 2 2 

*NF means 2 or 3 cfs (depending on the water year type) or natural flow, whichever is greater. 
A-2-50 

Table 3-137. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in 

Canyon Creek below Towle canal diversion dam at gage YB 282 that corresponds to 

PG&E’s proposed Minimum Streamflows, as amended, for the reach. (Source: 

adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 

2010) 

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTa

October 59% 59% 59% 59% 59% 59%

November 59% 59% 59% 59% 59% 59%

December 59% 59% 59% 59% 59% 59%

January 59% 59% 59% 59% 59% 59%

February 59% 59% 59% 59% 76% 76%

March 59% 76% 76% 76% 76% 85%

April 59% 76% 76% 76% 76% 85%

May 59% 59% 59% 76% 76% 85%

June 59% 59% 59% 76% 76% 76%

July 59% 59% 59% 59% 76% 76%

August 59% 59% 59% 59% 76% 76%

September 59% 59% 59% 59% 76% 76%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTb

October 73% 73% 73% 73% 73% 73%

November 73% 73% 73% 73% 73% 73%

December 73% 73% 73% 73% 73% 73%

January 73% 73% 73% 73% 73% 73%

February 73% 73% 73% 73% 86% 86%

March 73% 86% 86% 86% 86% 92%

April 73% 86% 86% 86% 86% 92%

May 73% 73% 73% 86% 86% 92%

June 73% 73% 73% 86% 86% 86%

July 73% 73% 73% 73% 86% 86%

August 73% 73% 73% 73% 86% 86%

September 73% 73% 73% 73% 86% 86%
A-2-51 

Table 3-137. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in 

Canyon Creek below Towle canal diversion dam at gage YB 282 that corresponds to 

PG&E’s proposed Minimum Streamflows, as amended, for the reach. (Source: 

adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 

2010) 

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTc

April 25% 43% 43% 43% 43% 57%

May 25% 25% 25% 43% 43% 57%

June 25% 25% 25% 43% 43% 43%

a

 The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (3,018 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 9 cfs (figure 6.3.1-30 on page E6.3-45 of the final license application).

b The maximum habitat for juvenile rainbow trout (3,151 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 8 cfs (figure 6.3.1-30 on page E6.3- 45 of the final license application). c Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from April through May in this reach. The 

maximum habitat for spawning rainbow trout (1,906 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 15 cfs (figure 6.3.1-3 0 on page E6.3-45 of the final license application).
A-2-52 

Table 3-138. Percent of WUA for foothill yellow-legged frog eggs and tadpole life stagesa at the 

foothill yellow-legged frog 1D Site on Canyon Creek below Towle canal diversion 

dam that corresponds to PG&E’s proposed minimum streamflows, as amended 

(without buffer flows). (Source: adapted by staff Technical Memorandum 3-7, 

Special-Status Amphibians - Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog Habitat Model, NID 

and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

EGGS

May 96% 96% 96% 100% 100% 96%

June 96% 96% 96% 100% 100% 100%

TADPOLES

July 93% 93% 93% 93% 93% 93%

August 93% 93% 93% 93% 93% 93%

September 93% 93% 93% 93% 93% 93%

a Foothill yellow-legged frog eggs are expected to be present in May and June and foothill 

yellow-legged frog tadpoles in July, August and September.
A-2-53 

Table 3-139. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for the Upper Drum-Spaulding 

Project − Little Bear River below Alta powerhouse tailrace (Compliance Point: YB98) under measure DS-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a 

and NID 2011a) 

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 

November 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 

December 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 

January 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 

February 0.5 1 1 2 3 3 

March 0.5 1 2 3 4 4 

April 0.5 1 1 2 3 3 

May 0.5 1 1 1 2 2 

June 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 

July 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 

August 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 

September 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 
A-2-54 

Table 3-140. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for the Upper Drum-Spaulding 

Project – Bear River below Drum afterbay dam (Compliance Point: YB-44) under 

measure DS-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 

2011a) 

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 10 10 12 13 13 13 

November 10 10 12 13 13 13 

December 10 10 12 13 13 13 

January 10 10 12 13 13 13 

February 10 10 12 13 13 13 

March 14 14 14 14 14 14 

April 16 16 16 16 16 16 

May 15 15 16 16 16 16 

June 10 10 15 16 16 16 

July 10 10 12 14 16 16 

August 10 10 12 12 12 15 

September 10 10 12 12 12 15 
A-2-55 

Table 3-141. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the 

Bear River below Drum afterbay dam that corresponds to PG&E’s proposed 

Minimum Streamflows, as amended, for the reach. (Source: adapted by staff from

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTa

October 73% 73% 79% 81% 81% 81%

November 73% 73% 79% 81% 81% 81%

December 73% 73% 79% 81% 81% 81%

January 73% 73% 79% 81% 81% 81%

February 73% 73% 79% 81% 81% 81%

March 84% 84% 84% 84% 84% 84%

April 87% 87% 87% 87% 87% 87%

May 86% 86% 87% 87% 87% 87%

June 73% 73% 86% 87% 87% 87%

July 73% 73% 79% 84% 87% 87%

August 73% 73% 79% 79% 79% 86%

September 73% 73% 79% 79% 79% 86%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTb

October 97% 97% 12/99% 99% 99% 99%

November 97% 97% 99% 99% 99% 99%

December 97% 97% 99% 99% 99% 99%

January 97% 97% 99% 99% 99% 99%

February 97% 97% 99% 99% 99% 99%

March 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

99%April 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% 99%

May 100% 100% 99% 99% 99% 99%

June 97% 97% 100% 99% 99% 99%

July 97% 97% 99% 100% 99% 99%

August 97% 97% 99% 99% 99% 100%

September 97% 97% 99% 99% 99% 100%
A-2-56 

Table 3-141. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the 

Bear River below Drum afterbay dam that corresponds to PG&E’s proposed 

Minimum Streamflows, as amended, for the reach. (Source: adapted by staff from

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTc

April 73% 73% 73% 73% 73% 73%

May 70% 70% 73% 73% 73% 73%

June 54% 54% 70% 73% 73% 73%

a The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (6,513 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 35 cfs (figure 6.3.1-26 on page E6.3- 43 of the final license application).

b The maximum habitat for juvenile rainbow trout (9,428 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet 

of stream) occurs at 15 cfs (figure 6.3.1-26 on page E6.3-43 of the final license application). c

 Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from April through May in this reach. The 

maximum habitat for spawning rainbow trout (1,857 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 60 cfs (figure 6.3.1-26 on page E6.3-43 of the final license application).
A-2-57 

Table 3-142. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for the Lower Drum Project − Dry 

Creek below Halsey afterbay dam (Compliance Point: YB-62A) under measure 

DS-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 1 1 1 1 1 1 

November 1 1 1 1 1 1 

December 1 1 1 1 1 1 

January 1 1 1 1 1 1 

February 1 1 1 1 1 1 

March 1 1 1 1 1 1 

April 1 1 1 1 1 1 

May 1 1 1 1 1 1 

June 1 1 1 1 1 1 

July 1 1 1 1 1 1 

August 1 1 1 1 1 1 

September 1 1 1 1 1 1 
A-2-58 

Table 3-143. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for the Lower Drum Project − Rock 

Creek below Rock Creek reservoir dam (Compliance Point: YB 86) under measure 

DS-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 1 1 1 1 2 3 

November 1 1 1 1 2 3 

December 1 1 1 1 2 3 

January 1 1 1 1 2 3 

February 1 1 1 1 2 3 

March 3 3 3 3 3 3 

April 1 1 1 1 2 3 

May 1 1 1 1 2 3 

June 1 1 1 1 2 3 

July 1 1 1 1 2 3 

August 1 1 1 1 2 3 

September 1 1 1 1 2 3 
A-2-59 

Table 3-144. Minimum Streamflows in cubic feet per second (cfs) for Auburn Ravine South canal

release point by month and water year type. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 

2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Dry

Water Year 

Below 

Normal

Water Year 

Above 

Normal

Water Year 

Wet 

Water Year 

AUBURN RAVINE

(COMPLIANCE POINT(S): As close to South Canal as Reasonably Possible)

October 2 2 4 4 4 4 

November 2 2 4 4 4 4 

December 2 2 4 4 4 4 

January 2 2 4 4 4 4 

February 2 2 4 4 4 4 

March 2 4 6 6 13 18

April 2 4 6 6 13 18

May 2 2 4 4 4 4 

June 2 2 4 4 4 4 

July 2 2 4 4 4 4 

August 2 2 4 4 4 4 

September 2 2 4 4 4 4 

• Minimum Streamflows may be temporarily modified for short periods upon consultation 

with CDFG and the SWRCB and notification to FERC. 

• Minimum Streamflows may be temporarily modified due to an emergency. An 

emergency is defined as an event that is reasonably out of the control of Licensee and 

requires Licensee to take immediate action, either unilaterally or under instruction of law 

enforcement, emergency services, or other regulatory agency staff, including actions to 

prevent the imminent loss of human life or damage to property. An emergency may 

include, but is not limited to: natural events such as landslides, storms, or wildfires; 

vandalism; malfunction or failure of Project works; or other public safety incidents. If the 

Minimum Streamflows are so modified, Licensee shall notify FERC, CDFG and the 

SWRCB as soon as reasonably possible, but no later than the end of the next business day 

(business days do not include weekends and federal or state holidays) after such 

modification. 
A-2-60 

Table 3-145. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in 

Auburn Ravine below Wise No.1 and No. 2 powerhouses that corresponds to PG&E’s 

proposed Minimum Streamflows, as amended, for the reach. (Source: adapted by staff 

from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTa

October 68% 68% 85% 85% 85% 85%

November 68% 68% 85% 85% 85% 85%

December 68% 68% 85% 85% 85% 85%

January 68% 68% 85% 85% 85% 85%

February 68% 68% 85% 85% 85% 85%

March 68% 85% 95% 95% 100% 96%

April 68% 85% 95% 95% 100% 96%

May 68% 68% 85% 85% 85% 85%

June 68% 68% 85% 85% 85% 85%

July 68% 68% 85% 85% 85% 85%

August 68% 68% 85% 85% 85% 85%

September 68% 68% 85% 85% 85% 85%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTb

October 76% 76% 91% 91% 91% 91%

November 76% 76% 91% 91% 91% 91%

December 76% 76% 91% 91% 91% 91%

January 76% 76% 91% 91% 91% 91%

February 76% 76% 91% 91% 91% 91%

March 76% 91% 98% 98% 98% 91%

April 76% 91% 98% 98% 98% 91%

May 76% 76% 91% 91% 91% 91%

June 76% 76% 91% 91% 91% 91%

July 76% 76% 91% 91% 91% 91%

August 76% 76% 91% 91% 91% 91%

September 76% 76% 91% 91% 91% 91%
A-2-61 

Table 3-145. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in 

Auburn Ravine below Wise No.1 and No. 2 powerhouses that corresponds to PG&E’s 

proposed Minimum Streamflows, as amended, for the reach. (Source: adapted by staff 

from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTc

April 29% 54% 72% 72% 89% 95%

May 29% 29% 54% 54% 54% 54%

June 29% 29% 54% 54% 54% 54%

a The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (6,738 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 10 cfs (figure 6.3.1-31 on page E6.3- 46of the final license application).

b

 The maximum habitat for juvenile rainbow trout (6,995 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 8 cfs (figure 6.3.1-31 on page E6.3- 46 of the final license application). c

 Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from April through May in this reach. The 

maximum habitat for spawning rainbow trout (3,059 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 15 cfs (figure 6.3.1-31 on page E6.3-46 of the final license application).
A-2-62 

Table 3-146. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by PG&E for the Lower Drum Project − 

Mormon Ravine below Newcastle powerhouse header box (Compliance Point: 

YB-292) under measure DS-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 

2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

November 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

December 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

January 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

February 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

March 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

April 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

May 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

June 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

July 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

August 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

September 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

a 1 cfs if Newcastle powerhouse not operating; 5 cfs if Newcastle powerhouse is operating. 
A-2-63 

Table 3-147. Monthly minimum streamflows (cfs) by water year type recommended by Reclamation for Mormon Ravine below the Newcastle 

powerhouse header box. (Source: adapted by staff from Reclamation, July 31, 2012) 

Water 

Year 

Type

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Total in 

acre-feet

Change from 

Historical

ECD 50 100 150 100 23,851 NA

CD 150 150 150 100 50 35,876 (40,165) 

D 150 200 200 150 100 47,802 (41,237) 

BN

AN

W 
A-2-64 

Table 3-148. Required releases to the Middle Yuba River, South Yuba River, Canyon Creek, Fall Creek, Rucker Creek, and Bear River under 

the existing license. (Source: adapted by staff, from PG&E and NID, 2011a)

SubBasinReservoir Development Gage Location 

(USGS/PG&E No.)

Date Required 

Minimum 

Flow (cfs)

Water 

Year 

Type

Middle 

Yuba 

River

Jackson 

Meadows

Bowman Jackson Meadows Dam

(11407815/YB-301) 

YearRound 5 All

Milton 

Diversion 

Impoundment 

Bowman Milton Diversion Dam 

(11408500/YB-304) 

YearRound 3 All

Canyon 

Creek

Jackson Lake Bowman Jackson Lake Dam

(11414700/YB-312) 

YearRound 0.75 All

French Lake Bowman French Lake Dam

(11414410/YB-306) 

YearRound 2.5 All

BowmanSpaulding 

Diversion 

Impoundment 

Bowman Downstream of Bowman-Spaulding 

Diversion Dam

(11416500/YB-315) 

4/1 to 

10/31 

11/1 to 

3/31 

3 

2 

All
A-2-65 

Table 3-148. Required releases to the Middle Yuba River, South Yuba River, Canyon Creek, Fall Creek, Rucker Creek, and Bear River under 

the existing license. (Source: adapted by staff, from PG&E and NID, 2011a)

SubBasinReservoir Development Gage Location 

(USGS/PG&E No.)

Date Required 

Minimum 

Flow (cfs)

Water 

Year 

Type

Bear 

River

Dutch Flat 

Afterbay

Chicago Park Dutch Flat Afterbay Dam

(11421790/YB-197) 

5/1 to 

10/31 

11/1 to 

4/30 

10 

5 

All

--- --- No Gage (Downstream of Upper 

Boardman Canal) 

YearRound 1 All

Rollins Rollins Rollins Dam 

(11421900/YB-279) 

5/1 to 

10/31 

11/1 to 

4/30 

75 

20 

Normal

5/1 to 

10/31 

11/1 to 

4/30 

40 

15 

Less 

than 

Normal
A-2-66 

Table 3-149. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by NID for Yuba-Bear Project − Middle Yuba 

River below Jackson Meadows reservoir dam (Compliance Point: USGS Streamflow 

Gage 11407815) under measure YB-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from 

PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 11 11 13 15 20 35 

November 11 11 13 15 20 35 

December 11 11 13 15 20 35 

January 11 11 13 15 20 35 

February 11 11 13 15 25 40 

March 11 11 16 25 35 60 

April 30 30 30 50 60 100 

May 60 60 75 90 110 120 

June 21 21 30 50 75 100 

July 11 11 16 25 35 60 

August 11 11 13 15 25 40 

September 11 11 13 15 25 40 
A-2-67 

Table 3-150. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the 

Middle Yuba River below Jackson Meadows reservoir dam that corresponds to 

NID’s proposed minimum flow, as amended, from Jackson Meadows reservoir dam. 

(Source: adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and 

PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTa

October 80% 80% 83% 88% 94% 100%

November 80% 80% 83% 88% 94% 100%

December 80% 80% 83% 88% 94% 100%

January 80% 80% 83% 88% 94% 100%

February 80% 80% 83% 88% 97% 100%

March 80% 80% 89% 97% 100% 98%

April 99% 99% 99% 99% 98% 94%

May 98% 98% 97% 96% 93% 92%

June 95% 95% 99% 99% 97% 94%

July 80% 80% 89% 97% 100% 98%

August 80% 80% 83% 88% 97% 100%

September 80% 80% 83% 88% 97% 100%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTb

October 96% 96% 97% 99% 100% 97%

November 96% 96% 97% 99% 100% 97%

December 96% 96% 97% 99% 100% 97%

January 96% 96% 97% 99% 100% 97%

February 96% 96% 97% 99% 99% 95%

March 96% 96% 100% 99% 97% 89%

April 99% 99% 99% 92% 89% 79%

May 89% 89% 85% 81% 78% 75%

June 100% 100% 99% 92% 85% 79%

July 96% 96% 100% 99% 97% 89%

August 96% 96% 97% 99% 99% 95%

September 96% 96% 97% 99% 99% 95%
A-2-68 

Table 3-150. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the 

Middle Yuba River below Jackson Meadows reservoir dam that corresponds to 

NID’s proposed minimum flow, as amended, from Jackson Meadows reservoir dam. 

(Source: adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and 

PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTc

April 45% 45% 45% 69% 79% 99%

May 79% 79% 89% 97% 100% 100%

June 33% 33% 45% 69% 89% 99%

a The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (12,493 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear 

feet of stream) occurs at 40 cfs (figure 6.3.1-2 in the final license application).

b The maximum habitat for juvenile rainbow trout (13,025 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear 

feet of stream) occurs at 20 cfs (figure 6.3.1-2 in the final license application). c Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from April through May in this reach 

(table 2.1-9 in Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow). The maximum habitat for spawning 

rainbow trout (5,738 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of stream) occurs at 120 cfs 

(figure 6.3.1-2 in the final license application).
A-2-69 

Table 3-151. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by NID for Yuba-Bear Project – Middle Yuba 

River below Milton diversion dam (Compliance Point: USGS Streamflow Gage 

11408550) under measure YB-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 

2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 4 6 6 10 10 15 

November 4 6 6 10 10 10 or 15a 

December 4 6 6 10 10 10 or 15a 

January 4 6 6 10 10 10 or 15a

February 4 6 6 10 15 15 

March 4 6 6 20 25 30 

April 6 10 15 30 35 40 

May 6 20 30 50 60 70 

June 6 15 20 30 35 40 

July 4 6 10 15 20 20 

August 4 6 6 10 15 15 

September 4 6 6 10 15 15 a In wet water years the minimum streamflow should be 15 cfs unless the precipitation measured at 

Bowman Lake from the previous July 1 up to but not including the first day of the month is equal to or 

less than 75 percent of the annual average precipitation for the same period for the most recent 30 years. 

In that case the minimum streamflow should be 10 cfs.
A-2-70 

Table 3-152. NMFS proposed release or spill from Milton diversion dam; flows sufficient to achieve 

continuous minimum flows (in cubic feet per second), measured at USGS Gage 

11408550 in the Middle Yuba River.a

 (Source: Adapted by staff from NMFS, July 31, 

2012) 

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Junb,c,d Jule Auge Sepe Octe Nove Dece

10 10 10 10 10 40-200 40 40 30 30 30 30 a The above flow conditions are to be met in all water year types, based on the California Department of 

Water Resources’ water year forecast of unimpaired year-round runoff in the Yuba River at Smartville, as set forth 

in the Department’s “Bulletin 120 Water Year Conditions in California.” An exception is that in extreme cases, 

water supplies may not be available to meet the flow requirements above. When the May Bulletin 120 forecasts 

year-round unimpaired runoff in the Yuba River at Smartville below 615,000 acre-feet, the licensees should 

conference with FERC (as the lead), NMFS, USACE, and the other entities and agencies implementing 

(prospective) spring-run Chinook salmon and/or steelhead reintroduction, and this contingency should be evaluated 

under NMFS’ recommended condition for adaptive management, described below.

b June 1-7: Flow releases from Milton dam sufficient to achieve a continuous 200 cfs discharge in the 

Middle Yuba River, measured at USGS Gage 11408550 (below Milton Dam).

c June 8-14: Flow release(s) from Milton dam sufficient to achieve a continuous 100 cfs discharge in the 

Middle Yuba River, measured at USGS Gage 11408550.

d June 15-30: Flow release(s) from Milton Dam to mimic the natural snowmelt recession: 4 days continuous 

release of 80 cfs, followed by 4 days of 60cfs, 4 days of 50cfs, 4 days of 40cfs, measured at USGS Gage 11408550.

e Additional flows July-Dec may be required to maintain suitable water temperatures for holding and 

spawning downstream to the Plumbago Road crossing, at approximately river mile 25. NMFS recommends the 

funding, installation, operation and maintenance of telemetered water temperature and flow gages at this location; 

the installation of gages, their rating, and the determination of flows and temperatures should occur under the 

supervision of, or in cooperation with, the USGS.

July 1- September 15: From Milton dam, release or spill the greater of:

The flows sufficient to maintain water temperatures in the Middle Yuba River at the Plumbago Road crossing 

(RM 25) below 19°C, measured as the running average of the previous 7 days’ daily average water temperature, or 

the flows to maintain a minimum instantaneous flow of 40 cfs in the Middle Yuba River, measured at USGS Gage 

11408550 below Milton dam.

September 16- December 31: From Milton dam, release or spill the greater of:

The flows sufficient to maintain water temperatures in the Middle Yuba River at the Plumbago Road crossing 

(RM 25) below 14.4°C, measured as the running average of the previous 7 days’ daily average water temperature, or 

the flows sufficient to maintain a minimum instantaneous flow of 30 cfs in the Middle Yuba River, measured at 

USGS Gage 11408550 below Milton dam.
A-2-71 

Table 3-153. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the 

Middle Yuba River below Milton diversion dam that corresponds to NID’s proposed 

minimum flow releases, as amended, from Milton diversion dam. (Source: adapted 

by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTa

October 39% 48% 48% 62% 62% 74%

November 39% 48% 48% 62% 62% 74%

December 39% 48% 48% 62% 62% 74%

January 39% 48% 48% 62% 62% 74%

February 39% 48% 48% 62% 74% 74%

March 39% 48% 48% 82% 86% 91%

April 48% 48% 48% 91% 93% 96%

May 48% 48% 48% 99% 100% 100%

June 48% 48% 48% 91% 93% 96%

July 39% 48% 48% 74% 82% 82%

August 39% 48% 48% 62% 74% 74%

September 39% 48% 48% 62% 74% 74%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTb

October 56% 65% 65% 77% 77% 86%

November 56% 65% 65% 77% 77% 86%

December 56% 65% 65% 77% 77% 86%

January 56% 65% 65% 77% 77% 86%

February 56% 65% 65% 77% 86% 86%

March 56% 65% 65% 92% 95% 99%

April 65% 77% 86% 99% 99% 100%

May 65% 92% 99% 100% 99% 97%

June 65% 86% 92% 99% 99% 100%

July 56% 65% 77% 86% 92% 92%

August 56% 65% 65% 77% 86% 86%

September 56% 65% 65% 77% 86% 86%
A-2-72 

Table 3-153. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the 

Middle Yuba River below Milton diversion dam that corresponds to NID’s proposed 

minimum flow releases, as amended, from Milton diversion dam. (Source: adapted 

by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTc

April 27% 35% 44% 66% 70% 74%

May 27% 52% 66% 76% 76% 74%

June 27% 44% 52% 66% 70% 74%

a

 The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (10,994 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet 

of stream) occurs at 70 cfs (figure 6.3.1-3 in the final license application).

b The maximum WUA for juvenile rainbow trout (13,124 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear 

feet of stream) occurs at 50 cfs (figure 6.3.1-3 in the final license application). c Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from April through May in this reach (table 2.1-9 

in Instream Flow Technical Memorandum 3- 2). The spawning rainbow trout WUA curve has a 

dual peak; the curve first peaks at 1,423 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of stream at 49 cfs 

and then the curve dips and continues to increase to 1,879 square feet WUA at 1,136 cfs. 

(figure 6.3.1-3 in the final license application).
A-2-73 

Table 3-154. Percent of WUA for foothill yellow-legged frog eggs and tadpole life stagesa at the 

foothill yellow-legged frog 2D site in Middle Yuba River below the Milton diversion 

dam that corresponds to NID’s proposed minimum flow releases, as amended (without 

buffer flows) from Milton diversion dam. (Source: adapted by staff from Technical 

Memorandum 3-7, Special-Status Amphibians - Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog Habitat 

Modeling, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

EGGS

May 100% 99% 99% 92% 81% 77%

June 100% 100% 99% 99% 97% 95%

TADPOLES

July 100% 100% 100% 98% 96% 96%

August 100% 100% 100% 100% 98% 98%

September 100% 100% 100% 100% 98% 98%

a Foothill yellow-legged frog eggs are expected to be present in May and June and foothill 

yellow-legged frog tadpoles in July, August and September.
A-2-74 

Table 3-155. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by NID for Yuba-Bear Project – Wilson Creek

below Wilson Creek diversion dam (Compliance Point: Act of Setting Outlet Works) 

under measure YB-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and 

NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.25 or NFa 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 

November 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 

December 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 

January 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 

February 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 

March 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 

April 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 

May 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 

June 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 

July 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 

August 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 

September 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 0.25 or NF 

a

 NF = natural flow entering Wilson Creek diversion dam from upstream. 
A-2-75 

Table 3-156. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by NID for Yuba-Bear Project − Jackson 

Creek below Jackson Lake dam (Compliance Point: USGS Streamflow 

Gage11414700) under measure YB-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from 

PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 1 2 

November 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 

December 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 

January 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 

February 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 

March 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 

April 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 

May 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 

June 0.5 0.5 1 1 2 3 

July 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 1 2 

August 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 1 2 

September 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 1 2 
A-2-76 

Table 3-157. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by NID for Yuba-Bear Project − Canyon Creek

below French Lake dam (Compliance Point: USGS Streamflow Gage 11414410) 

under measure YB-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and 

NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 5 5 6 9 9 9 

November 5 5 6 9 9 9 

December 5 5 6 9 9 9 

January 5 5 6 9 9 9 

February 5 5 6 9 14 18 

March 5 5 6 9 14 18 

April 5 5 6 9 14 18 

May 5 5 6 9 14 18 

June 5 5 6 9 14 18 

July 5 5 6 9 14 18 

August 5 5 6 9 14 18 

September 5 5 6 9 14 18 
A-2-77 

Table 3-158. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout that 

corresponds to NID’s proposed minimum flow releases, as amended (without buffer 

flows), in Canyon Creek below French Lake dam. (Source: adapted by staff from 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Dry

Water Year 

Below 

Normal

Water Year 

Above 

Normal

Water Year 

Wet 

Water Year 

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTa

October 73% 73% 78% 90% 90% 90%

November 73% 73% 78% 90% 90% 90%

December 73% 73% 78% 90% 90% 90%

January 73% 73% 78% 90% 90% 90%

February 73% 73% 78% 90% 98% 100%

March 73% 73% 78% 90% 98% 100%

April 73% 73% 78% 90% 98% 100%

May 73% 73% 78% 90% 98% 100%

June 73% 73% 78% 90% 98% 100%

July 73% 73% 78% 90% 98% 100%

August 73% 73% 78% 90% 98% 100%

September 73% 73% 78% 90% 98% 100%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTb

October 88% 88% 92% 98% 98% 98%

November 88% 88% 92% 98% 98% 98%

December 88% 88% 92% 98% 98% 98%

January 88% 88% 92% 98% 98% 98%

February 88% 88% 92% 98% 100% 97%

March 88% 88% 92% 98% 100% 97%

April 88% 88% 92% 98% 100% 97%

May 88% 88% 92% 98% 100% 97%

June 88% 88% 92% 98% 100% 97%

July 88% 88% 92% 98% 100% 97%

August 88% 88% 92% 98% 100% 97%

September 88% 88% 92% 98% 100% 97%
A-2-78 

Table 3-158. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout that 

corresponds to NID’s proposed minimum flow releases, as amended (without buffer 

flows), in Canyon Creek below French Lake dam. (Source: adapted by staff from 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Dry

Water Year 

Below 

Normal

Water Year 

Above 

Normal

Water Year 

Wet 

Water Year 

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTc

April 70% 70% 80% 94% 100% 100%

May 70% 70% 80% 94% 100% 100%

June 70% 70% 80% 94% 100% 100%

a

 The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (5,141 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet 

of stream) occurs at 18 cfs (figure 6.3.1-9 in the final license application).

b

 The maximum WUA for juvenile rainbow trout (6,549 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear 

feet of stream) occurs at 12 cfs (figure 6.3.1-9 in the final license application). c

 Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from April through May in this reach (Table 2.1-9 

in Instream Flow Technical Memorandum 3- 2). The maximum WUA for spawning rainbow 

trout (299 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of stream) occurs at 14 cfs (figure 6.3.1-9 in 

the final license application).
A-2-79 

Table 3-159. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by NID for Yuba-Bear Project − Canyon Creek

below Faucherie Lake dam (Compliance Point: USGS Streamflow Gage 11414450) 

under measure YB-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and 

NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 5 5 6 9 9 9 

November 5 5 6 9 9 9 

December 5 5 6 9 9 9 

January 5 5 6 9 9 9 

February 5 5 6 9 14 18 

March 5 5 6 9 14 18 

April 5 5 6 9 14 18 

May 5 5 6 9 14 18 

June 5 5 6 9 14 18 

July 5 5 6 9 14 18 

August 5 5 6 9 14 18 

September 5 5 6 9 14 18 
A-2-80 

Table 3-160. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout that 

corresponds to NID’s minimum flow releases, as amended, without buffer flows in 

Canyon Creek below Faucherie Lake dam. (Source: adapted by staff from Technical 

Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Dry

Water Year 

Below 

Normal

Water Year 

Above 

Normal

Water Year 

Wet 

Water Year 

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTa

October 89% 89% 91% 97% 97% 97%

November 89% 89% 91% 97% 97% 97%

December 89% 89% 91% 97% 97% 97%

January 89% 89% 91% 97% 97% 97%

February 89% 89% 91% 97% 100% 99%

March 89% 89% 91% 97% 100% 99%

April 89% 89% 91% 97% 100% 99%

May 89% 89% 91% 97% 100% 99%

June 89% 89% 91% 97% 100% 99%

July 89% 89% 91% 97% 100% 99%

August 89% 89% 91% 97% 100% 99%

September 89% 89% 91% 97% 100% 99%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTb

October 98% 98% 99% 100% 100% 100%

November 98% 98% 99% 100% 100% 100%

December 98% 98% 99% 100% 100% 100%

January 98% 98% 99% 100% 100% 100%

February 98% 98% 99% 100% 98% 94%

March 98% 98% 99% 100% 98% 94%

April 98% 98% 99% 100% 98% 94%

May 98% 98% 99% 100% 98% 94%

June 98% 98% 99% 100% 98% 94%

July 98% 98% 99% 100% 98% 94%

August 98% 98% 99% 100% 98% 94%

September 98% 98% 99% 100% 98% 94%
A-2-81 

Table 3-160. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout that 

corresponds to NID’s minimum flow releases, as amended, without buffer flows in 

Canyon Creek below Faucherie Lake dam. (Source: adapted by staff from Technical 

Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Dry

Water Year 

Below 

Normal

Water Year 

Above 

Normal

Water Year 

Wet 

Water Year 

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTc

April 47% 47% 53% 70% 83% 90%

May 47% 47% 53% 70% 83% 90%

June 47% 47% 53% 70% 83% 90%

a

 The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (13,218 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet 

of stream) occurs at 15 cfs (figure 6.3.1-10 in the final license application).

b

 The maximum WUA for juvenile rainbow trout (12,169 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear 

feet of stream) occurs at 7.5 cfs (figure 6.3.1-10 in the final license application). c

 Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from April through May in this reach (table 2.1-9 in 

Instream Flow Technical Memorandum 3- 2). The maximum WUA for spawning rainbow trout 

(2,023 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of stream) occurs at 40 cfs (figure 6.3.1-10 in the 

final license application).
A-2-82 

Table 3-161. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by NID for Yuba-Bear Project − Canyon Creek 

below Sawmill Lake dam (Compliance Point: USGS Streamflow Gage 11414470) 

under measure YB-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and 

NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 5 5 6 9 14 18 

November 5 5 6 9 14 18 

December 5 5 6 9 14 18 

January 5 5 6 9 14 18 

February 5 5 6 9 14 18 

March 5 5 6 9 14 18 

April 5 5 6 9 14 18 

May 5 5 6 9 14 18 

June 5 5 6 9 14 18 

July 5 5 6 9 14 18 

August 5 5 6 9 14 18 

September 5 5 6 9 14 18 
A-2-83 

Table 3-162. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout that 

corresponds to NID’s proposed minimum flow releases, as amended, (without buffer 

flows) in Canyon Creek below Sawmill Lake dam. (Source: adapted by staff from

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTa

October 42% 42% 47% 59% 73% 80%

November 42% 42% 47% 59% 73% 80%

December 42% 42% 47% 59% 73% 80%

January 42% 42% 47% 59% 73% 80%

February 42% 42% 47% 59% 73% 80%

March 42% 42% 47% 59% 73% 80%

April 42% 42% 47% 59% 73% 80%

May 42% 42% 47% 59% 73% 80%

June 42% 42% 47% 59% 73% 80%

July 42% 42% 47% 59% 73% 80%

August 42% 42% 47% 59% 73% 80%

September 42% 42% 47% 59% 73% 80%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTb

October 65% 65% 70% 81% 91% 95%

November 65% 65% 70% 81% 91% 95%

December 65% 65% 70% 81% 91% 95%

January 65% 65% 70% 81% 91% 95%

February 65% 65% 70% 81% 91% 95%

March 65% 65% 70% 81% 91% 95%

April 65% 65% 70% 81% 91% 95%

May 65% 65% 70% 81% 91% 95%

June 65% 65% 70% 81% 91% 95%

July 65% 65% 70% 81% 91% 95%

August 65% 65% 70% 81% 91% 95%

September 65% 65% 70% 81% 91% 95%
A-2-84 

Table 3-162. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout that 

corresponds to NID’s proposed minimum flow releases, as amended, (without buffer 

flows) in Canyon Creek below Sawmill Lake dam. (Source: adapted by staff from

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTc

May 28% 28% 31% 42% 55% 62%

June 28% 28% 31% 42% 55% 62%

July 28% 28% 31% 42% 55% 62%

a

 The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (11,820 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet 

of stream) occurs at 56 cfs (figure 6.3.1-11 in the final license application).

b The maximum WUA for juvenile rainbow trout (15,156 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear 

feet of stream) occurs at 30 cfs (figure 6.3.1-11 in the final license application). c

 Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from May through July in this reach (table 2.1-

9 in Instream Flow Technical Memorandum 3-2). The maximum WUA for spawning rainbow 

trout (643 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of stream) occurs at 70 cfs (figure 6.3.1-11 in 

the final license application).
A-2-85 

Table 3-163. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by NID for Yuba-Bear Project − Canyon Creek

below Bowman-Spaulding diversion dam (Compliance Point: USGS Streamflow 

Gage 11416500) under measure YB-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from 

PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 4 6 10 10 10 15 

November 4 6 10 10 10 15 

December 4 6 10 10 10 15 

January 4 6 10 10 10 15 or 20 

February 4 6 10 15 20 25 

March 4 6 10 15 20 25 

April 6 13 15 30 35 40 

May 6 15 20 40 50 60 

June 6 13 15 30 35 40 

July 4 10 15 15 25 30 

August 4 10 15 15 20 20 

September 4 10 15 15 20 20 
A-2-86 

Table 3-164. NMFS proposal for release or spill from Bowman dam; flows sufficient to achieve 

continuous minimum flows (in cubic feet per second) in Canyon Creek below BowmanSpaulding diversion dam, measured at USGS Gage 1 1416500.a (Source: adapted by 

staff from NMFS, July 31, 2012) 

Jan Feb Mar Apr Mayb Junb Julc Augc Sepc Octc Novc Decc

15 15 15 15 75 75 30 30 30 30 30 30 

a

 The above flow conditions are to be met in all water year types, based on the California 

Department of Water Resources’ water year forecast of unimpaired year-round runoff in the Yuba River 

at Smartville, as set forth in the Department’s “Bulletin 120 Water Year Conditions in California.” An 

exception is that in extreme cases, water supplies may not be available to meet the flow requirements 

above; when the May Bulletin 120 forecasts year-round unimpaired runoff in the Yuba River at 

Smartville below 615,000 acre-feet, the licensees should conference with FERC (as the lead), NMFS, 

USACE, and the other entities and agencies implementing (prospective) spring-run Chinook salmon 

and/or steelhead reintroduction, and this contingency should be evaluated under NMFS’ recommended 

condition for adaptive management, described below. 

b

 Flows in May and June were designed to aid Spring-run Chinook volitional migration from 

Englebright Reservoir to the primary holding reaches above the confluence with Poorman Creek, at 

approximately river mile 28. If it is determined that the preferred method of reintroduction involves 

transport of the fish by truck to the holding reaches, the flows should be lowered to the values below: 

• 25 and 50 cfs for May and June respectively, downstream of Spaulding Dam, measured at USGS 

Gage 11414210. 

• 15 and 30 cfs for May and June respectively, downstream of Bowman dam, measured at USGS 

Gage 11416500. 

c Additional flows July-Dec may be required to maintain suitable water temperatures for holding

and spawning/incubation downstream to the Poorman Creek Confluence, at approximately RM 28. 

NMFS recommends the funding, installation, operation and maintenance of telemetered water 

temperature and flow gages at this location; the installation of gages, their rating, and the determination of 

flows and temperatures should occur under the supervision of, or in cooperation with, USGS. 

July 1- September 15: From Bowman and Spaulding dams, release or spill the greater of: 

The flows sufficient to maintain water temperatures in the South Yuba River above the confluence with 

Poorman Creek (RM 28) below 19°C, measured as the running average of the previous 7 days’ daily 

average water temperature, or the flows to maintain a minimum instantaneous flow of 50 cfs in the South 

Yuba River (measured at USGS Gage 11414210 below Spaulding dam) and a minimum instantaneous 

flow of 30 cfs in Canyon Creek (measured at USGS Gage 11416500 below Bowman dam). 
A-2-87 

Table 3-165. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout that 

corresponds to NID’s proposed minimum flow releases, as amended (without buffer 

flows) in Canyon Creek below Bowman-Spaulding diversion dam. (Source: adapted by 

staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Years

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Dry

Water Year 

Below 

Normal

Water Year 

Above 

Normal

Water Year 

Wet 

Water Year 

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTa

October 40% 50% 66% 66% 66% 66%

November 40% 50% 66% 66% 66% 66%

December 40% 50% 66% 66% 66% 66%

January 40% 50% 66% 66% 66% 66%

February 40% 50% 66% 79% 87% 79%

March 40% 50% 66% 79% 87% 92%

April 50% 50% 66% 95% 97% 98%

May 50% 50% 66% 98% 98% 99%

June 50% 50% 66% 95% 97% 98%

July 50% 50% 66% 79% 92% 95%

August 40% 50% 66% 79% 87% 87%

September 40% 50% 66% 79% 87% 87%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTb

October 64% 75% 89% 89% 89% 97%

November 64% 75% 89% 89% 89% 97%

December 64% 75% 89% 89% 89% 97%

January 64% 75% 89% 89% 89% 100%

February 64% 75% 89% 97% 100% 100%

March 64% 75% 89% 97% 100% 100%

April 75% 94% 97% 99% 98% 96%

May 75% 97% 100% 96% 92% 89%

June 75% 94% 97% 99% 98% 96%

July 75% 89% 97% 97% 100% 99%

August 64% 89% 97% 97% 100% 100%

September 64% 89% 97% 97% 100% 100%
A-2-88 

Table 3-165. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout that 

corresponds to NID’s proposed minimum flow releases, as amended (without buffer 

flows) in Canyon Creek below Bowman-Spaulding diversion dam. (Source: adapted by 

staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Years

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Dry

Water Year 

Below 

Normal

Water Year 

Above 

Normal

Water Year 

Wet 

Water Year 

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTc

May 39% 75% 86% 100% 100% 100%

June 39% 68% 75% 97% 99% 100%

July 28% 59% 75% 75% 94% 97%

a The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (10,982 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet 

of stream) occurs at 80 cfs (figure 6.3.1-12 in the final license application).

b

 The maximum WUA for juvenile rainbow trout (14,431 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear 

feet of stream) occurs at 25 cfs (figure 6.3.1-12 in the final license application). c

 Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from May through July in this reach 

(table 2.1-9 in Instream Flow Technical Memorandum 3-2). The maximum WUA for spawning 

rainbow trout (2,181 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of stream) occurs at 40 cfs 

(figure 6.3.1-12 in the final license application).
A-2-89 

Table 3-166. Percent of WUA for foothill yellow-legged frog eggs and tadpole life stages at the 

foothill yellow-legged frog 2D Site in Canyon Creek below Bowman-Spaulding 

diversion dam that corresponds to NID’s proposed minimum flows, as amended

(without buffer flows), from Bowman-Spaulding diversion dam. (Source: adapted by staff 

from Technical Memorandum 3-7, Special-Status Amphibians - Foothill Yellow-Legged 

Frog Habitat Modeling, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

EGGS

May 100% 96% 92% 83% 80% 77%

June 100% 97% 96% 86% 84% 83%

TADPOLES

July 100% 100% 89% 89% 69% 64%

August 100% 100% 89% 89% 79% 79%

September 100% 100% 89% 89% 79% 79%

a Foothill yellow-legged frog eggs are expected to be present in May and June and foothill 

yellow-legged frog tadpoles in July, August and September.
A-2-90 

Table 3-167. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by NID for Yuba-Bear Project − Texas Creek

below Texas Creek diversion dam at the Bowman-Spaulding diversion conduit 

(Compliance Point: New Streamflow Gage to be Constructed) under measure 

YB-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

November 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

December 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

January 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

February 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

March 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

April 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

May 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

June 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

July 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

August 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

September 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 
A-2-91 

Table 3-168. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by NID for Yuba-Bear Project – Clear Creek

below Bowman-Spaulding conduit (Compliance Point: New Streamflow Gage to be 

Constructed) under measure YB-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from 

PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year 

Wet Water 

Year

October 1 1 1 1 2 2 

November 1 1 1 1 2 2 

December 1 1 1 1 2 2 

January 1 1 1 1 2 2 

February 1 1 1 1 2 2 

March 1 1 1 1 2 2 

April 1 1 1 2 3 3 

May 1 1 1 2 4 6 

June 1 1 1 2 3 3 

July 1 1 1 1 2 2 

August 1 1 1 1 2 2 

September 1 1 1 1 2 2 
A-2-92 

Table 3-169. NID’s proposed minimum streamflows (cfs), as amended, in Clear Creek below 

Bowman-Spaulding Conduit.a (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 

2011a) 

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically Dry 

Water Year 

Dry 

Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water Year 

Above 

Normal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year

October 1 1 1 1 2 2 

November 1 1 1 1 2 2 

December 1 1 1 1 2 2 

January 1 1 1 1 2 2 

February 1 1 1 1 2 2 

March 1 1 1 1 2 2 

April 1 1 1 2 3 3 

May 1 1 1 2 4 6 

June 1 1 1 2 3 3 

July 1 1 1 1 2 2 

August 1 1 1 1 2 2 

September 1 1 1 1 2 2 

Total AcreFeetb

724 724 724 905 1,691 1,813 

a Refer to Measure YB-AQR1, Part 3, in Amended Appendix E3 of NID’s Amended Application 

regarding minimum streamflows in Clear Creek downstream of the Bowman-Spaulding conduit during 

Bowman-Spaulding conduit outages. 

b

 There is currently no required minimum flow at Clear Creek diversion dam. NID’s proposed 

minimum flow releases, as amended, represents an increase over existing conditions from 724 acre-feet in 

Extreme Critically Dry water years to 1,813 acre-feet in Wet water years.
A-2-93 

Table 3-170. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by NID for Yuba-Bear Project − Fall Creek

below Fall Creek diversion dam at the Bowman-Spaulding conduit (Compliance 

Point: New Streamflow Gage to be Constructed) under measure YB-AQR1, Part 2. 

(Source: Forest Service, Preliminary Conditions and Recommendations; August 2, 

2012)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 1 1 2 3 4 or In = 

Out

4 or In = 

Out

November 1 1 2 3 4 or In = 

Out

4 or In = 

Out

December 1 1 2 3 4 or In = 

Out

4 or In = 

Out

January 1 1 2 3 4 or In = 

Out

4 or In = 

Out

February 1 1 2 3 4 4 

March 1 1 2 3 4 4 

April 1 1 2 3 4 4 

May 12.5 or In = 

Out

12.5 or In = 

Out

15 or In = 

Out

20 or In = 

Out

20 or In = 

Out

20 or In = 

Out

June 5 or In = 

Out

5 or In = 

Out

6 or In = 

Out

7 or In = 

Out

8 or In = 

Out

9 or In = 

Out

July 1 1 2 3 4 4 

August 1 1 2 3 4 4 

September 1 1 2 3 4 4 
A-2-94 

Table 3-171. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by Forest Service (condition 29) and California 

Fish and Wildlife (recommendation 2.2) for Yuba-Bear Project – Fall Creek below 

Fall Creek diversion dam at Bowman-Spaulding conduit (compliance point: new 

streamflow gage to be constructed). (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a 

and NID 2011a) 

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 2 2 2 4 6 8 

November 2 2 2 4 6 8 

December 2 2 2 4 6 8 

January 2 2 2 4 6 8 

February 2 2 2 4 6 8 

March 2 2 2 8 10 10 

April 10 10 10 15 20 20 

May 12.5 12.5 15 20 30 30 

June 4 4 10 15 20 25 

July 2 2 2 6 8 10 

August 2 2 2 6 6 8 

September 2 2 2 6 6 8 
A-2-95 

Table 3-172. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in Fall 

Creek below Fall Creek diversion dam at the Bowman-Spaulding conduit that 

corresponds to NID’s proposed minimum flow releases, as amended, (without buffer 

flows).a

 (Source: adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, 

NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Years

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Dry

Water Year 

Below 

Normal

Water Year 

Above 

Normal

Water Year 

Wet 

Water Year 

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTb

October 63% 63% 80% 90% 90% 90%

November 63% 63% 80% 90% 90% 90%

December 63% 63% 80% 90% 90% 90%

January 63% 63% 80% 90% 90% 90%

February 63% 63% 80% 90% 95% 95%

March 63% 63% 80% 90% 95% 95%

April 63% 63% 80% 90% 95% 95%

May -- -- -- -- -- --

June -- -- -- -- -- --

July 63% 63% 80% 90% 90% 90%

August 63% 63% 80% 90% 90% 90%

September 63% 63% 80% 90% 90% 90%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTc

October 71% 71% 87% 94% 94% 94%

November 71% 71% 87% 94% 94% 94%

December 71% 71% 87% 94% 94% 94%

January 71% 71% 87% 94% 94% 94%

February 71% 71% 87% 94% 98% 98%

March 71% 71% 87% 94% 98% 98%

April 71% 71% 87% 94% 98% 98%

May -- -- -- -- -- --

June -- -- -- -- -- --

July 71% 71% 87% 94% 98% 98%

August 71% 71% 87% 94% 98% 98%

September 71% 71% 87% 94% 98% 98%
A-2-96 

Table 3-172. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in Fall 

Creek below Fall Creek diversion dam at the Bowman-Spaulding conduit that 

corresponds to NID’s proposed minimum flow releases, as amended, (without buffer 

flows).a

 (Source: adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, 

NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Years

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Dry

Water Year 

Below 

Normal

Water Year 

Above 

Normal

Water Year 

Wet 

Water Year 

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTd

May -- -- -- -- -- --

June -- -- -- -- -- --

July 15% 15% 27% 38% 46% 46%

a

 Due to the channel geometry in Fall Creek and the limits of NID’s ability to make releases 

into the creek during the Instream Flow Study, the WUA curves for adult and juvenile rainbow 

trout continue to increase past the hydraulic extrapolation limit (163 cfs). Therefore, for the 

above table, NID truncated the analysis at a maximum flow of 163 cfs..

b The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (3,147 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 8 cfs (figure 6.3.1-14 in the final license application).

c The maximum WUA for juvenile rainbow trout (3,545 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear 

feet of stream) occurs at 6 cfs (figure 6.3.1-14 in the final license application).

d Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from May through July in this reach 

(table 2.1-9 in Instream Flow Technical Memorandum 3-2). The maximum WUA for spawning 

rainbow trout (6,663 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of stream) occurs at 30 cfs 

(figure 6.3.1-14 in the final license application).
A-2-97 

Table 3-173. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by NID for Yuba-Bear Project − Trap Creek

below Bowman-Spaulding conduit (Compliance Point: New Streamflow Gage to be 

Constructed) under measure YB-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from 

PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

November 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

December 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

January 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

February 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

March 0.25 0.25 0.5 1 1.5 1.5 

April 0.25 0.75 0.75 2 3 3 

May 0.25 0.75 0.75 3 3 3 

June 0.25 0.75 0.75 2 3 3 

July 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

August 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

September 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 
A-2-98 

Table 3-174. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by NID for Yuba-Bear Project − Rucker Creek

below Bowman-Spaulding conduit (Compliance Point: New Streamflow Gage to be 

Constructed) under measure YB-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from 

PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

November 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

December 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

January 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

February 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

March 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

April 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

May 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 3 3 

June 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

July 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

August 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

September 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 
A-2-99 

Table 3-175. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by NID for Yuba-Bear Project − Bear River

below Dutch Flat afterbay dam (Compliance Point: USGS Streamflow Gage

11421790) under measure YB-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 

2011a and NID 2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 7 7 8 10 13 13 

November 7 7 8 10 13 13 

December 7 7 8 10 13 13 

January 7 7 8 10 13 13 

February 10 10 15 20 22 30 

March 15 15 20 25 30 40 

April 20 20 25 30 35 45 

May 15 15 20 25 30 40 

June 10 10 15 20 22 30 

July 10 10 10 10 12 15 

August 10 10 10 10 12 15 

September 10 10 10 10 12 15 
A-2-100 

Table 3-176. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in Bear 

River below Dutch Flat afterbay dam that corresponds to NID’s proposed minimum flow 

releases, as amended, (without buffer flows).a

 (Source: adapted by staff from 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Years 

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Dry

Water Year 

Below 

Normal

Water Year 

Above 

Normal

Water Year 

Wet 

Water Year 

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTb

October 82% 82% 86% 92% 97% 97%

November 82% 82% 86% 92% 97% 97%

December 82% 82% 86% 92% 97% 97%

January 82% 82% 86% 92% 97% 97%

February 92% 92% 100% 100% 99% 97%

March 100% 100% 100% 98% 97% 93%

April 100% 100% 98% 97% 95% 91%

May 100% 100% 100% 98% 97% 97%

June 92% 92% 100% 100% 99% 97%

July 92% 92% 92% 92% 95% 100%

August 92% 92% 92% 92% 95% 100%

September 92% 92% 92% 92% 95% 100%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTc

October 90% 90% 93% 97% 99% 99%

November 90% 90% 93% 97% 99% 99%

December 90% 90% 93% 97% 99% 99%

January 90% 90% 93% 97% 99% 99%

February 97% 97% 100% 97% 96% 91%

March 100% 100% 97% 94% 91% 85%

April 97% 97% 94% 91% 88% 84%

May 100% 100% 97% 94% 91% 85%

June 97% 97% 100% 97% 96% 91%

July 97% 97% 97% 97% 98% 100%

August 97% 97% 97% 97% 98% 100%

September 97% 97% 97% 97% 98% 100%
A-2-101 

Table 3-176. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in Bear 

River below Dutch Flat afterbay dam that corresponds to NID’s proposed minimum flow 

releases, as amended, (without buffer flows).a

 (Source: adapted by staff from 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow, NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Years 

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Dry

Water Year 

Below 

Normal

Water Year 

Above 

Normal

Water Year 

Wet 

Water Year 

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTd

April 79% 79% 86% 92% 96% 100%

May 69% 69% 79% 86% 92% 99%

June 52% 52% 69% 79% 82% 92%

a Due to the geometry of the reach, the WUA curves for most of the adult rainbow trout life 

stages have two maximum peaks. The first peak occurs at a flow of less than about 20 cfs, and 

then the curve dips and continues to increase to the maximum extrapolated value. This is due 

primarily to the altered state of the reach (i.e., flood plain with hydraulic mining debris). For the 

above table, NID truncated the analysis at 160 cfs.

b The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (3,819 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 20 cfs (figure 6.3.1-15 in the final license application). c The maximum WUA for juvenile rainbow trout (7,437 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of 

stream) occurs at 15 cfs (figure 6.3.1-15 in the final license application).

d Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from April through June in this reach (table 2.1-9 

in Instream Flow Technical Memorandum 3- 2). The maximum WUA for spawning rainbow trout 

(4,410 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of stream) occurs at 50 cfs (figure 6.3.1-15 in the final 

license application).
A-2-102 

Table 3-177. Percent of WUA for foothill yellow-legged frog eggs and tadpole life stagesa at the 

foothill yellow-legged frog 2D Site in Bear River below Dutch Flat afterbay dam that 

corresponds to NID’s proposed minimum flows, as amended (without buffer flows), 

from the Dutch Flat afterbay dam. (Source: adapted by staff from Technical 

Memorandum 3-7, Special-Status Amphibians – Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog Habitat 

Modeling; NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

EGGS

May 98% 98% 15% 20% 22% 30%

June 98% 98% 98% 98% 12% 15%

TADPOLES

July 100% 100% 100% 100% 99% 95%

August 100% 100% 100% 100% 99% 95%

September 100% 100% 100% 100% 99% 95%

a

 Foothill yellow-legged frog eggs are expected to be present in May and June and foothill yellowlegged frog tadpoles in July, August, and September. 
A-2-103 

Table 3-178. Minimum streamflows (cfs) proposed by NID for Yuba-Bear Project – Bear River 

below Rollins dam (Compliance Point: USGS Streamflow Gage 11422500) under 

measure YB-AQR1, Part 2. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 

2011a)

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water

Year

October 20 40 40 55 65 65 

November 15 20 23 30 40 50 

December 15 20 23 30 40 50 

January 15 20 23 30 40 50 

February 15 20 23 30 40 50 

March 15 20 25 30 40 50 

April 15 40 40 50 75 75 

May 20 45 45 65 100 100 

June 20 50 50 65 125 125 

July 20 50 50 70 109 125 

August 20 50 50 70 109 125 

September 20 50 50 70 80 80 
A-2-104 

Table 3-179. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the 

Bear River below Rollins dam that corresponds to NID’s proposed minimum flow 

releases, as amended. (Source: adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, 

Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

ADULT RAINBOW TROUTa

October 35% 63% 63% 77% 83% 83%

November 26% 35% 40% 51% 63% 73%

December 26% 35% 40% 51% 63% 73%

January 26% 35% 40% 51% 63% 73%

February 26% 35% 40% 51% 63% 73%

March 26% 35% 43% 51% 63% 73%

April 26% 63% 63% 73% 89% 89%

May 35% 68% 68% 83% 97% 97%

June 35% 73% 73% 83% 100% 100%

July 35% 73% 73% 86% 98% 100%

August 35% 73% 73% 86% 98% 100%

September 35% 73% 73% 86% 91% 91%

JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUTb

October 83% 98% 98% 100% 99% 99%

November 74% 83% 86% 93% 98% 100%

December 74% 83% 86% 93% 98% 100%

January 74% 83% 86% 93% 98% 100%

February 74% 83% 86% 93% 98% 100%

March 74% 83% 89% 93% 98% 100%

April 74% 98% 98% 100% 98% 98%

May 83% 99% 99% 99% 94% 94%

June 83% 100% 100% 99% 90% 90%

July 83% 100% 100% 99% 93% 90%

August 83% 100% 100% 99% 93% 90%

September 83% 100% 100% 99% 98% 98%
A-2-105 

Table 3-179. Percent of maximum WUA for adult, juvenile, and spawning rainbow trout in the 

Bear River below Rollins dam that corresponds to NID’s proposed minimum flow 

releases, as amended. (Source: adapted by staff from Technical Memorandum 3-2, 

Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

SPAWNING RAINBOW TROUTc

April 37% 65% 65% 70% 79% 79%

May 45% 67% 67% 75% 87% 87%

June 45% 70% 70% 75% 93% 93%

a The maximum habitat for adult rainbow trout (17,777 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet 

of stream) occurs at 150 cfs (figure 6.3.1-16 in the final license application).

b The maximum WUA for juvenile rainbow trout (23,237 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear 

feet of stream) occurs at 50 cfs (figure 6.3.1-16 in the final license application). c Rainbow trout spawning is expected to occur from April through May in this reach (table 2.1-9 in 

Instream Flow Technical Memorandum 3-2). The maximum WUA for spawning rainbow trout 

(14,146 square feet WUA per 1,000 linear feet of stream) occurs at 225 cfs (figure 6.3.1-16 in 

the final license application).
A-2-106 

Table 3-180. Percent of WUA for foothill yellow-legged frog eggs and tadpole life stagesa at the 

foothill yellow-legged frog 2D model site in the Bear River below Rollins dam that 

corresponds to NID’s proposed minimum flows, as amended, (without buffer flows), 

below Rollins dam and powerhouse. (Source: adapted by staff from Technical 

Memorandum 3-7, Special- Status Amphibians - Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog Habitat 

Modeling ; NID and PG&E 2010)

Month Extreme

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Critically 

Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below 

Normal

Water Year

Above 

Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

EGGS

May 99% 93% 93% 90% 85% 85%

June 99% 92% 92% 90% 80% 78%

TADPOLES

July 100% 100% 100% 99% 89% 85%

August 100% 100% 100% 99% 89% 85%

September 100% 100% 100% 99% 96% 96%

a

 Foothill yellow-legged frog eggs are expected to be present in May and June and foothill 

yellow-legged frog tadpoles in July, August and September.
A-2-107 

Table 3-181. Locations in Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Yuba-Bear Projects where 

canal outages affect minimum streamflows. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 

2011a and NID 2011a)

Location

(Stream – Facility)

Typical historical 

outage

period/duration

Minimum Streamflows During Annual 

Planned Outages, NonRoutine Planned Outages and Emergency 

Outages

Bear River – YB-198 

(Upper Drum-Spaulding 

Project)

Approximately 2 weeks 

in late September and 

early October (Drum 

Canal) or 

approximately 2 weeks 

from late March to 

early April (South 

Yuba Canal) 

In the event that the total flow in the Drum 

Canal upstream of YB137 and South Yuba 

Canal upstream of YB-139 is less than required 

for the Minimum Streamflow at YB-198, the 

Minimum Streamflow shall be no less than the 

natural flow in Bear River at YB-198, and 

Licensee shall also release as much water as is 

available in the two canals to meet as much of 

the Minimum Streamflow as set forth in Part 2 

of this Measure as possible.

Bear River below Drum 

afterbay – YB-44 

(Upper Drum-Spaulding 

Project)

Approximately 2 weeks 

in late September and 

early October (Drum 

Canal) or 

approximately 2 weeks 

from late March to 

early April (South 

Yuba Canal) 

In the event that the total flow in the Drum 

Canal upstream of YB137, the South Yuba 

Canal upstream of YB-139 and natural flow in 

the Bear River upstream of Drum Afterbay is 

less than required for the Minimum Streamflow 

at YB-44, the Minimum Streamflow shall be the 

natural inflow to Drum Afterbay and shall be 

complied with by Licensee not diverting water 

from Drum Afterbay.

Canyon Creek below 

Towle canal diversion – 

YB-282 

(Upper Drum-Spalding 

Project)

Approximately 2 weeks 

in late September and 

early October (Drum 

Canal)

When the Drum Canal is out of service, the 

Minimum Streamflow below Towle Canal 

Diversion Dam (YB-282) shall be no less than 

the natural flow in Canyon Creek as measured at 

YB-280. 

Little Bear River below 

Alta powerhouse – YB-98 

(Upper Drum-Spaulding 

Project)

Approximately 2 weeks 

in late September and 

early October (Drum 

Canal) or 

approximately 2 weeks 

in mid-May (Towle 

Canal)

When the Alta Powerhouse relays off-line, the 

Drum Canal or the Towle Canal is out of 

service, the Minimum Streamflow in the Little 

Bear River below Lower Boardman Canal shall 

be 0.25 cfs. Licensee shall not divert natural 

flow from the Little Bear River during these 

outages.

Dry Creek below Halsey 

afterbay dam – YB-62A 

(Lower Drum Project)

Approximately 3 weeks 

in late October and 

early November (Bear 

River Canal)

When Bear River Canal is out of service, the 

Minimum Streamflows shall be no less than 

leakage from Halsey Afterbay Dam as measured 

at YB-62A. 
A-2-108 

Table 3-181. Locations in Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Yuba-Bear Projects where 

canal outages affect minimum streamflows. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 

2011a and NID 2011a)

Location

(Stream – Facility)

Typical historical 

outage

period/duration

Minimum Streamflows During Annual 

Planned Outages, NonRoutine Planned Outages and Emergency 

Outages

Rock Creek below Rock 

Creek reservoir – YB-86 

(Lower Drum Project)

Approximately 3 weeks 

in late October and 

early November (Bear 

River Canal) or 

approximately 1 week 

in mid- November 

(Wise Canal) or any 

other portion of the 

lower Drum Canal 

system (approximately 

5 weeks from midOctober to late 

November) 

When Bear River Canal or Upper Wise Canal is 

out of service, the Minimum Streamflow shall 

be 0.50 cfs.

Mormon ravine below 

Newcastle powerhouse 

header box - YB- 292 

(Lower Drum Project)

Approximately 3 weeks 

in late October and 

early November (Bear 

River Canal) or 

approximately 1 week 

in late November (Wise 

Canal) or 

approximately 1 week 

in mid- November 

(South Canal) 

When the Bear River Canal, Upper Wise Canal, 

Lower Wise Canal or South Canal are out of 

service, no Minimum Streamflows shall be 

required at YB-292. 

South Yuba canal above 

Deer Creek forebay – 

YB-34 

(Upper Drum-Spaulding 

Project)

Approximately 2 weeks 

in late March to early 

April (South Yuba 

Canal and/or Chalk 

Bluff Canal)

When the South Yuba Canal or Chalk Bluff 

Canal are out of service, no Minimum 

Streamflows shall be required at YB-34. 

Auburn Ravine near South 

Canal (gage or gages to be 

determined) 

(Lower Drum Project)

Approximately 3 weeks 

in late October and 

early November (Bear 

River Canal) or 

approximately 1 week 

in late November (Wise 

Canal)

When the Bear River Canal, Upper Wise Canal 

or Lower Wise Canal are out of service, the 

Minimum Streamflows at the gage or gages to 

be determined shall be no less than the natural 

flow in Auburn Ravine as measured at the 

gaging location or locations near South Canal 

(TBD).
A-2-109 

Table 3-181. Locations in Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Yuba-Bear Projects where 

canal outages affect minimum streamflows. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 

2011a and NID 2011a)

Location

(Stream – Facility)

Typical historical 

outage

period/duration

Minimum Streamflows During Annual 

Planned Outages, NonRoutine Planned Outages and Emergency 

Outages

Texas Creek – Below 

Texas Creek Diversion 

Dam

(Yuba-Bear Project)

-- Flow in Texas Creek downstream of the Texas 

Creek Diversion Dam shall equal flow in Texas 

Creek upstream of the Texas Creek Diversion 

Dam. Licensee shall comply with this 

requirement by not diverting any water from 

Texas Creek into the Bowman-Spaulding 

Conduit during the outage (i.e., monitoring 

streamflow upstream in Texas Creek upstream 

of Texas Creek Diversion Dam during the 

outage shall not be required).

Clear Creek – Below 

Bowman-Spaulding 

Diversion Conduit 

(Yuba-Bear Project)

-- Flow in Clear Creek below the BowmanSpaulding Conduit shall equal flow in Clear 

Creek upstream of the Bowman-Spaulding 

Conduit. Licensee shall comply with this 

requirement by not diverting any water from 

Clear Creek into the Bowman-Spaulding 

Conduit during the outage (i.e., monitoring of 

the streamflow in Clear Creek upstream of 

Bowman-Spaulding Conduit during the outage 

shall not be required). 

Trap Creek – Below 

Bowman-Spaulding 

Diversion Conduit 

(Yuba-Bear Project)

-- Flow in Trap Creek below the BowmanSpaulding Conduit shall equal flow in Trap 

Creek upstream of the Bowman-Spaulding 

Conduit. Licensee shall comply with this 

requirement by not diverting any water from 

Trap Creek into the Bowman-Spaulding Conduit 

during the outage (i.e., monitoring of the 

streamflow in Trap Creek upstream of BowmanSpaulding Conduit during the outage shall not 

be required). 

Rucker Creek – Below 

Bowman-Spaulding 

Diversion Conduit 

(Yuba-Bear Project)

-- Flow in Rucker Creek below the BowmanSpaulding Conduit shall equal flow in Rucker 

Creek upstream of the Bowman-Spaulding 

Conduit. Licensee shall comply with this 

requirement by not diverting any water from 

Rucker Creek into the Bowman-Spaulding 

Conduit during the outage (i.e., monitoring of 

the streamflow in Rucker Creek upstream of 

Bowman-Spaulding Conduit during the outage 

shall not be required). 
A-2-110 

Table 3-181. Locations in Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Yuba-Bear Projects where 

canal outages affect minimum streamflows. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 

2011a and NID 2011a)

Location

(Stream – Facility)

Typical historical 

outage

period/duration

Minimum Streamflows During Annual 

Planned Outages, NonRoutine Planned Outages and Emergency 

Outages

Fall Creek – Below Fall 

Creek Diversion Dam

(Yuba-Bear Project)

-- During outages of the Bowman-Spaulding 

Conduit that affect Minimum Streamflows in 

Fall Creek as described in Table 1 of this 

measure, flow in Fall Creek downstream of the 

Fall Creek Diversion Dam shall equal flow in 

Fall Creek upstream of the Fall Creek Diversion 

Dam. Licensee shall comply with this 

requirement by not diverting any water from 

Fall Creek into the Bowman-Spaulding Conduit 

during the outage (i.e., monitoring streamflow 

upstream in Fall Creek upstream of Fall Creek 

during the outage shall not be required). 
A-2-111 

Table 3-182. Higher flow spill cessation schedule in the South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding 

dam. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a) 

Water Year 

Type:

Wet Above Normal Below Normal Dry

Target Flow Target Number of Days to Hold Target Flows

250- 420 cfs No less than 6 

consecutive days

No less than 4 

consecutive days

No less than 2 

consecutive days

--
A-2-112 

Table 3-183. Lower flow spill cessation schedule in the South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding 

dam. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a) 

Target Flow, +/-20%a Target Number of Days to Hold Target Flows

250 cfs 1 days 

200 cfs 2 days 

150 cfs 2 days 

125 cfs 3 days 

100 cfs 3 days 

75 cfs 4 days 

60 cfs 4 days 

50 cfsb 2 days 

a Once the facility modifications (discussed later in this measure) are completed, Target Flows at or 

below 75 cfs will be ± 10%. 

b If the Minimum Streamflow in Part 2 of this measure is greater than 50 cfs, the spill cessation will 

stop at the Minimum Streamflow.
A-2-113 

Table 3-184. Spill cessation schedule in the Middle Yuba River below Milton diversion dam after 

May 1.a (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a) 

Number of Days to Hold Target Flow Target Mean Daily Flow in cfs at USGS 

Streamflow Gage Station 11408550

6 Days 300 cfs

3 Days 225 cfs

3 Days 150 cfs

3 Days 100 cfs

3 Days 80 cfs

2 Days 60 cfs

2 Days 50cfs

a If the peak of the spill is greater or equal to the highest flow on the spill cessation schedule, then the 

spill flows will be decreased according to this schedule. If the peak of spill flow is less than the highest 

flow on the schedule, then the spill flows will be decreased according to the schedule from the observed 

flow downward. While the table shows the spill cessation schedule continuing until Target Flows are 

50 cfs, each spill cessation event will stop when the Target Flow shown in the table is equal to or less 

than the applicable Minimum Streamflow shown in Part 2 of this measure; that is, the spill cessation 

event will end at the applicable Minimum Streamflow.
A-2-114 

Table 3-185. Spill cessation schedule in the Canyon Creek below Bowman-Spaulding diversion dam 

after April 1.a (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a) 

Target Number of Days to Hold Target Flow Target Mean Daily Flow in cfs at USGS 

Streamflow Gage Station 11416500

1 day 275 cfs

1 day 230 cfs

1 day 200 cfs

2 days 160 cfs

2 days 130 cfs

2 days 100 cfs

2 days 85 cfs

3 days 70 cfs

3 days 55 cfs

4 days 45 cfs

a If the peak of the spill is greater or equal to the highest flow on the spill cessation schedule, then the 

spill flows will be decreased according to this schedule. If the peak of spill flow is less than the highest 

flow on the schedule, then the spill flows will be decreased according to the schedule from the observed 

flow downward. While the table shows the spill cessation schedule continuing until Target Flows are 45 

cfs, each spill cessation event will stop when the Target Flow shown in the table is equal to or less than 

the applicable Minimum Streamflow shown in Part 2 of this measure; that is, the spill cessation event will 

end at the applicable Minimum Streamflow. 
A-2-115 

Table 3-186. Spill cessation schedule in the Bear River below Dutch Flat afterbay dam for spills at 

Dutch Flat afterbay lasting 3 days or less.a (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a 

and NID 2011a) 

Target Number of Days to Hold Target Flow Target Mean Daily Flow in cfs at USGS 

Streamflow Gage Station 11421770

1 day 75 cfs

1 day 50 cfs

1 day 25 cfs

a If the peak of the licensee-caused spill is greater or equal to the highest flow on the spill cessation 

schedule, then the spill flows will be decreased according to this schedule. If the peak of spill flow is less 

than the highest flow on the schedule, then the spill flows will be decreased according to the schedule 

from the observed flow downward. While the table shows the spill cessation schedule continuing until 

Target Flows are 25 cfs, each spill cessation event will stop when the Target Flow shown in the table is 

equal to or less than the applicable Minimum Streamflow shown in Part 2 of this measure; that is, the spill 

cessation event will end at the applicable Minimum Streamflow. 
A-2-116 

Table 3-187. Spill cessation schedule in the Bear River below Dutch Flat afterbay dam for licenseecaused spills at Dutch Flat afterbay lasting longer than 3 days.a

 (Source: adapted by staff

from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a) 

Target Number of Days to Hold Target Flow Target Mean Daily Flow in cfs at USGS 

Streamflow Gage Station 11421770

7 days 75 cfs

7 days 50 cfs

7 days 25 cfs

a If the peak of the licensee-caused spill is greater or equal to the highest flow on the spill cessation 

schedule, then the spill flows will be decreased according to this schedule. If the peak of the licenseecaused spill is less than the highest flow on the schedule, then the spill flows will be decreased according 

to the schedule from the observed flow downward. While the table shows the licensee-caused spill 

cessation schedule continuing until Target Flows are 25 cfs, each spill cessation event will stop when the 

Target Flow shown in the table is equal to or less than the applicable Minimum Streamflow shown in 

Part 2 of this measure; that is, the spill cessation event will end at the applicable Minimum Streamflow. 
A-2-117 

Table 3-188. New gages or existing gages for monitoring compliance with minimum streamflows in 

the Upper Drum-Spaulding Project that require modification for DS-AQR1, 

Streamflows. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Location USGS

Gage No. 

Licensee

Gage No 

Existing or 

New Gage 

Latitude

(North)

Longitude

(West)

Elevation 

(feet)

South Yuba 

River – below 

Lake Spaulding 

dam (at Langs 

Crossing) 

11414250 YB-29 Existing - 

needs 

modification

39°19'07" 120°39'24" 4,460 

(Approx.) 

North Fork of the 

North Fork 

American River – 

below Lake Valley 

reservoir

-- YB-104 Existing – 

needs 

modification

39°17'57" 120°35'53" 5,730 

(Approx.) 

North Fork of the 

North Fork 

American River – 

below Lake Valley 

canal diversion 

dam

-- YB-236 Existing – 

needs 

modification

39°17'54" 120°36'10" 5,730 

(Approx.) 

Canyon Creek – 

below Towle canal 

diversion dam

11426196 YB-282 Existing – 

needs 

modification

39°14'31" 120°45'03" 4,480 

(Approx.) 

Little Bear River – 

below Alta 

powerhouse 

tailrace (below 

Lower Boardman 

canal diversion 

dam)

-- YB-98 Existing – 

needs 

modification

39°12'57" 120°48'13" 3,590 

(Approx.) 

Lake Creek – 

below Feeley Lake 

dam

11414350 YB-207 Existing - 

needs 

modification

39°24'01" 120°38'14" 6,710 

(Approx.) 

Rucker Creek – 

below Rucker 

Lake dam

11414280 YB-210 Existing - 

needs 

modifications

39°21'20" 120°39'55" 5,350 

(Approx.) 

Unnamed 

tributary – below 

Meadow Lake 

dam

-- YB-217 New 39°24'6" 120°29'49" 7,200 

(Approx.) 

White Rock

Creek – below 

White Rock Lake 

dam

-- YB-218 New 39°25'04" 120°23’13" 7,820 

(Approx.) 
A-2-118 

Table 3-188. New gages or existing gages for monitoring compliance with minimum streamflows in 

the Upper Drum-Spaulding Project that require modification for DS-AQR1, 

Streamflows. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a)

Location USGS

Gage No. 

Licensee

Gage No 

Existing or 

New Gage 

Latitude

(North)

Longitude

(West)

Elevation 

(feet)

Sixmile Creek – 

below Kelley Lake 

dam

-- YB-226 Existing – 

needs 

modification

39°18'42" 120°34'55" 5,880 

(Approx.) 
A-2-119 

Table 3-189. Minimum streamflow compliance monitoring locations for the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric 

Project. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a) 

Location USGS 

Gage No.

Licensee 

Gage No. 

Gage Name Location (Latitude 

and Longitude)

Elevation 

(feet)

Middle Yuba 

River – below 

Jackson 

Meadows dam

11407815 YB-301 Middle Yuba 

River 

Controlled 

Release at 

Jackson 

Meadows dam, 

near Sierra 

City, CA

39°30'36" 120°33'15" 5,800 

Middle Yuba 

River – below 

Milton diversion 

dam

11408550 YB-304 Middle Yuba 

River below 

Milton dam, 

near Sierra 

City, CA

39°31'19" 120°34'57" 5,690 

Jackson Creek – 

below Jackson 

dam

11414700 YB-312 Jackson Creek 

below Jackson 

Lake, near 

Sierra City, CA

39°27'53" 120°33'46" 6,570 

Canyon Creek – 

below French 

dam

11414410 YB-306 Canyon Creek 

below French 

Lake, near 

Cisco, CA

39°25'16" 120°32'30" 6,590 

Canyon Creek – 

below Faucherie 

dam

11414450 YB-308 Canyon Creek 

below 

Faucherie 

Lake, near 

Cisco, CA

39°25'46" 120°34'06" 6,080 

Canyon Creek – 

below Sawmill 

dam

11414470 YB-310 Canyon Creek 

below Sawmill 

Lake, near 

Graniteville, 

CA

39°26'44" 120°36'05" 5,790 

Canyon Creek – 

below BowmanSpaulding 

diversion dam

11416500 YB-315 Canyon Creek 

below Bowman 

Lake, CA

39°26'23" 120°39'37" 5,300 

Texas Creek –

below Texas 

Creek diversion 

dam

-- Proposed 

YB-317 

-- 39°21'20"a 120°39'52"a 5,400a
A-2-120 

Table 3-189. Minimum streamflow compliance monitoring locations for the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric 

Project. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a) 

Location USGS 

Gage No.

Licensee 

Gage No. 

Gage Name Location (Latitude 

and Longitude)

Elevation 

(feet)

Clear Creek – 

below BowmanSpaulding 

diversion conduit 

-- Proposed 

YB-318 

-- 39°22'51"1 120°40'52"1 5,3501

Fall Creek – 

below Fall Creek 

diversion dam

-- Proposed 

YB-319 

-- 39°22'51"1 120°40'52" 5,3501

Trap Creek – 

below BowmanSpaulding 

diversion conduit 

-- Proposed 

YB-320 

-- 39°21'57"1 120°40'48" 5,3501

Rucker Creek – 

below Rucker 

Creek diversion 

gate

-- Proposed 

YB-321 

-- 39°24'17" 120°40'32" 5,3001

Bear River – 

below Dutch Flat 

afterbay dam

11421770 YB-197 Bear River 

below Dutch 

Flat afterbay 

near Dutch 

Flat, CA

39°12'49" 120°50'39" 2,600 

Bear River – 

below Rollins 

dam

11422500 YB-196 Bear River 

below Rollins 

dam Near 

Cisco, CA

39°08'3" 120°57'11" 1,975 

a This is an estimate of where the proposed gage will be located.
A-2-121 

Table 3-190. Remote project-affected stream reaches where flow setting measures are proposed for 

compliance with minimum streamflows. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a 

and NID 2011a)

Affected stream reach Development Non-winter frequency

Upper Drum-Spaulding Project

Texas Cr. below Upper 

Rock Lake dam

Spaulding No. 3 Twice each week, about 3-day intervals; 

compliance is act of resetting

Texas Cr. below Lower

Rock Lake dam

Spaulding No. 3 Twice each week, about 3-day intervals; 

compliance is act of resetting

Unnamed trib below 

Culbertson Lake dam 

Spaulding No. 3 Twice each week, about 3-day intervals; 

compliance is act of resetting

Lindsey Cr below Middle 

Lindsey Lake dam

Spaulding No. 3 Twice each week, about 3-day intervals; 

compliance is act of resetting

Lindsey Cr below Lower 

Lindsey Lake dam

Spaulding No. 3 Twice each week, about 3-day intervals; 

compliance is act of resetting

Lake Cr. below Feeley 

Lake dam

Spaulding No. 3 Twice each week, about 3-day intervals; 

compliance is act of resetting

Lake Cr. below Carr Lake 

dam 

Spaulding No. 3 Twice each week, about 3-day intervals; 

compliance is act of resetting

Rucker Cr. below Blue 

Lake dam

Spaulding No. 3 Twice each week, about 3-day intervals; 

compliance is act of resetting

Rucker Cr. below Rucker 

Lake dam

Spaulding No. 3 Twice each week, about 3-day intervals; 

compliance is act of resetting

Unnamed trib. below 

Fuller Lake dam

Spaulding No. 3 Check and reset as necessary with compliance 

at gage YB-211 

Unnamed trib. below 

Meadow Lake dam

Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Twice each week, about 3-day intervals; 

compliance is act of resetting

White Rock Cr. below 

White Rock Lake

Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Twice each week, about 3-day intervals; 

compliance is act of resetting

Bloody Cr. below Lake 

Sterling dam 

Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 At 2-week intervals; compliance is act of 

resetting

Unnamed trib. below Kidd 

Lake dam

Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Twice each week, about 3-day intervals; 

compliance is act of resetting

Cascade Cr. below Lower 

Peak Lake dam

Spaulding No. 1 and No. 2 Twice each week, about 3-day intervals; 

compliance is act of resetting

Sixmile Cr. Below Kelly 

Lake Dam

Drum Twice each week, about 3-day intervals; 

compliance is act of resetting

Yuba-Bear Project 

Wilson Cr. below Wilson 

Lake dam

Bowman Weekly; compliance is act of resetting
A-2-122 

For below Lake Sterling Dam, from the time PG&E first accesses the outlet works each year, until PG&E 

makes the Winter Setting the same year, PG&E shall check the outlet works for each location twice every 

30 days approximately two weeks apart and, if needed, reset the outlet works to make the flow release for 

that location for that month as set forth in Table 2.2-3. During this time period each year (approximately 

late spring or early summer until Licensee makes the Winter Setting the same year), PG&E’s compliance 

requirement is the act of setting the low-level outlet works at Lake Sterling Dam twice each month 

consistent with the flows for that month as set forth in Table 3-114, using a determined theoretical valve 

set-point reference (head verses flow calibration curve) and PG&E does not have any additional flow 

release or flow-setting requirements at Lake Sterling Dam.

For below Fuller Lake Dam, when PG&E is able to safely access the low-level outlet (typically in the late 

spring or early summer), PG&E shall, as needed, reset the outlet works to release the flow for that 

location for that month. From approximately late spring or early summer until Licensee makes the Winter 

Setting the same year, PG&E shall comply with the Minimum Streamflows for below Fuller Lake Dam as 

set forth in Table 2.2-3 of this measure as measured at a continuously measured recording gage, YB-211, 

downstream of the dam. Minimum Streamflows below Fuller Lake Dam in this measure shall have the 

same meaning and shall be applied as described and defined in Part 2 of this measure. 
A-2-123 

Table 3-191. Assumptions included in operations model runs for existing license conditions and 

proposed project under recent and projected (year 2062) water demands. (Source: 

adapted by staff from PG&E’s Supplement No. 2 and NID’s Supplement No.; PG&E 

2011a and NID 2011a) 

Model Scenario Description

Existing License 

conditions (no-action 

alternative) 

• Minimum instream flows and reservoir elevation requirements as described 

in the existing Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project license and the existing 

Drum-Spaulding Project license;

• Additional buffer flows above minimum instream flow requirements;

• Water delivery requirements to NID and PCWA based on average water 

delivery during WY 2001 to 2009; 

• The retirement of Alta powerhouse unit no. 2 (Drum-Spaulding Project);

• Re-operation of Dutch Flat no. 1 and no. 2; 

• PG&E’s winter/spring operating plan; and 

• Updated reservoir bathymetry at several project reservoirs.

Proposed Project – 

Recent Water Delivery 

Demands 

• All assumptions of the no-action alternative;

• Proposed water year types under part 1 of measures DS-AQR1 and 

YB-AQR1;

• Proposed minimum streamflows under part 2 of measures DS-AQR1 and 

YB-AQR1;

• Additional buffer flows above proposed minimum streamflows;

• Spill cessation schedules for Lake Spaulding dam, Milton diversion dam, 

Bowman-Spaulding diversion dam, and Dutch Flat afterbay under part 7 of 

measures DS-AQR1 and YB-AQR1;

• Supplemental boating flows for whitewater boating below French Lake 

dam, Milton diversion dam, and Bowman-Spaulding diversion dam under 

part 7 of measure YB-AQR1;

• Fordyce Lake drawdown schedule under part 5 of measure DS-AQR1; and

• Minimum reservoir elevations to meet proposed minimum streamflows;

Proposed Project – 

Projected Water 

Delivery Demands

• All assumptions of the proposed project using recent water delivery 

demands except this scenario uses 2062 projected water delivery demands.
A-2-124 

Table 3-192. Model-estimated power generation (GWh/year) by powerhouse under the existing license and 

proposed project assuming water demand at recent levels and projected demand in 2062. 

(Source: adapted by staff from PG&E’s Supplement No. 2 and NID’s Supplement No. 1 

PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a) 

Project Powerhouse No-Action 

Alternative 

Proposed Project- Recent 

Water Demand 

Proposed ProjectProjected Water Demand

Upper DrumSpaulding Spaulding no. 3 34.8 30.7 31.3 

Spaulding no. 1 32.4 10.5 29.2 

Spaulding no. 2 10.9 29.3 11.7 

Drum no. 1 93.2 78.8 69.1 

Drum no. 2 266.2 241.4 234.5 

Alta 5.1 5.1 6 

Dutch Flat no. 1 128.8 115.1 113.4 

Total 571.4 510.9 495.2 

Lower Drum Halsey 51.3 48.4 46.1 

Wise 69.2 64.3 61.5 

Wise no. 2 7.6 6.5 6.9 

Newcastle 27.4 23.1 16.1 

Total 155.5 142.3 130.6 

Deer Creek Deer Creek 22.6 22.4 25.7 

Yuba-Bear Bowman 12.1 10.8 11.2 

Dutch Flat no. 2 48.4 41.1 37.7 

Chicago Park 139.5 122.7 117.8 

Rollins 66.2 61.6 57.9 

Rollins no. 2 NA 16.7 15.7 

Total 266.2 252.9 240.3 
A-2-125 

Table 3-193. Streamflows in South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding dam as measured at YB-29 

including required Minimum Streamflows, range of Supplemental Flow and total 

minimum flow. (Source: adapted by staff from Forest Service Preliminary Conditions 

and Recommendations; August 23, 2012) 

Period Minimum 

Streamflow (cfs)

Supplemental Flow 

Range (cfs)

Total Minimum Flow Range 

(cfs)

CRITICALLY DRY WATER YEARS

June 15 -30 35 -- 35 

July 25 0-5 25-30 

August 20 0-10 20-30 

September 1 - 15 20 0-10 20-30 

DRY WATER YEARS

June 15 -30 40 -- 40 

July 30 -- 30 

August 23 0-7 23-30 

September 1 - 15 23 0-7 23-30 

BELOW NORMAL WATER YEARS

June 15 - 30 50 -- 50 

July 35 -- 35 

August 25 0-5 25-30 

September 1 - 15 25 0-5 25-30 
A-2-126 

Table 3-194. Power generation and percent change compared to existing license conditions with 

implementation of four flow scenarios including the Supplemental Flow (SF) or Block 

Flow (BF) proposals for the South Yuba River (SYR) below Lake Spaulding dam and 

Block Flow proposal for the Middle Yuba River (MYR) below Milton diversion dam. 

(Source: adapted by staff from Additional Information Regarding Water Temperature 

and Modeling Results; NID, January 23, 2013) 

Percent change

SF in SYR

BF in MYR, 

SF in SYR

BF in MYR 

and SYR BF in SYR

YUBA-BEAR

Generation 236 GWh/yr 235 GWh/yr 233 GWh/yr 234 GWh/yr 

Annual average -11.4 -11.8 -12.3 -11.9 

By Water Year

extreme critical and critical dry -15.6 -16.7 -17.2 -16.2 

dry -10.6 -11 -11.7 -11.3 

below normal -9.6 -10.1 -10.5 -10.1 

above normal -13.1 -13.6 -14.1 -13.7 

wet -10.8 -11 -11.4 -11.2 

UPPER DRUM-SPAULDING

Generation 510 GWh/yr 507 GWh/yr 506 GWh/yr 508 GWh/yr

Annual average -10.8 -11.2 -11.5 -11.1 

By Water Year

extreme critical and critical dry -14.1 -15.4 -15.9 -14.7 

dry -11.1 -11.4 -12 -11.7 

below normal -9.3 -9.7 -9.9 -9.6 

above normal -11.9 -12.4 -12.6 -12 

wet -8.1 8.4 -8.6 -8.2 

LOWER DRUM

Generation 142 GWh/yr 142 GWh/yr 141 GWh/yr 142 GWh/yr

Annual average -8.6 -8.9 -9.3 -8.8 

DEER CREEK

Generation 22.4 GWh/yr 22.4 GWh/yr 22.4 GWh/yr 22.4 GWh/yr 
A-2-127 

Annual average -1.0 -1.1 -1.1 -1 
A-2-128 

Table 3-195. Percent of target water delivery available to NID and PCWA with implementation of 

four flow scenarios including the Supplemental Flow (SF) or Block Flow (BF) 

proposals for the South Yuba River (SYR) below Lake Spaulding dam and Block Flow 

proposal for the Middle Yuba River (MYR) below Milton diversion dam. (Source: 

adapted by staff from Additional Information Regarding Water Temperature and 

Modeling Results; NID, January 23, 2013) 

Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Scenario 4

Water Year Type SF in SYR

BF in MYR, SF in 

SYR

BF in MYR 

and SYR BF in SYR

NID

1976 critical dry 98 98 97 97 

1977 extreme critical dry 46 46 44 46 

1978 above normal 91 91 90 91 

1989 above normal 100 100 94 99 

PCWA

1976 critical dry 100 100 100 100 

1977 extreme critical dry 63 63 62 62 

1978 above normal 90 90 91 90 

1989 above normal 100 100 100 100 

NOTE: All other water years between 1976 and 2008 would have met 100 percent of water delivery 

target
A-2-129 

Table 3-196. Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Deer Creek Project canals included in Fish 

Protection and Management during Canal Outages Plan. (Source: adapted by staff from 

PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a) 

Canal Development Facility Description

Lake Valley canal

(Upper DrumSpaulding) 

Drum No. 1 and 

No.2 

Lake Valley Canal diverts water from Lake Valley Canal 

Diversion Dam 2.41 miles (mi) to Drum Canal. The canal 

includes 0.96 mi of open ditch, 0.56 mi of flume, and 0.89 mi 

of pipe. The canal is 8.7 feet (ft) wide and 3.5 ft deep, and it 

has a maximum flow capacity of 36 cubic feet per second (cfs). 

The open sections of the canal are at an elevation of about 

5,400 ft. 

Drum canal

(Upper DrumSpaulding) 

Drum No. 1 and 

No.2 

Drum Canal, situated between the Bear River and Highway 80, 

diverts water from Lake Spaulding 9.11 mi to Drum Forebay. 

The canal includes 7.14 mi of open ditch, 0.97 mi of flume, 

0.65 mi of tunnel, and 0.35 mi of pipe. The width of the canal 

is 25 to 32 ft and depths are between 7.8 and 10 ft. The canal 

has a maximum flow capacity of 840 cfs. The canal has a 

maximum elevation of 4,800 ft and a minimum elevation of 

4,750 ft. 

Towle canal

(Upper DrumSpualding) 

Alta Towle Canal diverts water from Canyon Creek, a tributary to 

North Fork American River, 3.88 mi to Alta Forebay. The 

canal includes an open ditch section that is 6 ft wide, 4.5 ft 

deep, and 3.28 mi long and a flume section that is 0.02 mi long. 

The system has a maximum flow capacity of 42 cfs. The 

elevation of the canal is about 3,550 ft. 

South Yuba 

canal/Chalk Bluff

(Deer Creek)

Deer Creek The South Yuba Canal receives the water discharged from 

Spaulding No. 2 Powerhouse at the base of Lake Spaulding 

15.71 mi to Big Tunnel. The canal includes 8.68 mi of open 

ditch, 5.56 mi of flume, 0.71 mi of tunnel, and 0.76 mi of pipe. 

The Chalk Bluff portion of the canal connects the downstream 

end of Big Tunnel 3.24 mi to Deer Creek Forebay and consists 

of 2.99 mi of open ditch, 0.20 mi of flume, and 0.05 mi of pipe. 

The maximum flow capacity of the system is 146-cfs at the 

upper end of the South Yuba Canal, dropping to 126-cfs below 

the Bear River spill gate. The Chalk Bluff portion of the 

system has a maximum flow capacity of 126 cfs and drops to 

107 cfs at its terminus. The system has a maximum elevation 

of 4,900 ft and a minimum elevation of 4,470 ft. 

Bear River canal

(Lower Drum)

Halsey The Bear River Canal diverts water from the Bear River Canal 

Diversion Dam 22.72 mi to Halsey Forebay. The canal 

includes 20.73 mi of open ditch, 0.67 mi of flume, and 1.32 mi 

of tunnel. The canal is 20 ft wide and 9 ft deep. The system 

has a maximum flow capacity of 490 cfs. The canal has a 

maximum elevation of 1,940 ft and a minimum elevation of 

1,800 ft. 
A-2-130 

Table 3-196. Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Deer Creek Project canals included in Fish 

Protection and Management during Canal Outages Plan. (Source: adapted by staff from 

PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a) 

Canal Development Facility Description

Upper Wise canal

(Lower Drum)

Wise and Wise 

No.2 

The Upper Wise Canal diverts water from Halsey Afterbay 

2.18 mi to Rock Creek Reservoir. The canal includes 1.95 mi 

of open ditch, 0.06 mi of flume, and 0.17 mi of natural 

waterway. The canal is 22 ft wide and 8 ft deep. The system 

has a maximum flow capacity of 488 cfs. The canal has a 

maximum elevation of 1,820 ft and a minimum elevation of 

1,440 ft. 

Lower Wise canal

(Lower Drum)

Wise and Wise 

No.2 

The Lower Wise Canal diverts water from Rock Creek 

Reservoir 3.76 mi to Wise Forebay. The canal includes 3 mi of 

open ditch and 0.76 mi of tunnel. The canal is 22 ft wide and 8 

ft deep. Its maximum flow capacity is 488 cfs. The canal has a 

maximum elevation of 1,430 ft and a minimum elevation of 

1,390 ft. 

South canal 

(Lower Drum

Newcastle The South Canal diverts water from Wise Powerhouse 5.35 mi 

to Newcastle Powerhouse. The canal includes 2.78 mi of open 

ditch, 0.40 mi of concrete box flume, and 1.04 mi of tunnel. 

The canal is 16 to 21 ft wide and 6 ft deep. The system has a 

maximum flow capacity of 450 cfs. The canal has a maximum 

elevation of 930 ft and a minimum elevation of 470 ft. 
A-2-131 

Table 3-197. Yuba-Bear Project canals included in Fish Protection and Management during Canal 

Outages Plan. (Source: adapted by staff from PG&E 2011a and NID 2011a) 

Canal Development Facility Description

Milton Bowman 

conduit 

Bowman Milton-Bowman conduit is totally enclosed and mostly 

underground, therefore, fish rescue prior to dewatering is not 

practical. The four penstocks are rarely dewatered, so fish rescue 

is not needed. 

Bowman Spaulding 

conduit 

Spaulding 

No. 3 

Bowman-Spaulding Conduit conveys a maximum of 300 cubic 

feet per second (cfs) of water approximately 10.74 mile (mi) from 

the Bowman-Spaulding Diversion Dam at elevation 5,394 feet (ft) 

to Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) Upper DrumSpaulding Project’s Fuller Lake at elevation 5,342 ft, then 

southeast to the conduit’s terminus at Spaulding No. 3 Powerhouse 

Penstock header box at elevation 5,325 ft. The conduit includes 

eight canal segments, one canal and flume segment, eight tunnels 

and one inverted siphon. The canal and flume segments total 6.74 

mi (63%) of the total length of the conduit. 

Dutch Flat no. 2 

conduit 

Dutch Flat 

No. 2 

Dutch Flat No. 2 conduit is a combination of tunnel, flume, 

inverted siphon, and canal that diverts a maximum of 610 cfs of 

water from PG&E’s Upper Drum-Spaulding Project’s Drum 

Afterbay approximately 4.68 mi to the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric 

Project’s Dutch Flat No. 2 Forebay. The conduit follows the Bear 

River along the north side of the Bear River canyon and generally

maintains an elevation of approximately 3,330 ft. The conduit 

includes one flume segment and one canal segment. The canal 

and flume segments total 4.31 mi (92%) of the total length of the 

conduit. 

Chicago Park 

conduit 

Chicago Park Chicago Park conduit diverts a maximum of 1.100 cfs of water 

from the Dutch Flat Afterbay 4.11 mi to the Chicago Park 

Forebay. The conduit parallels the Bear River along the north side 

of the canyon and generally maintains an elevation of 

approximately 2,780 ft. The conduit includes a concrete box

bench flume segment and a gunite-lined canal. The canal and 

flume segments total 3.59 mi (87%) of the total length of the 

conduit. 
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Appendix B

Aquatic Resources Figures
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Appendix B-1 

Aquatic Resources Figures: Affected Environment
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(a) Jackson Meadows Reservoir 

Figure 3-3. Historic trends in seasonal reservoir storage – Middle Yuba River Sub-Basin. (Source: 

NID 2011a) 
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(a) Jackson Lake Reservoir

(b) French Lake Reservoir

Figure 3-4. Historic trends in seasonal reservoir storage – Canyon Creek Sub-Basin. (Source: PG&E 

2011a; NID 2011a) 
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(a) Faucherie Lake Reservoir

(b) Sawmill Lake Reservoir

Figure 3-5. Historic trends in seasonal reservoir storage – Canyon Creek Sub-Basin. (Source: PG&E 

2011a; NID 2011a) 
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(a) Bowman Lake Reservoir 

(b) Upper Rock Lake Reservoir 

Figure 3-6. Historic trends in seasonal reservoir storage – Canyon Creek Sub-Basin. (Source: PG&E 

2011a; NID 2011a) 
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(a) Lower Rock Lake Reservoir 

(b) Culberston Lake Reservoir

Figure 3-7. Historic trends in seasonal reservoir storage – Canyon Creek Sub-Basin. (Source: PG&E 

2011a; NID 2011a) 
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(a) Middle Lindsey Lake Reservoir

(b) Lower Lindsey Lake Reservoir 

Figure 3-8. Historic trends in seasonal reservoir storage – Canyon Creek Sub-Basin. (Source: PG&E 

2011a; NID 2011a) 
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(a) Feeley Lake Reservoir

(b) Carr Lake Reservoir

Figure 3-9. Historic trends in seasonal reservoir storage – Fall Creek Sub-Basin. (Source: PG&E 

2011a; NID 2011a)
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(a) White Rock Lake Reservoir

(b) Meadow Lake Reservoir

Figure 3-10. Historic trends in seasonal reservoir storage – South Yuba River Sub-Basin. (Source: 

PG&E 2011a; NID 2011a 
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(a) Lake Sterling Reservoir

(b) Fordyce Lake Reservoir

Figure 3-11. Historic trends in seasonal reservoir storage – South Yuba River Sub-Basin. (Source: 

PG&E 2011a; NID 2011a) 
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(a) Kidd Lake Reservoir 

(b) Upper Peak Lake Reservoir

Figure 3-12. Historic trends in seasonal reservoir storage – South Yuba River Sub-Basin. (Source: 

PG&E 2011a; NID 2011a) 
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(a) Lower Peak Lake Reservoir

(b) Lake Spaulding Reservoir 

Figure 3-13. Historic trends in seasonal reservoir storage – South Yuba River Sub-Basin. (Source: 

PG&E 2011a; NID 2011a) 
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(a) Kelly Lake Reservoir 

(b) Lake Valley Reservoir

Figure 3-14. Historic trends in seasonal reservoir storage – North Fork of American River Sub-Basin. 

(Source: PG&E 2011a; NID 2011a)
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(a) Rollins Reservoir 

Figure 3-15. Historic trends in seasonal reservoir storage – Bear River Sub-Basin. (Source: PG&E 

2011a; NID 2011a) 
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(a) Rock Creek Reservoir 

Figure 3-16. Historic trends in seasonal reservoir storage – Mormon Ravine Sub-Basin. (Source: 

PG&E 2011a; NID 2011a) 
Appendix B-2 

Aquatic Resources Figures: Environmental Effects
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Figure 3-17. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in unnamed tributary below 

Culbertson Lake dam, averaged across three channel flow response transects. (Source: 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-18. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in Lindsey Creek below 

Middle Lindsey Lake dam, averaged across three channel flow response transects. 

(Source: Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-19. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in Lindsey Creek below 

Lower Lindsey Lake dam, averaged across three channel flow response transects. 

(Source: Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-20. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in Lake Creek study stream 

reach #1 below Carr Lake dam, averaged across three channel flow response transects. 

(Source: Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-21. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in Lake Creek study stream 

reach #2 below Carr Lake dam, averaged across three channel flow response transects. 

(Source: Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-22. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in Rucker Creek below 

Blue Lake dam, averaged across three channel flow response transects. (Source: 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-23. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in Rucker Creek below 

Rucker Lake dam, averaged across three channel flow response transects. (Source: 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-24. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in unnamed tributary below 

Fuller Lake dam, averaged across three channel flow response transects. (Source: 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-25. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in unnamed tributary below 

Meadow Lake dam, averaged across three channel flow response transects. (Source: 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-26. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in White Rock Creek 

below White Rock Lake dam, averaged across three channel flow response transects. 

(Source: Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-27. Rainbow trout lifestage periodicity and the regulated and estimated unregulated 

(unimpaired) hydrographs for Fordyce Creek below Fordyce Lake dam. (Source: 

California Fish and Wildlife Motion to Intervene and 10(j) and 10(a) Recommendations, 

July 30, 2012) 
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Figure 3-28. WUA for rainbow trout, Fordyce Creek below Fordyce Lake dam. (Source: Technical 

Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-29. HEA for adult rainbow trout during August and September in Fordyce Creek below Fordyce Lake dam under historical 

streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in the existing license (no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), proposed 

minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), and estimated unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. (Source: 

Supplement No. 4 to PG&E's License Application, as Amended [August 30, 2012]) 
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Figure 3-30. HEA for rainbow trout spawning during March and April in Fordyce Creek below Fordyce Lake dam under historical streamflows 

based on the minimum streamflows in the existing license (no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), proposed minimum 

streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), and estimated unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. (Source: Supplement No. 4 

to PG&E's License Application, as Amended [August 30, 2012])
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Figure 3-31. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in unnamed tributary below 

Kidd Lake dam, averaged across three channel flow response transects. (Source: 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-32. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in South Yuba River below 

the confluence of unnamed tributary below Kidd Lake and Cascade Creek, averaged 

across three channel flow response transects. (Source: Technical Memorandum 3-2, 

Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-33. Rainbow trout and yellow-legged frog lifestage periodicity and the regulated and 

estimated unregulated (unimpaired) hydrographs for the South Yuba River below 

Spaulding dam. (Source: California Fish and Wildlife Motion to Intervene and 10(j) and 

10(a) Recommendations, July 30, 2012) 
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Figure 3-34. WUA for rainbow trout, South Yuba River below Jordan Creek. (Source: Technical 

Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-35. WUA for rainbow trout, South Yuba River below Canyon Creek. (Source: Technical 

Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-36. HEA for adult rainbow trout during the months of August (k) and September (l) in South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding dam 

under historical streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in the existing license (no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), 

proposed minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), and estimated unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. 

(Source: Supplement No. 4 to PG&E's License Application, as Amended [August 30, 2012]) 
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Figures 3-37. HEA for spawning rainbow trout during the months of March (a) and April (b) in South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding dam 

under historical streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in the existing license (no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), 

proposed minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), and estimated unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. 

(Source: Supplement No. 4 to PG&E's License Application, as Amended [August 30, 2012])
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Figure 3-38. WUA for rainbow trout, North Fork of the North Fork American River below Lake 

Valley reservoir dam. (Source: Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and 

PG&E 2010) 
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Figures 3-39. HEA for adult rainbow trout during the month of June (i) and adult rainbow trout during the month of July (j) in North Fork of the 

North Fork American River below Lake Valley reservoir dam under historical streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in 

the existing license (no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), proposed minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), 

and estimated unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. (Source: Supplement No. 4 to PG&E's License Application, as Amended 

[August 30, 2012]) 
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Figures 3-40. HEA for spawning rainbow trout during the months of March (a) and April (b) in the North Fork of the North Fork American 

River below Lake Valley reservoir dam under historical streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in the existing license 

(no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), proposed minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), and estimated

unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. (Source: Supplement No. 4 to PG&E's License Application, as Amended [August 30, 

2012])
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Figure 3-41. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in Sixmile Creek below 

Kelly Lake dam, averaged across three channel flow response transects. (Source: 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-42. WUA for rainbow trout, North Fork of the North Fork American River below Lake 

Valley canal diversion dam. (Source: Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID 

and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-43. HEA for adult rainbow trout during the months of August (k) and September (l) in North Fork of the North Fork American River 

below Lake Valley canal diversion dam under historical streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in the existing license 

(no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), proposed minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), and estimated 

unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. (Source: Supplement No. 4 to PG&E's License Application, as Amended [August 30, 

2012]) 
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Figure 3-44. HEA for spawning rainbow trout during the months of March (a) and April (b) in the North Fork of the North Fork American 

River below Lake Valley canal diversion dam under historical streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in the existing 

license (no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), proposed minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), and 

estimated unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. (Source: Supplement No. 4 to PG&E's License Application, as Amended 

[August 30, 2012])
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Figure 3-45. WUA for rainbow trout, Bear River below Drum canal spillway gate. (Source: 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-46. WUA for rainbow trout, Bear River at Highway 20 crossing, between South Yuba canal 

inflow at gage YB-139 and gage YB-198 Meadow sub-reach. (Source: Technical 

Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-47. WUA for rainbow trout, Bear River at Highway 20 crossing, between South Yuba canal 

inflow at gage YB-139 and gage YB-198 Boardman sub-reach. (Source: Technical 

Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-48. HEA for adult rainbow trout during the months of August (k) and September (l) in Bear River at Highway 20 crossing, between 

South Yuba canal inflow at gage YB-139 and gage YB-198 under historical streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in 

the existing license (no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), proposed minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), 

and estimated unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. (Source: Supplement No. 4 to PG&E's License Application, as Amended 

[August 30, 2012]) 
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Figures 3-49. HEA for spawning rainbow trout during the months of March (a) and April (b) in Bear River at Highway 20 crossing, between 

South Yuba canal inflow at gage YB-139 and gage YB-198 under historical streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in 

the existing license (no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), proposed minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), 

and estimated unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. (Source: Supplement No. 4 to PG&E's License Application, as Amended 

[August 30, 2012])
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Figure 3-50. Modeled habitat suitability index (WUA) for rainbow trout, Canyon Creek below Towle 

canal diversion dam (Source: Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and 

PG&E 2010) 
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Figures 3-51. HEA for adult rainbow trout during the months of August (k) and September (l) in Canyon Creek below Towle canal diversion 

dam under historical streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in the existing license (no-action alternative, Base CaseEBF), proposed minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), and estimated unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. 

(Source: Supplement No. 4 to PG&E's License Application, as Amended [August 30, 2012])
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Figure 3-52. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in Little Bear River below 

Alta powerhouse tailrace, averaged across three channel flow response transects. 

(Source: Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-53. Bear River below Drum afterbay dam PHABSIM modeling results. (Source: Technical 

Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-54. HEA for adult rainbow trout during the months of August (k) and September (l) in Bear River below Drum afterbay dam under 

historical streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in the existing license (no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), 

proposed minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), and estimated unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. 

(Source: Supplement No. 4 to PG&E's License Application, as Amended [August 30, 2012]) 
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Figure 3-55. HEA for spawning rainbow trout during the months of March (a) and April (b) in Bear River below Drum afterbay dam under 

historical streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in the existing license (no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), 

proposed minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), and estimated unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. 

(Source: Supplement No. 4 to PG&E's License Application, as Amended [August 30, 2012])
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Figure 3-56. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in Dry Creek below Halsey 

afterbay dam, averaged across three channel flow response transects. (Source: Technical 

Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-57. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in Rock Creek below Rock 

Creek reservoir dam, averaged across three channel flow response transects. (Source: 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-58. Diagram of Upper Auburn Ravine showing relationship of PG&E release point from 

South canal, other water discharges, and withdrawals, and barriers to anadromous fish 

migration.
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Figure 3-59. Schematic of Auburn Ravine showing relative location of major discharges and withdrawals affecting flows in Auburn Ravine. 
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Figure 3-60. WUA for adult and juvenile rainbow trout and for rainbow trout spawning in the Auburn 

Ravine below Wise No. 1 and No. 2 powerhouses. (Source: Technical Memorandum 3-

2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-61. Modeled habitat suitability index (WUA) for rainbow trout, Middle Yuba River below 

Jackson Meadows reservoir dam. (Source: Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; 

NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-62. HEA for spawning rainbow trout during the month of June (i) and adult rainbow trout during the month of July (j) in Middle Yuba 

River below Jackson Meadows reservoir dam under historical streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in the existing 

license (no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), proposed minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), and 

estimated unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. (Source: Supplement No. 3 to NID's License Application, as Amended [August 

17, 2012])
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Figure 3-63. WUA for rainbow trout, Middle Yuba River below Milton diversion dam. (Source: 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-64. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in Wilson Creek below 

Wilson Creek diversion dam, averaged across three channel flow response transects. 

(Source: Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-65. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in Jackson Creek below 

Jackson Lake dam, averaged across three channel flow response transects. (Source: 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-66. WUA for rainbow trout, Canyon Creek below French Lake dam. (Source: Technical 

Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-67. HEA for adult rainbow trout during the months of August and September in Canyon Creek below French Lake dam under 

historical streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in the existing license (no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), 

proposed minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), and estimated unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. 

(Source: Supplement No. 3 to NID's License Application, as Amended [August 17, 2012])
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Figure 3-68. WUA for rainbow trout, Canyon Creek below Faucherie Lake dam. (Source: Technical 

Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-69. HEA for adult rainbow trout during the months of August (k) and September (l) in Canyon Creek below Faucherie Lake dam 

under historical streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in the existing license (no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), 

proposed minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), and estimated unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. 

(Source: Supplement No. 3 to NID's License Application, as Amended [August 17, 2012])
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Figure 3-70. WUA for rainbow trout, Canyon Creek below Sawmill Lake dam. (Source: Technical 

Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-71. HEA for adult rainbow trout during the months of August (k) and September (l) in Canyon Creek below Sawmill Lake dam under 

historical streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in the existing license (no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), 

proposed minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), and estimated unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. 

(Source: Supplement No. 3 to NID's License Application, as Amended [August 17, 2012])
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Figure 3-72. WUA for rainbow trout, Canyon Creek below Bowman-Spaulding diversion dam. 

(Source: Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-73. HEA for adult rainbow trout during the months of August (k) and September (l) in Canyon Creek below Bowman-Spaulding 

diversion dam under historical streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in the existing license (no-action alternative, Base 

Case-EBF), proposed minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), and estimated unregulated (unimpaired) 

streamflows. (Source: Supplement No. 3 to NID's License Application, as Amended [August 17, 2012])
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Figure 3-74. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in Texas Creek below 

Texas Creek diversion dam, averaged across three channel flow response transects. 

(Source: Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-75. WUA for rainbow trout, Clear Creek below Bowman-Spaulding conduit. (Source: 

Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-76. WUA for rainbow trout, Fall Creek below Fall Creek diversion dam. (Source: Technical 

Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-77. Percent change in wetted perimeter as a function of discharge in Trap Creek below 

Bowman-Spaulding conduit, averaged across three channel flow response transects. 

(Source: Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-78. Wetted perimeter at the DFA Rucker Creek below Bowman Spaulding conduit riffle 

transect. (Source: Technical Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-79. WUA for rainbow trout, Bear River below Dutch Flat afterbay dam. (Source: Technical 

Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-80. HEA for adult rainbow trout during the months of August and September in Bear River below Dutch Flat afterbay dam under 

historical streamflows based on the minimum streamflows in the existing license (no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), 

proposed minimum streamflows (amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), and estimated unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. 

(Source: Supplement No. 3 to NID's License Application, as Amended [August 17, 2012])
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Figure 3-81. WUA for rainbow trout, Bear River below Rollins dam. (Source: Technical 

Memorandum 3-2, Instream Flow; NID and PG&E 2010) 
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Figure 3-82. HEA for adult rainbow trout during the month of July in the Bear River below Rollins dam under historical streamflows based on 

the minimum streamflows in the existing license (no-action alternative, Base Case-EBF), proposed minimum streamflows 

(amended FLA, L061812-EBFSC), and estimated unregulated (unimpaired) streamflows. (Source: Supplement No. 3 to NID's 

License Application, as Amended [August 17, 2012])
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Figure 3-83. Proposed spill cessation flow schedules as shown in part 7 of measure DS-AQR1. 

(Source: PG&E 2011a) 
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Figure 3-84. Spill cessation schedules for the Middle Yuba River below Milton diversion dam 

(including supplemental recreation flows for whitewater boating), as shown in part 7 of 

measure YB-AQR1 and measure YB-RR4. (Source: NID 2011a) 
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Figure 3-85. Proposed spill cessation flow schedules for Canyon Creek below Bowman-Spaulding 

diversion dam (including supplemental recreation flows for whitewater boating), as 

shown in part 7 of measure YB-AQR1 and measure YB-RR5. (Source: NID 2011a) 
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Figure 3-86. Proposed spill cessation flow schedules for Bear River below the Dutch Flat afterbay 

dam, for licensee-caused spills resulting from Chicago Park flume and/or powerhouse 

outages, as shown in part 7 of measure YB-AQR1. (Source: NID 2011a) 
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Figure 3-87. Daily average water temperature (°C) South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding dam (RM 40.8) to above Lake Englebright (RM 

0.1) on July 20, 2008 for existing license streamflow conditions (Base Case-EBF model run) and minimum streamflow proposed 

by PG&E and relicensing stakeholders (LO61812-EBFSC). (Source: PG&E Supplement 4 to Amended License Application; 

PG&E, August 30, 2012) 
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Figure 3-88. Daily average water temperature (°C) South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding dam (RM 40.8) to above Lake Englebright (RM 

0.1) on July 20, 2009 for existing license streamflow conditions (Base Case-EBF model run) and minimum streamflow proposed 

by PG&E and relicensing stakeholders (LO61812-EBFSC). (Source: Supplement 4 to Amended License Application; PG&E, 

August 30, 2012) 
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Figure 3-89. Modeled mean daily water temperatures under minimum streamflows proposed by PG&E and relicensing stakeholders (LO61812-

EBFSC model run) for June through September 2008 in South Yuba River above the confluence with Canyon Creek compared to 

existing license minimum streamflow conditions (Base Case-EBF model run). (Source: Supplement 4 to Amended License 

Application; PG&E, August 30, 2012) 
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Figure 3-90. Modeled mean daily water temperatures under minimum streamflows proposed by PG&E and relicensing stakeholders (LO61812-

EBFSC model run) for June through September 2009 in South Yuba River above the confluence with Canyon Creek compared to 

existing license minimum streamflow conditions (Base Case-EBF model run). (Source: Supplement 4 to Amended License 

Application; PG&E, August 30, 2012) 
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Figure 3-91. Daily average water temperature (°C) South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding dam (RM 40.8) to above Lake Englebright (RM 

0.1) for five Lake Spaulding dam discharge (10, 20, 30, 40, and 60 cfs) scenarios on July 20, 2008. (Source: Supplement 4 to 

Amended License Application; PG&E, August 30, 2012) 
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Figure 3-92. Daily average water temperature (°C) South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding dam (RM 40.8) to above Lake Englebright (RM 

0.1) for five Lake Spaulding dam discharge (10, 20, 30, 40, and 60 cfs) scenarios on July 20, 2009. (Source: Additional 

Information Regarding Water Temperature and Operations Modeling Results NID, January 23, 2013) 
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Figure 3-93. Modeled mean daily water temperatures under independent modeled-flow scenarios, June through September in South Yuba River 

above the confluence with Canyon Creek – 2008. (Source: Supplement 4 to Amended License Application; PG&E, August 30, 

2012) 
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Figure 3-94. Modeled mean daily water temperatures under independent modeled-flow scenarios, June through September in South Yuba River 

above the confluence with Canyon Creek – 2009. (Source: Additional Information Regarding Water Temperature and 

Operations Modeling Results NID, January 23, 2013) 
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Figure 3-95. Model estimated water temperatures associated with unregulated (unimpaired) flow conditions at various locations in the South

Yuba River below Lake Spaulding dam and Canyon Creek above South Yuba River between July 1 and September 30 2008. 

(Source: Additional Information Regarding Water Temperature and Operations Modeling Results NID, January 23, 2013) 
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Figure 3-96. Daily average water temperature under existing license flows in the Middle Yuba River below Milton diversion dam to above Our 

House (non-project) reservoir based on 2008 water temperature monitoring program. (Source: California Fish and Wildlife, July 

30, 2012) 
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Figure 3-97. Daily average water temperature under existing license flows in the Middle Yuba River below Milton diversion dam to above Our 

House (non-project) reservoir based on 2009 water temperature monitoring program. (Source: California Fish and Wildlife, July 

30, 2012) 
B-2-83 

Figure 3-98. Daily Average Water Temperature (°C) for Middle Yuba River below Milton diversion dam (RM 44.4) to above Our House 

reservoir (RM 12.8) for Incremental Flow Scenarios on July 20 2008. (Source: Additional Information Regarding Water 

Temperature and Operations Modeling Results NID, February 14, 2013) 

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

504540353025201510

Water Temperature (°C)

River Mile

Middle Yuba River from below 

Jackson Meadows Reservoir (RM 47.4) to Our House Diversion(RM 13.1)

Daily Average Water Temperature (°C)

for Flow Scenarios on July 20, 2008

3 cfs 25 cfs 50 cfs 75 cfs 100 cfs 150 cfs

below Jackson 

Meadows Dam

below Milton

Diversion Dam

above 

East Fork Ck

above 

Wolf Ck

above 

Kanaka Ck

above Our House 

Diversion

East Fork Ck

Wolf Ck

Kanaka Ck
B-2-84 

Figure 3-99. Daily Average Water Temperature (°C) for Middle Yuba River below Milton diversion dam (RM 44.4) to above Our House 

diversion impoundment (RM 12.8) for Incremental Flow Scenarios on July 20, 2008. (Source: Additional Information Regarding 

Water Temperature and Operations Modeling Results NID, January 23, 2013) 
B-2-85 

Figure 3-100. Model-estimated Water temperature in Middle Yuba River below Milton diversion dam and above East Fork Creek (RM 35) at 

incremental discharge flows from the Milton Diversion dam. (Source: Additional Information Regarding Water Temperature and 

Operations Modeling Results NID, January 23, 2013) 
B-2-86 

Figure 3-101. Model-estimated Water temperature in Middle Yuba River below Milton diversion dam and above Wolf Creek (RM 27.4) at 

incremental discharge flows from the Milton Diversion dam. (Source: Additional Information Regarding Water Temperature and 

Operations Modeling Results NID, January 23, 2013)
B-2-87 

Figure 3-102. Middle Yuba River below Milton diversion dam Maximum 30-day Average Water 

Temperature between Jackson Meadows Lake dam and Our House reservoir and 

estimated foothill yellow-legged frog habitat loss for existing license conditions and 

California Fish and Wildlife Block Flow proposal estimated for meteorological 

conditions in 2008 (top) and 2009 (bottom). (Source: PCWA, September 14, 2012) 
B-2-88 

Figure 3-103. Modeled Lake Spaulding water temperature and mean daily water temperatures from 

June through September in South Yuba River from Lake Spaulding dam to Englebright 

reservoir – 2008. (Source: Supplement No. 4 to Amended License Application; PG&E, 

August 2012) 
B-2-89 

Figure 3-104. Modeled Lake Spaulding water temperature and mean daily water temperatures from 

June through September in South Yuba River from Lake Spaulding dam to Englebright 

reservoir – 2009. (Source: Supplement No. 4 to Amended License Application; PG&E, 

August 2012) 
B-2-90 

Figure 3-105. Modeled Jackson Meadows water temperature and 7DADM water temperatures from 

June through September in the Middle Yuba River from Milton diversion dam to Our 

House diversion dam – 2008. (Source: Supplement No. 3 to Amended License 

Application; NID, August 2012) 
B-2-91 

Figure 3-106. Modeled Jackson Meadows water temperature and 7DADM water temperatures from 

June through September in the Middle Yuba River from Milton diversion dam to Our 

House diversion dam – 2009. (Source: Supplement No. 3 to Amended License 

Application; NID, August 2012) 
B-2-92 

Figure 3-107. Modeled Bowman reservoir water temperature and mean daily water temperature from 

June through September in Canyon Creek from Bowman-Spaulding diversion dam to the 

South Yuba River – 2008. (Source: Supplement No. 3 to Amended License Application; 

NID, August 2012) 
B-2-93 

Figure 3-108. Modeled Bowman reservoir water temperature and daily water temperatures from June 

through September in Canyon Creek from Bowman-Spaulding diversion dam to the 

South Yuba River – 2009. (Source: Supplement No. 3 to Amended License Application; 

NID, August 2012) 
B-2-94 

Figure 3-109. Modeled Rollins reservoir water temperature and mean daily water temperatures from 

June through September in the Bear River from Rollins dam to Lake Combie – 2008. 

(Source: Supplement No. 3 to Amended License Application; NID, August 2012) 
B-2-95 

Figure 3-110. Modeled Rollins reservoir water temperature and mean daily water temperatures from 

June through September in the Bear River from Rollins dam to Lake Combie – 2009. 

(Source: Supplement No. 3 to Amended License Application; NID, August 2012) 
B-2-96 

Figure 3-111. Contribution of flow from North, Middle, and South Yuba Rivers to total monthly flow at Smartville USGS gage on Yuba River 

below Englebright dam. (Source: Staff)
B-2-97 

Figure 3-112. Percent of total estimated unregulated monthly average flow at USGS Smartville gage on the Yuba River below Englebright dam 

contributed by the North, Middle, and South Yuba Rivers. (Source: Staff)
B-2-98 

 

Figure 3-113. Monthly average diversions from upper forks of the Yuba River during Water Year 2001 (representative dry year). (Source: 

PG&E and NID 2011a) 
B-2-99 

 Figure 3-114. Monthly average diversions from upper forks of the Yuba River during Water Year 2003 (representative noraml year). (Source: 

PG&E and NID 2011a) 
B-2-100 

Figure 3-115. Monthly average diversions from upper forks of the Yuba River during Water Year 1995 (representative wet year). (Source: 

PG&E 2011a) 
B-2-101 

Figure 3-116. Monthly average diversions from Yuba River watershed (by SFWPA, NID and PG&E) as compared to diversions to 

storage/augmentations from storage primarily in New Bullards Bar Reservoir by YCWA during Water Year 2001 (representative 

dry year). (Source: PG&E and NID 2011a) 
B-2-102 

Figure 3-117. Monthly average diversions from Yuba River watershed (by SFWPA, NID and PG&E) as compared to diversions to 

storage/augmentations from storage primarily in New Bullards Bar Reservoir by YCWA during Water Year 2003 (representative 

normal year). (Source: PG&E and NID 2011a) 
B-2-103 

Figure 3-118. Monthly average diversions from Yuba River watershed (by SFWPA, NID and PG&E) as compared to diversions to 

storage/augmentations from storage primarily in New Bullards Bar Reservoir by YCWA during Water Year 1995 (representative 

wet year). (Source: PG&E and NID 2011a) 
B-2-104 

Figure 3-119. Mean daily water temperatures in the Middle and South Yuba rivers above Jackson Meadows Reservoir and Lake Spaulding, 

August-September 2007. (Source: PG&E and NID 2011a) 
B-2-105 

Figure 3-120. Mean daily water temperatures in the South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding, May-October 2008. (Source: PG&E and NID 

2011a) 
B-2-106 

Figure 3-121. Modeled mean daily water temperatures in the South Yuba River between Lake Spaulding and Englebright Reservoir under 

synthesized unimpaired flow conditions below Spaulding Dam, July-September 2008. (Source: PG&E and NID 2011a) 
B-2-107 

Figure 3-122. Mean daily water temperatures in the Middle Yuba River below Milton Diversion Dam, May-October 2008. (Source: PG&E and 

NID 2011a) 
B-2-108 

Figure 3-123. Mean daily water temperatures in the Yuba River at Smartsville for Water Years 2003-2007. (Source: PG&E and NID 2011a) 
Appendix C

Existing and Proposed Recreation Facilities for Upper 

Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, Deer Creek, and Yuba-Bear 

Projects 

1 
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 C-1 

Figure C-1. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at White Rock Lake Recreation Area, Upper Drum-Spaulding Project. 

(Source: PG&E, 2013a) 
 C-2 

Figure C-2. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Fordyce Lake Recreation Area, Upper Drum-Spaulding Project. (Source: 

PG&E, 2013a) 
 C-3 

Figure C-3. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Fordyce Lake Recreation Area, Upper Drum-Spaulding Project. (Source: 

PG&E, 2013a) 
 C-4 

Figure C-4. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Lake Spaulding Recreation Area, Upper Drum-Spaulding Project. (Source: 

PG&E, 2013a) 
 C-5 

Figure C-5. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Grouse Lakes Recreation Area, Upper Drum-Spaulding Project. (Source: 

PG&E, 2013a) 
 C-6 

Figure C-6. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Lake Spaulding Recreation Area, Upper Drum-Spaulding Project. (Source: 

PG&E, 2013a) 
 C-7 

Figure C-7. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Lake Spaulding Recreation Area, Upper Drum-Spaulding Project. (Source: 

PG&E, 2013a) 
 C-8 

Figure C-8. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Kidd Lake Recreation Area, Upper Drum-Spaulding Project. (Source: 

PG&E, 2013a) 
 C-9 

Figure C-9. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Lake Valley Recreation Area, Upper Drum-Spaulding Project. (Source: 

PG&E, 2013a) 
 C-10 

Figure C-10. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Alta-Drum Recreation Area, Upper Drum-Spaulding Project. (Source: 

PG&E, 2013a) 
 C-11 

Figure C-11. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Alta-Drum Recreation Area, Upper Drum-Spaulding Project. (Source: 

PG&E, 2013a) 
 C-12 

Figure C-12. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Alta-Drum and Halsey Forebay Recreation Areas, Lower Drum Project. 

(Source: PG&E, 2013a) 
 C-13 

Figure C-13. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Alta-Drum Recreation Area, Lower Drum Project. (Source: PG&E, 2013a) 
 C-14 

Figure C-14. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Rock Creek Recreation Area, Lower Drum Project. (Source: PG&E, 2013a) 
 C-15 

Figure C-15. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Alta-Drum Recreation Area, Deer Creek Project. (Source: PG&E, 2013a)
 C-16 

Figure C-16. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Jackson Meadows Recreation Area, Yuba-Bear Project. (Source: NID, 2012a) 
 C-17 

Figure C-17. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Jackson Meadows Recreation Area, Yuba-Bear Project. (Source: NID, 2012a) 
 C-18 

Figure C-18. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Bowman Lake Recreation Area, Yuba-Bear Project. (Source: NID, 2012a) 
 C-19 

Figure C-19. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Bowman Lake Recreation Area, Yuba-Bear Project. (Source: NID, 2012a) 
 C-20 

Figure C-20. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Dutch Flat Recreation Area, Yuba-Bear Project. (Source: NID, 2012a) 
 C-21 

Figure C-21. Existing and proposed recreation facilities at Rollins Reservoir Recreation Area, Yuba-Bear Project. (Source: NID, 2012a)
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Appendix D

Capital and Annual Costs of Measures for the

Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Deer Creek

Projects 
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Appendix D-1 

Capital and Annual Costs of Measures for the

Upper Drum-Spaulding Project
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D-1-1 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Annual Consultation 

with Forest Service 

and BLM 

PG&E (DSGEN1); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#1); BLM 

(4e #23); 

Reclamation 

(4e #b.1); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #1)

Adopt $0 $0 $24,000 $0 $24,000 

Consultation Group 

Specific to the Upper 

Drum-Spaulding 

Project Supplemental 

Flow and Water 

Temperature 

Management

Forest 

Service (4e 

#2); BLM 

(4e #24) 

Adopt $85,000 $16,000 $45,000 $61,000 
D-1-2 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Annual Employee 

Training

PG&E (DSGEN2); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#25); BLM 

(4e #1); 

California

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #1.1)

Adopt $0 $0 $48,000 $0 $48,000 

Develop and 

Implement 

Coordinated 

Operations Plan for the 

Upper DrumSpaulding Project and 

the Yuba-Bear 

Hydroelectric Project

PG&E (DSGEN3); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#25); BLM 

(4e #2) ; 

California

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #1.2)

Adopt $48,000 $9,000 $8,000 $0 $17,000 
D-1-3 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Implement Erosion 

and Sediment Control 

and Management Plan; 

Canal Release Point 

Plan

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#49 and 

#50; BLM 

(4e #19 and 

#50); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #22 and 

#27) 

Adopt $750,000 $143,000 $6,000 $0 $149,000 

Watershed Restoration 

Plan

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #28)

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Cost included 

under Erosion 

and Sediment 

Control and 

management 

and Canal 

Release Point 

plans above. 
D-1-4 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Water Year Types PG&E (DSAQR1); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#26); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.1)

Adopt $0 $0 $8,000 $0 $8,000 

Minimum Streamflows

for 6 Project-Affected 

Stream Reaches

PG&E (DSAQR1); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#27); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.2)

Adopt $14,350,000 $2,731,000 $47,000 $0 $2,778,000 

Minimum streamflows 

below Bowman Lake 

and Lake Spaulding 

for temperature 

management

NMFS (10j 

#4.1) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 
D-1-5 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Minimum streamflows 

below Bowman Lake 

and Lake Spaulding 

for Central Valley 

Steelhead in the 

absence of Chinook 

salmon reintroduction 

NMFS (10j 

#6.1) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 

Flow Setting for 

Minimum Streamflows 

in 16 Remote ProjectAffected Stream 

Reaches

PG&E (DSAQR1); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#28); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.4)

Adopt $10,000 $2,000 $300,000 $0 $302,000 
D-1-6 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Canal Outages that 

Affect Minimum 

Streamflows—

Coordination and 

Planning 

PG&E (DSAQR1); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#29); BLM 

(4e #4); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.5)

Adopt $0 $0 $5,000 $0 $5,000 

Fordyce Lake 

Drawdown

PG&E (DSAQR1); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#30); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.6)

Adopt $0 $0 $5,000 $0 $5,000 
D-1-7 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Flow Releases to the 

Bear River below 

Drum Canal at YB137 

PG&E (DSAQR1); 

Forest 

Service (10a 

#6); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.7)

Adopt $50,000 $10,000 $5,000 $0 $15,000 

Spill Cessation and 

Minimization of Flow 

Fluctuations at the 

South Yuba River 

below Lake Spaulding 

PG&E (DSAQR1); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#31); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.8)

Adopt $250,000 $48,000 $5,000 $0 $53,000 
D-1-8 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Implement Canals 

Outages Fish Rescue 

Plan

PG&E (DSAQR2); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#33); BLM 

(4e #5); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #3)

Adopt $12,000 $2,000 $12,000 $0 $314,000 

Fish Stocking in Lake 

Spaulding 

PG&E (DSAQR3)Do not adopt $0 $0 $15,000 $0 $15,000 

Reservoir fish 

stocking/Fish Stocking 

Plan

Forest 

Service (10a 

#8); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #17) 

Adopt with 

modification

$10,000 $2,000 $66,000 

annually; 

every 

other year 

for first 6 

years after 

license 

issuance 

cost is 

estimated 

at $66,000 

+ $30,000 

($96,000) 

$0 $71,000 66,000 

annually; 

every other 

year for first 6 

years after 

license 

issuance; cost 

is estimated at 

$66,000 + 

$30,000 

($96,000) 
D-1-9 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Streamflow 

Measurement , 

Implement Gaging 

Plan

PG&E (DSAQR4); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#34); BLM 

(4e #9); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #4)

Adopt $650,000 $124,000 $130,000 $0 $254,000 

Install additional 

streamflow and 

temperature gaging 

instruments in the 

South Yuba River at 

the confluence of 

Poorman Creek 

NMFS (10j 

#4.1) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 
D-1-10 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Supplemental Flows 

for Water Temperature 

Management in the 

South Yuba River 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#32) 

Adopt $360,000 $69,000 $80,000 $0 $149,000 Water 

temperature 

monitoring and 

logging 

included in 

Water 

Temperature 

and Stage 

Monitoring 

Plan

Block Flows for Water 

Temperature 

Management in the 

South Yuba River 

California

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.9)

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 
D-1-11 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Ecological Group California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.10)

Adopt with 

modification

$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 PG&E and 

Forest Service 

proposed 

alternative 

Consultation 

Group Specific 

to the South 

Yuba River 

Supplemental 

Flow and water 

temperature 

management 

and evaluation

Aquatic Invasive 

Species Management 

and Monitoring Plan 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#37); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #6)

Adopt $20,000 $4,000 $13,000 $0 $17,000 
D-1-12 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Fish Population 

Monitoring Plan

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#51) 

Adopt $540,000 $103,000 $170,000 $0 $273,000 

Foothill YellowLegged Frog 

Monitoring Plan

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#51) 

Adopt $35,000 $7,000 $55,000 $0 $62,000 

Channel Morphology 

Monitoring Plan 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#51) 

Adopt $35,000 $7,000 $35,000 $0 $42,000 

Water Temperature 

and Stage Monitoring 

Plan

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#51) 

Adopt $150,000 $28,000 $47,000 $0 $76,000 
D-1-13 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Western Pond Turtle

Incidental Observation 

Monitoring 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#51) 

Adopt $0 $0 $2,000 $0 $2,000 

Riparian Vegetation PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#51) 

Adopt $0 $0 $5,000 $0 $5,000 

Sensitive Raptor 

Monitoring 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#51) 

Adopt $0 $0 $5,000 $0 $5,000 

Aquatic Benthic 

Macroinvertebrates 

Monitoring Plan 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#51) 

Adopt $100,000 $19,000 $20,000 $0 $39,000 

Monitoring Program 

for all Project-Affected 

Resources

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #8)

Do not adopt $1,130,000 $215,000 $740,000 $0 $955,000 
D-1-14 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Large Woody Debris 

Management Plan

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#52); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #9) 

Adopt $40,000 $8,000 $50,000 $0 $58,000 

Large Woody Debris 

Management Plan

NMFS (10j 

#4.2.1 and 

4.2.2) 

Do not adopt 

Coarse Substrate 

Management Plan

NMFS (10j 

#4.3) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 

Adaptive Management 

Plan

NMFS (10j 

#4.4) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 

Annual Review of 

Ecological Conditions 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #10)

Adopt with 

modification

$0 $0 $15,000 $0 $15,000 Include as part 

of annual 

consultation 

meeting
D-1-15 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Penstock and Other 

Drainage Structure 

Emergency and 

Maintenance Release 

Points 

California

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #11)

Adopt with 

modification

$150,000 $29,000 $22,000 $0 $51,000 Adopt Canal 

Release Point 

Plan filed by 

Forest Service

Integrated Vegetation 

Management Plan

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#38); BLM 

(4e #17); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.1)

Adopt $260,000 $48,000 $36,000 $0 $84,000 Consult with 

tribes and add 

culturally 

significant 

species and 

apply to all 

project lands 

Monitor Animal 

Losses in Project 

Canals

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#39); BLM 

(4e #12); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.2)

Adopt $0 $0 $10,000 $0 $10,000 
D-1-16 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Consult with 

California Fish and 

Wildlife When 

Replacing Wildlife 

Escape and Wildlife 

Crossing Facilities

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#40); BLM 

(4e #11); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.5)

Adopt $0 $0 $4,000 $0 $4,000 

Wildlife Crossings 

(Drum and South 

Yuba Canals) (Staff)

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#41); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.3)

Adopt $750,000 $143,000 $50,000 $0 $193,000 Develop 

Wildlife 

Crossing Plan 
D-1-17 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Bear River 

Management through 

Bear Valley (Bear 

River Flow 

Management, 

including Drum Canal 

Operations) 

PG&E (DSTR4A, DSTR4B); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#50 and 10a 

#7); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.6)

Adopt $1,550,000 $295,000 $70,000 $0 $365,000 

Bald Eagle 

Management Plan

PG&E (DSTR5); Forest 

Service (4e 

#43); BLM 

(4e #16); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.7)

Adopt $0 $0 $10,000 $0 $10,000 
D-1-18 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Special Status Species Forest 

Service (4e 

44); BLM 

(4e #13); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.8 

and #12) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 

Annual Review of 

Special Status Species

Forest 

Service (4e 

#45); BLM 

(4e #14); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.9)

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 

Pesticide Use 

Restrictions

Forest 

Service (4e 

#); BLM (4e 

#37); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 
D-1-19 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Raptor Safe Project 

Powerlines 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#46); BLM 

(4e #15); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.10)

Adopt $0 $0 $66,000 $0 $66,000 

Raptor Collision 

incidental observation 

monitoring 

PG&E (no 

measure 

#);Forest 

Service (4e 

#47); BLM 

(4e #15); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.11)

Adopt $10,000 $2,000 $7,000 $0 $9,000 
D-1-20 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Bat Management PG&E 

(12/20/13); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#48); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.12)

Adopt $5,000 $1,000 $3,000 $0 $4,000 

Eradicate Bullfrogs FWS (10a 

#2) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 

Wildlife Protection FWS (10a 

#3) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 

Protect and Maintain 

Natural Ecosystem 

Processes

FWS (10a 

#5) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 
D-1-21 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

White Rock Lake 

Primitive Campsites

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $30,000 $6,000 $20,000 $0 $26,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Meadow Campground 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $156,000 $30,000 $34,000 $0 $64,000 
D-1-22 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Meadow Lake 

Shoreline Campsites

PG&E (no 

measure #);

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $115,000 $22,000 $24,000 $0 $46,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Meadow Knoll Group 

Campground 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $10,000 $2,000 $29,000 $0 $31,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Meadow Lake DayUse Area (proposed)1

PG&E (no 

measure #)

Adopt $45,000 $9,000 $22,000 $0 $31,000 

 

1 Cost estimates provided by PG&E and no recommendation or improvements were provided in the Recreation Plan
D-1-23 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Meadow Lake 

Directional and 

Informational Signage 

and Undeveloped Boat 

Ramps

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $55,000 $10,000 $27,000 $0 $37,000 

Recreation Plan: Lake 

Sterling Campground 

Conversion 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $150,000 $29,000 $29,000 $0 $58,000 
D-1-24 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Recreation Plan: Lake 

Sterling Primitive 

Campsites

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $4,000 $1,000 $25,000 $0 $26,000 

Recreation Plan: Lake 

Sterling Dam Railing2

 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53) 

Adopt $270,000 $51,000 $1,000 $0 $52,000 

 

2 Cost estimates provided by PG&E and no recommendation or improvements were provided in the Recreation Plan
D-1-25 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Fordyce Lake 

Primitive Campground 

(proposed) 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $95,000 $18,000 $23,000 $0 $41,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Fordyce Lake OHV 

Signage

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $5,000 $1,000 $2,500 $0 $3,500 

Recreation Plan: Lake 

Spaulding 

Campground 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53) 

Adopt $270,000 $51,000 $53,000 $0 $104,000 
D-1-26 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Lake Spalding 

Campground 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Do not adopt $300,000 $57,000 $58,000 $0 $115,000 

Lake Spaulding BoatIn Campground 

(proposed) 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $115,000 $22,000 $33,000 $0 $55,000 

Recreation Plan: Lake 

Spaulding Boat 

Launch 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $246,000 $47,000 $89,000 $0 $136,000 
D-1-27 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Recreation Plan: Bear 

Valley Group 

Campground 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $31,000 $6,000 $49,000 $0 $55,000 

Recreation Plan, Bear 

River Corridor: Bear 

River Trail Project

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Do not adopt No cost 

estimate 

provided 

No cost 

estimate 

provided 

No cost 

estimate 

provided 

No cost 

estimate 

provided 

No cost 

estimate 

provided 

Recreation Plan: 

Sierra Discovery Trail

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $75,000 $14,000 $42,000 $0 $56,000 
D-1-28 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Fuller Lake Day Use 

and Boat Launch 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16) 

Adopt $311,000 $59,000 $40,000 $0 $99,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Fuller Lake Angler 

Access

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $13,000 $2,000 $19,000 $0 $21,000 
D-1-29 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Rucker Lake 

Campground 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $38,0003

 $7,000 $29,000 $0 $36,000 . 

Recreation Plan: 

Rucker Lake 

Campground 

Conversion (proposed)

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $900,000 $171,000 $30,000 $0 $201,000 

 

3 This cost was provided by PG&E in its Amended License Application filed on June 18, 2012, and its Supplement to the Amended License Application filed 

on August 30, 2012; however, this cost appears to reflect PG&E’s original proposal for this facility instead of the cost for the revised proposal for this facility as 

provided in the Revised Recreation Facilities Plan submitted on August 29, 2012.
D-1-30 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Recreation Plan: Blue 

Lake Primitive 

Campsites

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53) 

Adopt $1,000 $0 $10,000 $0 $10,000 

Recreation Plan: Carr 

Lake Walk-In 

Campground 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53) 

Adopt $158,000 $30,000 $16,000 $0 $46,000 

Recreation Plan: CarrFeeley TrailheadPG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 There is no cost 

associated with 

proposal to 

removing this 

trailhead from 

the project 

boundary 
D-1-31 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Lower Lindsey Lake 

Campground 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $126,000 $24,000 $21,000 $0 $45,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Lindsey Creek 

Campground 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $532,000 $101,000 $43,000 $0 $144,000 
D-1-32 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Recreation Plan: M. 

Lindsey, Culbertson, 

Rock Lakes Primitive 

Walk-In Campsites 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $1,000 $0 $12,000 $0 $12,000 

Recreation Plan: Kidd 

Lake Group 

Campground 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $51,000 $10,000 $68,000 $0 $78,000 
D-1-33 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Upper Peak Lake 

Shoreline Access 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Do not adopt $6,000 $1,000 $4,0004 $0 $5,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Lower Peak Lake 

Primitive Campsites 

(proposed) 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $256,000 $49,000 $5,000 $0 $54,000 

 

4

 This cost was provided by PG&E in its Amended License Application filed on June 18, 2012, and its Supplement to the Amended License Application filed 

on August 30, 2012; however, this cost appears to reflect PG&E's original proposal for this facility instead of the cost for the revised proposal for this facility as 

provided in the Revised Recreation Facilities Plan submitted on August 29, 2012.
D-1-34 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Kelly Lake Picnic 

Area

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $16,000 $3,000 $10,000 $0 $13,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Lodgepole 

Campground 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $98,000 $19,000 $66,000 $0 $85,000 
D-1-35 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Silvertip Day Use and 

Boat Launch

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $1,184,000 $225,000 $46,000 $0 $271,000 

Recreation Plan: Lake 

Valley Group 

Campground 

(proposed) 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $127,000 $24,000 $68,000 $0 $92,000 

Recreation Plan: Alta 

Forebay 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53) 

Adopt $2,000 $0 $1,000 $0 $1,000 
D-1-36 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Drum Forebay 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53) 

Adopt $2,000 $0 $4,000 $0 $4,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Drum Afterbay

PG&E (no 

measure #)

Adopt $0 $0 $1,000 $0 $1,000 

Recreation Survey, 

Monitoring, and 

Future Development 

Triggers

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #12)

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 No separate 

costs associated 

with this 

measure which 

is already 

included as part 

of the 

Recreation 

Plan, which we 

recommend 

adopting 

Licensee Contact PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); BLM 

(4e #48) 

Adopt $0 $0 $8,000 $0 $8,000 
D-1-37 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Review of Recreation 

Developments 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #14)

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 No separate 

costs associated 

with this 

measure which 

is already 

included as part 

of the 

Recreation 

Plan, which we 

recommend 

adopting 

Annual Recreation 

Coordination Meeting

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #15) 

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 No separate 

costs associated 

with this 

measure which 

is already 

included as part 

of the 

Recreation 

Plan, which we 

recommend 

adopting 
D-1-38 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Provide Potable Water 

(15 service 

connections or 25 

persons)

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 No separate 

costs associated 

with this 

measure which 

is already 

included as part 

of the 

Recreation 

Plan, which we 

recommend 

adopting; staff 

modification: 

does not 

include Safe 

Drinking Water 

Act or 

specified 

connections 
D-1-39 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Food Lockers California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 No separate 

costs associated 

with this 

measure which 

is already 

included as part 

of the 

Recreation 

Plan, which we 

recommend 

adopting 

Facility Plans California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 
D-1-40 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Public Information and 

Education 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt with 

modification

$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 No separate 

costs associated 

with this 

measure which 

is already 

included as part 

of the 

Recreation 

Plan, which we 

recommend 

adopting; Staff 

modification: 

does not 

include 

specification 

for brochures

Plan addressing Costs 

of Managing ProjectRelated Recreation

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16) 

Do not adopt $8,000 $1,000 $0 $0 $1,000 

Recreation Operation, 

Maintenance, and 

Administration 

Agreement

BLM (4e 

#6) 

Do not adopt $95,000 $3,000 $15,000 $0 $33,000 
D-1-41 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Provide Recreation 

Flow Information 

PG&E (DSRR2); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#54 and 10a 

#10) 

Adopt $10,000 $2,000 $6,800 $0 $8,800 Staff 

recommended 

additions: 

include 15-

minute 

reporting 

interval for 

those stream 

reaches where 

streamflow 

information is 

currently 

provided in 15-

minute 

intervals and 

submittal of 

plan to the 

Commission 

for approval 

Transportation 

Management Plan For 

Primary Project Roads 

(Staff)

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#57); BLM 

(4e #22) 

Adopt $2,016,000 $384,000 $342,000 $0 $726,000 
D-1-42 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Fire Prevention and 

Response Plan on 

Federal Land

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#58); BLM 

(4e #18) 

Adopt $0 $0 $2,000 $0 $2,000 

Historic Properties 

Management Plan

PG&E (DSCR-1); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#56) 

Adopt $3,792,000 $722,000 $48,800 $0 $771,000 

Visual Resource 

Management Plan on 

Federal Land

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#55); BLM 

(4e #20) 

Adopt $0 $0 $3,000 $0 $3,000 

Revise the Project 

Boundary 

PG&E (no 

measure #)

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 
D-1-43 

Table D-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Hazardous Substances 

Plan; Hazardous 

materials – take 

reasonable precautions 

as to prevent 

contamination or 

pollution of Federal 

lands and waters 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#21); BLM 

(4e #49); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #23) 

Adopt $48,000 $9,000 $0 $0 $9,000 

Total Applicant’s 

Proposal 

$30,686,000 $5,841,000 $2,803,00

0 

$5,833,000 $8,643,000 

Staff Alternative $31,730,000 $6,039,000 $2,982,00

0 

$5,833,000 $9,021,000 

Staff Alternative with 

4(e) Mandatory 

Conditions 

$32,830,000 $6,234,000 $3,682,00

0 

$5,833,000 $9,915,000 
D-1-44 

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Capital and Annual Costs of Measures for the

Lower Drum Project
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D-2-1 

Table D-2. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Lower Drum Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Annual Consultation 

with BOR

PG&E (DSGEN1); 

Reclamation 

(4e #b.1); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #1)

Adopt $0 $0 $5,000 $0 $5,000 

Annual Employee 

Training

PG&E (DSGEN2); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #1.1)

Adopt $0 $0 $8,000 $0 $8,000 

Develop and 

Implement 

Coordinated 

Operations Plan for the 

Drum-Spaulding 

Project, Lower Drum, 

Deer Creek, and the 

Yuba-Bear 

Hydroelectric Projects

PG&E (DSGEN3); 

California

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #1.2)

Adopt $10,000 $2,000 $2,000 $0 $4,000 
D-2-2 

Table D-2. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Lower Drum Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Implement Erosion 

and Sediment Control 

and Management; 

Facility Release Plan; 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #22 and 

#27) 

Adopt with 

modifications

$1,500,000 $286,000 $13,000 $0 $299,000 

Watershed Restoration 

Plan

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #28)

Adopt Cost included 

under Erosion 

and Sediment 

Control and 

Management 

and Canal 

Release Point 

Plans

Water Year Types PG&E (DSAQR1); 

California

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.1)

Adopt $0 $0 $2,000 $0 $2,000 
D-2-3 

Table D-2. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Lower Drum Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Minimum Streamflows PG&E (DSAQR1); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.2)

Adopt $1,000,000 $190,000 $3,000 $0 $193,000 

Minimum Streamflows 

in Auburn 

Ravine, Rock 

Creek, and 

Dry Creek

NMFS (10j 

#7.1) 

Do not adopt 

Canal Outages PG&E (DSAQR1); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.5)

Adopt $0 $0 $5,000 $0 $5,000 

Implement Fish 

Protection and 

Management During 

Canal Outages Fish 

Rescue Plan

PG&E (DSAQR2); 

California

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #3)

Adopt $25,000 $5,000 $25,000 $0 $30,000 
D-2-4 

Table D-2. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Lower Drum Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Reservoir fish 

stocking/Fish Stocking 

Plan

Forest 

Service (10a 

#8); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #17)

Adopt with 

modification

$10,000 $2,000 $21,000 $0 $23,000 Staff 

modification: 

develop a fish 

stocking plan 

that includes 

annual stocking 

in Halsey 

forebay and 

would also 

include 

provisions for 

stocking fish in 

additional 

project 

reservoirs 

based on 

changes in 

recreational use 

and angling 

pressure over 

the term of the 

new license. 
D-2-5 

Table D-2. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Lower Drum Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Streamflow 

Measurement (Gage 

Modifications and 

Additions)/Gaging 

Plan 

PG&E (DSAQR4); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#34); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #4)

Adopt $170,000 $32,000 $0 $0 $32,000 Cost of 

California Fish 

and Wildlife 

measure 

included in 

Gaging Plan

Coordination of the 

Drum-Spaulding 

Project and the YubaBear Hydroelectric 

Project Operations 

Regarding the YubaBear Hydroelectric 

Project’s Minimum 

Streamflows in the 

Bear River Below 

Rollins Reservoir at 

NID’s YB-196 gage 

(USGS 11422500) 

PG&E (DSAQR6) Adopt $0 $0 $5,000 $0 $5,000 
D-2-6 

Table D-2. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Lower Drum Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Lower Drum Project 

Compliance with 

Minimum Streamflows 

in the Bear River 

Below Rollins 

Reservoir at NID’s 

YB-196 gage (USGS 

11422500) 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.3)

Adopt $0 $0 $5,000 $0 $5,000 

Aquatic Invasive 

Species Management

and Monitoring Plan 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #6)

Adopt $5,000 $1,000 $2,000 $0 $3,000 

Fish Population 

Monitoring Plan 

PG&E (no 

measure #) 

Adopt $25,000 $5,000 $18,000 $0 $23,000 

Western Pond Turtle

Incidental 

Observations 

Monitoring 

PG&E (no 

measure #) 

Adopt $0 $0 $1,000 $0 $1,000 

Riparian Vegetation

Monitoring Plan 

PG&E (no 

measure #) 

Adopt $0 $0 $2,500 $0 $2,500 
D-2-7 

Table D-2. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Lower Drum Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Aquatic Benthic 

Macroinvertebrates 

Monitoring Plan 

(PG&E)

PG&E (no 

measure #) 

Adopt $2,500 $0 $7,500 $0 $7,500 

Water Temperature 

and Stage Monitoring 

Plan

PG&E (no 

measure #) 

Adopt $2,500 $0 $7,500 $0 $7,500 2 years only

Monitoring Program 

for all ProjectAffected Resources

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #8)

Adopt Cost included 

in individual 

monitoring 

plans listed 

above. 

Annual Review of 

Ecological Conditions 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #10)

Do not adopt $0 $0 $15,000 $0 $15,000 Include as part 

of annual 

consultation 

meeting

Penstock and Other 

Drainage Structure 

Emergency and 

Maintenance Release 

Points 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #11)

Adopt with 

modification

Costs included 

in 

implementation 

of Canal 

Release Point 

Plan filed by 

Forest Service.
D-2-8 

Table D-2. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Lower Drum Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Integrated Vegetation 

Management Plan

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.1)

Adopt $50,000 $10,000 $15,000 $0 $25,000 Consult with 

tribes and 

include 

culturally 

significant 

species and 

apply to all 

project lands 

Monitor Animal 

Losses in Project 

Canals

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.2)

Adopt $0 $0 $10,000 $0 $10,000 Develop 

Wildlife 

Crossing Plan 

Replacing Wildlife 

Escape and Wildlife 

Crossing Facilities

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.5)

Adopt $0 $0 $4,000 $0 $4,000 

Wildlife Crossing 

(Bear River and South 

Canal)

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.4)

Adopt $150,000 $29,000 $20,000 $0 $49,000 Develop 

Wildlife 

Crossing Plan 
D-2-9 

Table D-2. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Lower Drum Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Implement Bald Eagle 

Management Plan 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.7)

Adopt $5,000 $1,000 $3,000 $0 $4,000 

Special Status Species California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.8 

and #12) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Included in 

Integrated 

Vegetation 

Management 

Plan

Annual Review of 

Special Status Species

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.9)

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Included in 

Integrated 

Vegetation 

Management 

Plan

Project Powerlines PG&E 

(12/20/13); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.10)

Adopt $0 $0 $40,000 $0 $40,000 
D-2-10 

Table D-2. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Lower Drum Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Raptor Collision PG&E (no 

measure #); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.11)

Adopt $5,000 $1,000 $5,000 $0 $6,000 Develop Avian 

Management 

Plan

Pesticide Use 

Restrictions

Reclamation 

(4e #b.9); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Included in 

Integrated 

Vegetation 

Management 

Plan

Bat Management PG&E (no 

measure #); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.12)

Adopt $5,000 $1,000 $3,000 $0 $4,000 Develop Bat 

Management 

Plan

Eradicate Bullfrogs FWS (10a 

#2) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 

Wildlife Protection FWS (10a 

#3) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 
D-2-11 

Table D-2. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Lower Drum Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Protect and Maintain 

Natural Ecosystem 

Processes

FWS (10a 

#5) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 

Implement Recreation 

Plan

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16) 

Adopt $0 $0 $1,000 $0 $1,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Halsey Afterbay

PG&E (no 

measure #)

Adopt $0 $0 $1,000 $0 $1,000 

Recreation Plan: Wise 

Forebay Shoreline 

Parking Area 

(proposed) 

PG&E (no 

measure #)

Adopt $28,000 $5,000 $6,000 $0 $11,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Halsey Forebay Picnic 

Area

PG&E (no 

measure #)

Adopt $9,000 $2,000 $78,000 $0 $80,000 

Recreation Plan: Rock 

Creek Reservoir

PG&E (no 

measure #)

Adopt $0 $0 $6,000 $0 $6,000 
D-2-12 

Table D-2. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Lower Drum Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Recreation Survey, 

Monitoring, and 

Future Development 

Triggers

California

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #12)

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 No separate 

costs associated 

with this 

measure which 

is already 

included as part 

of the 

Recreation 

Plan, which we 

recommend 

adopting 

Annual Recreation 

Coordination Meeting

California

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #15)

Adopt $0 $0 $1,000 $0 $1,000 
D-2-13 

Table D-2. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Lower Drum Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Public Information and 

Education 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt with 

modification

$ $0 $0 $0 $0 No separate 

costs associated 

with this 

measure which 

is already 

included as part 

of the 

Recreation 

Plan, which we 

recommend 

adopting; Staff 

modification: 

does not 

include 

brochures 

Implement Historic 

Properties 

Management Plan

PG&E (DSCR1); 

Reclamation 

(4e #b.11) 

Adopt $616,000 $117,000 $7,900 $125,000 $771,000 

Revise the Project 

Boundary 

PG&E (no 

measure #)

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 
D-2-14 

Table D-2. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies 

for the Lower Drum Hydroelectric Project. (Source: staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$) 

Comments

Hazardous Substances 

Plan; Hazardous 

materials – take 

reasonable precautions 

as to prevent 

contamination or 

pollution of Federal 

lands and waters 

Reclamation 

(4e #b.10); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #23) 

Adopt $7,800 $1,000 $0 $0 $1,000 

Total Applicant’s 

Proposal 

$1,941,000 $369,000 $215,000 $1,264,000 $584,000 

Staff Alternative $3,626,000 $684,000 $339,000 $1,264,000 $1,024,000 

Staff Alternative with 

4(e) Mandatory 

Conditions 

$4$3,626,00

0 

$690,163 $333,000 $1,264,000 $1,024,000 
Appendix D-3 

Capital and Annual Costs of Measures for the

Deer Creek Project
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D-3-1 

Table D-3. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies for the Deer Creek 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$)

Comments

Annual Consultation 

with Forest Service

and BLM

PG&E (DCGEN1); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#1); BLM 

(4e #23); 

Reclamation 

(4e #b.1); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #1)

Adopt $0 $0 $5,000 $0 $5,000 

Annual Employee 

Training

PG&E (DCGEN2); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#25); BLM 

(4e #1); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #1.1)

Adopt $0 $0 $4,000 $0 $4,000 
D-3-2 

Table D-3. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies for the Deer Creek 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$)

Comments

Develop and 

Implement 

Coordinated 

Operations Plan for the 

Upper DrumSpaulding, Lower 

Drum, Deer Creek, 

Yuba-Bear Projects

PG&E (DCGEN3); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#25); BLM 

(4e #2); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #1.2)

Adopt $10,000 $2,000 $2,000 $0 $4,000 

Implement Erosion 

and Sediment Control 

and Management; 

Canal Release Point 

Plan

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#49 and 

#50); BLM 

(4e #19 and 

#50); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #22 and 

#27) 

Adopt $750,000 $143,000 $6,000 $0 $149,000 
D-3-3 

Table D-3. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies for the Deer Creek 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$)

Comments

Deer Creek 

Powerhouse Minimum 

Flow 

PG&E (DCAQR1); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#29); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife

(10j #2.2)

Adopt $0 $0 $10,000 $0 $10,000 

Canal Outages that 

Affect Minimum 

Streamflows—

Coordination and 

Planning 

PG&E (DCAQR1); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#29); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.5) 

Adopt $0 $0 $5,000 $0 $5,000 
D-3-4 

Table D-3. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies for the Deer Creek 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$)

Comments

Implement Canals 

Outages Fish Rescue 

Plan

PG&E (DCAQR2); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#33); BLM 

(4e #5); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife

(10j #3)

Adopt $12,000 $2,000 $12,000 $0 $14,000 

Streamflow 

Measurement (Gage 

Modifications and 

Additions)/Gaging 

Plan

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#34); BLM 

(4e #9); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #4)

Adopt $3,000 $500 $1,500 $0 $2,000 
D-3-5 

Table D-3. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies for the Deer Creek 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$)

Comments

Develop an Aquatic 

Invasive Species 

Management and 

Monitoring Plan 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#37); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #6)

Adopt $2,000 $500 $1,500 $0 $2,000 

Western Pond Turtle

Incidental Observation 

Monitoring 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#51) 

Adopt $0 $0 $1,000 $0 $1,000 

Penstock and Other 

Drainage Structure 

Emergency and 

Maintenance Release 

Points 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #11)

Adopt Cost included 

in Canal 

Release Point 

Plan filed by 

Forest Service 

listed above
D-3-6 

Table D-3. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies for the Deer Creek 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$)

Comments

Integrated Vegetation 

Management Plan 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#38); BLM 

(4e #17 and 

23); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.1)

Adopt $50,000 $10,000 $15,000 $0 $25,000 Consult with 

tribes and 

include 

culturally 

significant 

species and 

apply to all 

project lands 

Monitor Animal 

Losses in Project 

Canals

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#39); BLM 

(4e #12); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.2)

Adopt $0 $0 $1,000 $0 $1,000 
D-3-7 

Table D-3. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies for the Deer Creek 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$)

Comments

Consult with 

California Fish and 

Wildlife When 

Replacing Wildlife 

Escape and Wildlife 

Crossing Facilities

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#40); BLM 

(4e #11); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.5)

Adopt $0 $0 $2,000 $0 $2,000 

Develop a wildlife 

crossing plan for the 

Drum and South Yuba 

canals; build wildlife 

crossing structures in 

the canals according to 

minimum 

specifications.

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#41); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(recommendation 

7.3) 

Adopt $150,000 $29,000 $20,000 $0 $49,000 
D-3-8 

Table D-3. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies for the Deer Creek 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$)

Comments

Implement Bald Eagle 

Management Plan 

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#43); BLM 

(4e #16); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.7)

Adopt $5,000 $1,000 $2,000 $0 $3,000 

Special Status Species Forest 

Service (4e 

44); BLM 

(4e #13); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.8 

and #12) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Included in 

Integrated 

Vegetation 

Management 

Plan

Annual Review of 

Special Status Species 

Lists and Assessment 

of New Species on 

Federal Land

Forest 

Service (4e 

#45); BLM 

(4e #13); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.9)

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 
D-3-9 

Table D-3. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies for the Deer Creek 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$)

Comments

Project Powerlines PG&E 

(12/20/13); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#46); BLM 

(4e #15); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.10)

Adopt $0 $0 $20,000 $0 $20,000 

Raptor Collision PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#47); BLM 

(4e #15); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.11)

Adopt $5,000 $1,000 $5,000 $0 $6,000 Develop Avian 

Management 

Plan
D-3-10 

Table D-3. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies for the Deer Creek 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$)

Comments

Bat Management PG&E 

(12/20/13); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#48); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.12)

Adopt $2,000 $0 $1,000 $0 $1,000 Develop Bat 

Management 

Plan

Implement Recreation 

Plan

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $0 $0 $1,000 $0 $1,0000 

Recreation Plan: Deer 

Creek Forebay

PG&E (no 

measure #); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#53) ; 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $2,000 $0 $4,000 $0 $4,000 
D-3-11 

Table D-3. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies for the Deer Creek 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$)

Comments

Licensee Contact BLM (4e 

#48) 

Adopt $0 $0 $700 $0 $700 

Recreation Survey, 

Monitoring, and 

Future Development 

Triggers

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #12)

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 No separate 

costs associated 

with this 

measure which 

is already 

included as part 

of the 

Recreation 

Plan, which we 

recommend 

adopting 

Annual Recreation 

Coordination Meeting

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #15) 

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 No separate 

costs associated 

with this 

measure which 

is already 

included as part 

of the 

Recreation 

Plan, which we 

recommend 

adopting 

Recreation Agreement BLM (4e 

#6) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $15,000 $0 $15,000 
D-3-12 

Table D-3. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies for the Deer Creek 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$)

Comments

Pesticide-use 

restrictions on NFS 

and BLM lands

PG&E 

(Integrated 

Vegetation 

Managemen

t Plan) 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#22); BLM 

(4e #37; 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #23)

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Costs included 

in 

implementation 

of Integrated 

Vegetation 

Management 

Plan 

Implement 

Transportation 

Management Plan For 

Primary Project Roads

PG&E (DCLU1); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#57); BLM 

(4e #22) 

Adopt $680,000 $129,000 $115,000 $0 $244,000 

Implement Fire 

Prevention and 

Response Plan on 

Federal Land

PG&E (DCLU2); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#58); BLM 

(4e #18)

Adopt $0 $0 $1,000 $0 $1,000 
D-3-13 

Table D-3. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies for the Deer Creek 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$)

Comments

Implement Historic 

Properties 

Management Plan

PG&E (DCCR1); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#56); BLM 

(4e #21) 

Adopt $57,000 $11,000 $2,000 $0 $13,000 

Implement Visual 

Resource Management 

Plan on Federal Land 

PG&E (DCAER1); 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#55; BLM 

(4e #20) 

Adopt $0 $0 $3,000 $0 $3,000 

Hazardous Substances 

Plan; Hazardous 

materials – take 

reasonable precautions 

as to prevent 

contamination or 

pollution of Federal 

lands and waters 

Forest 

Service (4e 

#21); BLM 

(4e #49); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #23); 

Reclamation 

(4e #b.10) 

Adopt $4,000 $1,000 $0 $0 $1,000 

Total Applicant’s 

Proposal 

$821,000 $156,000 $209,000 $19,000 $365,000
D-3-14 

Table D-3. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by PG&E and recommended by staff and agencies for the Deer Creek 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2011 $)

Annual

Energy 

Costs 

(2011 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2011$)

Comments

Staff Alternative $1,733,000 $330,000 $241,0000 $19,000 $570,000

Staff Alternative with 

4(e) Mandatory 

Conditions 

$1,733,000 $330,000 $256,000 $19,000 $585,000 
Appendix E

Capital and Annual Costs of Measures for the

Yuba-Bear Project
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 E-1 

Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Annual Consultation 

with Forest Service 

and BLM 

NID (YBGEN1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #1); 

BLM (4e 

#42); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #1)

Adopt $0 $0 $15,000 $0 $15,000 

Employee Training NID (YBGEN2); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #25); 

BLM (4e 

#1); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #1.1)

Adopt $0 $0 $20,000 $0 $20,000 
 E-2 

Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Consultation 

Regarding New 

Ground Disturbing 

Activities on Federal 

Land

NID (YBGEN4); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #17); 

BLM (4e 

#60) 

Adopt $0 $0 $5,000 $0 $5,000 

Consultation 

Regarding New 

Facilities on Federal 

Land

NID (YBGEN5)Do not adopt $0 $0 $3,000 $0 $3,000 

Development and 

Implementation of 

Coordinated 

Operations Plan for 

Yuba-Bear 

Hydroelectric Project 

and Drum-Spaulding 

Project

NID (YBGEN6); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #25); 

BLM (4e 

#2); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #1.2)

Adopt $60,000 $4,000 $0 $0 $4,000 
 E-3 

Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Development and 

Implementation of 

Rollins Upgrade 

Construction Erosion 

Control and 

Restoration Plan1

NID (YBG&S1)Adopt $30,000 $2,000 $0 $0 $2,000 

Development and 

Implementation of 

Recreation Facilities 

Construction Erosion 

Control and 

Restoration Plan

NID (YBG&S2)Do not adopt $90,000 $6,000 $0 $0 $6,000 

 

1 As part of its Amended Application, NID proposes to construct the Rollins no. 2 powerhouse adjacent to the existing Rollins powerhouse. 

Although the proposed powerhouse is included in NID’s proposal, we have analyzed the costs and benefits of this project separately, so that the 

feasibility of the powerhouse construction project can be more accurately assessed. The cost associated with this PM&E measure is directly 

associated with the Rollins no. 2 powerhouse, and was analyzed separately from the Yuba-Bear Project in section 4.3.4.
 E-4 

Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Implement Clear and 

Trap Creeks 

Stabilization Plans

NID (YBG&S3); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j 

#7.10) 

Adopt $3,000,0

00 

$186,000 $25,000 $0 $211,000 

Implement Erosion 

Control and Slope 

Maintenance Plan; 

Erosion and Sediment 

Control and 

Management; Slope 

Assessment and 

Facility Release 

Plan/Slope Stability 

Plan

NID (no 

measure 

#); Forest 

Service 

(4e #48, 

#49, and 

#50); 

BLM (4e 

#24 and 

#41); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #22 

and #27) 

Adopt $2,750,0

00 

$170,000 $180,000 $0 $350,000 
 E-5 

Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Watershed 

Restoration Plan

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #28)

Do not adopt Cost included under 

Erosion and Sediment 

Control and 

Management and 

Slope Assessment and 

Facility Release Plans

Penstock and Other 

Drainage Structure 

Emergency and 

Maintenance Release 

Points 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #11)

Adopt with 

modification

$20,000 $1,000 $5,000 $0 $6,000 

Development and 

Implementation of 

Rollins Upgrade 

Construction 

Hazardous Material 

Spill Prevention, 

Control and 

Countermeasures Plan

NID (YBWR1)Adopt with 

modification

$30,000 $2,000 $0 $0 $2,000 
 E-6 

Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Development and 

Implementation of 

Recreation Facilities 

Construction 

Hazardous Material 

Spill Prevention, 

Control and 

Countermeasures Plan

NID (YBWR2)Adopt with 

modification

$30,000 $2,000 $0 $0 $2,000 

Water Year Types NID (YBAQR1); 

Forest

Service 

(4e #26); 

BLM (4e 

#3) 

Adopt with 

modification

$0 $0 $1,000 $0 $1,000 
 E-7 

Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Minimum 

Streamflows for 13 

Project-Affected 

Stream Reaches

(NID 

(YBAQR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #27); 

BLM (4e 

#4); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.2)

Adopt $35,000 $2,000 $24,000 $0 $26,000 

Bowman-Spaulding 

Diversion Conduit 

Outages and DrumSpaulding Project’s 

Drum Canal Outages

NID (YBAQR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #28); 

BLM (4e 

#5): 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.3)

Adopt $25,000 $2,000 $5,000 $0 $7,000 
 E-8 

Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Milton Diversion 

Dam, BowmanSpaulding Diversion 

Dam and Rollins Dam 

Overwintering 

Minimum Streamflow 

Adjustments 

NID (YBAQR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #29); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j # 

2.4) 

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 

Wilson Creek 

Diversion Dam Flow 

Setting for Minimum 

Streamflows

NID (YBAQR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #30); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j # 

2.5) 

Adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Chicago Park 

Powerhouse Motoring 

NID (YBAQR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(10a #7); 

BLM (4e 

#6); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j # 

2.6) 

Adopt $0 $0 $1,000 $0 $1,000 

Milton Diversion 

Dam, BowmanSpaulding Diversion 

Dam and Dutch Flat 

Diversion Dam Spill 

Cessation Schedules

NID (YBAQR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #31; 

10a #8); 

BLM (4e 

#7); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j # 

2.7) 

Adopt $85,000 $5,000 $10,000 $0 $15,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Rollins Reservoir 

Elevation Control 

NID (YBAQR1); 

BLM (4e 

#8); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j # 

2.9) 

Adopt $0 $0 $2,000 $0 $2,000 

Minimum flows 

below Milton 

Diversion Dam

NMFS 

(10j #3.1)

Do not adopt 

Minimum flows 

below Bowman Lake 

and Lake Spaulding to 

manage water 

temperature

NMFS 

(10j #4.1)

Do not adopt 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Minimum flows 

below Milton 

Diversion Dam to 

manage water 

temperature for 

reintroduction of 

steelhead and 

Chinook salmon 

NMFS 

(10j #5.1)

Do not adopt 

Minimum flows 

below Bowman Lake 

and Lake Spaulding to 

manage water 

temperature for 

reintroduction of 

steelhead in the 

absence of Chinook 

salmon

NMFS 

(10j #6.1)

Do not adopt 

Fish Stocking in 

Bowman Lake 

NID (YBAQR2)Do not adopt $0 $0 $75,000 $0 $75,000 

Fish Stocking in 

Rollins Reservoir 

NID (YBAQR3)Do not adopt $0 $0 $40,000 $0 $40,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Reservoir fish 

stocking/Fish 

Stocking Plan

Forest 

Service 

(10a 

#12); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #17)

Adopt with 

modification

$10,000 $1,000 $242,000 $0 $242,000 $236,000 annually; 

every other year for 

first 6 years after 

license issuance cost is 

estimated at $236,000 

+ $57,500 ($293,500) 

Modified to include 

development of a fish 

stocking plan that 

includes annual 

stocking of Rollins 

reservoir, Jackson 

Meadows reservoir, 

Bowman Lake, and 

Faucherie Lake; 

stocking Sawmill Lake 

every other year until 

the first Form 80 

reporting year.
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Steephollow Creek 

Foothill-Yellow 

Legged Frog 

Monitoring 

NID (YBAQR4); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e 10a 

#8); BLM 

(4e #10); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j 

#2.11); 

Adopt $174,00

0 

$11,000 $6,000 $0 $17,000 

Implement Canal Fish 

Rescue Plan

NID (no 

measure 

#); Forest 

Service 

(4e #33); 

BLM (4e 

#11); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #3)

Adopt $25,000 $2,000 $50,000 $0 $52,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Milton-Bowman 

Conduit Fish 

Entrainment—design, 

construct and operate 

fish screen at Milton 

diversion dam 

impoundment 

NID (no 

measure 

#); Forest 

Service 

(4e #29); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j 

#2.12) 

Adopt $2,500,0

00 

$155,000 $90,000 $0 $245,000 

Rollins Dam Large 

Woody Material 

Management; Dutch 

Flat Afterbay Large 

Woody Material 

Management 

NID (no 

measure 

#); Forest 

Service 

(4e #52, 

10a #10); 

BLM (4e 

#9, #23); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.10

and #9) 

Adopt $300,00

0 

$19,000 $55,000 $0 $74,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Large Woody 

Material Management 

Plan

NMFS 

(10j 

#4.2.1 

and 

#4.2.2) 

Do not adopt 

Fall Creek Diversion 

Dam Minimum 

Streamflows

NID (YBAQR8); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #29) 

Adopt $0 $0 $3,000 $0 $3,000 

Minimum 

Streamflows 

Compliance 

Monitoring and 

Measurement; Gaging 

Plan

NID (YBAQR9); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #34; 

10a #13); 

BLM (4e 

#12); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #4)

Adopt $1,350,0

00 

$85,000 $10,000 $0 $95,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Consultation Group 

Specific to Yuba-Bear 

for minimum 

streamflow and water 

temperature 

management

Forest 

Service 

(4e #2); 

BLM (4e 

#43); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j 

#2.13) 

Adopt $85,000 $5,000 $45,000 $0 $50,000 

Middle Yuba River 

Block Flow Release 

for Water 

Temperature 

Management w/ 

Water Temp 

Operations Group 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #2.8)

Do not adopt 

Aquatic Invasive 

Species Management

NID (no 

measure 

#) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Aquatic Invasive 

Species Management 

and Monitoring Plan 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #37); 

BLM (4e 

#14); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #6)

Adopt $25,000 $2,000 $5,000 $0 $7,000 

Fish Population 

Monitoring Plan

NID (no 

measure 

#); Forest 

Service 

(4e #51); 

BLM (4e 

#22) 

Adopt $300,00

0 

$19,000 $185,000 $0 $204,000 

Foothill Yellowlegged Frog 

Monitoring Plan

NID (no 

measure 

#); Forest 

Service 

(4e #51); 

BLM (4e 

#22) 

Adopt $35,000 $2,000 $55,000 $0 $57,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Channel Morphology 

Monitoring Plan 

NID (no 

measure 

#); Forest 

Service 

(4e #51); 

BLM (4e 

#22) 

Adopt $35,000 $2,000 $35,000 $0 $37,000 

Water Temperature 

and Stage Monitoring 

Plan

NID (no 

measure 

#); Forest 

Service 

(4e #51); 

BLM (4e 

#22) 

Adopt $95,000 $6,000 $65,000 $0 $71,000 

Western Pond Turtle

Incidental 

Observation 

Monitoring 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #51); 

BLM (4e 

#22) 

Adopt $0 $0 $2,000 $0 $2,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Aquatic Benthic 

Macroinvertebrates

Monitoring Plan 

NID (no 

measure 

#); Forest 

Service 

(4e #51); 

BLM (4e 

#22) 

Adopt $100,00

0 

$6,000 $20,000 $0 $26,000 

Monitoring Program 

for all ProjectAffected Resources

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #8)

Adopt Cost included in 

individual resource 

monitoring plans field 

by Forest Service and 

listed above.

Annual Review of 

Ecological Conditions 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #10)

Adopt Recommend that 

review be performed 

as part of Annual 

Consultation Meeting 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Vegetation and NonNative Invasive Plant

Management Plan

NID (no 

measure 

#); Forest 

Service 

(4e #38); 

BLM (4e 

#15 and 

#31); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.1)

Adopt $135,00

0 

$8,000 $40,000 $0 $48,000 Consult with tribes 

and add culturally 

significant species and 

apply to all project 

lands 

Bowman-Spaulding 

Transmission Line 

Avian Protection 

NID (no 

measure 

#); Forest 

Service 

(4e #45 

and #46); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j 

#7.10) 

Adopt $10,000 $1,000 $4,000 $0 $5,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Consult when 

Replacing Canal 

Wildlife Escape 

Facilities

NID (YBTR4); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #40); 

BLM (4e 

#17); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.3)

Adopt $0 $0 $1,000 $0 $1,000 

Monitor Animal 

Losses in Project 

Canals

NID (YBTR5); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #39); 

BLM (4e 

#16); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.2)

Adopt $0 $0 $3,000 $0 $3,000 

Wildlife Crossing in 

Bowman-Spaulding 

Canal

NID (no 

measure 

#) 

Do not adopt $30,000 $2,000 $20,000 $0 $22,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Wildlife Crossing in 

Bowman-Spaulding 

Canal

Forest 

Service 

(4e #41); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.4)

Adopt $40,000 $2,000 $20,000 $0 $22,000 

Bat Management NID (YBTR6)Do not adopt $0 $0 $3,000 $0 $3,000 

Bat Management Forest 

Service 

(4e #47); 

BLM (4e 

#21); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.9)

Adopt $5,000 $0 $3,000 $0 $3,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Implement Bald Eagle 

Management Plan

NID (YBTR7) 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #42); 

BLM (4e 

#18); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.5)

Adopt $20,000 $1,000 $4,000 $0 $5,000 

Eradicate Bullfrogs FWS (10a 

#2) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 

Wildlife Protection FWS (10a 

#3) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Protection of Special 

Status Species

Forest 

Service 

(4e #43); 

BLM (4e 

#19 ); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.8 

and #12) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 

Annual Review of 

Special Status Species 

Lists and Assessment 

of New Species on 

Federal Land

Forest 

Service 

(4e #44); 

BLM (4e 

#20); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #7.9)

Adopt with 

modification

$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 

Protect and Maintain 

Natural Ecosystem 

Processes

FWS (10a 

#5) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Implement NID 

Proposed Recreation 

Plan

NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt with 

modifications

$33,510,

000 

$2,074,000 $939,000 $0 $3,013,000 Costs for individual 

plan components are 

itemized below 

East Meadow 

Campground 

NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt with 

modification

$2,145,0

00 

$133,000 $5,000 $0 $138,000 Staff modification: 

removes specification 

for road 

reconstruction, 

including lengthening 

and widening of spurs 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Pass Creek 

Campground 

NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt with 

modification

$1,600,0

00 

$99,000 $5,000 $0 $104,000 Staff modification: 

removes specification 

for lengthening and 

widening of spurs 

Recreation Plan: Pass 

Creek Overflow 

Campground 

NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $371,00

0 

$23,000 $4,000 $0 $27,000 

Recreation Plan: Pass 

Creek Boat Launch

NID (YBRR1)Adopt with 

modification

$1,818,0

00 

$113,000 $4,000 $0 $117,000 Staff modification: 

removes specification 

for launch 

reconstruction
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Aspen Group 

Campground 

NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(10a 

#14); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16) 

Adopt $867,00

0 

$54,000 $4,000 $0 $58,000 

Aspen Picnic Area NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $490,00

0 

$30,000 $4,000 $0 $34,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Jackson Meadows 

Dump Station 

NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $200,00

0 

$12,000 $4,000 $0 $16,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Jackson Meadows 

Vista

NID (YBRR1) ; 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $86,000 $5,000 $4,000 $0 $9,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Findley Campground 

NID (YBRR1)Do not adopt $727,00

0 

$45,000 $4,000 $0 $49,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Findley Campground Forest 

Service 

(4e #57) ; 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $737,00

0 

$46,000 $4,000 $0 $50,000 

Recreation Plan: Fir 

Top Campground 

NID (YBRR1)Do not adopt $564,00

0 

$35,000 $4,000 $0 $39,000 

Fir Top Campground Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt with 

modification

$579,00

0 

$36,000 $4,000 $0 $40,000 Staff modification: 

removes specification 

for rehabilitation/ 

reconstruction of the 

campground road and 

widening/ lengthening 

spurs 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Silvertip Group 

Campground 

NID (YBRR1) ; 

Forest 

Service 

(10a 

#14); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $396,00

0 

$25,000 $4,000 $0 $29,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Woodcamp 

Campground 

NID (YBRR1)Do not adopt $976,00

0 

$60,000 $4,000 $0 $64,000 

Woodcamp 

Campground 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt with 

modification

$991,00

0 

$61,000 $4,000 $0 $65,000 Staff modification: 

removes the 

specification for 

reconstruction of the 

road and 

lengthening/widening 

of spurs in 10 years 

Recreation Plan: 

Woodcamp Picnic 

Area

NID (YBRR1)Do not adopt $949,00

0 

$59,000 $4,000 $0 $63,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Woodcamp Picnic 

Area

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $995,00

0 

$62,000 $4,000 $0 $66,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Woodcamp Boat 

Launch 

NID (YBRR1)Do not adopt $1,006,0

00 

$62,000 $4,000 $0 $66,000 

Woodcamp Boat 

Launch 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $1,021,0

00 

$63,000 $4,000 $0 $67,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Woodcamp ComplexRoad & Trails

NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt with 

modification

$1,404,0

00 

$87,000 $4,000 $0 $91,000 Recommend that the 

proposed trail 

improvements be 

limited to the 

construction of, 

modification to, and 

maintenance of trails 

and trailheads that are 

necessary for project 

purposes 

Woodcamp Complex 

Interpretive Trail 

(improvements that 

include interpretive 

trail) 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Do not adopt $15,000 $1,000 $1,000 $0 $2,000 

Additional Jackson 

Meadows Area Trails

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt with 

modification

$50,000 $3,000 $4,000 $0 $7,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Jackson Point Boat-In 

Campground 

NID (YBRR1)Do not adopt $99,000 $6,000 $4,000 $0 $10,000 

Jackson Point Boat-In 

Campground 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57) ; 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $120,00

0 

$7,000 $4,000 $0 $11,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Jackson Meadows 

Administrative Sites

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Do not adopt $30,000 $2,000 $0 $0 $2,000 

Jackson Meadows 

Development Plan

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Do not adopt $25,000 $2,000 $4,000 $0 $6,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Milton Diversion 

Impoundment Day 

Use Area & Hand 

Launch (proposed)

NID (YBRR1)Do not adopt $173,00

0 

$11,000 $8,000 $0 $19,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Milton Diversion 

Impoundment 

Designated Primitive 

Campsites

NID (YBRR1)Do not adopt $114,00

0 

$7,000 $8,000 $0 $15,000 

Milton Diversion 

Impoundment Area 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $287,00

0 

$18,000 $16,000 $0 $34,000 

Jackson Creek 

Campground 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

wildlife 

(10j #16)

Do not adopt $976,00

0 

$60,000 $4,000 $0 $64,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

French Lake (parking 

area improvements, 

barriers, and 

trailhead)

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $10,000 $1,000 $0 $0 $1,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Bowman Lake 

Campground (and 

informal boat ramp) 

NID (YB 

RR-1) 

Adopt $154,00

0 

$8,000 $6,000 $0 $14,000 

Bowman Lake 

Campground 

(includes expanding 

by 20 campsites) 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Do not adopt $194,00

0 

$12,000 $10,000 $0 $22,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Bowman Lake 

Designated Primitive 

Campsites (proposed)

NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $270,00

0 

$17,000 $6,000 $0 $23,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Bowman Lake Day 

Use Areas (proposed)

NID (YBRR1), 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $217,00

0 

$13,000 $6,000 $0 $19,000 

Bowman Reservoir 

Area-Recreation 

Corridor Plan 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Do not adopt $25,000 $2,000 $4,000 $0 $6,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Recreation Plan; 

Group or Family 

campground adjacent 

to Bowman Lake 

Campground 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57 

and 10a 

#14); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Do not adopt $527,00

0 

$33,000 $8,000 $0 $41,000 

Other Trails Bowman 

Recreation Corridor 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt with 

modification

$200,00

0 

$12,000 $4,000 $0 $16,000 Staff modification: 

does not recommend 

construction of the 

trails at Sawmill Lake 

or French Lake, except 

for a walkway across 

the Sawmill spillway 

and a primitive trail 

from Faucherie Lake 

to Sawmill Lake

Recreation Plan: 

Sawmill Family 

Campground 

(proposed) 

NID (YBRR1)Adopt $619,00

0 

$38,000 $8,000 $0 $46,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Sawmill Family 

Campground 

(proposed) 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57 

and 10a 

#14); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Do not adopt $770,00

0 

$48,000 $10,000 $0 $58,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Sawmill Group 

Campground 

(proposed) 

NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $435,00

0 

$27,000 $8,000 $0 $35,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Sawmill Lake Dam 

Day Use Area

NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $76,000 $5,000 $8,000 $0 $13,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Canyon Creek 

Campground 

NID (YBRR1)Do not adopt $565,00

0 

$35,000 $7,000 $0 $42,000 

Canyon Creek 

Campground 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $847,00

0 

$52,000 $10,000 $0 $62,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Canyon Creek 

Dispersed Sites

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Do not adopt $619,00

0 

$38,000 $8,000 $0 $46,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Faucherie Lake Group 

Campground 

NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(10a 

#14); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $160,00

0 

$10,000 $6,000 $0 $16,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Faucherie Lake Day 

Use and Boat Launch

NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(10a 

#14); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $383,00

0 

$24,000 $6,000 $0 $30,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Faucherie Lake Dam 

Parking Area

NID (YBRR1)Do not adopt $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 

Faucherie Lake Dam 

Parking Area

Forest 

Service 

(10a 

#14); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $10,000 $1,000 $0 $0 $1,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Recreation Plan : 

Dutch Flat No. 2 

forebay (proposed 

kiosk)

NID (YBRR1)Adopt $7,000 $0 $7,000 $0 $7,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Dutch Flat Afterbay 

Day Use Area 

(proposed) 

NID (YBRR1); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16); 

BLM (4e 

#32) 

Adopt $259,00

0 

$16,000 $7,000 $0 $23,000 

Langs Crossings Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Do not adopt $15,000 $1,000 $4,000 $0 $5,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Bear River Trail 

Project

Forest 

Service 

(10a 

#14); 

BLM 

(10a #1); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt with 

modification

$250,00

0 

$15,000 $4,000 $0 $19,000 Staff modification: 

develop Rollins 

Reservoir shoreline 

portion of trail

Recreation Plan: 

Rollins Orchard 

Springs Recreation 

Complex2

NID (YBRR1)Adopt $3,910,0

00 

$242,000 $22,000 $0 $264,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Rollins Greenhorn 

Recreation Complex3

NID (YBRR1)Adopt $2,502,0

00 

$155,000 $22,000 $0 $177,000 

 

2 Cost estimates provided by NID and no recommendation or improvements were provided in the Recreation Plan

3 Cost estimates provided by NID and no recommendation or improvements were provided in the Recreation Plan
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Recreation Plan: 

Rollins Peninsula 

Recreation Complex4

NID (YBRR1)Adopt $4,628,0

00 

$287,000 $277,000 $0 $564,000 

Recreation Plan: 

Rollins Long Ravine 

Recreation Complex5

NID (YBRR1)Adopt $4,344,0

00 

$269,000 $277,000 $0 $546,000 

Recreation Survey, 

Monitoring, and 

Future Development 

Triggers

NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #53); 

BLM (4e 

#29); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #12)

Adopt $0 $0 $20,000 $0 $20,000 

 

4 Cost estimates provided by NID and no recommendation or improvements were provided in the Recreation Plan 5 Cost estimates provided by NID and no recommendation or improvements were provided in the Recreation Plan
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Licensee Contact NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #54); 

BLM (4e 

#26) 

Adopt $0 $0 $10,000 $0 $10,000 

Review of Recreation 

Developments 

NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #55); 

BLM (4e 

#28); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10a #14) 

Adopt $0 $0 $10,000 $0 $10,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Annual Recreation 

Coordination Meeting

NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #56); 

BLM (4e 

#27); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #15)

Adopt $0 $0 $6,000 $0 $6,000 

Provide Potable Water 

(15 service 

connections or 25 

persons)

NID (YBRR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt with 

modification

$50,000 $3,000 $120,000 $0 $123,000 Staff modification: 

does not include Safe 

Drinking Water Act or 

specified connections
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Food Lockers Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt $12,000 $1,000 $0 $0 $1,000 

Public Information 

and Education 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

California 

Fish and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Adopt with 

modification

$10,000 $1,000 $3,000 $0 $4,000 Staff modification: 

does not include 

specification for 

brochures 
 E-48 

Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Plan addressing 

Costs of Managing 

Project-Related 

Recreation/Recreati

on Costs of 

Managing Facilities

NID (no 

measure 

#); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #57); 

BLM (4e 

#36); 

Californi

a Fish 

and 

Wildlife 

(10j #16)

Do not adopt $8,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 

Recreation 

Operation, 

Maintenance, and 

Administration 

Agreement

NID (no 

measure 

#); BLM 

(4e #34) 

Do not adopt $0 $0 $30,000 $0 $30,000 

Chicago Park 

Power House and 

Connecting 

Facilities and Roads 

NID (no 

measure 

#); BLM 

(4e #33) 

Adopt $0 $0 $50,000 $0 $50,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Provide Recreation 

Flow Information 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #58 

and 10a 

#15); 

BLM (4e 

#37) 

Adopt $10,000 $1,000 $6,840 $0 $8,000 Staff recommended 

additions: include 15-

minute reporting 

interval for those 

stream reaches where 

streamflow 

information is 

currently provided in 

15-minute intervals 

and submittal of plan 

to the Commission for 

approval 

French Dam 

Supplemental 

Flows for 

Whitewater Boating

NID 

(YBRR3)

Adopt $0 $0 $5,000 $0 $5,000 

Milton Diversion 

Dam Supplemental 

Flows for 

Whitewater Boating

NID 

(YBRR4)

Adopt $0 $0 $5,000 $0 $5,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Bowman-Spaulding 

Diversion Dam 

Supplemental 

Flows for 

Whitewater Boating

NID 

(YBRR5)

Adopt $0 $0 $5,000 $0 $5,000 

Implement 

Transportation 

Management Plan 

on Federal Land 

NID 

(YB- LU 

#1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #61); 

BLM (4e 

#39); 

Californi

a Fish 

and 

Wildlife 

(10a 

#20) 

Adopt $835,00

0 

$52,000 $90,000 $0 $142,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Implement Fire 

Prevention and 

Response Plan on 

Federal Land

NID 

(YB- LU 

#2); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #62); 

BLM (4e 

#40); 

Californi

a Fish 

and 

Wildlife 

(10a 

#21) 

Adopt $30,000 $2,000 $2,000 $0 $4,000 

Project Boundary 

revision

NID (no 

measure 

#) 

Adopt $50,000 $3,000 $0 $0 $3,000 

Implement Historic 

Properties 

Management Plan

NID 

(YBCR1); 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #60); 

BLM (4e 

#38 

Adopt $1,650,0

00 

$102,000 $14,000 $0 $116,000 
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Table E-1. Estimated capital and O&M costs of measures proposed by NID and recommended by staff and agencies for the Yuba-Bear 

Project. (Source: Staff)

Measure Entity 

and 

Measure 

No.

Staff 

Recommend

? 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annualized 

Capital 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

O&M 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Annual 

Energy 

Costs

(2010 $)

Total 

Annualized 

Cost 

(2010 $)

Comments

Implement Visual 

Resource 

Management Plan 

Staff; 

Forest 

Service 

(4e #59) 

Adopt $0 $0 $5,000 $0 $5,000 

Hazardous 

Substances Plan

Forest 

Service 

(4e #21); 

BLM (4e 

#52); 

Californi

a Fish 

and 

Wildlife 

(10j #23)

Adopt $60,000 $4,000 $0 $0 $4,000 

Total Applicant’s 

Proposal 

$43,666,

000 

$2,705,000 $2,016,000 $2,280,000 $4,721,000 

Staff Alternative $47,454,

000 

$2,940,000 $2,358,000 $2,280,000 $5,298,000 

Staff Alternative 

with 4(e) 

Mandatory 

Conditions 

$49,645,

000 

$3,075,000 $2,541,000 $2,280,000 $5,616,000 
Appendix F

Draft License Articles: Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower 

Drum, and Deer Creek Projects 
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Draft License Articles: Upper Drum-Spaulding Project
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DRAFT LICENSE ARTICLES: UPPER DRUM-SPAULDING PROJECT

I. MANDATORY CONDITIONS 

On April 10, 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (Forest Service) 

filed 59 revised final 4(e) conditions (described in section 2.2.4.1 of the environmental impact 

statement [EIS] and included in appendix H-1). We consider 58 conditions to be applicable to the 

Upper Drum-Spaulding Project, and of those 58 conditions, we consider 23 of these conditions (3 

through 20, 23, 24, 35, 36 and 59) to be administrative or legal in nature and not specific 

environmental measures. Of the 35 conditions we consider to be environmental measures, we 

include 321 of these conditions in the staff alternative as specified by the Forest Service. We 

recognize, however, that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) is 

required to include valid 4(e) conditions in any license issued for the project. As such, each of 

the measures that staff recommend be modified in the staff alternative (as discussed in section 

5.1.2, Comprehensive Development and Recommended Alternative) would not be included in any 

license issued by the Commission. Instead, those conditions would be replaced with the Forest 

Service’s corresponding conditions, as filed with the Commission. 

II. ADDITIONAL LICENSE ARTICLES RECOMMENDED BY 

COMMISSION STAFF

We recommend including the following license articles in any license issued for the 

project in addition to the mandatory conditions. 

Draft Article 4XX. Commission Approval, Notification, and Filing of Amendments. 

(a) Requirement to File Plans for Commission Approval 

Various mandatory conditions specified by the Forest Service under section 4(e) require 

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to prepare plans in consultation with other entities for approval by 

the Forest Service; some of these measures do not specify that Commission approval is required 

prior to implementation. Each such plan must also be submitted to the Commission for approval. 

These plans are listed below.

Forest Service 

condition

Plan name Due date

21 Oil And Hazardous Substances Storage And 

Spill Prevention And Cleanup Plan

Within 1 year of license issuance

25 General Resource Measures-Coordinated 

Operations Plan

Within 90 days of license issuance

37 Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan Within 1 year of license issuance

41 Wildlife Crossing Plan for Drum canal Within 5 years of license issuance

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 As explained in section 5 of the EIS, we recommend modifying the following 

conditions specified by the Forest Service: (1) condition 53, Recreation Plan; and (2) condition 

54, Recreation Streamflow Information. We do not recommend Forest Service’s condition 44, 

biological evaluation of Special Status Species. 
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Forest Service 

condition

Plan name Due date

51 Aquatic Benthic Invertebrate Monitoring 

Plan

Within 1 year of license issuance

52 Large Woody Debris Management Plan Within 1 year of license issuance

54 Plan to provide real-time streamflow 

information

Beginning as soon as reasonably 

feasible, but within 1 year of 

license issuance

(b) Requirement to File Reports 

Some Forest Service section 4(e) conditions require PG&E to file reports with other 

entities. These reports document compliance with requirements of this license and may have a 

bearing on future actions. Each such report must also be submitted to the Commission. These 

reports are listed in the following table. 

Forest Service 

condition

Description Due date

1 Reports documenting annual meetings with the 

Forest Service and other stakeholders 

Within 60 days of the meeting 

1 Reports documenting issues related to public 

safety and non-compliance 

As soon as possible 

28 Report documenting flow setting measures 

undertaken 

Provide at annual consultation 

meeting

44 Biological evaluation for special status species 

and their habitats for construction of new project 

features

Prior to construction action 

51 Annual report describing monitoring efforts of 

previous calendar year

June 30, final at least 30 days 

before annual meeting

51 5-Year summary monitoring report Year 5, 10, 20, 30, etc.

53 6-year and 12-year Recreation Survey and 

Monitoring Reports (component of Recreation 

Plan required by condition 53)

At 6 and 12 years after license 

issuance to coincide with FERC 

Form 80 reporting cycle 

(c) Requirement to Notify Commission of Planned and Unplanned Deviations from 

License Requirements 

Certain Forest Service 4(e) conditions would allow PG&E to temporarily modify project 

operations under certain situations. The Commission must be notified prior to implementing such 

modifications, if possible, or in the event of an emergency, as soon as possible, but no later than 

10 days after each such incident.
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Forest Service 

condition

License requirement

29 Temporary modification of minimum streamflows following consultation or due to 

an emergency

29 Notification of schedule or change of schedule for routine and non-routine planned 

canal outages affecting minimum streamflows; notification within 1 business day of 

emergency canal outage

29 Notification and consultation on minimum streamflows during canal outages lasting 

longer than 30 days 

(d) Requirement to File Amendment Applications 

Certain Forest Service conditions appear to contemplate these agencies requiring 

unspecified long-term changes to project operations or facilities based on new information or 

results of monitoring but do not appear to require Commission approval for such changes (e.g., 

modification of supplemental flows, anadromous fish introduction). Such changes may not be 

implemented without prior Commission authorization granted after the filing of an application to 

amend the license.

Draft Article 4XX. Reservation of Authority to Prescribe Fishways. Authority is 

reserved by the Commission to require the licensee to construct, operate, and maintain or to 

provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of such fishways as may be prescribed 

by the Secretaries of Interior or Commerce pursuant to section 18 of the Federal Power Act.

Draft Article 4XX. Jordan Creek Diversion Decommissioning Plan. Within 1 year of 

license issuance, the licensee must file, for Commission approval, a plan to decommission the 

Jordan Creek diversion dam, Jordan Creek canal, and other appurtenant structures. The plan 

must: (1) detail the most appropriate measures to disable, deconstruct, and abandon in place all 

components of the diversion system; (2) provide a schedule for completion of decommissioning 

tasks; (3) identify all permits required; and (4) estimate costs for completion of the work. 

Proposed measures must take into consideration public safety during and following 

decommissioning. The plan must include site-specific erosion control and sediment management 

and site health and safety plans. The plan must identify potential environmental effects 

associated with decommissioning activities and measures that will be implemented to minimize, 

mitigate, and restore environmental impacts on aquatic and terrestrial resources including, if 

necessary, channel and bank stability and management of sediment trapped in the diversion dam 

impoundment. 

The decommissioning plan must be developed after consultation with the Forest Service 

and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The licensee must include with the plan an 

implementation schedule, documentation of consultation, copies of recommendations on the 

completed plan after it has been prepared and provided to the entities above, and specific 

descriptions of how the entities’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The licensee must

allow a minimum of 30 days for the entities to comment and to make recommendations before 

filing the plan with the Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing 

must include the licensee’s reasons, based on project- specific reasons.

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Land-disturbing 

activities associated with the decommissioning must not begin until the licensee is notified by the 
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Commission that the plan is approved. Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement 

the plan, including any changes required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Flow Release to the Bear River below Drum Canal at YB-137. 

Within 3 years of license issuance, the licensee must construct and begin operation of two fixeddiameter orifice flow release devices near the existing spillway from the Drum canal at or 

adjacent to canal gate YB-137. Consistent with Forest Service recommendation 6, each flow 

device must be designed to provide up to 1 cfs. Design and construction plans should be 

submitted to the Commission; the Commission reserves the right to require modifications to the 

plans. Construction must begin following Commission approval of the plans and final as-built 

drawings must be filed with the Commission. Once the flow release devices are operational, the 

licensee must open the valves on these flow release devices whenever the Drum canal is in 

operation to provide a release of 2 cfs during wet, above normal, and below normal water years 

and 1 cfs in dry, critically dry, and extreme critically dry water years. The licensee’s compliance 

with this article would be the act of opening the flow release device control valve (or valves) 

when the Drum canal is in operation. The licensee is not required to operate these flow release 

devices when the valves are inoperable or while the Drum canal is not in service.

The licensee must perform maintenance on these flow control devices, if necessary, 

during the annual Drum canal outage. If either or both flow control devices become inoperable 

for any reason, licensee must take reasonable steps to correct the malfunction. 

Draft Article 4XX. Bear River Management Upstream of Forest Service Lands.

(a) Winter Operating Plan Spills at Drum Canal 

Winter operational spills typically occur between November and May. During winter 

operations, the licensee must to the extent practicable: 

• Limit operational flow release from Drum canal at YB-137 to no greater than 200 cubic 

feet per second (cfs), not including natural flow, calculated at Bear River at Highway 20 

(YB-198). 

• Implement a ramping rate for both increases and decreases, of 0.40 feet per hour as 

measured at the existing stream gage Bear River at Highway 20 (YB-198). 

• Limit water that is spilled into the Bear River from Drum canal when Drum afterbay is 

forecast to spill and Dutch Flat No. 1 and No. 2 powerhouses are fully loaded. 

• Except in an emergency or other project outages, limit flows into the Bear River that, 

when combined with accretion flows, are limited to 500 cfs as measured at the existing 

stream gage Bear River near Highway 20 (YB-198). 

(b) Planned Outage Spills at Drum Canal 

During outages of facilities (e.g., Drum canal, Drum 1 or 2 powerhouses), when Drum 

canal cannot be operated at full capacity for conveyance, the licensee must, to the extent 

reasonably possible: 

• Distribute water spilled from the Drum canal between Bear River Spill (YB-137, RM 

35.3 on the Bear River), Bear Valley Spill (RM 33.6), and Tahoe Spill (RM 31.75) to 

reduce the magnitude of flows through the Bear Valley Meadow (upper end of Bear 

River Reach #2). 
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• Implement a 2-day ramping rate when decreasing flows into the Bear River Reaches #1 

and #2 from the Bear River Spill (YB-137), Bear Valley Spill, and Tahoe Spill – spills 

must be adjusted at each location, at a rate not to exceed 50 cfs over a 6 hour period. 

• Notify the agencies that participate in the Annual Meeting (Condition No. 1), either at the 

Annual Meeting or as soon as reasonably practicable when Bear River Reach #1 or #2 

were needed to convey water. 

(c) Emergencies 

The operational guidelines in this measure do not apply in emergencies. An emergency 

is defined as an event that is reasonably out of the control of the licensee and requires the licensee 

to take immediate action, either unilaterally or under instruction of law enforcement, emergency 

services, or other regulatory agency staff, including actions to prevent the imminent loss of 

human life, damage to property, loss of project facilities, or water supply delivery infrastructure. 

An emergency may include, but is not limited to: natural events such as landslides, storms, or 

wildfires; vandalism; malfunction or failure of Project works; or other public safety incidents. 

During emergencies any Drum Canal spillway may be used without restriction. 

(d) Water Supply Protection 

The licensee may exceed the good faith flow limits described in this measure or utilize 

project spillways during planned or unplanned outages to the extent needed to avoid limiting 

downstream consumptive water deliveries. 

(e) Channel Morphology and Riparian Vegetation Assessment in the Vicinity of Bear 

Valley 

By no later than the first full water year after license issuance, the licensee must perform 

an assessment during the July to August period to establish a new baseline for conditions in the 

vicinity of the Bear Valley. Based on this baseline, the licensee must evaluate changes in riparian 

vegetation and channel stability in the portion of Bear River Reach #2 that runs through Bear 

Valley, an approximately 2.3-mile portion located between RM 35.0 (upstream end) to RM 32.7 

(downstream end) according to the schedule of riparian and channel morphology assessments 

outlined in Table 1, below. The purpose must be to determine if project waters that are released 

into the Bear River adversely affect channel morphology and riparian vegetation in the vicinity of 

the Bear Valley, including the Bear Valley Meadow and, if adverse effects are determined to 

occur, to develop specific protection actions. 

This assessment must include the following components: 
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Table 1. Riparian and channel morphology assessment periodicity for the Bear 

River Management Through Bear Valley Measure.

By Year 1 

/ New 

Baseline

Annually, 

Years 2-4

Annually 

for Term 

of license Year 5

Every 5 

Years 

Beginning

Following 

Operational 

Flows 

Exceeding 

250 cfs for a 

24-hour 

period at 

gage YB198

Quantitative

Longitudinal 

Profile

X X

Level 

Loggers

X

Monumented 

Crosssections

X X X

Qualitative

Photo 

Monitoring

X X X X X X

Riparian 

Vegetation

X X X

Bank 

Stability

X X X

Walking 

Survey—

Bear Valley 

(to identify 

erosional 

areas)

X X X X X

Spill Channel 

Evaluation 

(to identify 

erosional 

areas)

X X X X X

• Quantitative assessment: 

o Longitudinal profile – The licensee must establish a longitudinal profile of the 

Bear River thalweg from RM 35.0 at the upstream end, to the bedrock control 

point at the downstream end of the meadow near RM 32.7 at the downstream 

(west) end of Bear Valley Meadow. The purpose of the longitudinal profile is to 

establish grade control locations throughout the Bear River in Bear Valley.

o Install level loggers at three locations: Lower Meadow Channel Morphology 

Cross Section LM T2; Middle Meadow Channel Morphology Cross Section MM 

T5, and Upper Meadow Channel Morphology Cross Section UM T2 to compare 

against discharge as measured at YB-198. The purpose of the installation of the 

level loggers is to establish a stage-discharge relationship in the Bear Valley 
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meadow so that if erosion does occur within the meadow, the discharge at which 

it occurred could be estimated from the stage—discharge relation at these three 

locations. One barometric level logger must be placed at the Lower Meadow site 

to be able to adjust for air pressure effects on the level logger measurements. 

o Monumented Cross Section: The licensee and Forest Service must

collaboratively establish three monumented cross sections that are typical of the 

Bear River channel in the vicinity of Bear Valley. Profiles at each of these cross 

sections must be taken on year 1, 5, 10 and every 5 years after year 10 to monitor 

changes in channel width and depth. 

• Qualitative assessment:

o Photo Monitoring – The licensee must establish photo monitoring points at 

benchmark locations so that any year-to-year changes can be captured at 

recovering locations where channel processes appear to have stabilized historical 

disturbances, and at locations where channel processes are causing active 

erosion. The purpose of the photo monitoring is to visually track erosion and 

channel processes at specific locations over time. 

o Riparian Vegetation and Bank Stability – The licensee must perform a qualitative 

assessment of riparian vegetation and bank stability at cross sections that have 

been selected from existing channel morphology transects (established 2009) and 

reflect a variety of bank conditions. It is assumed that two to three long-term 

monitoring transects must be selected from the existing population of transects in 

the Lower, Middle and Upper Meadow study sites. For the purpose of these 

assessments, riparian vegetation is defined as wetland indicator species as 

identified by Reed (National List of Plant Species that Occur in Wetlands: 

California, Region 0, 1988) or a similar reference. The purpose of the riparian 

vegetation and bank stability assessments is to track the recruitment and growth 

of vegetation and the development of the channel processes governing erosion, 

and determine whether any degradation of ecological resources is occurring at 

actively-eroding sites.

o Walking survey – The licensee must perform an annual qualitative assessment of 

the meadow and identify any locations where active erosion causing degradation 

of riparian or instream resources could be reasonably prevented or addressed by 

the licensee through operational changes or remediation. Photos must be taken at 

any new areas of concern. 

o Spill channel evaluation – The licensee must perform an annual qualitative 

assessment of three spill channels (if utilized during the previous calendar year): 

Bear River (RM 35.3), Bear Valley (RM 33.6) and Tahoe spills (RM 31.75). The 

purpose is to identify any locations where active erosion is occurring following 

spill flows. 

Results of the annual assessment and any qualitative or quantitative monitoring from the 

prior water year must be provided at the annual consultation meeting and filed with the 

Commission. Based on monitoring results and the annual assessments, the licensee must work 

with appropriate agencies to identify and implement any collaboratively agreed upon remedial 

actions to address any new, adverse project-related effects such as: 

• Vertical Bear River banks (locations where project-related bank erosion has caused 

vertical or slumped banks but tributary inflow has not caused development of a nick or 
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headcut); remediation may include laying back the banks and establishing bank 

protection by covering with fabric and planting with sedges and willow cuttings. 

• Nicks (locations where project-related bank erosion along the Bear River could develop 

into a headcut that could migrate into the meadow due to a combination of bank erosion 

and tributary drainage inflow); remediation may include sloping of the bank face of nicks 

that occur on the channel banks and establishment of toe protection by laying fabric and 

willow wattles to prevent further erosion. 

• Headcuts (locations where project-related bank erosion combined with tributary drainage 

have developed into a gully and/or tributary that has a headcut that is actively migrating 

away from the Bear River mainstem and into the terrace/meadow surface); remediation 

may include filling the gullies that have been formed by headcuts migrating away from 

the main Bear River channel, planting with willow and/or laying in fabric and rock to 

prevent further erosion and migration of the headcut. 

The licensee must file with the Commission documentation of remedial work conducted 

under this article.

The licensee must consult with appropriate agencies and obtain necessary permits prior to 

undertaking the remediation activities. Any locations where the licensee has performed 

remediation efforts must be monitored annually using photo points for 5 years subsequent to the 

remediation activities.

Draft Article 4XX. Integrated Vegetation Management Plan. The Integrated Vegetation 

Management Plan, required by Forest Service condition 38, filed on November 21, 2013, must

apply to all accessible lands within the project boundary, particularly recreation sites and 

sensitive habitats and lands disturbed by future construction, recreational use, and project 

maintenance. 

Within 6 months of license issuance, the licensee must file for Commission approval a 

revised Integrated Vegetation Management Plan. The revised plan must include a list of 

culturally significant plant species that occur at the project and specific provisions the licensee 

will undertake to protect and preserve the culturally significant species or their habitats found 

within the project boundary. 

The revised plan must be prepared after consultation with the Greenville Rancheria of 

Maidu Indians, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, the United Auburn Indian Community, 

and the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. The licensee must include with the plan 

documentation of consultation, copies of comments and recommendations on the completed plan 

after it has been prepared and provided to the tribes, and specific descriptions of how the tribes’ 

comments are accommodated by the plan. The licensee must allow a minimum of 30 days for the 

tribes to comment and to make recommendations before filing the plan with the Commission. If 

the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing must include the licensee’s reasons, 

based on project-specific information.

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the revised plan. 

Implementation of the revised plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the 

Commission that the plan is approved. Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement 

the revised plan, including any changes required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Wildlife Crossing Plan. Within 1 year of license issuance, the 

licensee must file, for Commission approval, a Wildlife Crossing Plan. The plan must include, 
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consistent with Forest Service condition 41: (1) provisions for the licensee to within 5 years of 

license issuance to retrofit existing footbridges or construct new wildlife crossings at or near 

specified locations on the Drum Canal and South Yuba Canal. The wildlife crossings must meet 

minimum specifications to be described in the plan; (2) a schedule for the installation of the 

wildlife crossings, as well as provisions for the licensee to submit final designs of newly 

constructed crossing facilities to the Forest Service, BLM and California Department of Fish and 

Wildlife (California Fish and Wildlife); (3) provisions for monitoring new or retrofitted wildlife 

crossings, using cameras or other appropriate means, so as to determine if adjustments to the 

crossings are needed; (4) provisions for preparing a written report and providing the report to the 

Commission and federal agencies annually; and (5) provisions for periodic (every 10 year) review 

of licensee-maintained wildlife crossings in consultation with the Forest Service, BLM, and 

California Fish and Wildlife. 

The Wildlife Crossing Plan must also contain, consistent with Forest Service conditions 

39 and 40, provisions for: (1) monitoring animal losses in project canals; and (2) replacement of 

wildlife escape and wildlife crossing facilities. The animal loss monitoring portion of the plan 

must detail the licensee’s plans to record and report all dead animals found in the project canals, 

using a Wildlife Mortality data sheet. The plan must specify the information to be recorded, and 

how the information will be reported to the Commission and agencies, annually.

The Wildlife Crossing Plan must also contain provisions for the licensee to consult with 

California Fish and Wildlife prior to replacing or retrofitting existing wildlife escape or crossing 

facilities along project canals. The plan must indicate the licensee’s plans to provide the 

Commission of evidence of such consultation within 60 days after the wildlife escape or crossing 

facility has been replaced or retrofitted. The Wildlife Crossing Plan must also contain provisions 

for the licensee to annually assess existing wildlife crossing or escape facilities to ensure that are 

functional and in proper working order. 

The plan shall be prepared after consultation with the Forest Service, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The licensee shall include with 

the plan documentation of consultation, copies of comments and recommendations on the 

completed plan after it has been prepared and provided to the agencies, and specific descriptions 

of how the agencies’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The licensee shall allow a 

minimum of 30 days for the agencies to comment and to make recommendations before filing the 

plan with the Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing shall 

include the licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific information.

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Avian Management Plan. Within 1 year of license issuance, the 

licensee must file, for Commission approval, an Avian Management Plan. The plan must include, 

and be consistent with Forest Service conditions 46 and 47: (1) provisions for the use of raptorsafe powerline design configurations described in Avian Protection on Powerline Interaction 

Committee’s (APLIC) “Suggested Practices for Avian Protection on Power Lines: The State of 

the Art in 2006, or the most current edition of the APLIC document as a guideline for all new 

project powerlines, or when replacing existing poles, phase conductors, and associated 

equipment, at the project; and (2) recording of all incidental observations of bird 

collisions/electrocutions along project powerlines including, at minimum, (a) date of observation, 
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(b) location of observation, (c) species, if identifiable, (d) number of birds, (e) condition of birds, 

(f) suspected cause of injury or death, and (g) bird band number, if banded. The plan should 

include a schedule for implementing recording of bird collisions, as well as provisions for 

reporting the results of the bird collision recording to the Commission and agencies, annually. 

The Avian Management Plan must also include, consistent with the Integrated Vegetation 

Management Plan, specific provisions for limited operating periods (LOPs) for activities that 

involve the use of heavy equipment, loud noises, or habitat alteration to protect special-status 

wildlife, including (1) for California spotted owl, maintain a limited operating period (LOP) 

within a buffer that includes the 300 acre Protected Activity Centers (PAC), plus an additional 

0.25-mile area around the PAC during the breeding season (March 1 through August 15), unless 

surveys confirm that California spotted owls are not nesting; (2) for northern goshawk, maintain a 

LOP, prohibiting vegetation treatments within a 0.25 mile of the nest site during the breeding 

season (February 15 through September 15), unless protocol surveys confirm that northern 

goshawks are not nesting; and (3) for great gray owl , prohibit vegetation treatments and road 

construction within 0.25 mile of an active great gray owl nest stand during the nesting period 

(typically March 1 to August 15). 

The Avian Management Plan must also include, consistent with Forest Service condition 

51, specific provisions for monitoring and recording activities that may disturb the California 

spotted owl and northern goshawk PACs, and within suitable habitat for those species. The 

information to be recorded must include: (1) a description of the activity; (2) activity duration; 

(3) the location of the activity; and (4) a spatial display of the activity location proximity to the 

PAC and suitable habitat. The plan must also include provisions for additional sensitive raptor 

surveys to be conducted, if after the first 3 years of reporting, noise disturbances have been 

determined, in consultation with the agencies, to have the potential to disrupt more than two 

territories annually. 

The plan shall be prepared after consultation with the Forest Service, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The licensee shall include with 

the plan documentation of consultation, copies of comments and recommendations on the 

completed plan after it has been prepared and provided to the agencies, and specific descriptions 

of how the agencies’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The licensee shall allow a 

minimum of 30 days for the agencies to comment and to make recommendations before filing the 

plan with the Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing shall 

include the licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific information.

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Bat Management Plan. Within 1 year of license issuance, the 

licensee must file, for Commission approval, a Bat Management Plan. The plan must include, 

consistent with Forest Service condition 48: (1) provisions for the licensee to document all 

known bat roosts within project buildings or other project structures that may be used for 

roosting; (2) a schedule for completing the initial bat roosting documentation; and (3) provisions 

for installing appropriate exclusion devices, where feasible, to prevent occupation of the structure 

by bats. The plan must also include provisions for annually reporting the results of the licensee’s 

bat roost inspections to the Commission and agencies, and for annual consultation with the 

agencies regarding the need for and installation of bat exclusionary devices. 
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The plan shall be prepared after consultation with the Forest Service, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The licensee shall include with 

the plan documentation of consultation, copies of comments and recommendations on the 

completed plan after it has been prepared and provided to the agencies, and specific descriptions 

of how the agencies’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The licensee shall allow a 

minimum of 30 days for the agencies to comment and to make recommendations before filing the 

plan with the Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing shall 

include the licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific information.

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Fish Stocking Plan. Within 1 year of license issuance, the licensee 

must file, for Commission approval, a plan to evaluate and monitor the location, frequency, age, 

and number/weight of fish to be stocked annually in Lake Spaulding, Lake Valley reservoir, 

Fuller Lake, and Lower Lindsey Lake, and to be stocked in Fordyce Lake and Meadow Lake 

every other year until the first Form 80 reporting year after implementation of the plan. The plan 

must include provisions for periodic review of angling use levels, including fish stocking at 

additional reservoirs, specifically Carr, Culbertson, Feeley, Upper Lindsey, Lower Rock, Upper 

Rock, Blue and White Rock Lakes, and Lake Sterling, should the need arise based on the periodic 

review; annual consultation with California Department of Fish and Wildlife (California Fish and 

Wildlife), Forest Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS); and an annual summary 

report of fish stocking activities. 

The Fish Stocking Plan must be developed after consultation with California Fish and 

Wildlife, Forest Service, and FWS. The licensee must include with the plan an implementation 

schedule, documentation of consultation, copies of recommendations on the completed plan after 

it has been prepared and provided to the entities above, and specific descriptions of how the 

entities’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The licensee must allow a minimum of 30 

days for the entities to comment and to make recommendations before filing the plan with the 

Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing must include the 

licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific information. 

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved.

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Recreation Streamflow Information. The plan to provide real-time 

streamflow information, required by Forest Service condition 54, must include providing realtime (15-minute intervals) streamflow information to the public on the internet for the four 

reaches (Fordyce Creek below Fordyce dam, South Yuba River below Kidd Lake and Lower 

Peak Lake dam [at Cisco Grove], South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding at Lang’s Crossing, 

and the Bear River at Highway 20) where it is currently provided in 15-minute intervals, on a 

year-round basis. 

The plan must be developed after consultation with California Department of Fish and 

Wildlife, the Forest Service, California Water Board, Foothills Water Network, and American 

Whitewater. The licensee must include with the plan an implementation schedule, documentation 

of consultation, copies of recommendations on the completed plan after it has been prepared and 
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provided to the entities above, and specific descriptions of how the entities’ comments are 

accommodated by the plan. The licensee must allow a minimum of 30 days for the entities to 

comment and to make recommendations before filing the plan with the Commission. If the 

licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing must include the licensee’s reasons, based 

on project-specific information. 

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved.

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Fire Prevention and Response Plan. The Fire Prevention and 

Response Plan, required by Forest Service condition 58, filed on November 21, 2013, must apply 

to all lands within the project boundary and must include a period of review and revision. The 

Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. 

Draft Article 4XX. Hazardous Substances Plan. The Hazardous Substances Plan 

required by Forest Service condition 21 must apply to all project lands. The Commission 

reserves the right to require changes to the plan. 

Draft Article 4XX. Programmatic Agreement and Historic Properties Management 

Plan. The licensee must implement the “Programmatic Agreement Between the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission and the State of California Historic Preservation Officer for Managing 

Historic Properties that May be Affected by Issuing of Licenses to PG&E for the Upper DrumSpaulding, Lower, and Deer Creek Hydroelectric Projects in Placer and Nevada Counties, 

California (FERC Nos. 2310, 14530, and 14531),” executed on_____________, and including but 

not limited to the Historic Properties Management Plan (HPMP) for the project. In the event that 

the Programmatic Agreement is terminated, the licensee must continue to implement the 

provisions of its approved HPMP. The Commission reserves the authority to require changes to 

the HPMP at any time during the term of the license.

Draft Article 4XX. Use and Occupancy. (a) In accordance with the provisions of this 

article, the licensee must have the authority to grant permission for certain types of use and 

occupancy of project lands and waters and to convey certain interests in project lands and waters 

for certain types of use and occupancy, without prior Commission approval. The licensee may 

exercise the authority only if the proposed use and occupancy is consistent with the purposes of 

protecting and enhancing the scenic, recreational, and other environmental values of the project. 

For those purposes, the licensee must also have continuing responsibility to supervise and control 

the use and occupancies, for which it grants permission, and to monitor the use of, and ensure 

compliance with the covenants of the instrument of conveyance for, any interests that it has 

conveyed, under this article. If a permitted use and occupancy violates any condition of this 

article or any other condition imposed by the licensee for protection and enhancement of the 

project's scenic, recreational, or other environmental values, or if a covenant of a conveyance 

made under the authority of this article is violated, the licensee must take any lawful action 

necessary to correct the violation. For a permitted use or occupancy, that action includes, if 

necessary, canceling the permission to use and occupy the project lands and waters and requiring 

the removal of any non-complying structures and facilities. 

(b) The type of use and occupancy of project lands and waters for which the licensee may 

grant permission without prior Commission approval are: (1) landscape plantings; (2) noncommercial piers, landings, boat docks, or similar structures and facilities that can accommodate 

no more than 10 water craft at a time and where said facility is intended to serve single-family 
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type dwellings; (3) embankments, bulkheads, retaining walls, or similar structures for erosion 

control to protect the existing shoreline; and (4) food plots and other wildlife enhancement. To 

the extent feasible and desirable to protect and enhance the project's scenic, recreational, and 

other environmental values, the licensee must require multiple use and occupancy of facilities for 

access to project lands or waters. The licensee must also ensure, to the satisfaction of the 

Commission's authorized representative, that the use and occupancies for which it grants 

permission are maintained in good repair and comply with applicable state and local health and 

safety requirements. Before granting permission for construction of bulkheads or retaining walls, 

the licensee must: (1) inspect the site of the proposed construction, (2) consider whether the 

planting of vegetation or the use of riprap would be adequate to control erosion at the site, and (3) 

determine that the proposed construction is needed and would not change the basic contour of the 

impoundment shoreline. To implement this paragraph (b), the licensee may, among other things, 

establish a program for issuing permits for the specified types of use and occupancy of project 

lands and waters, which may be subject to the payment of a reasonable fee to cover the licensee's 

costs of administering the permit program. The Commission reserves the right to require the 

licensee to file a description of its standards, guidelines, and procedures for implementing this 

paragraph (b) and to require modification of those standards, guidelines, or procedures. 

(c) The licensee may convey easements or rights-of-way across, or leases of project lands 

for: (1) replacement, expansion, realignment, or maintenance of bridges or roads where all 

necessary state and federal approvals have been obtained; (2) storm drains and water mains; (3) 

sewers that do not discharge into project waters; (4) minor access roads; (5) telephone, gas, and 

electric utility distribution lines; (6) non-project overhead electric transmission lines that do not 

require erection of support structures within the project boundary; (7) submarine, overhead, or 

underground major telephone distribution cables or major electric distribution lines (69-kV or 

less); and (8) water intake or pumping facilities that do not extract more than one million gallons 

per day from a project impoundment. No later than January 31 of each year, the licensee must

file three copies of a report briefly describing for each conveyance made under this paragraph (c) 

during the prior calendar year, the type of interest conveyed, the location of the lands subject to 

the conveyance, and the nature of the use for which the interest was conveyed. 

(d) The licensee may convey fee title to, easements or rights-of-way across, or leases of 

project lands for: (1) construction of new bridges or roads for which all necessary state and 

federal approvals have been obtained; (2) sewer or effluent lines that discharge into project 

waters, for which all necessary federal and state water quality certification or permits have been 

obtained; (3) other pipelines that cross project lands or waters but do not discharge into project 

waters; (4) non-project overhead electric transmission lines that require erection of support 

structures within the project boundary, for which all necessary federal and state approvals have 

been obtained; (5) private or public marinas that can accommodate no more than 10 water craft at 

a time and are located at least one-half mile (measured over project waters) from any other 

private or public marina; (6) recreational development consistent with an approved report on 

recreational resources of an Exhibit E; and (7) other uses, if: (i) the amount of land conveyed for 

a particular use is five acres or less; (ii) all of the land conveyed is located at least 75 feet, 

measured horizontally, from project waters at normal surface elevation; and (iii) no more than 50 

total acres of project lands for each project development are conveyed under this clause (d)(7) in 

any calendar year. At least 60 days before conveying any interest in project lands under this 

paragraph (d), the licensee must submit a letter to the Director, Office of Energy Projects, stating 

its intent to convey the interest and briefly describing the type of interest and location of the lands 

to be conveyed (a marked Exhibit G map may be used), the nature of the proposed use, the 

identity of any federal or state agency official consulted, and any federal or state approvals 

required for the proposed use. Unless the Director, within 45 days from the filing date, requires 
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the licensee to file an application for prior approval, the licensee may convey the intended interest 

at the end of that period. 

(e) The following additional conditions apply to any intended conveyance under 

paragraph (c) or (d) of this article: 

(1) Before conveying the interest, the licensee must consult with federal and state fish 

and wildlife or recreation agencies, as appropriate, and the State Historic Preservation Officer. 

(2) Before conveying the interest, the licensee must determine that the proposed use of 

the lands to be conveyed is not inconsistent with any approved report on recreational resources of 

an Exhibit E; or, if the project does not have an approved report on recreational resources, that the 

lands to be conveyed do not have recreational value. 

(3) The instrument of conveyance must include the following covenants running with the 

land: (i) the use of the lands conveyed must not endanger health, create a nuisance, or otherwise 

be incompatible with overall project recreational use; (ii) the grantee must take all reasonable 

precautions to ensure that the construction, operation, and maintenance of structures or facilities 

on the conveyed lands will occur in a manner that will protect the scenic, recreational, and 

environmental values of the project; and (iii) the grantee must not unduly restrict public access to 

project waters. 

(4) The Commission reserves the right to require the licensee to take reasonable remedial 

action to correct any violation of the terms and conditions of this article, for the protection and 

enhancement of the project's scenic, recreational, and other environmental values.

(f) The conveyance of an interest in project lands under this article does not in itself 

change the project boundaries. The project boundaries may be changed to exclude land conveyed 

under this article only upon approval of revised Exhibit G drawings (project boundary maps) 

reflecting exclusion of that land. Lands conveyed under this article will be excluded from the 

project only upon a determination that the lands are not necessary for project purposes, such as 

operation and maintenance, flowage, recreation, public access, protection of environmental 

resources, and shoreline control, including shoreline aesthetic values. Absent extraordinary 

circumstances, proposals to exclude lands conveyed under this article from the project must be 

consolidated for consideration when revised Exhibit G drawings would be filed for approval for 

other purposes. 

(g) The authority granted to the licensee under this article must not apply to any part of 

the public lands and reservations of the United States included within the project boundary.
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DRAFT LICENSE ARTICLES: LOWER DRUM PROJECT

I. MANDATORY CONDITIONS 

On July 31, 2012, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) filed 15 4(e) conditions (described in section 2.2.4.2 of the EIS and included in 

appendix H-3). We consider 11 of these conditions (A, b.2 through b.8, b.12, b.13, and b.14) to 

be administrative or legal in nature and not specific environmental measures. Of the four 

conditions we consider to be environmental measures applicable to the Lower Drum Project, we 

include three1 of these conditions in the staff alternative as specified by Reclamation. We 

recognize, however, that the Commission is required to include valid 4(e) conditions in any 

license issued for the project. As such, each of the measures that staff recommend be modified in 

the staff alternative (as discussed in section 5.1.2, Comprehensive Development and

Recommended Alternative) would not be included in any license issued by the Commission. 

Instead, those conditions would be replaced with Reclamation’s corresponding conditions, as 

filed with the Commission. 

II. ADDITIONAL LICENSE ARTICLES RECOMMENDED BY 

COMMISSION STAFF

We recommend including the following license articles in any license issued for the 

project in addition to the mandatory conditions. 

Draft Article 4XX. Coordinated Operations Plan. Within 6 months of license issuance, 

the licensee must file, for Commission approval, a Coordinated Operations Plan. The purpose of 

the Plan must be to provide for coordination between the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, 

and the Yuba-Bear projects regarding implementation of flow–related measures in each Project’s 

license. 

The plan must be prepared after consultation with Forest Service, Bureau of Land 

Management, Bureau of Reclamation, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and California 

State Water Resources Control Board. The licensee must include with the plan documentation of 

consultation, copies of comments and recommendations on the completed plan after it has been 

prepared and provided to the agencies, and specific descriptions of how the agencies’ comments 

are accommodated by the plan. The licensee must allow a minimum of 30 days for the agencies

to comment and to make recommendations before filing the plan with the Commission. If the 

licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing must include the licensee’s reasons, based 

on project-specific information.

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

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 As explained in section 5 of the EIS, we recommend modifying the following condition 

specified by Reclamation: Discovery of Cultural Resources (condition b.11). 
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Draft Article 4XX. Annual Employee Training. The licensee must, beginning in the first 

full calendar year after license issuance, annually perform employee awareness training and must

also perform such training when a staff member is first assigned to the project. The goal of the 

training must be to familiarize licensee's operations and maintenance staff with special-status 

species, noxious weeds and sensitive areas that are known to occur within or adjacent to the 

Project Boundary, and the procedures for reporting to each agency, as appropriate, to comply 

with the license requirements. It is not the intent of this measure that the licensee’s staff perform 

surveys or become specialists in the identification of special-status species or noxious weeds. 

The licensee must direct its staff to avoid disturbance to sensitive areas, and to advise all licensee 

contractors to avoid sensitive areas. If the licensee determines that disturbance of a sensitive area 

is unavoidable, the licensee must consult with the agencies to minimize adverse effects to 

sensitive resources. This measure applies to employee training that is not otherwise covered by a 

specific plan.

Draft Article 4XX. Reservation of Authority to Prescribe Fishways. Authority is 

reserved by the Commission to require the licensee to construct, operate, and maintain or to 

provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of such fishways as may be prescribed 

by the Secretaries of Interior or Commerce pursuant to section 18 of the Federal Power Act.

Draft Article 4XX. Canal Release Point Plan. The licensee must implement the Canal 

Release Point Plan filed on April 11, 2014. The Commission reserves the right to require changes 

to the plan.

Draft Article 4XX. Erosion and Sediment Control and Management Plan. The licensee 

must implement the Erosion and Sediment Control and Management Plan filed on April 11, 2014. 

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan.

Draft Article 4XX. Water Year Types. Within 90 days of license issuance, the licensee 

must in each year in each of the months of February, March, April, May and October determine 

water year type as described in the Water Year Type table below. The licensee must use this 

determination in implementing articles and conditions of the license that are dependent on water

year type. Water year types must be defined as:

(a) Water Year types for the Lower Drum Project.

Water Year Type California Department of Water Resource (DWR) Forecast of Total 

Unimpaired Runoff in the Yuba River at Smartville in Thousand Acre-Feet 

or DWR Full Natural Flow Near Smartville for the Water Year in Thousand 

Acre-feet1

Extreme Critically Dry Equal to or less than 615

Critically Dry 616 to 900

Dry 901 to 1,460

Below Normal 1,461 to 2,190

Above Normal 2,191 to 3,240

Wet Greater than 3,240

1 DWR rounds the Bulletin 120 forecast to the nearest 1,000 acre-feet. The Full Natural Flow is provided to the nearest

acre-foot, and the licensee will round DWR’s Full Natural Flow to the nearest 1,000 acre-feet.

In each of the months of February, March, April and May, the water year type must be 

based on DWR water year forecast of unimpaired runoff in the Yuba River at Smartville as set 

forth in DWR’s Bulletin 120 entitled “Water Year Conditions in California.” DWR’s forecast 
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published in February, March and April must apply from the 15th day of that month to the 14th

day of the next month. From May 15 through October 14, the water year type must be based on 

DWR’s forecast published in May.

From October 15 through February 14 of the following year, the water year type must be

based on the sum of DWR’s monthly (not daily) full natural flow for the full water year for the 

Yuba River near Smartville as made available by DWR on the California Data Exchange Center 

(CDEC) in the folder named “FNF Sum.” (Currently these data are available at:

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/stages/FNFSUM). If DWR does not make the full natural

flow for the full water year available until after October 14 but prior to or on October 31, from 3 

days after the date the full natural flow is made available until February 14 of the following year,

the water year type must be based on the sum of DWR’s monthly full natural flow for the full

water year as made available. If DWR does not make available the final full natural flow by

October 31, the water year type from November 1 through February 14 of the following year

must be based on DWR’s May Bulletin 120. 

Draft Article 4XX. Minimum Streamflows. The licensee must release the following 

instantaneous minimum streamflows in Dry Creek, Rock Creek, Auburn Ravine, and Mormon 

Ravine: 

Required minimum streamflows (cubic feet per second) for the Lower Drum Project 

− Dry Creek below Halsey afterbay dam (Compliance Point: Gage YB-62A) 

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 1 1 1 1 1 1 

November 1 1 1 1 1 1 

December 1 1 1 1 1 1 

January 1 1 1 1 1 1 

February 1 1 1 1 1 1 

March 1 1 1 1 1 1 

April 1 1 1 1 1 1 

May 1 1 1 1 1 1 

June 1 1 1 1 1 1 

July 1 1 1 1 1 1 

August 1 1 1 1 1 1 

September 1 1 1 1 1 1 
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Required minimum streamflows (cubic feet per second) for the Lower Drum Project 

− Rock Creek below Rock Creek reservoir dam (Compliance Point: Gage YB 86) 

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 1 1 1 1 2 3 

November 1 1 1 1 2 3 

December 1 1 1 1 2 3 

January 1 1 1 1 2 3 

February 1 1 1 1 2 3 

March 3 3 3 3 3 3 

April 1 1 1 1 2 3 

May 1 1 1 1 2 3 

June 1 1 1 1 2 3 

July 1 1 1 1 2 3 

August 1 1 1 1 2 3 

September 1 1 1 1 2 3 
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Required minimum streamflows (cubic feet per second) for Auburn Ravine below South 

canal release point by month and water year type (Compliance Point: New gage as close 

downstream of South canal release point as reasonably possible). 

Month Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Critically Dry

Water Year 

Dry

Water Year 

Below 

Normal

Water Year 

Above 

Normal

Water Year 

Wet 

Water Year 

October 2 2 4 4 4 4 

November 2 2 4 4 4 4 

December 2 2 4 4 4 4 

January 2 2 4 4 4 4 

February 2 2 4 4 4 4 

March 2 4 6 6 13 18

April 2 4 6 6 13 18

May 2 2 4 4 4 4 

June 2 2 4 4 4 4 

July 2 2 4 4 4 4 

August 2 2 4 4 4 4 

September 2 2 4 4 4 4 
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Required minimum streamflows (cubic feet per second) for the Lower Drum Project

− Mormon Ravine below Newcastle powerhouse header box (Compliance Point: 

Gage YB-292) 

Month Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year

Dry Water 

Year

Below 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Above 

Normal 

Water 

Year

Wet Water 

Year

October 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

November 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

December 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

January 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

February 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

March 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

April 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

May 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

June 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

July 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

August 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

September 1 or 5a 5 5 5 5 5 

a 1 cfs if Newcastle powerhouse not operating; 5 cfs if Newcastle powerhouse is operating. 

 Except as otherwise provided, the licensee must implement the required minimum 

streamflows within 90 days of license issuance, unless facility modifications or construction are 

necessary. Where facilities must be modified or constructed to allow compliance with the 

required minimum streamflows, including flow measurement facilities, except as otherwise

provided, the licensee must submit applications for permits to modify or construct the facilities 

as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than 2 years after license issuance and must

complete the work as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than 2 years after receiving all 

required permits and approvals for the work. During the period before facility modifications or 

construction are completed, and starting within 90 days after license issuance, the licensee must 

to the extent practicable provide the required minimum streamflows within the reasonable 

capabilities of the existing facilities.

 

The minimum streamflow requirements may be temporarily modified if required by 

operating emergencies beyond the control of the licensee, and for short periods upon mutual 

agreement among the licensee, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California State 

Water Resources Control Board, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. If the flow is so modified, 

the licensee shall notify the Commission as soon as possible, but no later than 10 days after each 

such incident. 

Draft Article 4XX. Coordination of the Lower Drum Project and the Yuba-Bear Project 

Operations Regarding the Yuba-Bear Project’s Streamflow Requirements in the Bear River 
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Below Rollins Reservoir at Gage YB-196. The licensee of the Lower Drum Project must not 

divert water to the Bear River canal that the licensee of the Yuba-Bear Project releases from 

Rollins reservoir to meet the Yuba-Bear Project’s minimum streamflow requirement in the Bear 

River below the Rollins reservoir as measured at Nevada Irrigation District’s (NID) YB-196 gage 

(USGS 11422500). The licensee’s compliance with this measure will be the act of not diverting 

water into the Bear River canal that the licensee of the Yuba-Bear Project releases from Rollins 

reservoir to meet its minimum streamflow requirement in the Bear River below Rollins as 

determined utilizing data from NID’s YB-196 gage in Bear River and PG&E’s YB-50 gage in 

Bear River canal, and the coordinated operations flow forecasts for water that NID must provide 

at YB-196 and for water that PG&E must divert to the Bear River canal. If the minimum 

streamflow requirement is not being met at the YB-196 gage, the licensee of the Lower Drum 

Project must not divert water to the Bear River canal until such time as the minimum streamflow 

requirement at the YB-196 gage is met.

Draft Article 4XX. Minimum Streamflow During Canal Outages. During an outage of 

the Bear River, Upper Wise, Lower Wise, or South canals affecting the licensee’s ability to 

release minimum streamflows the following minimum stream flows must be maintained in the 

project-affected reaches:

• Minimum streamflow in Dry Creek below Halsey afterbay dam must be no less than 

leakage from the Halsey afterbay dam measured at YB-62a. 

• Minimum streamflow in Rock Creek below Rock Creek reservoir must be no less than 

inflow from Rock Creek above Rock Creek reservoir measured at YB-86. 

• No minimum streamflow is required at YB-292 during outages of Bear River, Upper 

Wise, Lower Wise, or South canals. 

• Minimum streamflow in Auburn Ravine below the release point from South canal must 

be the natural flow in Auburn Ravine measured as close as practicable upstream of the 

South canal release point. 

Draft Article 4XX. Canal Outage Fish Rescue Plan. The licensee must implement the 

Canal Outage Fish Rescue Plan filed on November 21, 2013. The Commission reserves the right 

to require changes to the plan. 

Draft Article 4XX. Gaging Plan. The licensee must implement the Gaging Plan filed on 

April 11, 2014 by the Forest Service. The Commission reserves the right to require changes to 

the plan. 

Draft Article 4XX. Aquatic Invasive Species Management and Monitoring Plan. Within 

1 year of license issuance, the licensee must file, for Commission approval, an Aquatic Invasive 

Species Management and Monitoring Plan. The plan must address the following species: 

Quagga mussel (Dreissena bugensis), zebra mussel (Dreissina polymorpha), New Zealand mud 

snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum), Eurasian milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), Hydrilla 

(Hydrilla verticillata), and Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea). Other species may be added as 

necessary. The plan must include: (1) provisions for incidental observation and sampling, as 

necessary; (2) best management procedures for control of aquatic invasive species; (3) public 

education and control in recreation areas and access points; and (4) provisions describing 

reporting requirements. 
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The plan must be prepared after consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Foothills Water Network. The licensee must

include with the plan documentation of consultation, copies of comments and recommendations 

on the completed plan after it has been prepared and provided to the consulted entities, and 

specific descriptions of how the entities’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The licensee 

must allow a minimum of 30 days for the entities to comment and to make recommendations 

before filing the plan with the Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the 

filing must include the licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific information.

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Fish Population Monitoring Plan. The licensee must implement the 

Fish Population Monitoring Plan filed on November 21, 2013. The Commission reserves the 

right to require changes to the plan. 

Draft Article 4XX. Incidental Observations of Western Pond Turtles. The licensee must

implement procedures to document and report incidental observations of the western pond turtle 

to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in conjunction with other monitoring and 

operations. 

Draft Article 4XX. Aquatic Benthic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Plan. Within 1 year 

of license issuance, the licensee must file, for Commission approval, an Aquatic Benthic 

Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Plan. The plan must include provisions: (1) describing 

monitoring methods consistent with the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) 

methods; (2) identifying sampling locations; (3) describing the schedule and frequency of 

monitoring; and (4) describing data handling and analysis and reporting requirements. 

The plan must be prepared after consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Foothills Water Network. The licensee must

include with the plan documentation of consultation, copies of comments and recommendations 

on the completed plan after it has been prepared and provided to the consulted entities, and 

specific descriptions of how the entities’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The licensee 

must allow a minimum of 30 days for the entities to comment and to make recommendations 

before filing the plan with the Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the 

filing must include the licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific information.

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Water Temperature and Stage Monitoring Plan. Within 1 year of 

license issuance, the licensee must file, for Commission approval, a Water Temperature and Stage 

Monitoring Plan. The plan must include provisions: (1) describing monitoring methods, 

instrumentation, and quality control; (2) identifying monitoring locations; (3) describing the 

schedule and frequency of monitoring; and (4) describing data handling and analysis and 

reporting requirements. 
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The plan must be prepared after consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California State Water Resources Control Board, and 

Foothill Water Network. The licensee must include with the plan documentation of consultation, 

copies of comments and recommendations on the completed plan after it has been prepared and 

provided to the consulted entities, and specific descriptions of how the entities’ comments are 

accommodated by the plan. The licensee must allow a minimum of 30 days for the entities to 

comment and to make recommendations before filing the plan with the Commission. If the 

licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing must include the licensee’s reasons, based 

on project-specific information. The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the 

plan. Implementation of the plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission 

that the plan is approved. Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, 

including any changes required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Integrated Vegetation Management Plan. The licensee must

implement the March 2013 Integrated Vegetation Management Plan filed on November 21, 2013. 

The plan must apply to all accessible lands within the project boundary, particularly recreation 

sites and sensitive habitats and lands disturbed by future construction, recreational use, and 

project maintenance. 

Within 6 months of license issuance, the licensee must file for Commission approval a 

revised Integrated Vegetation Management Plan. The revised plan must include a list of 

culturally significant plant species that occur at the project and specific provisions the licensee

will undertake to protect and preserve the culturally significant species or their habitats found 

within the project boundary. 

The revised plan must be prepared after consultation with the Greenville Rancheria of 

Maidu Indians, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, the United Auburn Indian Community, 

and the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. The licensee must include with the plan 

documentation of consultation, copies of comments and recommendations on the completed plan 

after it has been prepared and provided to the tribes, and specific descriptions of how the tribes’ 

comments are accommodated by the plan. The licensee must allow a minimum of 30 days for the 

tribes to comment and to make recommendations before filing the plan with the Commission. If 

the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing must include the licensee’s reasons, 

based on project-specific information.

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the revised plan. 

Implementation of the revised plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the 

Commission that the plan is approved. Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement 

the revised plan, including any changes required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Wildlife Crossing Plan. Within 1 year of license issuance, the 

licensee must file, for Commission approval, a Wildlife Crossing Plan. The plan must include: 

(1) provisions for the licensee to construct new wildlife crossings at or near specified locations on 

the Bear canal and South canal. The wildlife crossings must meet minimum specifications to be 

described in the plan; (2) a schedule for the installation of the wildlife crossings, as well as 

provisions for the licensee to submit final designs of newly constructed crossing facilities to the 

Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (California 

Fish and Wildlife); (3) provisions for monitoring new or retrofitted wildlife crossings, using 

cameras or other appropriate means, so as to determine if adjustments to the crossings are needed; 

(4) provisions for preparing a written report and providing the report to the Commission and state 
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and federal agencies annually; and (5) provisions for periodic review of licensee-maintained 

wildlife crossings in consultation with the Reclamation and California Fish and Wildlife. 

The Wildlife Crossing Plan must also contain provisions for: (1) monitoring animal 

losses in project canals; and (2) replacement of wildlife escape and wildlife crossing facilities. 

The animal loss monitoring portion of the plan must detail the licensee’s plans to record and 

report all dead animals found in the project canals, using a Wildlife Mortality data sheet. The 

plan must specify the information to be recorded, and how the information will be reported to the 

Commission and agencies, annually.

The Wildlife Crossing Plan must also contain provisions for the licensee to consult with 

California Fish and Wildlife prior to replacing or retrofitting existing wildlife escape or crossing 

facilities along project canals. The plan must indicate the licensee’s plans to provide the 

Commission of evidence of such consultation within 60 days after the wildlife escape or crossing 

facility has been replaced or retrofitted. The Wildlife Crossing Plan must also contain provisions 

for the licensee to annually assess existing wildlife crossing or escape facilities to ensure that are 

functional and in proper working order. 

The plan must be prepared after consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Reclamation, and California Fish and Wildlife. The licensee must include with the plan 

documentation of consultation, copies of comments and recommendations on the completed plan 

after it has been prepared and provided to the agencies, and specific descriptions of how the 

agencies’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The licensee must allow a minimum of 30 

days for the agencies to comment and to make recommendations before filing the plan with the 

Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing must include the 

licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific information.

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Bat Management Plan. Within 1 year of license issuance, the 

licensee must file, for Commission approval, a Bat Management Plan The plan must include,: 

(1) provisions for the licensee to document all known bat roosts within project buildings or other 

project structures that may be used for roosting; (2) a schedule for completing the initial bat 

roosting documentation; and (3) provisions for installing appropriate exclusion devices, where 

feasible, to prevent occupation of the structure by bats. The plan must also include provisions for 

annually reporting the results of the licensee’s bat roost inspections to the Commission and 

agencies, and for annual consultation with the agencies regarding the need for and installation of 

bat exclusionary devices. 

The plan must be prepared after consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and 

California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The licensee must include with the plan 

documentation of consultation, copies of comments and recommendations on the completed plan 

after it has been prepared and provided to the agencies, and specific descriptions of how the 

agencies’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The licensee must allow a minimum of 30 

days for the agencies to comment and to make recommendations before filing the plan with the 

Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing must include the 

licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific information.
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The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Bald Eagle Management Plan. The licensee must implement the 

Bald Eagle Management Plan filed on November 21, 2013. The Commission reserves the right to 

require changes to the plan.

Draft Article 4XX. Avian Management Plan. Within 1 year of license issuance, the 

licensee must file, for Commission approval, an Avian Management Plan. The plan must

include: (1) provisions for the use of raptor-safe powerline design configurations described in 

Avian Protection on Powerline Interaction Committee’s (APLIC) “Suggested Practices for Avian 

Protection on Power Lines: The State of the Art in 2006, or the most current edition of the APLIC 

document as a guideline for all new project powerlines, or when replacing existing poles, phase 

conductors, and associated equipment, at the project; and (2) recording of all incidental 

observations of bird collisions/electrocutions along project powerlines including, at minimum, (a) 

date of observation, (b) location of observation, (c) species, if identifiable, (d) number of birds, 

(e) condition of birds, (f) suspected cause of injury or death, and (g) bird band number, if banded. 

The plan should include a schedule for implementing recording of bird collisions, as well as 

provisions for reporting the results of the bird collision recording to the Commission and 

agencies, annually. 

The Avian Management Plan must also include, consistent with the Integrated Vegetation 

Management Plan, specific provisions for limited operating periods (LOPs) for activities that 

involve the use of heavy equipment, loud noises, or habitat alteration to protect special-status 

wildlife, including (1) for California spotted owl, maintain a limited operating period (LOP) 

within a buffer that includes the 300-acre Protected Activity Centers (PAC), plus an additional 

0.25-mile area around the PAC during the breeding season (March 1 through August 15), unless 

surveys confirm that California spotted owls are not nesting; (2) for northern goshawk, maintain a 

LOP, prohibiting vegetation treatments within a 0.25 mile of the nest site during the breeding 

season (February 15 through September 15), unless protocol surveys confirm that northern 

goshawks are not nesting; and (3) for great gray owl, prohibit vegetation treatments and road 

construction within 0.25 mile of an active great gray owl nest stand during the nesting period 

(typically March 1 to August 15). 

The Avian Management Plan must also include specific provisions for monitoring and 

recording activities that may disturb the California spotted owl and northern goshawk PACs, and 

within suitable habitat for those species. The information to be recorded must include: (1) a 

description of the activity; (2) activity duration; (3) the location of the activity; and (4) a spatial 

display of the activity location proximity to the PAC and suitable habitat. The plan must also 

include provisions for additional sensitive raptor surveys to be conducted, if after the first 3 years 

of reporting, noise disturbances have been determined, in consultation with the agencies, to have 

the potential to disrupt more than two territories annually. 

The plan must be prepared after consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and 

California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The licensee must include with the plan 

documentation of consultation, copies of comments and recommendations on the completed plan 

after it has been prepared and provided to the agencies, and specific descriptions of how the 

agencies’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The licensee must allow a minimum of 30 

days for the agencies to comment and to make recommendations before filing the plan with the 
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Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing must include the 

licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific information.

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Fish Stocking Plan. Within 1 year of license issuance, the licensee 

must file, for Commission approval, a plan to evaluate and monitor the location, frequency, age, 

and number/weight of fish to be stocked annually in Halsey forebay. The plan must include 

provisions for periodic review of angling use levels, including fish stocking at additional 

reservoirs, should the need arise based on the periodic review, specifically Rock Creek reservoir, 

and annual consultation with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (FWS). 

The Fish Stocking Plan must be developed after consultation with California Department 

of Fish and Wildlife and FWS. The licensee must include with the plan an implementation 

schedule, documentation of consultation, copies of recommendations on the completed plan after 

it has been prepared and provided to the entities above, and specific descriptions of how the 

entities’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The licensee must allow a minimum of 30 

days for the entities to comment and to make recommendations before filing the plan with the 

Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing must include the 

licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific information. 

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Recreation Plan. The licensee must implement the Recreation Plan 

dated September 2013 and filed on November 18, 2013. The Commission reserves the right to 

require changes to the plan.

Draft Article 4XX. Transportation Plan. The licensee must implement the 

Transportation Plan filed on August 29, 2012. The Commission reserves the right to require 

changes to the plan.

Draft Article 4XX. Fire Prevention and Response Plan. The licensee must implement 

the Fire Prevention and Response Plan filed on November 21, 2013 and the plan must apply to all 

lands within the project boundary and must include a period of review and revision. The 

Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. 

Draft Article 4XX. Hazardous Substances Plan. Within 1 year of license issuance or 

prior to undertaking activities on project lands, the licensee must file, for Commission approval, a 

Hazardous Substances Plan. The plan must require the licensee to: (1) maintain in the project 

area, a cache of spill cleanup equipment suitable to contain any spill from the project; (2) inform 

affected parties of the location of the spill cleanup equipment and of the location, type, and 

quantity of oil and hazardous substances stored in the project area; and (3) inform affected parties 

immediately of the magnitude, nature, time, date, location, and action taken for any spill. The 

plan must include a monitoring plan that details corrective measures that will be taken if spills 

occur. The Hazardous Substances Plan must cover all project lands. 
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The plan must be prepared after consultation with Bureau of Reclamation, California 

State Water Resources Control Board, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the 

Regional Water Quality Control Board. The licensee must include with the plan documentation 

of consultation, copies of comments and recommendations, and a description of how the 

comments and recommendations are accommodated by the plan. The licensee must allow a 

minimum of 30 days for review and comment before filing the plan with the Commission. If the 

licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing must include the licensee’s reasons, based 

on project-specific information.

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Programmatic Agreement and Historic Properties Management 

Plan. The licensee must implement the “Programmatic Agreement Between the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission and the State of California Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) for 

Managing Historic Properties that May be Affected by Issuing of Licenses to PG&E for the 

Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Deer Creek Hydroelectric Projects in Placer and 

Nevada Counties, California (FERC Nos. 2310, 14530, and 14531),” executed 

on_____________, and including but not limited to the Historic Properties Management Plan 

(HPMP) for the project. In the event that the Programmatic Agreement is terminated, the licensee 

must continue to implement the provisions of its approved HPMP. The Commission reserves the 

authority to require changes to the HPMP at any time during the term of the license.

Draft Article 4XX. Use and Occupancy. (a) In accordance with the provisions of this 

article, the licensee must have the authority to grant permission for certain types of use and 

occupancy of project lands and waters and to convey certain interests in project lands and waters 

for certain types of use and occupancy, without prior Commission approval. The licensee may 

exercise the authority only if the proposed use and occupancy is consistent with the purposes of 

protecting and enhancing the scenic, recreational, and other environmental values of the project. 

For those purposes, the licensee must also have continuing responsibility to supervise and control 

the use and occupancies for which it grants permission, and to monitor the use of, and ensure 

compliance with the covenants of the instrument of conveyance for, any interests that it has 

conveyed, under this article. If a permitted use and occupancy violates any condition of this 

article or any other condition imposed by the licensee for protection and enhancement of the 

project's scenic, recreational, or other environmental values, or if a covenant of a conveyance 

made under the authority of this article is violated, the licensee must take any lawful action 

necessary to correct the violation. For a permitted use or occupancy, that action includes, if 

necessary, canceling the permission to use and occupy the project lands and waters and requiring 

the removal of any non-complying structures and facilities. 

(b) The type of use and occupancy of project lands and waters for which the licensee may 

grant permission without prior Commission approval are: (1) landscape plantings; (2) noncommercial piers, landings, boat docks, or similar structures and facilities that can accommodate 

no more than 10 water craft at a time and where said facility is intended to serve single-family 

type dwellings; (3) embankments, bulkheads, retaining walls, or similar structures for erosion 

control to protect the existing shoreline; and (4) food plots and other wildlife enhancement. To 

the extent feasible and desirable to protect and enhance the project's scenic, recreational, and 

other environmental values, the licensee must require multiple use and occupancy of facilities for 

access to project lands or waters. The licensee must also ensure, to the satisfaction of the 
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Commission's authorized representative, that the use and occupancies for which it grants 

permission are maintained in good repair and comply with applicable state and local health and 

safety requirements. Before granting permission for construction of bulkheads or retaining walls, 

the licensee must: (1) inspect the site of the proposed construction, (2) consider whether the 

planting of vegetation or the use of riprap would be adequate to control erosion at the site, and (3) 

determine that the proposed construction is needed and would not change the basic contour of the 

impoundment shoreline. To implement this paragraph (b), the licensee may, among other things, 

establish a program for issuing permits for the specified types of use and occupancy of project 

lands and waters, which may be subject to the payment of a reasonable fee to cover the licensee's 

costs of administering the permit program. The Commission reserves the right to require the 

licensee to file a description of its standards, guidelines, and procedures for implementing this 

paragraph (b) and to require modification of those standards, guidelines, or procedures. 

(c) The licensee may convey easements or rights-of-way across, or leases of project lands 

for: (1) replacement, expansion, realignment, or maintenance of bridges or roads where all 

necessary state and federal approvals have been obtained; (2) storm drains and water mains; (3) 

sewers that do not discharge into project waters; (4) minor access roads; (5) telephone, gas, and 

electric utility distribution lines; (6) non-project overhead electric transmission lines that do not 

require erection of support structures within the project boundary; (7) submarine, overhead, or 

underground major telephone distribution cables or major electric distribution lines (69-kV or 

less); and (8) water intake or pumping facilities that do not extract more than one million gallons 

per day from a project impoundment. No later than January 31 of each year, the licensee must

file three copies of a report briefly describing for each conveyance made under this paragraph (c) 

during the prior calendar year, the type of interest conveyed, the location of the lands subject to 

the conveyance, and the nature of the use for which the interest was conveyed. 

(d) The licensee may convey fee title to, easements or rights-of-way across, or leases of 

project lands for: (1) construction of new bridges or roads for which all necessary state and 

federal approvals have been obtained; (2) sewer or effluent lines that discharge into project 

waters, for which all necessary federal and state water quality certification or permits have been 

obtained; (3) other pipelines that cross project lands or waters but do not discharge into project 

waters; (4) non-project overhead electric transmission lines that require erection of support 

structures within the project boundary, for which all necessary federal and state approvals have 

been obtained; (5) private or public marinas that can accommodate no more than 10 water craft at 

a time and are located at least one-half mile (measured over project waters) from any other 

private or public marina; (6) recreational development consistent with an approved report on 

recreational resources of an Exhibit E; and (7) other uses, if: (i) the amount of land conveyed for 

a particular use is five acres or less; (ii) all of the land conveyed is located at least 75 feet, 

measured horizontally, from project waters at normal surface elevation; and (iii) no more than 50 

total acres of project lands for each project development are conveyed under this clause (d)(7) in 

any calendar year. At least 60 days before conveying any interest in project lands under this 

paragraph (d), the licensee must submit a letter to the Director, Office of Energy Projects, stating 

its intent to convey the interest and briefly describing the type of interest and location of the lands 

to be conveyed (a marked Exhibit G map may be used), the nature of the proposed use, the 

identity of any federal or state agency official consulted, and any federal or state approvals 

required for the proposed use. Unless the Director, within 45 days from the filing date, requires 

the licensee to file an application for prior approval, the licensee may convey the intended interest 

at the end of that period. 

(e) The following additional conditions apply to any intended conveyance under 

paragraph (c) or (d) of this article: 
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(1) Before conveying the interest, the licensee must consult with federal and state fish 

and wildlife or recreation agencies, as appropriate, and the SHPO. 

(2) Before conveying the interest, the licensee must determine that the proposed use of 

the lands to be conveyed is not inconsistent with any approved report on recreational resources of 

an Exhibit E; or, if the project does not have an approved report on recreational resources, that the 

lands to be conveyed do not have recreational value. 

(3) The instrument of conveyance must include the following covenants running with the 

land: (i) the use of the lands conveyed must not endanger health, create a nuisance, or otherwise 

be incompatible with overall project recreational use; (ii) the grantee must take all reasonable 

precautions to ensure that the construction, operation, and maintenance of structures or facilities 

on the conveyed lands will occur in a manner that will protect the scenic, recreational, and 

environmental values of the project; and (iii) the grantee must not unduly restrict public access to 

project waters. 

(4) The Commission reserves the right to require the licensee to take reasonable remedial 

action to correct any violation of the terms and conditions of this article, for the protection and 

enhancement of the project's scenic, recreational, and other environmental values.

(f) The conveyance of an interest in project lands under this article does not in itself 

change the project boundaries. The project boundaries may be changed to exclude land conveyed 

under this article only upon approval of revised Exhibit G drawings (project boundary maps) 

reflecting exclusion of that land. Lands conveyed under this article will be excluded from the 

project only upon a determination that the lands are not necessary for project purposes, such as 

operation and maintenance, flowage, recreation, public access, protection of environmental 

resources, and shoreline control, including shoreline aesthetic values. Absent extraordinary 

circumstances, proposals to exclude lands conveyed under this article from the project must be 

consolidated for consideration when revised Exhibit G drawings would be filed for approval for 

other purposes. 

(g) The authority granted to the licensee under this article must not apply to any part of 

the public lands and reservations of the United States included within the project boundary. 
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Draft License Articles: Deer Creek Project
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DRAFT LICENSE ARTICLES: DEER CREEK PROJECT

I. MANDATORY CONDITIONS 

On April 10, 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (Forest Service) 

filed 59 revised final 4(e) conditions (described in section 2.2.4.3 of the environmental impact 

statement [EIS] and included in appendix H-1). We consider 51 conditions to be applicable to the 

Deer Creek Project, and of those 51 conditions, we consider 23 of these conditions (3 through 20, 

23, 24, 35, 36, and 59) to be administrative or legal in nature and not specific environmental 

measures. Of the 28 conditions we consider to be environmental measures, we include 271

 of 

these conditions in the staff alternative as specified by the Forest Service. We recognize, 

however, that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) is required to 

include valid 4(e) conditions in any license issued for the project. As such, each of the measures 

that staff recommend be modified in the staff alternative (as discussed in section 5.1.2, 

Comprehensive Development and Recommended Alternative) would not be included in any 

license issued by the Commission. Instead, those conditions would be replaced with the Forest 

Service’s corresponding conditions, as filed with the Commission. 

On April 14, 2014, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) filed 50 4(e) conditions (described in section 2.2.4.3 of the EIS and included in appendix 

H-2). We consider 46 conditions to be applicable to the Deer Creek Project, and of those 46 

conditions, we consider 23 of these conditions (8, 24 through 32, 34, 35, 36, and 38 through 47) 

to be administrative or legal in nature and not specific environmental measures. Of the 23 

conditions we consider to be environmental measures, we include 212

 of these conditions in the 

staff alternative as specified by BLM. We recognize, however, that the Commission is required 

to include valid 4(e) conditions in any license issued for the project. As such, each of the 

measures that staff recommend be modified in the staff alternative (as discussed in section 5.1.2, 

Comprehensive Development and Recommended Alternative) would not be included in any 

license issued by the Commission. Instead, those conditions would be replaced with BLM’s 

corresponding conditions, as filed with the Commission. 

II. ADDITIONAL LICENSE ARTICLES RECOMMENDED BY 

COMMISSION STAFF

We recommend including the following license articles in any license issued for the 

project in addition to the mandatory conditions.

 1

 As explained in section 5 of the EIS, we do not recommend Forest Service’s condition 

44, biological evaluation of Special Status Species. 

2

 As explained in section 5 of the EIS, we do not recommend BLM’s condition 6, 

Recreation Agreement, and condition 13, preparation of a biological evaluation of Special Status 

Species.
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Draft Article 4XX. Commission Approval, Notification, and Filing of Amendments. 

(a) Requirement to File Plans for Commission Approval 

Various mandatory conditions specified by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) under section 4(e) require Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to prepare plans 

in consultation with other entities for approval by the Forest Service and BLM; some of these 

measures do not specify that Commission approval is required prior to implementation. Each 

such plan must also be submitted to the Commission for approval. These plans are listed below. 

Forest Service 

condition

Plan name Due date

21 Oil And Hazardous Substances Storage And 

Spill Prevention And Cleanup Plan

Within 1 year of license issuance

37 Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan Within 1 year of license issuance

41 Wildlife Crossing Plan for South Yuba canal Within 1 year of license issuance

BLM 

condition

Plan name Due date

2 Coordinated Operations Plan Within 90 days of license 

issuance

10 Wildlife Crossings Plan for the South Yuba and 

Chalk Bluff canals

Within 1 year of license issuance

(b) Requirement to File Reports 

Some Forest Service and BLM section 4(e) conditions require PG&E to file reports with 

other entities. These reports document compliance with requirements of this license and may 

have a bearing on future actions. Each such report must also be submitted to the Commission. 

These reports are listed in the following table.

Forest Service 

condition

Description Due date

1 Reports documenting annual meetings with the 

Forest Service and other stakeholders 

Within 60 days of the meeting 

1 Reports documenting issues related to public 

safety and non-compliance 

As soon as possible 

39 Recommendations and implementation schedule 

to reduce animal mortality in canal, if increasing 

mortality trend

Following direction from review 

at annual consultation meeting

44 Biological evaluation for special status species 

and their habitats for construction of new project 

features

Prior to construction action 
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Forest Service 

condition

Description Due date

53 6-year and 12-year Recreation Survey and 

Monitoring Reports (component of Recreation 

Plan required by condition 53)

At 6 and 12 years after license 

issuance to coincide with FERC 

Form 80 reporting cycle 

BLM 

condition

Description Due date

11 Recommendations and implementation schedule 

to reduce animal mortality in canal, if increasing 

mortality trend

Following direction from review 

at annual consultation meeting

13 Biological evaluation for special status species 

and their habitats for construction of new project 

features

Prior to construction action 

23 Reports documenting annual meetings with BLM 

and other stakeholders

Within 60 days of the meeting 

23 Reports documenting issues related to public 

safety and non-compliance 

As soon as possible 

(c) Requirement to Notify Commission of Planned and Unplanned Deviations from 

License Requirements 

Certain Forest Service and BLM 4(e) conditions would allow PG&E to temporarily 

modify project operations under certain situations. The Commission must be notified prior to 

implementing such modifications, if possible, or in the event of an emergency, as soon as 

possible, but no later than 10 days after each such incident.

Forest Service 

condition

License requirement

29 Temporary modification of minimum streamflows following consultation or due to 

an emergency

29 Notification of schedule or change of schedule for routine and non-routine planned 

canal outages affecting minimum streamflows; notification within 1 business day of 

emergency canal outage

29 Notification and consultation on minimum streamflows during canal outages lasting 

longer than 30 days 

BLM 

condition

License requirement

4 Notification of schedule or change of schedule for routine and non-routine planned 

canal outages affecting minimum streamflows; notification within 1 business day of 

emergency canal outage
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4 Notification and consultation on minimum streamflows during canal outages lasting 

longer than 30 days 

(d) Requirement to File Amendment Applications 

Certain Forest Service and BLM conditions appear to contemplate these agencies 

requiring unspecified long-term changes to project operations or facilities based on new 

information or results of monitoring but do not appear to require Commission approval for such 

changes (e.g., modification of supplemental flows, anadromous fish introduction). Such changes 

may not be implemented without prior Commission authorization granted after the filing of an 

application to amend the license. 

Draft Article 4XX. Integrated Vegetation Management Plan. The Integrated Vegetation 

Management Plan, required by Forest Service condition 38 and Bureau of Land Management 

condition 17, filed on November 21, 2013, must apply to all accessible lands within the project 

boundary, particularly recreation sites and sensitive habitats and lands disturbed by future 

construction, recreational use, and project maintenance. 

Within 6 months of license issuance, the licensee must file for Commission approval a 

revised Integrated Vegetation Management Plan. The revised plan must a list of culturally 

significant plants that occur at the project and specific provisions the licensee will undertake to 

protect and preserve the culturally significant species or their habitats found within the project 

boundary. 

The revised plan must be prepared after consultation with the Greenville Rancheria of 

Maidu Indians, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, the United Auburn Indian Community, 

and the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. The licensee must include with the plan 

documentation of consultation, copies of comments and recommendations on the completed plan 

after it has been prepared and provided to the agencies, and specific descriptions of how the 

agencies’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The licensee must allow a minimum of 30 

days for the agencies to comment and to make recommendations before filing the plan with the 

Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing must include the

licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific information.

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the revised plan. 

Implementation of the revised plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the 

Commission that the plan is approved. Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement 

the revised plan, including any changes required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Avian Management Plan. Within 1 year of license issuance, the 

licensee must file, for Commission approval, an Avian Management Plan. The plan must include, 

consistent with Forest Service conditions 46 and 47 and Bureau of Land Management condition 

15: (1) provisions for the use of raptor-safe powerline design configurations described in Avian 

Protection on Powerline Interaction Committee’s (APLIC) “Suggested Practices for Avian 

Protection on Power Lines: The State of the Art in 2006, or the most current edition of the 

APLIC document as a guideline for all new project powerlines, or when replacing existing poles, 

phase conductors, and associated equipment, at the project; and (2) recording of all incidental 

observations of bird collisions/electrocutions along project powerlines including, at minimum, (a) 

date of observation, (b) location of observation, (c) species, if identifiable, (d) number of birds,(e) 

condition of birds, (f) suspected cause of injury or death, and (g) bird band number, if banded. 
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The plan should include a schedule for implementing recording of bird collisions, as well as 

provisions for reporting the results of the bird collision recording to the Commission and 

agencies, annually. 

The plan shall be prepared after consultation with the Forest Service, Bureau of Land 

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. 

The licensee shall include with the plan documentation of consultation, copies of comments and 

recommendations on the completed plan after it has been prepared and provided to the agencies, 

and specific descriptions of how the agencies’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The 

licensee shall allow a minimum of 30 days for the agencies to comment and to make 

recommendations before filing the plan with the Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a 

recommendation, the filing shall include the licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific 

information. 

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Wildlife Crossing Plan. Within 1 year of license issuance, the 

licensee must file, for Commission approval, a Wildlife Crossing Plan. The plan must include, 

consistent with Forest Service condition 41: (1) provisions for the licensee to within 5 years of 

license issuance to retrofit existing footbridges or construct new wildlife crossings. The wildlife 

crossings must meet minimum specifications to be described in the plan; (2) a schedule for the 

installation of the wildlife crossings, as well as provisions for the licensee to submit final designs 

of newly constructed crossing facilities to the Forest Service, BLM and California Department of 

Fish and Wildlife (California Fish and Wildlife); (3) provisions for monitoring new or retrofitted 

wildlife crossings, using cameras or other appropriate means, so as to determine if adjustments to 

the crossings are needed; (4) provisions for preparing a written report and providing the report to 

the Commission and federal agencies annually; and (5) provisions for periodic (every 10 year) 

review of licensee-maintained wildlife crossings in consultation with the Forest Service, BLM, 

and California Fish and Wildlife. 

The Wildlife Crossing Plan must also contain, consistent with Forest Service conditions 

39 and 40, provisions for: (1) monitoring animal losses in project canals; and (2) replacement of 

wildlife escape and wildlife crossing facilities. The animal loss monitoring portion of the plan 

must detail the licensee’s plans to record and report all dead animals found in the project canals, 

using a Wildlife Mortality data sheet. The plan must specify the information to be recorded, and 

how the information will be reported to the Commission and agencies, annually. 

The Wildlife Crossing Plan must also contain provisions for the licensee to consult with 

California Fish and Wildlife prior to replacing or retrofitting existing wildlife escape or crossing 

facilities along project canals. The plan must indicate the licensee’s plans to provide the 

Commission of evidence of such consultation within 60 days after the wildlife escape or crossing 

facility has been replaced or retrofitted. The Wildlife Crossing Plan must also contain provisions 

for the licensee to annually assess existing wildlife crossing or escape facilities to ensure that are

functional and in proper working order. 

The plan shall be prepared after consultation with the Forest Service, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The licensee shall include with 

the plan documentation of consultation, copies of comments and recommendations on the 

completed plan after it has been prepared and provided to the agencies, and specific descriptions 
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of how the agencies’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The licensee shall allow a 

minimum of 30 days for the agencies to comment and to make recommendations before filing the 

plan with the Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing shall 

include the licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific information.

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Bat Management Plan. Within 1 year of license issuance, the 

licensee must file, for Commission approval, a Bat Management Plan. The plan must include, 

consistent with Forest Service condition 48: (1) provisions for the licensee to document all 

known bat roosts within project buildings or other project structures that may be used for 

roosting; (2) a schedule for completing the initial bat roosting documentation; and (3) provisions 

for installing appropriate exclusion devices, where feasible, to prevent occupation of the structure 

by bats. The plan must also include provisions for annually reporting the results of the licensee’s 

bat roost inspections to the Commission and agencies, and for annual consultation with the 

agencies regarding the need for and installation of bat exclusionary devices. 

The plan shall be prepared after consultation with the Forest Service, Bureau of Land 

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. 

The licensee shall include with the plan documentation of consultation, copies of comments and 

recommendations on the completed plan after it has been prepared and provided to the agencies, 

and specific descriptions of how the agencies’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The 

licensee shall allow a minimum of 30 days for the agencies to comment and to make 

recommendations before filing the plan with the Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a 

recommendation, the filing shall include the licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific 

information. 

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Fire Prevention and Response Plan. The Fire Prevention and 

Response Plan required by Forest Service condition 58 and Bureau of Land Management 

condition 18, filed on November 21, 2013, must apply to all lands within the project boundary 

and must include a period of review and revision. The Commission reserves the right to require 

changes to the plan. 

Draft Article 4XX. Hazardous Substances Plan. The Hazardous Substances Plan 

required by Forest Service condition 21 and Bureau of Land Management condition 49 must

apply to all project lands. The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. 

Draft Article 4XX. Programmatic Agreement and Historic Properties Management 

Plan. The licensee must implement the “Programmatic Agreement Between the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission and the State of California Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) for 

Managing Historic Properties that May be Affected by Issuing of Licenses to PG&E for the 

Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Deer Creek Hydroelectric Projects in Placer and 

Nevada Counties, California (FERC Nos. 2310, 14530, and 14531),” executed 

on_____________, and including but not limited to the Historic Properties Management Plan 
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(HPMP) for the project. In the event that the Programmatic Agreement is terminated, the licensee 

must continue to implement the provisions of its approved HPMP. The Commission reserves the 

authority to require changes to the HPMP at any time during the term of the license.

Draft Article 4XX. Use and Occupancy. (a) In accordance with the provisions of this 

article, the licensee must have the authority to grant permission for certain types of use and 

occupancy of project lands and waters and to convey certain interests in project lands and waters 

for certain types of use and occupancy, without prior Commission approval. The licensee may 

exercise the authority only if the proposed use and occupancy is consistent with the purposes of 

protecting and enhancing the scenic, recreational, and other environmental values of the project. 

For those purposes, the licensee must also have continuing responsibility to supervise and control 

the use and occupancies, for which it grants permission, and to monitor the use of, and ensure 

compliance with the covenants of the instrument of conveyance for, any interests that it has 

conveyed, under this article. If a permitted use and occupancy violates any condition of this 

article or any other condition imposed by the licensee for protection and enhancement of the 

project's scenic, recreational, or other environmental values, or if a covenant of a conveyance 

made under the authority of this article is violated, the licensee must take any lawful action 

necessary to correct the violation. For a permitted use or occupancy, that action includes, if 

necessary, canceling the permission to use and occupy the project lands and waters and requiring 

the removal of any non-complying structures and facilities. 

(b) The type of use and occupancy of project lands and waters for which the licensee may 

grant permission without prior Commission approval are: (1) landscape plantings; (2) noncommercial piers, landings, boat docks, or similar structures and facilities that can accommodate 

no more than 10 water craft at a time and where said facility is intended to serve single-family 

type dwellings; (3) embankments, bulkheads, retaining walls, or similar structures for erosion 

control to protect the existing shoreline; and (4) food plots and other wildlife enhancement. To 

the extent feasible and desirable to protect and enhance the project's scenic, recreational, and 

other environmental values, the licensee must require multiple use and occupancy of facilities for 

access to project lands or waters. The licensee must also ensure, to the satisfaction of the 

Commission's authorized representative, that the use and occupancies for which it grants 

permission are maintained in good repair and comply with applicable state and local health and 

safety requirements. Before granting permission for construction of bulkheads or retaining walls, 

the licensee must: (1) inspect the site of the proposed construction, (2) consider whether the 

planting of vegetation or the use of riprap would be adequate to control erosion at the site, and (3) 

determine that the proposed construction is needed and would not change the basic contour of the 

impoundment shoreline. To implement this paragraph (b), the licensee may, among other things, 

establish a program for issuing permits for the specified types of use and occupancy of project 

lands and waters, which may be subject to the payment of a reasonable fee to cover the licensee's 

costs of administering the permit program. The Commission reserves the right to require the 

licensee to file a description of its standards, guidelines, and procedures for implementing this 

paragraph (b) and to require modification of those standards, guidelines, or procedures. 

(c) The licensee may convey easements or rights-of-way across, or leases of project lands 

for: (1) replacement, expansion, realignment, or maintenance of bridges or roads where all 

necessary state and federal approvals have been obtained; (2) storm drains and water mains; (3) 

sewers that do not discharge into project waters; (4) minor access roads; (5) telephone, gas, and 

electric utility distribution lines; (6) non-project overhead electric transmission lines that do not 

require erection of support structures within the project boundary; (7) submarine, overhead, or 

underground major telephone distribution cables or major electric distribution lines (69-kV or 

less); and (8) water intake or pumping facilities that do not extract more than one million gallons 
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per day from a project impoundment. No later than January 31 of each year, the licensee must

file three copies of a report briefly describing for each conveyance made under this paragraph (c) 

during the prior calendar year, the type of interest conveyed, the location of the lands subject to 

the conveyance, and the nature of the use for which the interest was conveyed. 

(d) The licensee may convey fee title to, easements or rights-of-way across, or leases of 

project lands for: (1) construction of new bridges or roads for which all necessary state and 

federal approvals have been obtained; (2) sewer or effluent lines that discharge into project 

waters, for which all necessary federal and state water quality certification or permits have been 

obtained; (3) other pipelines that cross project lands or waters but do not discharge into project 

waters; (4) non-project overhead electric transmission lines that require erection of support 

structures within the project boundary, for which all necessary federal and state approvals have 

been obtained; (5) private or public marinas that can accommodate no more than 10 water craft at 

a time and are located at least one-half mile (measured over project waters) from any other 

private or public marina; (6) recreational development consistent with an approved report on 

recreational resources of an Exhibit E; and (7) other uses, if: (i) the amount of land conveyed for 

a particular use is five acres or less; (ii) all of the land conveyed is located at least 75 feet, 

measured horizontally, from project waters at normal surface elevation; and (iii) no more than 50 

total acres of project lands for each project development are conveyed under this clause (d)(7) in 

any calendar year. At least 60 days before conveying any interest in project lands under this 

paragraph (d), the licensee must submit a letter to the Director, Office of Energy Projects, stating 

its intent to convey the interest and briefly describing the type of interest and location of the lands 

to be conveyed (a marked Exhibit G map may be used), the nature of the proposed use, the 

identity of any federal or state agency official consulted, and any federal or state approvals 

required for the proposed use. Unless the Director, within 45 days from the filing date, requires 

the licensee to file an application for prior approval, the licensee may convey the intended interest 

at the end of that period. 

(e) The following additional conditions apply to any intended conveyance under 

paragraph (c) or (d) of this article: 

(1) Before conveying the interest, the licensee must consult with federal and state fish 

and wildlife or recreation agencies, as appropriate, and the SHPO. 

(2) Before conveying the interest, the licensee must determine that the proposed use of 

the lands to be conveyed is not inconsistent with any approved report on recreational resources of 

an Exhibit E; or, if the project does not have an approved report on recreational resources, that the 

lands to be conveyed do not have recreational value. 

(3) The instrument of conveyance must include the following covenants running with the 

land: (i) the use of the lands conveyed must not endanger health, create a nuisance, or otherwise 

be incompatible with overall project recreational use; (ii) the grantee must take all reasonable 

precautions to ensure that the construction, operation, and maintenance of structures or facilities 

on the conveyed lands will occur in a manner that will protect the scenic, recreational, and 

environmental values of the project; and (iii) the grantee must not unduly restrict public access to 

project waters. 

(4) The Commission reserves the right to require the licensee to take reasonable remedial 

action to correct any violation of the terms and conditions of this article, for the protection and 

enhancement of the project's scenic, recreational, and other environmental values.
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(f) The conveyance of an interest in project lands under this article does not in itself 

change the project boundaries. The project boundaries may be changed to exclude land conveyed 

under this article only upon approval of revised Exhibit G drawings (project boundary maps) 

reflecting exclusion of that land. Lands conveyed under this article will be excluded from the 

project only upon a determination that the lands are not necessary for project purposes, such as 

operation and maintenance, flowage, recreation, public access, protection of environmental 

resources, and shoreline control, including shoreline aesthetic values. Absent extraordinary 

circumstances, proposals to exclude lands conveyed under this article from the project must be 

consolidated for consideration when revised Exhibit G drawings would be filed for approval for 

other purposes. 

(g) The authority granted to the licensee under this article must not apply to any part of 

the public lands and reservations of the United States included within the project boundary. 
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DRAFT LICENSE ARTICLES: YUBA-BEAR PROJECT

I. MANDATORY CONDITIONS

On April 10, 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (Forest Service) 

filed 63 revised final conditions (described in section 2.2.4.2 of the environmental impact 

statement [EIS] and included in appendix I-1). We consider 23 of these conditions (conditions 3 

through 20, 23, 24, 35, 36, and 63) to be administrative or legal in nature and not specific 

environmental measures. Of the 40 conditions we consider to be environmental measures, we 

include 371 of these conditions in the staff alternative as specified by the Forest Service. We 

recognize, however, that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) is 

required to include valid 4(e) conditions in any license issued for the project. As such, each of 

the measures that staff recommend be modified in the staff alternative (as discussed in section 

5.2.2, Comprehensive Development and Recommended Alternative) would not be included in any 

license issued by the Commission. Instead, those conditions would be replaced with the Forest 

Service’s corresponding conditions, as filed with the Commission. 

On April 14, 2014, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) filed 66 revised final conditions (described in section 2.2.4.2 of the EIS and included in 

appendix I-2). We consider 21 of these conditions (conditions 13, 44 through 51, 54, 55, 56, and 

58 through 66) to be administrative or legal in nature and not specific environmental measures. 

Of the 44 conditions we consider to be environmental measures, we include 402

 of these 

conditions in the staff alternative as specified by BLM. We recognize, however, that the 

Commission is required to include valid 4(e) conditions in any license issued for the project. As 

such, each of the measures that staff recommend be modified in the staff alternative (as discussed 

in section 5.2.2, Comprehensive Development and Recommended Alternative) would not be 

included in any license issued by the Commission. Instead, those conditions would be replaced 

with BLM’s corresponding conditions, as filed with the Commission. 

 1

 As explained in section 5 of the EIS, we recommend modifying the following 

conditions specified by the Forest Service: (1) condition 26, Water Year Type; and (2) condition 

58, Recreation Streamflow Information. We do not recommend condition 43 preparation of a 

biological evaluation for Special-status Species. 

2 As explained in section 5 of the EIS, we recommend modifying the following 

conditions specified by BLM: (1) condition 37, Recreation Streamflow Information. We do not 

recommend preparation of a biological evaluation for Special-status Species (condition 19/53), 

entering into a Recreation Operation and Maintenance Agreement with BLM to provide BLM 

$30,000 annually for operation, maintenance, law enforcement patrolling, and administration 

(condition 34), and developing a plan in coordination with BLM to address the costs of managing 

project-related recreation on BLM lands (condition 36).
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II. ADDITIONAL LICENSE ARTICLES RECOMMENDED BY 

COMMISSION STAFF

We recommend including the following license articles in any license issued for the 

project in addition to the mandatory conditions. 

Draft Article 4XX. Commission Approval, Notification, and Filing of Amendments. 

(a) Requirement to File Plans for Commission Approval 

Various mandatory conditions specified by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) under section 4(e) require the Nevada Irrigation District (NID) to prepare 

plans in consultation with other entities for approval by the Forest Service and BLM; some of 

these measures do not specify that Commission approval is required prior to implementation. 

Each such plan must also be submitted to the Commission for approval. These plans are listed 

below. 

Forest Service 

condition

Plan name Due date

21 Oil And Hazardous Substances Storage And Spill 

Prevention And Cleanup Plan

Within 1 year of license 

issuance

25 Coordinated Operations Plan Within 90 days of license 

issuance

37 Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan Within 1 year of license 

issuance

51 Aquatic Benthic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring 

Plan

Within 1 year of license 

issuance

BLM 

condition

Plan name Due date

2 Coordinated Operations Plan Within 90 days of license issuance

14 Invasive Aquatic Species Management Within 1 year of license issuance

22 Aquatic Benthic Macroinvertebrate 

Monitoring Plan

Within 1 year of license issuance

23 Large Woody Debris Management Plan for 

Dutch Flat reservoir

Within 1 year of license issuance

37 Plan to provide real-time streamflow 

information 

Beginning as soon as reasonably 

feasible, but within 1 year of 

license issuance
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(b) Requirement to File Reports 

Some Forest Service and BLM section 4(e) conditions require NID to file reports with 

other entities. These reports document compliance with requirements of this license and may 

have a bearing on future actions. Each such report must also be submitted to the Commission. 

These reports are listed in the following table.

Forest Service 

condition

Description Due date

1 Reports documenting annual meetings with the 

Forest Service and other stakeholders 

Within 60 days of the meeting 

1 Reports documenting issues related to public 

safety and non-compliance 

As soon as possible 

30 Report documenting flow setting measures at 

Wilson Creek diversion dam 

Provide at annual consultation 

meeting

39 Monitor animal losses in project canals Annually, 60 days prior to 

annual consultation meeting 

40 File design of wildlife escape or crossing changes 

and documentation of consultation 

Within 60 days of replacement 

or retrofit

41 Report on condition and maintenance activity for 

Bowman-Spaulding canal wildlife crossings 

Annually 

43 Biological evaluation for special-status species 

and their habitats for construction of new project 

features

Prior to construction action 

46 Report record of observation of raptor collision 60 days before annual meeting 

51 Annual report describing monitoring efforts of 

previous calendar year

June 30, final at least 30 days 

before annual meeting

51 5-Year summary monitoring report Year 5, 10, 20, 30, etc. 

BLM 

condition

Description Due date

16 Monitor animal losses in project canals Annually, 60 days prior to 

annual consultation meeting 

19 Biological evaluation for special-status species 

and their habitats for construction of new project 

features

Prior to construction action 

20 Annual Review of Special-status Species As needed to report results of 

new special-status species 

surveys

22 Report results of foothill yellow-legged frog

monitoring 

At least 30 days before annual 

consultation meeting 
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BLM 

condition

Description Due date

27 6-year and 12-year Recreation Survey and 

Monitoring Reports 

At 6 and 12 years after license 

issuance to coincide with FERC 

Form 80 reporting cycle

42 Reports documenting annual meetings with BLM 

and other stakeholders

Within 60 days of the meeting 

42 Reports documenting issues related to public 

safety and non-compliance 

As soon as possible 

(c) Requirement to Notify Commission of Planned and Unplanned Deviations from 

License Requirements 

Certain Forest Service and BLM 4(e) conditions would allow NID to temporarily modify 

project operations under certain situations. The Commission must be notified prior to 

implementing such modifications, if possible, or in the event of an emergency, as soon as 

possible, but no later than 10 days after each such incident. 

Forest Service 

condition

License requirement

29 Temporary modification of minimum streamflows following consultation or due to 

an emergency

29 Notification of schedule or change of schedule for routine and non-routine planned 

canal outages affecting minimum streamflows; notification within 1 business day of 

emergency canal outage

29 Notification and consultation on minimum streamflows during canal outages lasting 

longer than 30 days 

BLM 

condition

License requirement

5 Notification of schedule or change of schedule for routine and non-routine planned 

canal outages affecting minimum streamflows; notification within 1 business day of 

emergency canal outage

5 Notification and consultation on minimum streamflows during canal outages lasting 

longer than 30 days 

(d) Requirement to File Amendment Applications 

Certain Forest Service and BLM conditions appear to contemplate these agencies 

requiring unspecified long-term changes to project operations or facilities based on new 

information or results of monitoring but do not appear to require Commission approval for such 

changes (e.g., modification of supplemental flows, anadromous fish introduction). Such changes 
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may not be implemented without prior Commission authorization granted after the filing of an 

application to amend the license. 

Draft Article 4XX. Reservation of Authority to Prescribe Fishways. Authority is 

reserved by the Commission to require the licensee to construct, operate, and maintain or to 

provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of such fishways as may be prescribed 

by the Secretaries of Interior or Commerce pursuant to section 18 of the Federal Power Act.

Draft Article 4XX. Integrated Vegetation Management Plan. The Integrated Vegetation 

Management Plan, required by Forest Service condition 38 and Bureau of Land Management 

condition 15, filed on November 11, 2013, must apply to all accessible lands within the project 

boundary, particularly recreation sites and sensitive habitats and lands disturbed by future 

construction, recreational use, and project maintenance. 

Within 6 months of license issuance, the licensee must file for Commission approval a 

revised Integrated Vegetation Management Plan. The revised plan must include a list of 

culturally significant plants that occur at the project and specific provisions the licensee will 

undertake to protect and preserve the culturally significant species or their habitats found within 

the project boundary. 

The revised plan must be prepared after consultation with the Greenville Rancheria of 

Maidu Indians, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, the United Auburn Indian Community, 

and the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. The licensee must include with the plan 

documentation of consultation, copies of comments and recommendations on the completed plan 

after it has been prepared and provided to the agencies, and specific descriptions of how the 

agencies’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The licensee must allow a minimum of 30 

days for the agencies to comment and to make recommendations before filing the plan with the 

Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing must include the

licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific information.

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the revised plan. 

Implementation of the revised plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the 

Commission that the plan is approved. Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement 

the revised plan, including any changes required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Wildlife Crossing Plan. Within 1 year of license issuance, the 

licensee must file, for Commission approval, a Wildlife Crossing Plan. The plan must include, 

consistent with Forest Service condition 41, provisions for the licensee to maintain existing 

wildlife crossings at specified locations on the Bowman-Spaulding canal. The wildlife crossings 

must meet minimum specifications to be described in the plan; (2) a schedule for the installation 

of the wildlife crossings, as well as provisions for the licensee to submit final designs of newly 

constructed crossing facilities to the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and 

California Department of Fish and Wildlife; (3) provisions for monitoring new or retrofitted 

wildlife crossings, using cameras or other appropriate means, so as to determine if adjustments to 

the crossings are needed; (4) provisions for preparing a written report and providing the report to 

the Commission and federal agencies annually; and (5) provisions for periodic (every 10 year) 

review of licensee-maintained wildlife crossings in consultation with the Forest Service, BLM, 

and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. 

The Wildlife Crossing Plan must also contain, consistent with Forest Service conditions 

39 and 40 and BLM conditions 16 and 17, provisions for: (1) monitoring animal losses in the 
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Bowman-Spaulding canal; and (2) replacement of wildlife escape and wildlife crossing facilities. 

The animal loss monitoring portion of the plan must detail the licensee’s plans to record and 

report all dead animals found in the Bowman-Spaulding canal, using a Wildlife Mortality data 

sheet. The plan must specify the information to be recorded, and how the information will be 

reported to the Commission and agencies, annually. 

The Wildlife Crossing Plan must also contain provisions for the licensee to consult with 

California Department of Fish and Wildlife prior to replacing or retrofitting existing wildlife 

escape or crossing facilities along project canals. The plan must indicate the licensee’s plans to 

provide the Commission of evidence of such consultation within 60 days after the wildlife escape 

or crossing facility has been replaced or retrofitted. The Wildlife Crossing Plan must also contain 

provisions for the licensee to annually assess existing wildlife crossing or escape facilities to 

ensure that are functional and in proper working order. 

The plan shall be prepared after consultation with the Forest Service, Bureau of Land 

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. 

The licensee shall include with the plan documentation of consultation, copies of comments and 

recommendations on the completed plan after it has been prepared and provided to the agencies, 

and specific descriptions of how the agencies’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The 

licensee shall allow a minimum of 30 days for the agencies to comment and to make 

recommendations before filing the plan with the Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a 

recommendation, the filing shall include the licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific 

information. 

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Avian Management Plan. Within 1 year of license issuance, the 

licensee must file for, Commission approval, an Avian Management Plan. The plan must include, 

consistent with Forest Service conditions 45 and 467 and Bureau of Land Management condition 

15: (1) provisions for the use of raptor-safe powerline design configurations described in Avian 

Protection on Powerline Interaction Committee’s (APLIC) “Suggested Practices for Avian 

Protection on Power Lines: The State of the Art in 2006, or the most current edition of the 

APLIC document as a guideline for all new project powerlines, or when replacing existing poles, 

phase conductors, and associated equipment, at the project; and (2) recording of all incidental 

observations of bird collisions/electrocutions along project powerlines including, at minimum, (a) 

date of observation, (b) location of observation, (c) species, if identifiable, (d) number of birds, 

(e) condition of birds, (f) suspected cause of injury or death, and (g) bird band number, if banded. 

The plan should include a schedule for implementing recording of bird collisions, as well as 

provisions for reporting the results of the bird collision recording to the Commission and 

agencies, annually. The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan.

The Avian Management Plan must also include, consistent with the Integrated Vegetation 

Management Plan, specific provisions for limited operating periods (LOPs) for activities that 

involve the use of heavy equipment, loud noises, or habitat alteration to protect special-status 

wildlife, including (1) for California spotted owl , maintain a limited operating period (LOP) 

within a buffer that includes the 300 acre Protected Activity Centers (PAC), plus an additional 

0.25-mile area around the PAC during the breeding season (March 1 through August 15), unless 

surveys confirm that California spotted owls are not nesting; (2) for northern goshawk, maintain a 
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LOP, prohibiting vegetation treatments within a 0.25 mile of the nest site during the breeding 

season (February 15 through September 15), unless protocol surveys confirm that northern 

goshawks are not nesting; and (3) for great gray owl, prohibit vegetation treatments and road 

construction within 0.25 mile of an active great gray owl nest stand during the nesting period 

(typically March 1 to August 15). 

The Avian Management Plan must also include, consistent with Forest Service condition 

51, specific provisions for monitoring and recording activities that may disturb the California 

spotted owl and northern goshawk PACs, and within suitable habitat for those species. The 

information to be recorded must include: (1) a description of the activity; (2) activity duration, 

(3) the location of the activity; and (4) a spatial display of the activity location proximity to the 

PAC and suitable habitat. The plan must also include provisions for additional sensitive raptor 

surveys to be conducted, if after the first 3 years of reporting, noise disturbances have been 

determined, in consultation with the agencies, to have the potential to disrupt more than two 

territories annually. 

The plan shall be prepared after consultation with the Forest Service, Bureau of Land 

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. 

The licensee shall include with the plan documentation of consultation, copies of comments and 

recommendations on the completed plan after it has been prepared and provided to the agencies, 

and specific descriptions of how the agencies’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The 

licensee shall allow a minimum of 30 days for the agencies to comment and to make 

recommendations before filing the plan with the Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a 

recommendation, the filing shall include the licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific 

information. 

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation

of the plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is 

approved. Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any 

changes required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Bat Management Plan. Within 1 year of license issuance, the 

licensee must file, for Commission approval, a Bat Management Plan. The plan must include, 

consistent with Forest Service condition 47 and BLM condition 21: (1) provisions for the 

licensee to document all known bat roosts within project buildings or other project structures that 

may be used for roosting; (2) a schedule for completing the initial bat roosting documentation; 

and (3) provisions for installing appropriate exclusion devices, where feasible, to prevent 

occupation of the structure by bats. The plan must also include provisions for annually reporting 

the results of the licensee’s bat roost inspections to the Commission and agencies, and for annual 

consultation with the agencies regarding the need for and installation of bat exclusionary devices. 

The plan shall be prepared after consultation with the Forest Service, Bureau of Land 

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. 

The licensee shall include with the plan documentation of consultation, copies of comments and 

recommendations on the completed plan after it has been prepared and provided to the agencies, 

and specific descriptions of how the agencies’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The 

licensee shall allow a minimum of 30 days for the agencies to comment and to make 

recommendations before filing the plan with the Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a 

recommendation, the filing shall include the licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific 

information. 
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The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Fish Stocking Plan. Within 1 year of license issuance, the licensee 

must file, for Commission approval, a plan to evaluate and monitor the location, frequency, age, 

and number/weight of fish to be stocked annually in Bowman Lake, Rollins reservoir, Faucherie 

Lake, and Jackson Meadows reservoir and to be stocked in Sawmill Lake every other year until 

the first Form 80 reporting year after implementation of the plan. The plan must include 

provisions for periodic review of angling use levels, including fish stocking at additional 

reservoirs, specifically French Lake, should the need arise based on the periodic review; annual 

consultation with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (California Fish and Wildlife), 

Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and Bureau of Land Management (BLM); 

and an annual summary report of fish stocking activities. 

The Fish Stocking Plan must be developed after consultation with the California Fish and 

Wildlife, Forest Service, FWS, and BLM. The licensee must include with the plan an 

implementation schedule, documentation of consultation, copies of comments and 

recommendations on the completed plan after it has been prepared and provided to the entities 

above, and specific descriptions of how the entities’ comments are accommodated by the plan. 

The licensee must allow a minimum of 30 days for the entities to comment and to make 

recommendations before filing the plan with the Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a 

recommendation, the filing must include the licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific 

information. 

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Recreation Plan. The Recreation Plan, required by Forest Service 

condition 57 and Bureau of Land Management condition 25, must include additional recreation 

facilities. 

Within one year of license issuance, the licensee must file for Commission approval a 

revised Recreation Plan. The revised plan must include provisions for the following additional 

recreation facilities: 

(1) a parking and unloading area at Woodcamp picnic area; 

(2) a gravel parking area with vehicle barriers and an information board at inflow dayuse area at Bowman Lake; 

(3) replacement of the flush restroom buildings at Fir Top campground with vault 

models; 

(4) replacement of the flush restroom buildings at Woodcamp campground with vault 

models; 

(5) day use only signage at the dam day-use area at Sawmill Lake;
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(6) a shoreline day-use area at Milton Diversion; and 

(7) an implementation schedule for all repairs, upgrades, and rehabilitation 

improvements to project recreation facility developments. 

The revised plan must be prepared after consultation with the Forest Service, BLM, and 

California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The licensee must include with the plan an 

implementation schedule, documentation of consultation, copies of comments and 

recommendations on the completed plan after it has been prepared and provided to the agencies; 

and a specific description of how the agencies’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The 

licensee must allow a minimum of 30 days for the agencies to comment before filing the plan 

with the Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing must include 

the licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific information.

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the revised 

plan. Implementation of the revised plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the 

Commission that the plan is approved. Upon Commission approval, the licensee must implement 

the revised plan, including any changes required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Supplemental Flows for Whitewater Boating. Beginning in the first 

full calendar year after license issuance, the licensee must release a whitewater boating flow 

ranging from 100 to 150 cubic feet per second as measured at gage YB-306 in Canyon Creek 

below French dam. Between September 1 and September 30 of each year, the whitewater boating 

flow release must be provided over a continuous 24-hour period or until the water surface 

elevation of French Lake reaches 6,638 feet mean-sea-level.

If the whitewater boating flow cannot be released due to insufficient water (water surface 

elevation of less than 6,638 feet above mean sea level), equipment malfunction, or an emergency 

event, the licensee must notify the Commission of a modification to the release schedule. 

Draft Article 4XX. Recreation Streamflow Information. Within 1 year of license 

issuance, the licensee must file, for Commission approval, a plan to provide real-time streamflow 

information, as required by BLM condition 37. The plan must include, consistent with Forest 

Service condition 58 and BLM condition 37: (1) providing real-time streamflow information to 

the public on the internet for the Middle Yuba River at Jackson Meadows reservoir dam, Middle 

Yuba River below Milton Reservoir dam, Canyon Creek below French dam, Canyon Creek 

below Bowman reservoir dam, Bear River below Dutch Flat afterbay dam, and Bear River below 

Rollins reservoir dam. 

The plan must also contain provisions for providing real-time streamflow information in 

15-minute intervals for these six reaches (Middle Yuba River at Jackson Meadows reservoir dam, 

Middle Yuba River below Milton Reservoir dam, Canyon Creek below French dam, Canyon 

Creek below Bowman reservoir dam, Bear River below Dutch Flat afterbay dam, and Bear River 

below Rollins reservoir dam) where it is currently provided in 15-minute intervals, on a yearround basis. 

The plan must be developed after consultation with the Forest Service, Bureau of Land 

Management, California Fish and Wildlife, California Water Board, Foothills Water Network,

and American Whitewater. The licensee must include with the plan an implementation schedule, 

documentation of consultation, copies of comments and recommendations on the completed plan 

after it has been prepared and provided to the entities above, and specific descriptions of how the 

entities’ comments are accommodated by the plan. The licensee must allow a minimum of 30 
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days for the entities to comment and to make recommendations before filing the plan with the 

Commission. If the licensee does not adopt a recommendation, the filing must include the 

licensee’s reasons, based on project-specific information. 

The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. Implementation of the 

plan must not begin until the licensee is notified by the Commission that the plan is approved. 

Upon Commission approval the licensee must implement the plan, including any changes 

required by the Commission. 

Draft Article 4XX. Recreation Lake Level Information. Within 1 year of license 

issuance, the licensee must provide the public access via its webpage on the internet to year-round 

mean daily reservoir elevations for Jackson Meadows reservoir, and French, Faucherie, Sawmill, 

Jackson, Bowman, and Rollins Lakes. 

Draft Article 4XX. Fire Prevention and Response Plan. The Fire Prevention and 

Response Plan required by Forest Service condition 62 and BLM condition 40, filed November 

on 21, 2013, must apply to all lands within the project boundary and must include a period of 

review and revision. The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. 

Draft Article 4XX. Hazardous Substances Plan. The Hazardous Substances Plan 

required by Forest Service condition 21 and Bureau of Land Management condition 52 must

apply to all project lands. The Commission reserves the right to require changes to the plan. 

Draft Article 4XX. Programmatic Agreement and Historic Properties Management 

Plan. The licensee must implement the “Programmatic Agreement Between the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission and the State of California Historic Preservation Officer for Managing 

Historic Properties that May be Affected by Issuing of a License to NID for the Yuba-Bear 

Hydroelectric Project in Nevada, Sierra, and Placer Counties, California (FERC No. 2266),” 

executed on_____________, and including but not limited to the Historic Properties Management 

Plan (HPMP) for the project. In the event that the Programmatic Agreement is terminated, the 

licensee must continue to implement the provisions of its approved HPMP. The Commission 

reserves the authority to require changes to the HPMP at any time during the term of the license. 

Draft Article 4XX. Use and Occupancy. (a) In accordance with the provisions of this 

article, the licensee must have the authority to grant permission for certain types of use and 

occupancy of project lands and waters and to convey certain interests in project lands and waters 

for certain types of use and occupancy, without prior Commission approval. The licensee may 

exercise the authority only if the proposed use and occupancy is consistent with the purposes of 

protecting and enhancing the scenic, recreational, and other environmental values of the project. 

For those purposes, the licensee must also have continuing responsibility to supervise and control 

the use and occupancies for which it grants permission, and to monitor the use of, and ensure 

compliance with the covenants of the instrument of conveyance for, any interests that it has 

conveyed, under this article. If a permitted use and occupancy violates any condition of this 

article or any other condition imposed by the licensee for protection and enhancement of the 

project's scenic, recreational, or other environmental values, or if a covenant of a conveyance 

made under the authority of this article is violated, the licensee must take any lawful action 

necessary to correct the violation. For a permitted use or occupancy, that action includes, if 

necessary, canceling the permission to use and occupy the project lands and waters and requiring 

the removal of any non-complying structures and facilities. 

(b) The type of use and occupancy of project lands and waters for which the licensee may 

grant permission without prior Commission approval are: (1) landscape plantings; (2) non-
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commercial piers, landings, boat docks, or similar structures and facilities that can accommodate 

no more than 10 water craft at a time and where said facility is intended to serve single-family 

type dwellings; (3) embankments, bulkheads, retaining walls, or similar structures for erosion 

control to protect the existing shoreline; and (4) food plots and other wildlife enhancement. To 

the extent feasible and desirable to protect and enhance the project's scenic, recreational, and 

other environmental values, the licensee must require multiple use and occupancy of facilities for 

access to project lands or waters. The licensee must also ensure, to the satisfaction of the 

Commission's authorized representative, that the use and occupancies for which it grants 

permission are maintained in good repair and comply with applicable state and local health and 

safety requirements. Before granting permission for construction of bulkheads or retaining walls, 

the licensee must: (1) inspect the site of the proposed construction, (2) consider whether the 

planting of vegetation or the use of riprap would be adequate to control erosion at the site, and (3) 

determine that the proposed construction is needed and would not change the basic contour of the 

impoundment shoreline. To implement this paragraph (b), the licensee may, among other things, 

establish a program for issuing permits for the specified types of use and occupancy of project 

lands and waters, which may be subject to the payment of a reasonable fee to cover the licensee's 

costs of administering the permit program. The Commission reserves the right to require the 

licensee to file a description of its standards, guidelines, and procedures for implementing this 

paragraph (b) and to require modification of those standards, guidelines, or procedures. 

(c) The licensee may convey easements or rights-of-way across, or leases of project lands 

for: (1) replacement, expansion, realignment, or maintenance of bridges or roads where all 

necessary state and federal approvals have been obtained; (2) storm drains and water mains; (3) 

sewers that do not discharge into project waters; (4) minor access roads; (5) telephone, gas, and 

electric utility distribution lines; (6) non-project overhead electric transmission lines that do not 

require erection of support structures within the project boundary; (7) submarine, overhead, or 

underground major telephone distribution cables or major electric distribution lines (69-kV or 

less); and (8) water intake or pumping facilities that do not extract more than one million gallons 

per day from a project impoundment. No later than January 31 of each year, the licensee must

file three copies of a report briefly describing for each conveyance made under this paragraph (c) 

during the prior calendar year, the type of interest conveyed, the location of the lands subject to 

the conveyance, and the nature of the use for which the interest was conveyed. 

(d) The licensee may convey fee title to, easements or rights-of-way across, or leases of 

project lands for: (1) construction of new bridges or roads for which all necessary state and 

federal approvals have been obtained; (2) sewer or effluent lines that discharge into project 

waters, for which all necessary federal and state water quality certification or permits have been 

obtained; (3) other pipelines that cross project lands or waters but do not discharge into project 

waters; (4) non-project overhead electric transmission lines that require erection of support 

structures within the project boundary, for which all necessary federal and state approvals have 

been obtained; (5) private or public marinas that can accommodate no more than 10 water craft at 

a time and are located at least one-half mile (measured over project waters) from any other 

private or public marina; (6) recreational development consistent with an approved report on 

recreational resources of an Exhibit E; and (7) other uses, if:, (i) the amount of land conveyed for 

a particular use is five acres or less; (ii) all of the land conveyed is located at least 75 feet, 

measured horizontally, from project waters at normal surface elevation; and (iii) no more than 50 

total acres of project lands for each project development are conveyed under this clause (d)(7) in 

any calendar year. At least 60 days before conveying any interest in project lands under this 

paragraph (d), the licensee must submit a letter to the Director, Office of Energy Projects, stating 

its intent to convey the interest and briefly describing the type of interest and location of the lands 

to be conveyed (a marked Exhibit G map may be used), the nature of the proposed use, the 
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identity of any federal or state agency official consulted, and any federal or state approvals 

required for the proposed use. Unless the Director, within 45 days from the filing date, requires 

the licensee to file an application for prior approval, the licensee may convey the intended interest 

at the end of that period. 

(e) The following additional conditions apply to any intended conveyance under 

paragraph (c) or (d) of this article: 

(1) Before conveying the interest, the licensee must consult with federal and state fish 

and wildlife or recreation agencies, as appropriate, and the State Historic Preservation Officer. 

(2) Before conveying the interest, the licensee must determine that the proposed use of 

the lands to be conveyed is not inconsistent with any approved report on recreational resources of 

an Exhibit E; or, if the project does not have an approved report on recreational resources, that the 

lands to be conveyed do not have recreational value. 

(3) The instrument of conveyance must include the following covenants running with the 

land: (i) the use of the lands conveyed must not endanger health, create a nuisance, or otherwise 

be incompatible with overall project recreational use; (ii) the grantee must take all reasonable 

precautions to ensure that the construction, operation, and maintenance of structures or facilities 

on the conveyed lands will occur in a manner that will protect the scenic, recreational, and 

environmental values of the project; and (iii) the grantee must not unduly restrict public access to 

project waters. 

(4) The Commission reserves the right to require the licensee to take reasonable remedial 

action to correct any violation of the terms and conditions of this article, for the protection and 

enhancement of the project's scenic, recreational, and other environmental values.

(f) The conveyance of an interest in project lands under this article does not in itself 

change the project boundaries. The project boundaries may be changed to exclude land conveyed 

under this article only upon approval of revised Exhibit G drawings (project boundary maps) 

reflecting exclusion of that land. Lands conveyed under this article will be excluded from the 

project only upon a determination that the lands are not necessary for project purposes, such as 

operation and maintenance, flowage, recreation, public access, protection of environmental 

resources, and shoreline control, including shoreline aesthetic values. Absent extraordinary 

circumstances, proposals to exclude lands conveyed under this article from the project must be 

consolidated for consideration when revised Exhibit G drawings would be filed for approval for 

other purposes. 

(g) The authority granted to the licensee under this article must not apply to any part of the public 

lands and reservations of the United States included within the project boundary. 
Appendix H

4(e) Conditions: Drum-Spaulding Project
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Forest Service 4(e) Conditions: Drum-Spaulding Project
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Revised Forest Service Final Conditions and

Recommendations Provided Under 18 CFR § 4.34 (b)(1)

In Connection with the Application for Relicensing for the

Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project

(FERC No. 2310)

10 April 2014

Table of Contents

PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE CONDITIONS.........................................................4

Condition No. 1 – Consultation .................................................................................................. 4

Condition No. 2 – Consultation Group Specific to the Drum-Spaulding Project....................... 5

Condition No. 3 – FS Approval of Final Design ........................................................................ 6

Condition No. 4 – Approval of Changes .................................................................................... 7

Condition No. 5 – Maintenance of Improvements on or Affecting National Forest System 

Lands........................................................................................................................................... 7

Condition No. 6 – Existing Claims............................................................................................. 7

Condition No. 7 – Compliance with Regulations....................................................................... 7

Condition No. 8 – Surrender of License or Transfer of Ownership ........................................... 7

Condition No. 9 – Protection of United States Property............................................................. 8

Condition No. 10 – Indemnification ........................................................................................... 8

Condition No. 11 – Damage to Land, Property, and Interests of the United States.................. 8

Condition No. 12 – Risks and Hazards on National Forest System Lands................................. 9

Condition No. 13 – Access......................................................................................................... 9

Condition No. 14 – Crossings..................................................................................................... 9

Condition No. 15 – Surveys, Land Corners................................................................................ 9

Condition No. 16 – Signs............................................................................................................ 9

Condition No. 17 – Ground Disturbing Activities.................................................................... 10

Condition No. 18 – Use of National Forest System Roads for Project Access........................ 10

Condition No. 19 – Access By The United States.................................................................... 11

Condition No. 20 – Road Use ................................................................................................... 11

Condition No. 21 – Hazardous Substances Plan....................................................................... 11

Condition No. 22 – Pesticide-Use Restrictions on National Forest System Lands.................. 12

Condition No. 23 – Construction Inspections........................................................................... 12

Condition No. 24 – Unattended Construction Equipment........................................................ 13

PART II: RESOURCE CONDITIONS ...................................................................13

Condition No. 25 – General Resource Measures...................................................................... 13

Condition No. 26 – Water Year Types ..................................................................................... 14

Condition No. 27 – Minimum Streamflows ............................................................................. 14

Condition No. 28 – Flow Setting .............................................................................................. 17
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Condition No. 29 – Canal Outages........................................................................................... 24

Condition No. 30 – Fordyce Lake Drawdown.......................................................................... 25

Condition No. 31 – Spill Cessation and Minimization of Flow Fluctuations at South Yuba 

River.......................................................................................................................................... 26

Condition No. 32 – South Yuba River Supplemental Flows.................................................... 28

Condition No. 33 – Canal Outages Fish Rescue Plan............................................................... 30

Condition No. 34 – Gaging Plan............................................................................................... 30

Condition No. 35 – Modifications of 4(e) Conditions after Biological Opinion or Water 

Quality Certification ................................................................................................................. 30

Condition No. 36 – Modifications of 4(e) Conditions in the Event of Anadromous Fish Reintroduction............................................................................................................................... 31

Condition No. 37 – Aquatic Invasive Species Management and Monitoring Plan .................. 31

Condition No. 38 – Vegetation and Non-Native Invasive Plant Management Plan................. 33

Condition No. 39 – Monitor Animal Losses in Project Canals ................................................ 33

Condition No. 40 – Replacement of Wildlife Escape and Wildlife Crossing Facilities........... 34

Condition No. 41 – Wildlife Crossings—Drum and South Yuba Canals................................. 34

Condition No. 42 – Wildlife Crossings—Bear River and South Canals.................................. 36

Condition No. 43 – Bald Eagle Management Plan................................................................... 37

Condition No. 44 – Special Status Species............................................................................... 37

Condition No. 45 – Annual Review of Special-Status Species Lists and Assessment of New 

Species on Federal Land ........................................................................................................... 37

Condition No. 46 – Project Powerlines..................................................................................... 38

Condition No. 47 – Raptor Collisions....................................................................................... 38

Condition No. 48 – Bat Management ....................................................................................... 39

Condition No. 49 – Canal Release Point Plan .......................................................................... 39

Condition No. 50 – Erosion and Sediment Control and Management ..................................... 39

Condition No. 51 – Monitoring Program.................................................................................. 41

Condition No. 52 – Large Woody Debris................................................................................. 44

Condition No. 53 – Recreation Plan ......................................................................................... 44

Condition No. 54 – Recreation Streamflow Information.......................................................... 44

Condition No. 55 – Visual Resource Management Plan .......................................................... 45

Condition No. 56 – Historic Properties Management Plan....................................................... 45

Condition No. 57 – Transportation System Management ........................................................ 45

Condition No. 58 – Fire Management and Response Plan ....................................................... 45

Condition No. 59 – Review of Improvements on National Forest System Lands.................... 45
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INTRODUCTION

On July 31, 2012, the USDA Forest Service (FS) provided Preliminary Section 4(e) conditions 

for the Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 2310, in accordance with 18 CFR 

4.34(b)(1)(i). After those conditions were filed, the Forest Service participated in several 

meetings and discussions with the Licensee, other resource agencies, and non-governmental 

organizations in an effort to reach agreement on conditions that one entity or another had 

concerns with. Based on these meetings and discussions, the Forest Service submitted revised 

Preliminary Section 4(e) conditions for the Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 

2310, on August 22, 2013. Alternative Conditions, filed pursuant to 7 CFR 1.670 (and following 

sections) were filed by Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Licensee for the Drum-Spaulding 

Project, and Foothills Water Network. Pacific Gas and Electric Company withdrew some of 

their proposed alternative conditions. The FS provides a separate response to the remaining 

Alternative Conditions filed pursuant to 7 CFR 1.673. The FS’ Final Section 4(e) Conditions 

follow.

FS submits the following Final Section 4(e) Conditions for the Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric 

Project, FERC No. 2310, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b)(1)(i). Section 4(e) of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA), which states the Commission may issue a license for a project within a 

reservation only if it finds that the License will not interfere or be inconsistent with the purpose 

for which such reservation was created or acquired. This is an independent threshold 

determination made by the Commission, with the purpose of the reservation defined by the 

authorizing legislation or proclamation (see Rainsong v. FERC, 106 F.3d 269 (9th Cir. 1977). 

FS, for its protection and utilization determination under Section 4(e) of the FPA, may rely on 

broader purposes than those contained in the original authorizing statutes and proclamations in 

prescribing conditions (see Southern California Edison v. FERC, 116F.3d 507 (D.C. Cir. 1997)).

The following terms and conditions are based on those resource and management requirements 

enumerated in the Organic Administration Act of 1897 (30 Stat. 11), the Multiple-Use Sustained 

Yield Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 215), the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2949), 

and any other law specifically establishing a unit of the National Forest System or prescribing 

the management thereof (such as the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act), as such laws may be amended 

from time to time, and as implemented by regulations and approved by Land and Resource 

Management Plans prepared in accordance with the National Forest Management Act. 

Specifically, the 4(e) conditions in this document are based on the Land and Resource 

Management Plan (as amended) for the Tahoe National Forest, as approved by the Regional 

Forester of the Pacific Southwest Region.

Pursuant to Section 4(e) of the Federal Power Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting by and 

through FS, considers the following conditions necessary for the adequate protection and 

utilization of the land and resources of the Tahoe National Forest. License articles contained in 

the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (the Commission’s) Standard Form L-1 (revised 

October 1975) issued by Order No. 540, dated October 31, 1975, cover general requirements. 

Part I of this document includes administrative conditions deemed necessary for the 

administration of National Forest System (NFS) lands. Part II of this document includes specific 

resource requirements for protection and utilization of NFS lands.
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PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE CONDITIONS

Condition No. 1 – Consultation

Licensee shall annually consult with the United States Department of Agriculture, FS (FS). The 

date of the consultation meeting will be mutually agreed to by Licensee and FS but in general 

should be held by April 15. At least 30 days in advance of the meeting, Licensee shall notify 

Licensee for the Yuba-Bear Project, FERC No. 2266, and other interested stakeholders, 

confirming the meeting location, time and agenda. At the same time, Licensee shall also provide 

notice to United States Department of Interior (USDI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 

USDI Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and USDI National Park Service; California State 

Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB); 

United States Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS), who may choose to participate in the meeting. 

Licensee shall attempt to coordinate the meeting so interested agencies and other stakeholders 

may attend.

Licensee shall make available to FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB at least 2 weeks prior to the 

meeting, an operations and maintenance plan for the year in which the meeting occurs. In 

addition, Licensee shall present results from current year monitoring of noxious weeds and 

special status species as well as any additional information that has been compiled for the Project 

area, including progress reports on other resource measures. The goals of this meeting are to 

share information, mutually agree upon planned maintenance activities, identify concerns that FS 

may have regarding activities and their potential effects on sensitive resources, and any measures 

required to avoid or mitigate potential effects. In addition, the goal of the meeting shall be to 

review and discuss the results of implementing the streamflow and reservoir-related conditions, 

results of monitoring, and other issues related to preserving and protecting ecological values 

affected by the Project.

Consultation shall include, but not be limited to:

• A status report regarding implementation of license conditions.

• Results of any monitoring studies performed over the previous year in formats agreed to by 

FS and Licensee during development of implementation plans.

• Review of any non-routine maintenance.

• Discussion of any foreseeable changes to Project facilities or features.

• Discussion of any necessary revisions or modifications to implementation plans 

approved as part of this license.

• Discussion of needed protection measures for species newly listed as threatened, endangered, 

or sensitive, or changes to existing management plans that may no longer be warranted due to 

delisting of species or, to incorporate new knowledge about a species requiring protection. 

Discussion of needed protection measures for newly discovered cultural resource sites.

• Discussion of elements of current year maintenance plans, e.g. road and trail maintenance.

• Discussion of any planned pesticide use.
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A record of the meeting shall be kept by Licensee and shall include any recommendations made 

by FS for the protection of NFS lands and resources. Licensee shall file the meeting record, if 

requested, with the Commission no later than 60 days following the meeting.

Copies of other reports related to Project safety and non-compliance shall be submitted to FS, 

BLM, CDFW, SWRCB, and other interested agencies and stakeholders concurrently with 

submittal to the Commission. These include, but are not limited to: any non- compliance report 

filed by Licensee, geologic or seismic reports, and structural safety reports for facilities located 

on or affecting NFS lands.

A copy of the record for the previous water year regarding streamflow, study reports, and other 

pertinent records shall be provided to FS , BLM, CDFW, SWRCB, and other interested agencies 

and stakeholders by Licensee at least 60 days prior to the meeting date, unless otherwise agreed.

Copies of other reports related to monitoring, Project safety, and non-compliance on NFS lands 

shall be submitted to FS concurrently with submittal to the Commission, with the goal of 

providing the material to FS no later than 90 days in advance of the Annual Meeting. These 

include, but are not limited to: any non-compliance report filed by Licensee, geologic or seismic 

reports, and structural safety reports for facilities.

During the first several years of license implementation, it is likely that more consultation than 

just one Annual Meeting will be required, given the complexity of these projects.

FS reserves the right, after notice and opportunity for comment, to require changes in the Project 

and its operation through revision of the Section 4(e) conditions to accomplish protection and 

utilization of NFS lands and resources.

Condition No. 2 – Consultation Group Specific to the Drum-Spaulding Project

The Licensee shall, within 3 months of license issuance, establish a Consultation Group as 

follows.

Purpose

The primary purpose of Consultation Group is to provide a forum for the Licensee to consult 

with resource agencies and other interested parties on the following:

• The Annual Meeting as described in Condition No. 1, Consultation. To the extent topics 

covered in Condition No. 1 affect project-affected areas outside FS, BLM, or BOR 

jurisdiction, consultation with appropriate resource agencies on those same topics will occur 

at the Annual Meeting, other Consultation Group meetings, or as otherwise agreed with the 

Licensee and appropriate resource agencies. License shall provide copies of the meeting 

materials to those who request it.

• The review and evaluation of monitoring data related to the South Yuba River Supplemental 

Flows as described in Condition No. 32, South Yuba River Supplemental Flows.

• Plans that are developed as required by the new license and plans that require specific 
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consultation processes during implementation.

• Proposed temporary or permanent modifications to license conditions.

Licensee shall also provide notification of license compliance deviations to the current members 

of the Consultation Group.

Decision Making

The Consultation Group will report its recommendations to the FS, BLM, and BOR. The FS 

shall be responsible for final addressing matters covered by the Section 4(e) Conditions. The 

BLM shall be responsible for final decisions within BLM jurisdiction, and BOR shall be 

responsible for final decisions within BOR jurisdiction. Licensee shall also ensure that 

consultation, permitting, and any necessary approvals within the jurisdiction of other agencies 

are completed. Licensee shall implement license conditions as approved and directed by the 

Commission.

Participation

In addition to the Licensee, FS, BLM, BOR, SWRCB, and CDFW, Consultation Group meetings 

shall be open to any organization or individual that notifies the Licensee in writing of interest in 

participating in the Annual Meeting or Consultation Group meetings. The Consultation Group 

should establish mutually agreeable process guidelines for conducting effective and efficient 

meetings no later than 1 year after license issuance. Each organization or individual shall be 

responsible for providing notification information to the Licensee and shall be responsible for 

keeping current a single point of contact for purposes of notification related to the Consultation 

Group. If a participant is interested in a particular meeting or topic, the participant is responsible 

for ensuring they are represented.

Meetings

Separate from the Annual Meeting, the Licensee shall organize four Consultation Group 

meetings per year. Additional meetings may be scheduled if the Consultation Group decides 

additional meetings are necessary. Fewer meetings shall also be scheduled if the Consultation 

Group decides that four meetings per year are not necessary.

Condition No. 3 – FS Approval of Final Design

Before any new construction of the Project occurs on National Forest System lands, Licensee 

shall obtain prior written approval of FS for all final design plans for Project components, which 

FS deems as affecting or potentially affecting National Forest System resources. Licensee shall 

follow the schedules and procedures for design review and approval specified in the conditions 

herein. As part of such written approval, FS may require adjustments to the final plans and 

facility locations to preclude or mitigate impacts and to insure that the Project is either 

compatible with on-the-ground conditions or approved by FS based on agreed upon 

compensation or mitigation measures to address compatibility issues. Should such necessary 

adjustments be deemed necessary by FS, the Commission, or Licensee to be a substantial 
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change, Licensee shall follow the procedures of FERC Standard Article 2 of the license. Any 

changes to the license made for any reason pursuant to FERC Standard Article 2 or Article 3 

shall be made subject to any new terms and conditions of the Secretary of Agriculture made 

pursuant to Section 4(e) of the Federal Power Act.

Condition No. 4 – Approval of Changes

Notwithstanding any license authorization to make changes to the Project, when such changes 

directly affect NFS lands, Licensee shall obtain written approval from FS prior to making any 

changes in any constructed Project features or facilities, or in the uses of Project lands and waters 

or any departure from the requirements of any approved exhibits filed with the Commission. 

Following receipt of such approval from FS, and a minimum of 60 days prior to initiating any 

such changes, Licensee shall file a report with the Commission describing the changes, the 

reasons for the changes, and showing the approval of FS for such changes. Licensee shall file an 

exact copy of this report with FS at the same time it is filed with the Commission. This condition 

does not relieve Licensee from the amendment or other requirements of Article 2 or Article 3 of 

this license.

Condition No. 5 – Maintenance of Improvements on or Affecting National 

Forest System Lands

Licensee shall maintain all its improvements and premises on NFS lands to standards of repair, 

orderliness, neatness, sanitation, and safety acceptable to FS. Disposal of all materials will be at 

an approved existing location, except as otherwise agreed by FS.

Condition No. 6 – Existing Claims

License shall be subject to all valid claims and existing rights of third parties. The United States 

is not liable to Licensee for the exercise of any such right or claim.

Condition No. 7 – Compliance with Regulations

Licensee shall comply with the regulations of the Department of Agriculture for activities on 

National Forest System lands, and all applicable Federal, State, county, and municipal laws, 

ordinances, or regulations in regards to the area or operations on or directly affecting National 

Forest System lands, to the extent those laws, ordinances or regulations are not preempted by 

federal law.

Condition No. 8 – Surrender of License or Transfer of Ownership

Prior to any surrender of this license, Licensee shall provide assurance acceptable to FS that 

Licensee shall restore any project area directly affecting National Forest System lands to a 

condition satisfactory to FS upon or after surrender of the license, as appropriate. To the extent 

restoration is required, Licensee shall prepare a restoration plan which shall identify the 

measures to be taken to restore such National Forest System lands and shall include adequate 
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financial mechanisms to ensure performance of the restoration measures.

In the event of any transfer of the license or sale of the project, Licensee shall assure that, in a 

manner satisfactory to FS, Licensee or transferee will provide for the costs of surrender and 

restoration. If deemed necessary by FS to assist it in evaluating Licensee's proposal, Licensee 

shall conduct an analysis, using experts approved by FS, to estimate the potential costs 

associated with surrender and restoration of any project area directly affecting National Forest 

System lands to FS specifications. In addition, FS may require Licensee to pay for an 

independent audit of the transferee to assist FS in determining whether the transferee has the 

financial ability to fund the surrender and restoration work specified in the analysis.

Condition No. 9 – Protection of United States Property

Licensee, including any agents or employees of Licensee acting within the scope of their 

employment, shall exercise diligence in protecting from damage the land and property of the 

United States covered by and used in connection with this license.

Condition No. 10 – Indemnification

Licensee shall indemnify, defend, and hold the United States harmless for:

• any violations incurred under any laws and regulations applicable to, or

• judgments, claims, penalties, fees, or demands assessed against the United States caused by, 

or

• costs, damages, and expenses incurred by the United States caused by, or

• the releases or threatened release of any solid waste, hazardous substances, pollutant, 

contaminant, or oil in any form in the environment related to the construction, maintenance, 

or operation of the project works or of the works appurtenant or accessory thereto under the 

license.

Licensee’s indemnification of the United States shall include any loss by personal injury, loss of 

life or damage to property caused by the construction, maintenance, or operation of the project 

works or of the works appurtenant or accessory thereto under the license. Indemnification shall 

include, but is not limited to, the value of resources damaged or destroyed; the costs of 

restoration, cleanup, or other mitigation; fire suppression or other types of abatement costs; third 

party claims and judgments; and all administrative, interest, and other legal costs. Upon 

surrender, transfer, or termination of the license, Licensee’s obligation to indemnify and hold 

harmless the United States shall survive for all valid claims for actions that occurred prior to 

such surrender, transfer or termination.

Condition No. 11 – Damage to Land, Property, and Interests of the 

United States

Licensee has an affirmative duty to protect the land, property, and interests of the United States 

from damage arising from Licensee's construction, maintenance, or operation of the project 

works or the works appurtenant or accessory thereto under the license. Licensee's liability for fire 
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and other damages to National Forest System lands shall be determined in accordance with the 

Federal Power Act and standard Form L-1 Articles 22 and 24.

Condition No. 12 – Risks and Hazards on National Forest System Lands

As part of the occupancy and use of the project area, Licensee has a continuing responsibility to 

reasonably identify and report all known or observed hazardous conditions on or directly 

affecting National Forest System lands within the project boundary that would affect the 

improvements, resources, or pose a risk of injury to individuals. Licensee will abate those 

conditions, except those caused by third parties or not related to the occupancy and use 

authorized by the License. Any non-emergency actions to abate such hazards on National Forest 

System lands shall be performed after consultation with FS. In emergency situations, Licensee 

shall notify FS of its actions as soon as possible, but not more than 48 hours, after such actions 

have been taken. Whether or not FS is notified or provides consultation; Licensee shall remain 

solely responsible for all abatement measures performed. Other hazards should be reported to the 

appropriate agency as soon as possible.

Condition No. 13 – Access

Subject to the limitations set forth under the heading of “Access by the United States” in 

Condition No. 19 hereof, FS reserves the right to use or permit others to use any part of the 

licensed area on NFS lands for any purpose, provided such use does not interfere with the rights 

and privileges authorized by this license or the Federal Power Act.

Condition No. 14 – Crossings

Licensee shall maintain suitable crossings as required by FS for all roads and trails that intersect 

the right-of-way occupied by linear Project facilities (powerline, penstock, ditch, and pipeline).

Condition No. 15 – Surveys, Land Corners

Licensee shall avoid disturbance to all public land survey monuments, private property corners, 

and forest boundary markers. In the event that any such land markers or monuments on National 

Forest System lands are destroyed by an act or omission of Licensee, in connection with the use 

and/or occupancy authorized by this license, depending on the type of monument destroyed, 

Licensee shall reestablish or reference same in accordance with (1) the procedures outlined in the 

"Manual of Instructions for the Survey of the Public Land of the United States," (2) the 

specifications of the County Surveyor, or (3) the specifications of FS. Further, Licensee shall 

ensure that any such official survey records affected are amended as provided by law.

Condition No. 16 – Signs

Licensee shall consult with FS prior to erecting signs related to safety issues on NFS lands 

covered by the license. Prior to Licensee erecting any other signs or advertising devices on NFS 

lands covered by the license, Licensee must obtain the approval of FS as to location, design, size, 

color, and message. Licensee shall be responsible for maintaining all Licensee-erected signs to 
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neat and presentable standards.

Condition No. 17 – Ground Disturbing Activities

If Licensee proposes ground-disturbing activities on or directly affecting NFS lands that were not 

specifically addressed in the Commission’s NEPA processes, Licensee, in consultation with FS, 

shall determine the scope of work and potential for Project-related effects, and whether 

additional information is required to proceed with the planned activity. Upon FS request, 

Licensee shall enter into an agreement with FS under which Licensee shall fund a reasonable 

portion of FS staff time and expenses for staff activities related to the proposed activities.

Condition No. 18 – Use of National Forest System Roads for Project Access

Licensee shall obtain suitable authorization for all project access roads and NFS roads needed for 

Project access. The authorization shall require road maintenance and cost sharing in 

reconstruction commensurate with Licensee’s use and project-related use. The authorization 

shall specify road maintenance and management standards that provide for traffic safety, 

minimize erosion, and damage to natural resources and that are acceptable to FS as appropriate.

Licensee shall pay FS for its share of maintenance cost or perform maintenance or other agreed 

to services, as determined by FS for all use of roads related to project operations, project-related 

public recreation, or related activities. The maintenance obligation of Licensee shall be 

proportionate to total use and commensurate with its use. Any maintenance to be performed by 

Licensee shall be authorized by and shall be performed in accordance with an approved 

maintenance plan and applicable Best Management Practices (BMPs). In the event a road 

requires maintenance, restoration, or reconstruction work to accommodate Licensee's needs, 

Licensee shall perform such work at its own expense after securing FS authorization.

Licensee shall complete a condition survey and a proposed maintenance plan subject to FS 

review and approval as appropriate once each year. The plan may take the format of a road 

maintenance agreement provided all the above conditions are met as well as the conditions set 

forth in the proposed agreement.

In addition, all NFS roads used as Project Access roads (PAR) and Right-of-Way access roads 

(ROW) shall have:

• Current condition survey.

• Be mapped at a scale to allow identification of specific routes or segments.

• FS assigned road numbers are used for reference on the maps, tables, and in the field.

• GIS compatible files of GPS alignments of all roads used for Project access are provided to 

FS.

• Adequate signage is installed and maintained by Licensee at each road or route, identifying 

the road by FS road number.
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Condition No. 19 – Access By The United States

The United States shall have unrestricted use of any road over which Licensee has control within 

the project area for all purposes deemed necessary and desirable in connection with the 

protection, administration, management, and utilization of Federal lands or resources. When 

needed for the protection, administration, and management of Federal lands or resources the 

United States shall have the right to extend rights and privileges for use of the right-of-way and 

road thereon to States and local subdivisions thereof, as well as to other users. The United States 

shall control such use so as not to unreasonably interfere with the safety or security uses, or 

cause Licensee to bear a share of costs disproportionate to Licensee’s use in comparison to the 

use of the road by others.

Condition No. 20 – Road Use

Licensee shall confine all vehicles being used for project purposes, including but not limited to 

administrative and transportation vehicles and construction and inspection equipment, to roads or 

specifically designed access routes, as identified in the Transportation System Management Plan 

(refer to Condition No. 57). FS reserves the right to close any and all such routes where damages 

is occurring to the soil or vegetation or, if requested by Licensee, to require 

reconstruction/construction by Licensee to the extent needed to accommodate Licensee’s use. 

FS agrees to provide notice to Licensee and the Commission prior to road closures, except in an 

emergency, in which case notice will be provided as soon as practicable.

Condition No. 21 – Hazardous Substances Plan

Within 1 year of license issuance or prior to undertaking activities on NFS lands, Licensee shall 

file with the Commission a plan approved by FS for oil and hazardous substances storage and 

spill prevention and cleanup. The plan shall show evidence of consultation with SWRCB, 

CDFW, and the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB). In addition, during planning 

and prior to any new construction or maintenance not addressed in an existing plan, Licensee 

shall notify FS, and in consultation with SWRCB, CDFW, and RWQCB, FS shall make a 

determination whether a plan approved by FS for oil and hazardous substances storage and spill 

prevention and cleanup is needed. Any such plan shall be filed with the Commission.

At a minimum, the plan must require Licensee to (1) maintain in the project area, a cache of spill 

cleanup equipment suitable to contain any spill from the project; (2) to periodically inform FS of 

the location of the spill cleanup equipment on NFS lands and of the location, type, and quantity 

of oil and hazardous substances stored in the project area; and (3) to inform FS immediately of 

the magnitude, nature, time, date, location, and action taken for any spill. The plan shall include 

a monitoring plan that details corrective measures that will be taken if spills occur. The plan shall 

include a requirement for a weekly written report during construction documenting the results of 

the monitoring.
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Condition No. 22 – Pesticide-Use Restrictions on National Forest System 

Lands

Pesticides may not be used on NFS lands or in areas affecting NFS lands to control undesirable 

woody and herbaceous vegetation, aquatic plants, insects, rodents, non-native fish, etc., without 

the prior written approval of FS. During the Annual Meeting described in Condition No. 1, 

Licensee shall submit a request for approval of planned uses of pesticides for the upcoming year. 

Licensee shall provide at a minimum the following information essential for review:

• Whether pesticide applications are essential for use on NFS lands;

• Specific locations of use;

• Specific herbicides proposed for use;

• Application rates;

• Dose and exposure rates; and

• Safety risk and timeframes for application.

Exceptions to this schedule may be allowed only when unexpected outbreaks of pests require 

control measures that were not anticipated at the time the report was submitted. In such an 

instance, an emergency request and approval may be made.

Any pesticide use that is deemed necessary to use on NFS lands within 500 feet of known 

locations of Western Pond Turtles, Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Frog, Foothill Yellow Legged 

Frog, or known locations of FS Special Status or culturally significant plant populations will be 

designed to avoid adverse effects to individuals and their habitats. Application of pesticides must 

be consistent with FS riparian conservation objectives.

On NFS lands, Licensee shall only use those materials registered by the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency and consistent with those applied by FS and approved through FS review for 

the specific purpose planned. Licensee must strictly follow label instructions in the preparation 

and application of pesticides and disposal of excess materials and containers. Licensee may also 

submit Pesticide Use Proposal(s) with accompanying risk assessment and other FS required 

documents to use pesticides on a regular basis for the term of the license as addressed further in 

Condition No. 38, Vegetation and Non-Native Invasive Plant Management Plan. Submission of 

this plan will not relieve Licensee of the responsibility of annual notification and review.

Condition No. 23 – Construction Inspections

Within 60 days of planned ground-disturbing activity on or affecting NFS lands, Licensee shall 

file with the Commission a Safety During Construction Plan that identifies potential hazard areas 

and measures necessary to address public safety. Areas to consider include construction activities 

near public roads, trails, and recreation areas and facilities.

Licensee shall perform daily (or on a schedule otherwise agreed to by FS in writing) inspections 

of Licensee's construction operations on NFS lands and Licensee adjoining property while 

construction is in progress. Licensee shall document these inspections (informal writing 

sufficient) and shall deliver such documentation to FS on a schedule agreed to by FS. The 
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inspections must specifically include fire plan compliance, public safety, and environmental 

protection. Licensee shall act immediately to correct any items found to need correction.

A registered professional engineer or other qualified employee of the appropriate specialty shall 

regularly conduct construction inspections of structural improvements on a schedule approved by 

FS.

Condition No. 24 – Unattended Construction Equipment

Licensee shall not place construction equipment on NFS lands prior to actual use or allow it to 

remain on NFS lands subsequent to actual use, except for a reasonable mobilization and 

demobilization period agreed to by FS.

PART II: RESOURCE CONDITIONS

Condition No. 25 – General Resource Measures

Annual Employee Training

Licensee shall, beginning in the first full calendar year after license issuance, annually perform 

employee awareness training and shall also perform such training when a staff member is first 

assigned to the Project. The goal of the training shall be to familiarize Licensee's operations and 

maintenance (O&M) staff with special-status species, noxious weeds and sensitive areas (e.g., 

special-status plant populations and noxious weed populations) that are known to occur within or 

adjacent to the Commission Project Boundary on NFS lands, and the procedures for reporting to 

each agency, as appropriate, to comply with the license requirements. It is not the intent of this 

measure that Licensee’s O&M staff perform surveys or become specialists in the identification 

of special-status species or noxious weeds. Licensee shall direct its O&M staff to avoid 

disturbance to sensitive areas, and to advise all Licensee contractors to avoid sensitive areas. If 

Licensee determines that disturbance of a sensitive area is unavoidable, License shall consult 

with FS to minimize adverse effects to sensitive resources. This measure applies to employee 

training that is not otherwise covered by a specific plan.

Coordinated Operations Plan

Licensee shall, within 90 days of the issuance of the new license for the Drum-Spaulding Project 

or the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project, whichever is later, file with the Commission for 

approval a Coordinated Operations Plan (Plan). Licensee shall develop the Plan in consultation 

with Licensee for the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project. The purpose of the Plan shall be to 

provide for coordination between the Drum-Spaulding Project and the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric 

Project regarding implementation of flow– related measures in each Project’s license. Licensee 

shall file the Plan, with evidence of consultation as the Plan relates to compliance with flowrelated measures, with FS, BLM, CDFW, SWRCB, and Licensee of the Yuba-Bear 

Hydroelectric Project, with the Commission. Licensee shall implement those portions of the Plan 

approved by the Commission.
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Condition No. 26 – Water Year Types

Within 90 days of license issuance, Licensee shall in each year in each of the months of 

February, March, April, May and October determine water year type as described in the Water 

Year Type table below. Licensee shall use this determination in implementing articles and 

conditions of the license that are dependent on water year type. Water year types shall be 

defined as:

Water Year types for the Drum-Spaulding Project.

Water Year Type

DWR Forecast of Total Unimpaired Runoff in the Yuba River at Smartville

in Thousand Acre-Feet or DWR Full Natural Flow Near Smartville for the Water Year in 

Thousand Acre-Feet

1

Extreme Critically Dry

Equal to or Less than 615 or second year of back-to-back Critically Dry Water Years (<=900)

Critically Dry 616 to 900

Dry 901 to 1,460

Below Normal 1,461 to 2,190

Above Normal 2,191 to 3,240

Wet Greater than 3,240 1 DWR rounds the Bulletin 120 forecast to the nearest 1,000 acre-feet. The Full Natural Flow is provided to the nearest acre-foot, 

and Licensee will round DWR’s Full Natural Flow to the nearest 1,000 acre-feet.

In each of the months of February, March, April and May, the water year type shall be based on 

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) water year forecast of unimpaired runoff in 

the Yuba River at Smartville as set forth in DWR’s Bulletin 120 entitled “Water Year Conditions 

in California.” DWR’s forecast published in February, March and April shall apply from the 

15th day of that month to the 14th day of the next month. From May 15 through October 14, the 

water year type shall be based on DWR’s forecast published in May.

From October 15 through February 14 of the following year, the water year type shall be based 

on the sum of DWR’s monthly (not daily) full natural flow for the full water year for the Yuba 

River near Smartville as made available by DWR on the California Data Exchange Center 

(CDEC) in the folder named “FNF Sum.” (Currently these data are available at: 

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/stages/FNFSUM). If DWR does not make the full natural 

flow for the full water year available until after October 14 but prior to or on October 31, from 3 

days after the date the full natural flow is made available until February 14 of the following year, 

the water year type shall be based on the sum of DWR’s monthly full natural flow for the full

water year as made available. If DWR does not make available the final full natural flow by 

October 31, the water year type from November 1 through February 14 of the following year 

shall be based on DWR’s May Bulletin 120.

Condition No. 27 – Minimum Streamflows

Licensee shall meet the minimum streamflows shown in the Minimum Streamflow table below.

Minimum streamflows shall mean the instantaneous flow except as otherwise provided below, 

Licensee shall record instantaneous streamflow as required by United States Geological Survey 

(USGS) standards at all gages:
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• Minimum streamflows may be temporarily modified for short periods upon consultation with 

CDFW, SWRCB, FS, and BLM and approval by FS and notification to the Commission.

• Minimum streamflows may be temporarily modified due to an emergency. An emergency is 

defined as an event that is reasonably out of the control of Licensee and requires Licensee to 

take immediate action, either unilaterally or under instruction of law enforcement, emergency 

services, or other regulatory agency staff, including actions to prevent the imminent loss of 

human life or damage to property. An emergency may include, but is not limited to: natural 

events such as landslides, storms, or wildfires; vandalism; malfunction or failure of Project 

works; or other public safety incidents. If the minimum streamflows are so modified, 

Licensee shall notify the Commission, CDFW, SWRCB, FS, and BLM as soon as reasonably 

possible, but no later than the end of the next business day (business days do not include 

weekends and federal or state holidays) after such modification.

Except as otherwise provided, Licensee shall implement minimum streamflows within 90 days 

of license issuance, unless facility modifications or construction are necessary. Where facilities 

must be modified or constructed to allow compliance with the required minimum streamflows, 

including flow measurement facilities, except as otherwise provided, Licensee shall submit 

applications for permits to modify or construct the facilities as soon as reasonably practicable but 

no later than two years after license issuance and will complete the work as soon as reasonably 

practicable but no later than two years after receiving all required permits and approvals for the 

work. During the period before facility modifications or construction are completed, and starting 

within 90 days after license issuance, Licensee shall make a good faith effort to provide the 

specified minimum streamflows within the reasonable capabilities of the existing facilities.
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Minimum Streamflows in cubic feet per second (cfs) for specified reaches by month and 

water year type.

Month

Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Year

Critically Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below Normal

Water Year

Above Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

SOUTH YUBA RIVER – BELOW KIDD LAKE DAM AND LOWER PEAK LAKE DAM (AT CISCO GROVE)

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-316; USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11414000)

October 5 5 5 5 5 5

November 5 5 5 5 5 5

December 5 5 5 5 5 5

January 5 5 5 5 5 5

February 5 5 5 5 5 5

March 5 5 5 5 5 5

April 5 5 5 5 5 5

May 5 5 5 5 5 5

June 5 5 5 5 5 5

July 5 5 5 5 5 5

August 5 5 5 5 5 5

September 5 5 5 5 5 5

FORDYCE CREEK – BELOW FORDYCE LAKE DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-200; USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11414100)

October 20 20 20 25 25 25

November 15 15 15 20 25 25

December 15 15 15 20 25 25

January 15 15 15 20 25 25

February 15 15 15 20 25 25

March 15 15 15 20 25 25

April 15 15 15 20 25 25

May 40 40 40 40 45 45

June 30 30 30 30 45 45

July 25 25 25 25 30 30

August 20 20 20 25 25 25

September 20 20 20 25 25 25

SOUTH YUBA RIVER – BELOW LAKE SPAULDING DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-29; USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11414250)

October 10*/20 20 20 25 25 30

November 10*/20 20 20 25 25 30

December 10*/20 20 20 25 25 30

January 10*/20 20 20 25 25 30

February 10*/20 25 25 35 40 50

March 10*/20 25 30 40 55 75

April 10*/20 30 40 60 80 90

May 10*/20 40 60 90 90 90

June 1-14 10*/20 35 40 50 90 90

June 15-30 20 35 40 50 90 90

July 20 25 30 35 40 40

August 20 20 23 25 40 40

September 1-15 10*/20 20 23 25 40 40

September 16 - 30 10*/20 20 20 25 28 30

* In the case where an EC water year (less than 615,000 ac-ft at Smartsville) is preceded by an EC or CD water year, the minimum 

streamflow shall be 10 cfs from September 1 to June 14.
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Minimum Streamflows in cubic feet per second (cfs) for specified reaches by month and 

water year type. (continued)

Month

Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Year

Critically Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below Normal

Water Year

Above Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

SOUTH FORK DEER CREEK – BELOW DEER CREEK POWERHOUSE

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-34 IN SOUTH YUBA CANAL)

October 5 5 5 5 5 5

November 5 5 5 5 5 5

December 5 5 5 5 5 5

January 5 5 5 5 5 5

February 5 5 5 5 5 5

March 5 5 5 5 5 5

April 5 5 5 5 5 5

May 5 5 5 5 5 5

June 5 5 5 5 5 5

July 5 5 5 5 5 5

August 5 5 5 5 5 5

September 5 5 5 5 5 5

NORTH FORK OF NORTH FORK AMERICAN RIVER – BELOW LAKE VALLEY RESERVOIR DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-104)

October 2 2 3 3 3 4

November 2 2 3 3 3 4

December 2 2 3 3 3 4

January 2 2 3 3 3 4

February 2 2 3 3 3 4

March 2 2 3 3 3 4

April 2 4 4 6 8 10

May 2 6 6 9 11 15

June 2 5 5 6 8 10

July 2 3 3.5 5 5.5 6

August 2 3 3.5 5 5.5 6

September 2 3 3.5 5 5.5 6

NORTH FORK OF NORTH FORK AMERICAN RIVER – BELOW LAKE VALLEY CANAL DIVERSION DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-236)

October 2.2 2.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 4.5

November 2.2 2.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 4.5

December 2.2 2.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 4.5

January 2.2 2.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 4.5

February 2.2 2.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 4.5

March 2.2 2.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 4.5

April 2.2 4.2 4.2 6.5 8.5 10.5

May 2.2 6.2 6.2 9.5 11.5 15.5

June 2.2 5.2 5.2 6.5 8.5 10.5

July 2.2 3.2 3.7 5.5 6 6.5

August 2.2 3.2 3.7 5.5 6 6.5

September 2.2 3.2 3.7 5.5 6 6.5

Condition No. 28 – Flow Setting

For each location set forth in the Flow Setting Minimum Streamflow table below, by no later 

than November 1 of each year, Licensee shall set the low-level outlet opening to make the flow 

release (“the Winter Setting”). 3 The following year, Licensee shall not be required to reset the 

low-level outlet opening at any of the locations below until Licensee can safely access the outlet 

works (typically in the late spring or early summer), at which time Licensee shall set the low-
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level outlet for the flow release for that month, as is more fully described in the paragraphs 

below. Licensee’s license compliance requirement is the act of setting the low-level outlet works 

for the Winter Setting by no later than November 1 of each year at each location to the applicable 

flow release, as set forth in the Flow Setting Minimum Streamflow table below. Licensee does 

not have any additional flow release or flow-setting requirement at these locations between the 

time that Licensee makes the Winter Setting and the time that Licensee is able to safely access 

the outlet works the following year. Licensee also has no requirement to collect streamflow 

compliance data from the time Licensee makes the Winter Setting until Licensee is able to safely 

access and reset the outlet works the following year.

With the exception of below Lake Sterling Dam and below Fuller Lake Dam, from the time 

Licensee first accesses each of the following outlet works each year until Licensee makes the 

Winter Setting the same year, Licensee shall check the outlet works for each location twice each 

week approximately 3 days apart (from Sunday to Saturday) and, if needed, re-set the outlet 

works to make the flow release for that location for that month as set forth in the Flow Setting 

Minimum Streamflow table. During this time period each year (approximately late spring or 

early summer until Licensee makes the Winter Setting the same year), Licensee’s license 

compliance requirement is the act of setting the low- level outlet works at each location twice 

each week consistent with the flows for that month as set forth in the Flow Setting Minimum 

Streamflow table, and Licensee does not have any additional flow release or flow-setting 

requirements at these locations.

For below Lake Sterling Dam, from the time Licensee first accesses the outlet works each year 

until Licensee makes the Winter Setting the same year, Licensee shall check the outlet works for 

each location twice every 30 days approximately two weeks apart and, if needed, re-set the outlet 

works to make the flow release for that location for that month as set forth in the Flow Setting 

Minimum Streamflow table. During this time period each year (approximately late spring or 

early summer until Licensee makes the Winter Setting the same year), Licensee’s license 

compliance requirement is the act of setting the low- level outlet works at Lake Sterling Dam 

twice each month consistent with the flows for that month as set forth in the Flow Setting 

Minimum Streamflow table, using a Licensee determined theoretical valve set-point reference 

(head versus flow calibration curve) and Licensee does not have any additional flow release or 

flow-setting requirements at Lake Sterling Dam.

For below Fuller Lake Dam, when Licensee is able to safely access the low-level outlet 

(typically in the late spring or early summer), Licensee shall, as needed, re-set the outlet works to 

release the flow for that location for that month. From approximately late spring or early 

summer until Licensee makes the Winter Setting the same year, Licensee shall comply with the 

minimum streamflows for below Fuller Lake Dam as set forth in the Flow Setting Minimum 

Streamflow table of this measure as measured at a continuously measured recording gage, YB211, downstream of the dam. Minimum streamflows below Fuller Lake Dam in this measure 

shall have the same meaning and shall be applied as described and defined in this measure.

At the Annual Meeting, Licensee shall provide CDFW, SWRCB, FS, and BLM a report 

documenting: (1) the dates Licensee checked the outlet works for each site in the Flow Setting 

Minimum Streamflow table during the time Licensee first accessed each site until the Winter 
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Setting, (2) the flow at each location in the Flow Setting Minimum Streamflow table each time 

Licensee checked the outlet works, and (3) documentation showing Licensee reset the outlet 

works (if necessary) at each site in the Flow Setting Minimum Streamflow table during each 

time the outlet works were checked.

Minimum Streamflows in cubic feet per second for specified reaches by month and 

water year type. (Flow Setting)

Month

Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Year

Critically Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below Normal

Water Year

Above Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

TEXAS CREEK – BELOW UPPER ROCK LAKE DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-201; USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11416585)

October 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

November 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

December 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

January 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

February 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

March 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

April 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

May 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

June 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

July 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

August 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

September 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

TEXAS CREEK – BELOW LOWER ROCK LAKE DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-202; USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11416610)

October 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

November 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

December 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

January 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

February 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

March 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

April 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

May 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

June 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

July 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

August 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

September 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

UNNAMED TRIBUTARY – BELOW CULBERTSON LAKE DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-203; USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11416620)

October 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1.5 1.5

November 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1 1

December 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1 1

January 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1 1

February 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1 1

March 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1 1

April 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1 1

May 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1 1

June 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1.5 1.5

July 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1.5 1.5

August 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1.5 1.5

September 0.3 0.3 0.75 0.75 1.5 1.5
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Minimum Streamflows in cubic feet per second for specified reaches by month and

water year type. (Flow Setting) (continued)

Month

Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Year

Critically Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below Normal

Water Year

Above Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

LINDSEY CREEK – BELOW MIDDLE LINDSEY LAKE DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-205; USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11416670)

October 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

November 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

December 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

January 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

February 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

March 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

April 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

May 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

June 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

July 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

August 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

September 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

LINDSEY CREEK – BELOW LOWER LINDSEY LAKE DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-206B; USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11416700)

October 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7

November 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7

December 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7

January 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7

February 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7

March 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7

April 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7

May 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7

June 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7

July 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7

August 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7

September 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7

LAKE CREEK – BELOW FEELEY LAKE DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-207; USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11414350)

October 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

November 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

December 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

January 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

February 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

March 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

April 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

May 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

June 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

July 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

August 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

September 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1
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Minimum Streamflows in cubic feet per second for specified reaches by month and 

water year type. (Flow Setting) (continued)

Month

Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Year

Critically Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below Normal

Water Year

Above Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

LAKE CREEK – BELOW CARR LAKE DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-208; USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11414360)

October 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

November 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

December 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

January 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

February 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

March 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

April 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

May 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

June 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

July 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

August 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

September 0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1 1

RUCKER CREEK – BELOW BLUE LAKE DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-209; USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11414265)

October 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5

November 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5

December 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5

January 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5

February 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5

March 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5

April 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5

May 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5

June 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5

July 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5

August 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5

September 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5

RUCKER CREEK – BELOW RUCKER LAKE DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-210; USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11414280)

October 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5

November 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5

December 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5

January 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5

February 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5

March 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5

April 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5

May 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5

June 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5

July 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5

August 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5

September 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.75 1 1.5
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Minimum Streamflows in cubic feet per second for specified reaches by month and 

water year type. (Flow Setting) (continued)

Month

Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Year

Critically Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below Normal

Water Year

Above Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

UNNAMED TRIBUTARY – BELOW FULLER LAKE DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-211)

October 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

November 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

December 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

January 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

February 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

March 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

April 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

May 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

June 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

July 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

August 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

September 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

UNNAMED TRIBUTARY – BELOW MEADOW LAKE DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-217)

October 1 1 1 1 1 1

November 1 1 1 1 1 1

December 1 1 1 1 1 1

January 1 1 1 1 1 1

February 1 1 1 1 1 1

March 1 1 1 1 1 1

April 1 1 1 1 1 1

May 1 1 1 1 1 1

June 1 1 1 1 1 1

July 1 – 8 5 5 5 5 5 5

July 9 – 17 11 11 11 11 11 11

July 18 – 31 5 5 5 5 5 5

August 1 1 1 1 1 1

September 1 1 1 1 1 1

WHITE ROCK CREEK – BELOW WHITE ROCK DIVERSION DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-218)

October 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

November 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

December 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

January 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

February 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

March 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

April 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

May 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

June 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

July 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

August 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

September 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1
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Minimum Streamflows in cubic feet per second for specified reaches by month and 

water year type. (Flow Setting) (continued)

Month

Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Year

Critically Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below Normal

Water Year

Above Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

BLOODY CREEK – BELOW LAKE STERLING DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: LOW-LEVEL OUTLET WORKS AT LAKE STERLING DAM)

October 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1.5

November 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

December 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

January 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

February 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

March 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

April 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

May 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1

June 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1.5

July 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1.5

August 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1.5

September 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1.5

UNNNAMED TRIBUTARY – BELOW KIDD LAKE DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-220)

October 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

November 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

December 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

January 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

February 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

March 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

April 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

May 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

June 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.75 1 1

July 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

August 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

September 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

CASCADE CREEK – BELOW LOWER PEAK LAKE DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-222)

October 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

November 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

December 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

January 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

February 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

March 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

April 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

May 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

June 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.75 1 1

July 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

August 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

September 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
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Minimum Streamflows in cubic feet per second for specified reaches by month and 

water year type. (Flow Setting) (continued)

Month

Extreme

Critically Dry

Water Year

Critically Dry

Water Year

Dry

Water Year

Below Normal

Water Year

Above Normal

Water Year

Wet

Water Year

SIXMILE CREEK – BELOW KELLY LAKE DAM

(COMPLIANCE POINT: YB-226)

October 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5

November 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5

December 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5

January 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5

February 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5

March 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5

April 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5

May 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5

June 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5

July 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5

August 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5

September 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5

Condition No. 29 – Canal Outages

This measure pertains to canal outages that affect minimum streamflows described in this 

measure. For the purpose of this measure, there are three types of canal outages: (1) annual 

planned outages; (2) non-routine planned outages; and (3) emergency outages. For the purpose of 

this measure: an “annual planned outage” is defined as an outage that is typically taken around 

the same time each year for routine maintenance; a “non-routine planned outage” is defined as an 

outage for work that is high priority work (often major maintenance) and performed under 

planned conditions but is not performed during the annual planned outage period; and an 

“emergency outage” is defined as an outage due to an event that is reasonably out of the control 

of Licensee and requires Licensee to take immediate action, either unilaterally or under 

instruction of law enforcement, emergency services, or other regulatory agency staff, including 

actions to prevent the imminent loss of human life or damage to property. An emergency may 

include, but is not limited to: natural events such as landslides, storms, or wildfires; vandalism; 

malfunction or failure of Project works; or other public safety incidents.

During the Annual Meeting (Condition No. 1), Licensee will inform meeting participants about 

annual planned outages, including the anticipated time-frame the annual planned outages will 

occur, and any non-routine planned outages that are already planned at the time of the Annual 

Meeting, for the upcoming year. Licensee will in good faith provide CDFW, SWRCB, FS, and 

BLM as much notice as reasonably possible for any annual planned outages or non-routine 

planned outages that were not noted in the Annual Meeting or that become anticipated to occur at 

a time that is different than reported in the Annual Meeting or different from the approximate 

time of year listed in the Canal Outages table below. For all annual planned outages and nonroutine planned outages, Licensee will comply with the Canal Outages Fish Rescue Plan 

(Condition No. 29) as well as all laws and permitting requirements, as applicable. Licensee will 

provide CDFW, SWRCB, FS, and BLM notice by electronic mail as soon as reasonably possible, 

but no later than the end of the next business day (business days do not include weekends and 

federal or state holidays) after an emergency outage occurs.
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The Canal Outages table below lists canals where outages may affect minimum streamflows in 

this measure and provides the minimum streamflows required during the first 30 days of annual 

planned outages, non-routine planned outages or emergency outages. If an annual planned 

outage, non-routine planned outage, or emergency outage is anticipated to extend past 30 days, 

Licensee shall consult with the CDFW, SWRCB, FS, and BLM regarding minimum streamflows 

for the remainder of the outage after the first 30 days and Licensee shall implement the 

collaboratively agreed upon minimum streamflows as soon as it is reasonably possible to do so 

for the remainder of the outage. Licensee shall also file any collaboratively agreed upon changes 

in minimum streamflows with the Commission. The Canal Outages table below also lists the 

approximate time of year and typical duration that each annual planned outage occurs. However, 

annual planned outages may in any given year last longer or occur outside of the approximate 

time frame identified in the Canal Outages table below. Licensee will not take the Drum Canal 

and the Bear River Canal out of service simultaneously unless there is an emergency that 

requires this action.

Locations where canal outages affect Minimum Streamflows.

Location

(Stream – Facility)

Typical historical outage

period/duration

Minimum Streamflows During Annual Planned Outages,

Non-Routine Planned Outages and Emergency Outages

Bear River – YB-198

Approximately 2 weeks in late 

September and early October 

(Drum Canal) or approximately 

2 weeks from late March to 

early April (South Yuba Canal)

In the event that the total flow in the Drum Canal upstream of 

YB-137 and South Yuba Canal upstream of YB-139 is less than 

required for the Minimum Streamflow at YB-198, the 

Minimum Streamflow shall be no less than the natural flow in 

Bear River at YB-198, and Licensee shall also release as much 

water as is available in the two canals to meet as much of the 

Minimum Streamflow as set forth in this Measure as possible.

South Yuba Canal above Deer

Creek Forebay – YB-34

Approximately 2 weeks in late 

March to early April (South 

Yuba Canal and/or Chalk Bluff 

Canal)

When the South Yuba Canal or Chalk Bluff Canal are out of 

service, no Minimum Streamflows shall be required at YB- 34.

Condition No. 30 – Fordyce Lake Drawdown

For the purposes of this measure, a “High Target Flow” is a flow of approximately 475 cfs to 

250 cfs. Licensee shall make a good faith effort to manage flows released from Fordyce Dam 

(measured at YB-200) after spills cease at both Fordyce Dam and at Lake Spaulding, and 

Fordyce Dam can be safely accessed, consistent with the parameters set forth below.

• Implementation of this measure shall not cause additional spills at Lake Spaulding when 

transferring water from Fordyce Reservoir to Lake Spaulding;

• The end of year carryover target storage for minimum flow requirements at Fordyce 

Reservoir is 7,500 to 10,000 acre-feet;

• When Lake Spaulding has ceased spilling (or in a year when Lake Spaulding has not spilled) 

and as soon as there is sufficient storage space available in Lake Spaulding, Licensee shall 

begin the High Target Flow;

• The High Target Flow shall commence at an initial magnitude between 450 cfs and 475 cfs, 

and its magnitude shall be reduced principally by leaving the outlet valve at Fordyce 

Reservoir as far open as is necessary to achieve the initial magnitude, thereafter allowing the 

drop in head from declining storage in the reservoir to reduce the flow.
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• Once Licensee begins the High Target Flow, Licensee shall maintain those flows until 

storage in Fordyce Reservoir reaches 29,000 acre-feet;

• After Fordyce Reservoir reaches 29,000 acre-feet, Licensee shall determine the subsequent 

release rates by calculating the difference between 29,000 acre-feet and the end of year target 

pool level of 7,500-10,000 acre-feet. This amount shall be apportioned equally and released 

until the end of year target pool level is reached;

• Licensee shall initiate a special event flow of approximately 50 cfs for approximately 10 days 

beginning the end of the 3rd week in August (unless FS otherwise informs Licensee of a 

different date); and

• Following the special event flow, Licensee shall provide no less than the flows set forth in 

the minimum streamflows in this measure.

Licensee shall make a good faith effort to provide the target flows measured as mean daily flow. 

The target flows set forth in this measure cannot be guaranteed and may be beyond Licensee’s 

reasonable control. The target flows are subject to modification in emergencies. An emergency 

is defined as an event that is reasonably out of the control of Licensee and requires Licensee to 

take immediate action, either unilaterally or under instruction of law enforcement, emergency 

services, or other regulatory agency staff, including actions to prevent the imminent loss of 

human life or damage to property. An emergency may include, but is not limited to: natural 

events such as landslides, storms, or wildfires; vandalism; malfunction or failure of Project 

works; or other public safety incidents. Licensee may increase and/or decrease flows set forth in 

this measure in a manner consistent with public safety and operational needs.

Condition No. 31 – Spill Cessation and Minimization of Flow Fluctuations at 

South Yuba River

Licensee shall make a good faith effort to adhere to the Lake Spaulding spill cessation schedules 

in Table 1 and Table 2 of this measure if and when the following criteria occur:

• The spill flows below Lake Spaulding as measured at USGS Streamflow Gage 11414250 

(YB-29) reach the flow threshold specified in Table 1 and/or Table 2, as applicable; and

• When and if the water surface elevation of Lake Spaulding as measured at USGS Reservoir 

Storage Gage 11414140 (Lake Spaulding near Emigrant Gap) (YB-15) meets or exceeds 

5,005.6 feet (i.e., 6 feet of head on the 15-foot-high radial gates).

The spill cessation schedule in Table 1 of this measure is intended to address recreation interests 

in the Project (including boating) and shall apply in Wet, Above Normal, and Below Normal 

water years only and does not apply in Dry, Critically Dry or Extreme Critically Dry water years. 

The spill cessation schedule in Table 2 shall apply in all water year types. The requirements in 

this measure are not subject to a ramping rate.

If the above criteria and the flow threshold in Table 1 of this measure occur between May 2 and 

September 30, the flow schedule for the applicable Water Year Type in Table 1 will be 

implemented once between May 2 and September 30.

If the above criteria and the flow threshold in Table 2 of this measure are met anytime between 
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May 2 and September 30, the Table 2 flow schedule will be implemented when reducing spill 

flow to a base flow (approaching the applicable Minimum Streamflow as set forth in this 

measure).

Licensee will use good faith efforts to implement the Target Flows in Table 1 of this measure 

during spill conditions and will attempt to make these flows prior to or during Memorial Day 

weekend each year if the above criteria occur at that time. If Licensee is in the process of 

implementing the Target Flows set forth in Table 1 on or after May 15, and Lake Spaulding is 

not forecast to have additional or uncontrolled spill after the Table 1 Target Flows have been 

made, Licensee will make a good faith effort to release between 250 and 275 cfs on the last day 

of the spill cessation schedule for Table 1 and Licensee will then immediately begin 

implementing the Table 2 flows.

If there is not enough head on the radial gates to implement the full spill cessation schedule in 

Table 2 (i.e., Licensee cannot release the higher flows), Licensee will make a good faith effort to 

implement whatever portion of the spill cessation schedule in Table 2 Licensee reasonably can 

implement.

Table 1. Higher flow spill cessation schedule in the South Yuba River downstream of Lake 

Spaulding Dam.

Water Year Type: Wet Above Normal Below Normal Dry

Target Flow Target Number of Days to Hold Target Flows

250- 420 cfs No less than 6

consecutive days

No less than 4

consecutive days

No less than 2

consecutive days --

Table 2. Lower flow spill cessation schedule in the South Yuba River downstream of Lake 

Spaulding Dam.

Target Flow, +/- 20%1 Target Number of Days to Hold Target Flows

250 cfs 1 day

200 cfs 2 days

150 cfs 2 days

125 cfs 3 days

100 cfs 3 days

75 cfs 4 days

60 cfs 4 days

50 cfs2 2 days 1

Once the facility modifications (discussed later in this measure) are completed, Target Flows at or below 75 cfs will be ± 10%. 2 If the Minimum Streamflow in this measure is greater than 50 cfs, the spill cessation will stop at the Minimum Streamflow.

Licensee shall make a good faith effort to provide the Target Flows measured as mean daily flow 

shown in Tables 1 and 2 above for at least the target number of days specified. However, some 

conditions (e.g., rain on snow event and unusual temperature variations) are outside Licensee’s 

control, and flows may increase or decrease significantly during such conditions.

Where facility modifications are needed to provide the Target Flows in the spill cessation 

schedules, Licensee shall complete such modifications as soon as reasonably practicable and no 

later than 5 years after license issuance. Prior to making such facility modifications, Licensee 

will have very limited ability to make the Target Flow releases in either Table 1 or Table 2. 

However, Licensee shall make a good faith effort to provide the Target Flows within the limited 
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capabilities of the existing facilities. Once Licensee has completed the needed facility 

modifications as discussed above, Licensee shall make a good faith effort to provide the Target 

Flows measured as mean daily flow within 10 percent (plus or minus) of the Target Flows at or 

below 75 cfs in Table 2; Target Flows above 75 cfs in Table 2 will still be subject to the 20 

percent (plus or minus) variation after the facility modifications are completed.

Licensee shall make available to FS the streamflow records related to this spill cessation 

schedule upon FS’s request.

In years where this spill cessation schedule is implemented, for the period of time from the end 

of the spill cessation schedule in Table 2 through September 30, with the exception of 

emergencies or when otherwise required by law, Licensee shall make a good faith effort to not 

make releases from Lake Spaulding/Spaulding Dam that result in short- term, high-flow 

fluctuations defined as a 100 percent or greater increase in a 12-hour period in the South Yuba 

River downstream of Lake Spaulding/Spaulding Dam. In non- spill cessation years, Licensee 

shall make a good faith effort to not make releases from Lake Spaulding/Spaulding Dam that 

result in short-term, high flow fluctuations as defined above in the South Yuba River 

downstream of Lake Spaulding/Spaulding Dam from May 2 through September 30.

These Spill Cessation Schedules cannot be guaranteed and may be beyond Licensee’s reasonable 

control. The Spill Cessation Schedules are subject to modification if required by emergencies. 

An emergency is defined as an event that is reasonably out of the control of Licensee and 

requires Licensee to take immediate action, either unilaterally or under instruction by law 

enforcement, emergency services, or other regulatory agency staff, including actions to prevent 

imminent loss of human life or damage to property. An emergency may include, but is not 

limited to: natural events such as landslides, storms, or wildfires; vandalism; malfunction or 

failure of Project works; and public safety incidents.

Condition No. 32 – South Yuba River Supplemental Flows

Licensee shall, within one year of license issuance, in coordination with FS, CDFW, SWRCB, 

Licensee for the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project, and other interested stakeholders as identified 

by the FS, establish a meeting schedule with the Consultation Group (Condition No. 2, 

Consultation Group) for the purpose of evaluating the monitoring data as collected pursuant to 

the Monitoring Program (Condition No. 51) as approved by the Commission for the South Yuba 

River, including the data related to foothill yellow-legged frogs (FYLF) and resident rainbow 

trout, and assessing the effect of any Supplemental Flows, if applicable, on habitat, including 

water temperatures, for FYLF and native fish species (e.g., resident trout, hardhead, pikeminnow). Consistent with the approved Monitoring Plan, Licensee will collect data regarding 

FYLF and fish populations, including rainbow trout, in the South Yuba River below Lake 

Spaulding and will provide those data to the Consultation Group on an annual basis (no later than 

January 31 of each year, for the previous year’s data), if applicable, during the term of the 

license. Water temperature monitoring data will be provided to the Consultation Group every 

two weeks from June 1 through August 15 unless otherwise agreed to. For the first 5 years after 

license issuance, or until the low-level outlet at Lake Spaulding Dam is retrofitted, whichever is 

sooner, Licensee will make a good faith effort to meet Supplemental Flows in the South Yuba 
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River below Lake Spaulding as measured at YB- 29.

For the purposes of this measure, Supplemental Flows mean water Licensee may be required to 

release in addition to the minimum streamflows into South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding 

annually between July 1 and September 15 in CD, Dry, and BN water year types so that the total 

minimum flow (i.e., the minimum streamflows plus Supplemental Flows) as measured at YB-29 

shall be no greater than 30 cfs. The purpose of the Supplemental Flows, coupled with the 

minimum streamflows, is to increase the amount of suitable habitat for resident rainbow trout 

without decreasing habitat or otherwise negatively impacting FYLF or other native species, such 

as hardhead. Key habitat metrics are flow related attributes such as depth, velocity, cover, and 

water temperature.

The Consultation Group will be responsible for providing annual recommendations to FS, and 

FS shall then determine, whether in CD, Dry, and BN water year types any Supplemental Flows 

shall be implemented each year. If FS determines that any Supplemental Flows are needed 

during any year of the license term, FS shall inform Licensee of that determination in writing 

(electronic communications acceptable) no later than June 1 of the same calendar year for which 

the Supplemental Flows shall be implemented and shall inform Licensee of the requested total 

flow release (e.g., the minimum streamflow plus the supplemental flow up to a maximum of 30 

cfs) for each month between July 1 and September 15. With reasonable notice (10 days), FS may 

request two adjustments to these flows during this time period. The Supplemental Flow table 

below provides the monthly Supplemental Flow range and the total minimum flow range for the 

South Yuba River as measured at YB-29 in CD, Dry, and BN water year types. Although 

Supplemental Flows do not apply to the month of June, minimum streamflows for June are 

included in the Supplemental Flow table below to provide a reference for the time period 

immediately preceding the period when Supplemental Flows may be implemented.

Minimum Streamflows in South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding Dam as Measured at 

YB-29 with Supplemental Flow Range and Total Minimum Flow Range

Period Minimum Streamflow

(cfs)

Supplemental Flow Range

(cfs)

Total Minimum Flow Range

(cfs)

CRITICALLY DRY WATER YEARS

June 15 – 30 35 -- 35

July 25 0-5 25-30

August 20 0-10 20-30

September 1 – 15 20 0-10 20-30

DRY WATER YEARS

June 15 – 30 40 -- 40

July 30 -- 30

August 23 0-7 23-30

September 1 – 15 23 0-7 23-30

BELOW NORMAL WATER YEARS

June 15 – 30 50 -- 50

July 35 -- 35

August 25 0-5 25-30

September 1 – 15 25 0-5 25-30

If FS does not inform Licensee by June 1 of the need to implement Supplemental Flows in the 

South Yuba River for that calendar year, Licensee shall implement the minimum streamflows for 

the South Yuba River as set forth in the Streamflows Measure. Nothing in this measure shall 

require Licensee to release flows above 30 cfs in CD, Dry, and BN water year types unless a new 
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plan or revision to this condition is determined necessary as described below. Nothing in this 

measure shall allow the Licensee to release flows in the South Yuba River that are lower than the 

minimum streamflows, as measured at YB- 29 as set forth in the Streamflows Measure.

If, after at least three years of monitoring (including at least one Dry or CD water year), data 

indicate that daily average water temperatures immediately above Canyon Creek are exceeding 

20oC mean daily, an important transition temperature for rainbow trout and other native species, 

for two consecutive days, FS may require that the Licensee develop a plan to amend this South 

Yuba River Supplemental Flow measure for the South Yuba River above Canyon Creek. This 

plan, if required, will describe methods for providing flows below Lake Spaulding from July 1 

through September 15 to quickly reduce water temperatures if they exceed 20oC for two 

consecutive days (daily average, measured as close to Canyon Creek as reasonably possible). 

The plan shall be approved by FS and then filed with the Commission within one year of the 

request by the FS and shall include empirical data from at least one Dry or CD water year type. 

The plan shall include recommendations to meet the rainbow trout water temperature objective 

without negatively impacting, as determined by FS, FYLF and other native species. The plan 

shall be based on stream temperature monitoring and existing modeling of the affected reach 

from immediately below Lake Spaulding Dam downstream to Canyon Creek. The plan shall also 

propose empirically determined ramping rates and Total Minimum Flows not to exceed 40 cfs 

that will avoid negative effects to FYLF and other native species within this reach. The plan will 

also consider potential impacts to generation and water supply. Licensee shall submit the plan 

for FS approval prior to submission to the Commission. Licensee shall implement the plan upon 

Commission approval. If the new plan is implemented and, after three years of monitoring 

(including at least one Dry or CD water year), data indicate that daily average water temperatures 

immediately above Canyon Creek are exceeding 20oC mean daily for two consecutive days, FS 

reserves the authority to revise this condition to achieve the 20oC mean daily temperature 

objective on the South Yuba River immediately above Canyon Creek.

Condition No. 33 – Canal Outages Fish Rescue Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Canal Outages Fish Rescue Plan, 

filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215017).

Condition No. 34 – Gaging Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Gaging Plan, filed separately with the 

Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201404115039).

Condition No. 35 – Modifications of 4(e) Conditions after Biological Opinion 

or Water Quality Certification

FS reserves the right to modify these conditions, if necessary, to respond to any Final Biological 

Opinion issued for this Project by the National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Fish and 

Wildlife Service; or any Certification issued for this Project by the State Water Resources 

Control Board.
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Condition No. 36 – Modifications of 4(e) Conditions in the Event of 

Anadromous Fish Re-introduction

FS reserves the right to modify these conditions to respond to any reintroduction of Chinook 

salmon or steelhead trout listed under the Endangered Species Act to stream reaches through 

NFS lands where the flow is controlled by this Commission licensed facility.

Condition No. 37 – Aquatic Invasive Species Management and Monitoring 

Plan

Within one year of license issuance, Licensee shall develop an Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) 

Plan that meets applicable State and Federal laws and regulations. The plan shall be approved by 

FS after consultation with BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB. The applicable State and Federal 

resource agencies shall be responsible for making the determination as to whether the AIS Plan 

complies with the State and/or Federal regulations of their respective agencies.

The AIS Plan shall initially address the following AIS: dreissenid mussels (Dreissena bugensis 

and Dreissena polymorpha); New Zealand mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum); Eurasian 

milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum); Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata); and Asian clam (Corbicula 

fluminea). However, other AIS may be identified through monitoring.

Additionally, invasive algae (Didymosphenia geminata) were found throughout the Project area. 

If future studies document a safe method of reducing this invasive algae in rivers, Licensee may 

be asked to implement this task in Project-related locations.

The AIS Plan shall include the following elements:

Public Education Program

The AIS Plan shall include a public education program, including appropriate signage and 

information pamphlets at designated public boat access sites on Lake Spaulding, Fordyce Lake, 

Fuller Lake, Lake Valley Reservoir. The AIS Plan shall include appropriate educational signage 

at boat launch areas at Meadow Lake, Lower Lindsay Lake, Carr Lake, Feeley Lake, Rucker 

Lake, White Rock Lake, Kidd Lake, Upper Peak Lake, Lower Peak Lake, and Kelly Lake. The 

following shall be addressed:

• Draining water from boat, motor, bilge, live well and bait containers before leaving a water 

access site.

• Removing visible plants, animals and mud from boat before leaving waterbody.

• Cleaning and drying boats and fishing equipment using California Department of Fish and 

Wildlife (CDFW) accepted protocols for the prevention of all AIS before entering any 

waterbody area.

• Disposing of unwanted bait in trash, including earthworms.

• Avoiding the release of plants and animals into a waterbody unless they originally came from 

that waterbody.
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AIS information shall be included on Project websites that provide public information on Project 

facilities. The public information website will also include information on the amphibian chytrid 

fungus.

Best Management Practices

The AIS Plan shall specify that Licensee is responsible for developing BMPs for individual 

Project O&M activities, performed by PG&E and/or its contractors, which activities have the 

potential to introduce AIS into a Project reservoir, to prevent the spread of AIS, and submitting 

them to FS, BLM, SWRCB, and CDFW for review at the Annual Consultation Meeting required 

in the FERC license.

Development of BMPs for Project activities shall include but not be limited to the following:

• List of AIS with potential to be introduced.

• Control or preventive measures for AIS.

• Identification of critical control points in the Project activity sequence at which to prevent the 

introduction of AIS.

• Any necessary implementation monitoring for potential AIS to ensure BMPs are followed.

• Actions that will be taken if an introduction of AIS is found.

If invasive aquatic species are detected within any reservoir, Licensee will consult with the 

appropriate agencies and institute an appropriate plan of action.

Monitoring and Reporting

The AIS Plan shall include a specific monitoring program that addresses all reservoirs that have 

a boat launch, or identified as having boating access, and that follows State and/or Federal laws, 

regulations, and policies. The following initial monitoring methods shall be discussed in the 

monitoring section of the AIS Plan, and the plan shall include observations for the species listed 

in the “Incidental Observations Monitoring” section below.

• Zebra/Quagga Mussel Surface Surveys

• Zebra and Quagga Mussel Veliger Sampling

• Zebra and Quagga Mussel Artificial Substrate Monitoring

Mapping and monitoring results shall be provided to FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB.

Incidental Observations Monitoring

The AIS plan shall include Incidental Observations Monitoring as follows: During AIS and 

other license-related aquatic monitoring in project reservoirs and project-affected stream reaches 

(e.g., fish, foothill yellow-legged frogs (Rana boylii), riparian, and geomorphology), Licensee 

shall record incidental observations of the following species: Quagga or Zebra Mussel, New 

Zealand Mudsnail, Asian clam, Eurasian milfoil, Hydrilla, Didyomosphenia geminata and 
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American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus). This initial list may be revised if other potential 

AIS in project-affected reservoirs and stream reaches are identified. The following practices will 

be implemented:

• Field personnel performing the license-related aquatic monitoring will be trained in the 

identification of the species listed above.

• Field crews working in aquatic environments (reservoirs, creeks, or rivers) conducting other 

biological monitoring will complete a checklist data form at the end of each day indicating 

the presence/absence (detect/non-detect) of the species listed above. It is recommended that 

at least one field crew member make a full pass of the survey area each day focusing 

exclusively on the species on the checklist.

Plan Revisions

Licensee, in consultation with FS, CDFW, SWRCB, and BLM shall review, update, and/or 

revise the AIS Plan, as determined necessary by FS in consultation with CDFW, SWRCB and 

BLM, when substantial changes in the existing conditions occur. Additional monitoring may be 

part of any plan revisions. Changes or revisions to the Plan would be expected if AIS conditions 

change as a result of unforeseen effects, either from new or existing Project-related activities, the 

potential for new AIS to occur, or from natural events or if other regulatory or legal 

requirements are established. Changes in the existing conditions could include such things as 

new methods for the treatment of Didymosphenia geminata. Licensee shall include all relevant 

documentation of coordination/consultation with the updated Plan filed with the Commission.

Condition No. 38 – Vegetation and Non-Native Invasive Plant Management 

Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Integrated Vegetation Management 

Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215025).

Condition No. 39 – Monitor Animal Losses in Project Canals

Beginning in the first full calendar year after license issuance, Licensee shall record animal 

losses in all Project canals. Specifically, Licensee’s operators shall record in log books all dead 

animals observed on canal trash racks and otherwise in the canals using the Wildlife Mortality 

data sheets found in Appendix 4-2A of the Wildlife Movement Technical Memorandum (4-2) 

included in Appendix E12 of Licensee’s application for new license. Licensee shall make a good 

faith effort to record the location of the dead animal (i.e. which Project canal, where in the canal 

the dead animal was found, and the associated structure), species, date and time of the 

observation, suspected cause of death if it can be determined from visual observation only, 

photograph if available, estimated size, estimated age, and sex if known, and other pertinent 

information. The information will include the cumulative years and preceding year’s mortality 

by canal segment, and a map showing segments (defined by location of trash racks). Licensee 

shall provide this information to CDFW, FS, and BLM at least 60 days prior to the Annual 

Meeting described in Condition No. 1.
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Licensee shall consult with FS, BLM, and CDFW and other interested parties during the Annual 

Meeting, regarding the protection and utilization of the wildlife resources affected by the Project. 

If there is an increasing trend in animal mortalities in a canal, additional measures to address 

suspected Project-related causes for that canal may be developed by Licensee in consultation 

with CDFW, FS, and BLM. The Licensee shall prepare a report that includes the Licensee’s 

recommendations for measures to address animal mortalities, and a schedule of implementation. 

Licensee shall provide the report to FS, BLM, and CDFW, as appropriate, for review and 

approval. The Licensee shall file the report, including evidence of consultation, with the 

Commission, and shall implement those resource management measures required by the 

Commission.

Condition No. 40 – Replacement of Wildlife Escape and Wildlife Crossing 

Facilities

Prior to replacing or retrofitting existing wildlife escape facilities and wildlife crossings along 

Project canals, Licensee shall consult with CDFW regarding specifications and design and with 

FS, as appropriate. Licensee shall file the design, including evidence of consultation, with the 

Commission within 60 days after the wildlife escape facility or wildlife crossing facility has been 

replaced or retrofitted. Licensee shall also assess existing wildlife escape facilities and wildlife 

crossing facilities annually to ensure they are functional and in proper working order. 

Inspections shall occur at the same time other types of maintenance activities or canal 

assessments are being conducted.

Condition No. 41 – Wildlife Crossings—Drum and South Yuba Canals

Wildlife Crossing Plan

Within 5 years of license issuance, Licensee shall retrofit existing footbridges or construct new 

wildlife crossings at or near the following locations on the Drum Canal and South Yuba Canal:

Location of new or retrofitted wildlife crossings for the Drum Canal and South Yuba

Canal.

Canal Crossing Location1 Retrofit Existing Footbridge or 

Construct New Crossing

Land Ownership

Drum Canal

Mile 0.5 Construct New Crossing PG&E

Mile 2 Construct New Crossing PG&E

Mile 5 Construct New Crossing PG&E

Mile 5.3 Retrofit Existing Footbridge PG&E

Mile 6 Construct New Crossing PG&E

Mile 6.7 Retrofit Existing Footbridge Tahoe National Forest

Mile 8 Retrofit Existing Footbridge Tahoe National Forest

South Yuba Canal

Mile 4.3 Retrofit Existing Footbridge Tahoe National Forest

Mile 5.1 Retrofit Existing Footbridge Tahoe National Forest

Mile 8.1 Retrofit Existing Footbridge Tahoe National Forest

Mile 8.8 Construct New Crossing PG&E

Mile 9.4 Retrofit Existing Footbridge PG&E

Mile 10.6 Construct New Crossing PG&E

Mile 11.5 Construct New Crossing PG&E 1 Canal miles have been designated from canal terminus upstream to its origin. The location of each wildlife crossing is identified by mile.
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Unless otherwise approved by FS, BLM, and CDFW, for crossings in the Wildlife Crossing table 

above that are identified as “New Crossings,” Licensee shall maximize the continuity of native 

soils adjacent to and on the wildlife crossing and meet the following minimum specifications: 

(1) new overcrossings shall be a minimum of 8 feet wide, with fenced side railings a minimum of 

4 feet high, and unobstructed access ramps with a grade that is less than or equal to 40 percent or 

(2) new undercrossings shall be a minimum of 10 feet high by 10 feet wide (with a 2 feet wide 

dry path above the high water mark if a perennial stream) with natural substrate. The above 

specifications shall also apply to any existing crossings that are replaced.

For those crossings listed in the above Wildlife Crossing table above that are identified as 

“Retrofit Existing Footbridge,” Licensee shall replace or cover existing metal footbridge decks 

with wood or similar synthetic material (synthetic material may only be used if approved by FS, 

BLM and CDFW), and replace stairs with an unobstructed access ramp.

Within 1 year of completion, Licensee shall submit to FS, BLM and CDFW the final design of 

each newly constructed crossing and retrofit of existing crossing.

Structures shall be identified as Licensee-maintained wildlife crossings and geo- referenced in a 

map and provided to FS, BLM, and CDFW.

Monitoring

• At the Annual Consultation Meeting required in Condition 1, Consultation, Licensee will 

provide a written report on each crossing’s condition, maintenance, and repair activities.

• When crossings are retrofitted (i.e., change in design or material) or newly constructed, 

Licensee shall conduct camera monitoring for 1 year to determine if adjustments, which may 

include fencing, are needed if determined necessary by FS, BLM and CDFW. If monitoring 

shows that a new design or material is effective, Licensee may request at the Annual 

Consultation Meeting required in Condition 1, Consultation, that monitoring be waived at 

crossing or fencing locations where the new design or material is implemented. Such 

monitoring may be waived if approved by FS, BLM, and CDFW.

• Additional monitoring may be required as determined necessary by FS, BLM and CDFW.

• Ten years following license issuance, and every 10 years thereafter, Licensee shall arrange a 

meeting with FS, BLM, and CDFW, to review the location and design of Licenseemaintained crossings and natural landscape features that provide wildlife passage across 

Licensee’s conduits, in context with changes in land use patterns, human development, and 

road improvements or decommissioning, that may affect wildlife use of crossings. If FS, 

BLM, and CDFW determine that the existing crossings are not adequate based on this 

review, Licensee shall develop plans to address additional needs for crossings, exclosures, 

and escape structures. The final plans shall be submitted to Commission for approval.
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Condition No. 42 – Wildlife Crossings—Bear River and South Canals

Wildlife Crossing Plan

Within 1 year of license issuance, Licensee shall complete, approved by FS, BLM, and CDFW, a 

Wildlife Crossing Plan (Plan) for placing wildlife crossings for the Bear River Canal and the 

South Canal that is integrated with wildlife escape structures and exclusion fencing to reduce 

wildlife mortality.

Unless otherwise approved by FS, BLM, and CDFW, new crossings shall maximize the 

continuity of native soils adjacent to and on the wildlife crossing and meet the following 

minimum specifications: (1) new overcrossing shall be a minimum of 8 feet wide, with fenced 8-

foot high side railings, and unobstructed access ramps with a grade that is less than or equal to 40 

percent; or (2) new undercrossing shall be a minimum of 10 feet high by 10 feet wide (with 2 

feet wide dry path above the high water mark if a perennial stream) with natural substrate. If 

existing footbridges are retrofitted for the purpose of wildlife crossings, Licensee shall replace or 

cover existing metal footbridge decks with wood or similar synthetic material (synthetic material 

may only be used if approved by FS, BLM and CDFW), and replace stairs with an unobstructed 

access ramp. The above specifications shall also apply to any existing crossings that are replaced.

The Plan will include an implementation schedule, with implementation beginning 2 years from 

license issuance, and completion within 5 years, unless otherwise agreed to by FS, BLM, and 

CDFW. Minimum components of the Plan include, but may not be limited to:

• Locations for planned and existing Licensee-maintained wildlife crossings, as a target, to 

provide movement approximately every 1 mile in combination with natural landscape 

features that also meet the above specifications

• Overpass or underpass design

• Map of all conduits, with segments identified by canal mile

• Map of all crossing structures, wildlife escape ramps and flashers with corresponding GPS 

coordinates

• Implementation schedule

Monitoring

• At the Annual Consultation Meeting required in Condition 1, Consultation, Licensee will 

provide a written report on each crossing’s condition, maintenance, and repair activities.

• When crossings are retrofitted (i.e., change in design or material) or newly constructed, 

Licensee shall conduct camera monitoring for 1 year to determine if adjustments, which may 

include fencing, are needed if determined necessary by FS, BLM and CDFW. If monitoring 

shows that a new design or material is effective, Licensee may request at the Annual 

Consultation Meeting required in Condition 1, Consultation, that monitoring be waived at 

crossing or fencing locations where the new design or material is implemented. Such 

monitoring may be waived if approved by FS, BLM, and CDFW.

• Additional monitoring may be required as determined necessary by FS, BLM and CDFW.

• Ten years following license issuance, and every 10 years thereafter, Licensee shall arrange a 
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meeting with FS, BLM, and CDFW, to review the location and design of Licenseemaintained crossings and natural landscape features that provide wildlife passage across 

Licensee’s conduits, in context with changes in land use patterns, human development, and 

road improvements or decommissioning, that may affect wildlife use of crossings. If FS, 

BLM, and CDFW determine that the existing crossings are not adequate based on this 

review, Licensee shall develop plans to address additional needs for crossings, exclosures, 

and escape structures. The final plans shall be submitted to Commission for approval.

Condition No. 43 – Bald Eagle Management Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Bald Eagle Management Plan, filed 

separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215015).

Condition No. 44 – Special Status Species

Before taking actions to construct new project features on NFS lands that may affect FS special 

status species or their critical habitat on NFS land, Licensee shall prepare and submit a biological 

evaluation (BE) for FS approval. The BE shall evaluate the potential impact of the action on the 

species or its habitat. FS may require mitigation measures for the protection of the affected 

species on NFS land.

The BE shall:

• Include procedures to minimize or avoid adverse effects to special status species.

• Ensure project-related activities shall meet restrictions included in site management plans for 

special status species.

• Develop implementation and effectiveness monitoring of measures taken or 

employed to reduce effects to special status species.

Condition No. 45 – Annual Review of Special-Status Species Lists and 

Assessment of New Species on Federal Land

Licensee shall, beginning the first full calendar year after license issuance, in consultation with 

FS annually review the current lists of special status species (species that are Federally 

Endangered or Threatened, Proposed Threatened or Endangered, FS Sensitive, or Tahoe National 

Forest Watch Lists, State Threatened or Endangered, State Species of Special Concern, and 

CDFW Fully Protected) that might occur on National Forest System lands, as appropriate, in the 

Project area that may be directly affected by Project operations. When a species is added to one 

or more of the lists, FS, in consultation with Licensee shall determine if the species or unsurveyed suitable habitat for the species is likely to occur on such NFS lands, as appropriate. For 

such newly added species, if FS determines that the species is likely to occur on such NFS lands, 

Licensee shall develop and implement a study plan in consultation with FS to reasonably assess 

the effects of the project on the species. Licensee shall prepare a report on the study including 

objectives, methods, results, recommended resource measures where appropriate, and a schedule 

of implementation, and shall provide a draft of the final report to FS for review and approval. 

Licensee shall file the report, including evidence of consultation, with the Commission and shall 
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implement those resource management measures required by the Commission.

If new occurrences of FS special status plant or wildlife species as defined above are detected 

prior to or during ongoing construction, operation, or maintenance of the Project or during 

Project operations, Licensee shall immediately notify FS. If FS determines that the Projectrelated activities are adversely affecting FS sensitive or watch list species, Licensee shall, in 

consultation with FS, develop and implement appropriate protection measures.

If new occurrences of state or federally listed or proposed threatened or endangered species are 

detected prior to or during ongoing construction, operation, or maintenance of the Project or 

during Project operations, Licensee shall immediately notify FS and the relevant Service Agency 

(United States Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service or CDFW) for 

consultation or conference in accordance with the Endangered Species Act. If state listed or 

fully protected species are affected, CDFW shall be notified.

Condition No. 46 – Project Powerlines

Raptor-safe powerline design configurations described in Avian Protection on Powerline 

Interaction Committee’s (APLIC) “Suggested Practices for Avian Protection on Power Lines: 

The State of the Art in 2006” (APLIC 2006), or the most current edition of this APLIC 

document, will be used as a guideline for all new powerlines or when replacement of existing 

poles, phase conductors, and associated equipment is required.

If raptor monitoring performed as Condition No. 47 (Raptor Collisions) indicates a substantial 

raptor-Project transmission line interaction issue, the poles where the interaction issue occurs on 

NFS Land will be replaced or retrofitted, as agreed to via consultation with FWS, FS, and 

CDFW.

Condition No. 47 – Raptor Collisions

Licensee shall, beginning in the first full calendar year after license issuance, record annually all 

incidental observations by Licensee’s operations staff of bird collisions/electrocutions along 

Project powerlines. The reported incidental observations shall include the following 

information:

• Date of observation.

• Location of observation (i.e., nearest pole number).

• Species, if identifiable.

• Number of birds.

• Condition of bird(s) (i.e., dead or injured).

• Suspected cause of injury or death (i.e., electrocution or collision).

• Was the bird banded and, if so, band number.

Licensee shall provide this information for each year to FS, FWS, and CDFW at least 60 days 

prior to the Annual Meeting (Condition No. 1).
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Condition No. 48 – Bat Management

In the first full calendar year after license issuance, Licensee shall document all known bat roosts 

within Project buildings (e.g., powerhouses, storage buildings, valve houses), dams, or other 

structures that may be used as a roosting structure. The results of the inspection will be provided 

to CDFW and FS if the facility is located on NFS lands, at least 90 days prior to the Annual 

Meeting (described in Condition No. 1) that follows collection of the information. If bats or 

signs of roosting are present where staff have a routine presence (i.e., at least daily or weekly), 

Licensee will attempt, where feasible, and in the calendar year following the Annual Meeting 

described above, to place humane exclusion devices to prevent occupation of the structure by 

bats. Humane exclusion devices will be placed when bats are absent from the facility, generally 

between November 1 and February 28. Prior to installation of the humane exclusion devices, 

Licensee shall perform an inspection of the facility to ensure that overwintering bats are not 

trapped. If overwintering bats are present during the inspection, installation of humane exclusion 

measures shall be delayed. Licensee shall notify FS of the overwintering bats. Licensee shall 

consult with the CDFW, FS, or BLM during the Annual Meeting described in Condition No. 1 to 

identify future dates that would be suitable for installation of humane exclusion devices. All 

exclusion devices will be inspected on an annual basis and the facility will be reevaluated for 

roosting bats every 3 years after the initial exclusion devices are installed to insure that no new 

roosts or entry points have been established.

Condition No. 49 – Canal Release Point Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Canal Release Point Plan, filed 

separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201404115048).

Condition No. 50 – Erosion and Sediment Control and Management

Erosion and Sediment Control Management Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Erosion and Sediment Control 

Management Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 

201404115294).

Bear River Management Plan in Bear River Above Drum Afterbay on National Forest 

System Lands

Separate from the Erosion Control and Sediment Management Plan described above, Licensee 

shall develop a plan to assess riparian vegetation and bank stability conditions on National Forest 

System lands in Bear River above Drum Afterbay at locations approved by FS (Plan). The Plan 

shall be submitted to FS for approval within 1 year of license issuance and shall be implemented 

by Licensee upon the Commission’s approval. The Plan shall include the following components:

Baseline Monitoring

• Develop stage-discharge relationships for the Bear River stream channel at target sites in the 
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Bear River to correlate flow releases from project facilities to flows at the target sites. This 

may include development of a HEC-RAS model or other appropriate models to model flows 

through the stream channel. Classify stream bank stratigraphy and plot on cross sections 

(Stage-Q) to correlate flow levels, flow volume, and erosive areas in the stream bank. Also 

conduct longitudinal profile characterization (thalweg elevations).

• Conduct an analysis that characterizes sediment distribution and morphology. This analysis 

will include characterization of the channel conditions both in the types of substrate present 

and the condition of the active channel and overbank areas.

• Generate a qualitative bank stability erosion analysis to determine sensitive areas and those 

most susceptible to erosion.

Ongoing Monitoring

• Qualitative monitoring (visual and photograph monitoring) of erosion prone areas within 

NFS lands through monitoring stream banks for sloughing, fissures that may lead to 

sloughing, uprooted trees, slides and nicks to the banks.

• Establishment of up to five channel cross-sections with monumented pins to enable 

measurements and changes over time.

• For the first 5 years, an annual and event-triggered (flows greater than 400 cfs at YB-198) 

survey of sediment distribution and morphology with comparison to baseline monitoring.

• After the first 5 years, surveys will occur every 3 years and following event- triggered flows, 

unless FS informs Licensee at the Annual Consultation Meeting each year that an annual 

survey is still necessary. Event triggered flow levels will be determined collaboratively by 

the FS and Licensee, but will not be less than 400cfs at YB-198.

Report and Recommendations

For the first five years following the year the Plan is approved by the Commission, and each year 

thereafter during which monitoring has occurred, Licensee shall prepare a report summarizing 

the monitoring results from the previous calendar year, which shall be provided to FS at the 

Annual Consultation meeting with FS. Based on the results of baseline monitoring, the report 

will include Licensee’s preliminary recommendations to address Project-related adverse effects, 

if any, on National Forest System lands along the Bear River above Drum Afterbay. Licensee 

and FS shall collaborate regarding such preliminary recommendations, if any, and Licensee shall 

submit to the Commission the final recommendations, as approved by FS. Licensee shall 

implement such recommendations as approved by the Commission. Any recommendation that 

results from the monitoring referenced above shall include evaluation of economic effects on 

power generation and potential impacts to water supply. Recommendations may include 

revegetation and/or other physical remedial actions and may also include flow-related 

alternatives, if appropriate, to protect or mitigate Project-related adverse effects. Any 

recommendation shall include the following language regarding Emergencies:

“Emergencies

Any flow limitations that may be required by FS do not apply in emergencies. An emergency 

is defined as an event that is reasonably out of the control of Licensee and requires Licensee 
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to take immediate action, either unilaterally or under instruction of law enforcement, 

emergency services, or other regulatory agency staff, including actions to prevent the 

imminent loss of human life, or damage to property, or loss of water supply delivery 

infrastructure. An emergency may include, but is not limited to: natural events such as 

landslides, storms, or wildfires; vandalism; malfunction or failure of Project works; or other 

public safety incidents. During emergencies any Drum Canal spillway may be used without 

restriction.”

In addition, any recommendation approved by FS and submitted to the Commission for approval 

that is related to flows shall avoid limiting downstream consumptive water deliveries during 

outages. An outage is defined as routine or non-routine (scheduled or unscheduled) events that 

are required to maintain or repair Project infrastructure such as canals or powerhouses that are 

not defined as Emergencies.

Condition No. 51 – Monitoring Program

Licensee shall implement a Monitoring Program after license issuance and until a new license is 

issued, in coordination with FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB. The years in which each resource is 

monitored are identified in each specific monitoring element of the Monitoring Program. For 

purposes of the Monitoring Program, each year is defined on a calendar year basis (January 

through December).

The Monitoring Program has been designed to monitor those items that will assist in determining 

if the resource objectives described in the Rationale Reports previously filed with the 

Commission by FS and BLM as a supporting document (not part of a license condition) are 

being met. Within the scope of the specified Monitoring Program, FS, BLM, CDFW, and 

SWRCB may select an equal number of alternative years to ensure that surveys occur during a 

range of water year types if the same number of alternative years are deleted from the current 

Monitoring Program schedule, and the resource agencies provide to Licensee adequate notice for 

Licensee to schedule and perform the work. FS, CDFW, BLM, and SWRCB, after consultation 

with Licensee, have the flexibility to alter the Monitoring Program methodologies and 

frequencies of data collection if it is determined that: (a) there is a more appropriate or preferable

methodology or site to use than that described in the monitoring plan or (b) monitoring may be 

reduced or terminated because the relevant ecological resource objective has been met or no 

change in resource response is expected. Any alterations will be filed with the Commission.

Licensee will provide a draft Annual Report to FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB and other parties 

who submit a written request for a copy of the draft report for a 30-day comment period. The 

draft Annual Report shall fully describe the monitoring efforts required in FS Condition No. 51 

as well as monitoring results of the previous calendar year. The Annual Report shall also 

document all non-compliance events/variances from the license conditions. Although specific 

reporting and consultation is required in specific monitoring elements in Condition No. 51, no 

other Annual Reports for this condition are required. At least 30 days prior to the Annual 

Consultation meeting, Licensee shall file with the Commission the final Annual Report. 

Comments shall be addressed in the final report, or as appropriate, comments shall be included 

with the filing to the Commission. Licensee shall provide copies of the Annual Report to FS, 
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CDFW, BLM, and SWRCB. Every 5 years, Licensee shall provide in the Annual Report a 

summary report of the monitoring results of the previous 5-year period.

The following guidelines shall be used in implementing the monitoring program: (a) monitoring 

and studies shall be relevant to the Project, (b) monitoring and studies shall be conducted such 

that they provide useful information for management decisions or establishing compliance with 

license conditions, and (c) monitoring and studies shall be as cost-effective as possible.

Fish Populations

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Fish Populations Monitoring Plan, 

filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215020).

Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Foothill Yellow-legged Frog 

Monitoring Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 

201311215021).

Western Pond Turtle Incidental Observations

Licensee shall perform incidental observations for Western Pond Turtle as follows:

• Crews shall be trained on identification of Western Pond Turtle.

• Incidental sightings of Western Pond Turtles during all monitoring field work in rivers and 

lakes/reservoirs shall be recorded.

• Data shall include location, GPS if available, or location shown on USGS map.

• A written report (including location data) shall be compiled annually and provided at Annual 

Consultation meeting.

• The report shall be filed with the Commission.

Channel Morphology

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Channel Morphology Monitoring 

Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215018).

Water Temperature and Stage

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Water Temperature and Stage 

Monitoring Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 

201404115035).

Aquatic Benthic Macroinvertebrates

Licensee shall, within 1 year following license issuance, develop and file with the Commission 

an Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Plan that has been approved by FS, BLM, CDFW, and 
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SWRCB. The licensee shall implement the plan upon approval.

Method: Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) at a minimum of nine stream 

temperature stations as designated below, as soon as weather and flow conditions allow safe 

installation of these devices. Determination of final monitoring site locations shall be made by 

FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB.

At a minimum, the Aquatic Benthic Macroinvertebrate plan shall include the following 

locations:

• South Yuba River: Three sites co-located with fish sampling sites.

• Fordyce Creek: One site co-located with fish sampling site.

• North Fork North Fork American River: Two sites co-located with fish sampling sites.

Frequency:

Annual Fish Sites: Once in each water year type for first 10 years and then follow Fish 

Population Monitoring Plan schedule.

All Other Sites: Same frequency as Fish Population Monitoring Plan schedule for that site.

Data Analysis and Reporting: The plan shall describe data analysis and reporting methods.

Riparian Vegetation

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Revised Riparian Vegetation 

Monitoring Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 

201404115032).

Sensitive Raptor Monitoring

This monitoring is specifically directed towards annual planned outages and non-routine planned 

outages as defined in Condition No. 29 along the South Yuba Canal. Licensee will record 

Licensee’s activities that may generate noise disturbances (i.e. operate machine-powered 

equipment, vehicles off of public access roads, construction, maintenance and repairs to the 

canal) that occur between February 15 through September 15 within 0.25 miles of California 

spotted owl and northern goshawk Protected Activity Centers (PACs), and within suitable habitat 

for these species. The information will include a general description of the type of activity, its 

approximate duration, the location of activities, and spatially displayed in proximity to the PAC 

and suitable habitat. This information will be submitted to FS and CDFG at least 60 days prior to 

the Annual Meeting, and reviewed at the Annual Meeting. If, after the first 3 years of reporting, 

noise disturbances have the potential to disrupt more than two territories annually (or two nests, 

if nest locations are known within the territory), Licensee shall, in consultation with FS, prepare 

a survey plan for conducting surveys to protocol, with the purpose of identifying nest locations 

that may occur within 0.25 miles of the South Yuba Canal, to be approved by FS. The survey 

plan will include: (1) maps showing the habitat to be surveyed, the canal, access roads and trails, 
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and other identifiable topographic features, (2) the most recent compilation of species sighting 

data that is available from FS and the State of California (CNDDB), and (3) reporting format for 

results. Licensee shall initiate surveys within two years following the Annual Meeting where 

the need is identified, or as otherwise agreed to by FS. Ongoing monitoring of noise-generating 

activities that occur within the breeding season will continue to inform the need for updating 

surveys for these species and/or confirming the location of nest sites every 5 years. Licensee 

shall propose potential mitigations, where practical, to further reduce disturbances in proximity 

to nests, to be discussed and agreed upon, at the Annual Meeting.

Condition No. 52 – Large Woody Debris

Within 1 year of license issuance, Licensee shall, in consultation with FS, BLM, CDFW, and 

SWRCB, prepare a Large Woody Debris (LWD) Management Plan approved by FS. The Plan 

will specify:

• Describe existing locations of LWD collection by Project facilities.

• Describe potential options for moving LWD below Project facilities and keeping the LWD 

within the river corridor.

• Identify suitable locations where LWD can be placed within the active channel to be 

mobilized by 2- to 5-year high flow events.

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Plan.

Condition No. 53 – Recreation Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Recreation Plan, filed separately with 

the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215022).

Condition No. 54 – Recreation Streamflow Information

Beginning as soon as reasonably feasible, but not later than one year after license issuance, 

Licensee shall develop a plan to provide real-time streamflow information, in cfs, for the 

following Project-related stream reaches:

• Fordyce Creek below Fordyce Dam

• South Yuba River below Kidd Lake and Lower Peak Lake Dam (at Cisco Grove)

• South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding (at Lang’s Crossing)

• Bear River at Highway 20

The streamflow information will be from the streamflow gage to document compliance with 

minimum and spill cessation streamflow requirements in the reach. If that gage is not USGS 

rated above the compliance flow, Licensee shall make a good faith effort to estimate the flow 

above the USGS rating. The flow information shall be made available to the public via the 

Internet; the publication of the information may be accomplished through a third party. The 

preference is that data shall be reported in 15-minute intervals; however, data that is reported no 

less than in hourly intervals is acceptable.
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See Condition No. 51 (Water Temperature and Stage) for additional information regarding 

streamflow on the South Yuba River upstream of Canyon Creek.

Condition No. 55 – Visual Resource Management Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Visual Resource Management Plan, 

filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215026).

Condition No. 56 – Historic Properties Management Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Historic Properties Management Plan, 

filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215023).

Condition No. 57 – Transportation System Management

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Transportation System Management 

Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215024).

Condition No. 58 – Fire Management and Response Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Fire Management and Response Plan, 

filed separately filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 

201311215019).

Condition No. 59 – Review of Improvements on National Forest System Lands

If during the term of the License the Commission determines that the project involves the use of 

any additional National Forest System (NFS) lands, outside the current project boundary, 

Licensee shall obtain a special use authorization from FS for the occupancy and use of such 

additional NFS lands. Licensee shall obtain the executed authorization before beginning any 

ground-disturbing activities on NFS lands outside the FERC boundary covered by the special use 

authorization, and shall file that authorization with the Commission if the activity is related to the 

Project. Licensee shall be responsible for the costs of collecting all information directly related to 

the evaluation of the effects of the proposed occupancy and use that FS needs in order to make a 

decision concerning issuance of a special use authorization.

If, during the term of the License, Licensee proposes to perform any project construction work, 

Licensee shall obtain a construction temporary special use authorization from FS before 

beginning any ground-disturbing activities on NFS lands outside the FERC boundary. The 

special use authorization will include appropriate vegetation management and erosion control 

measures as needed to protect NFS lands and resources. Licensee shall be responsible for the 

costs of collecting all information directly related to the evaluation of the effects of the proposed 

construction that FS needs in order to make a decision concerning issuance of a construction 

temporary special use authorization. Licensee may commence ground-disturbing activities 

authorized by the License and construction temporary special use authorization no sooner than 

60 days following the date Licensee files FS temporary special use authorization with the 
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Commission, if the temporary special use authorization is related to Project activity, unless the 

Commission prescribes a different commencement schedule. In the event there is a conflict 

between any provisions of the License and FS special use authorization, the special use 

authorization shall prevail to the extent that FS, in consultation with the Commission, deems 

necessary to protect and utilize NFS resources.
Appendix H-2 

Bureau of Land Management 4(e) Conditions: DrumSpaulding Project
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Revised Bureau of Land Management Final Conditions and 

Recommendations Provided Under 18 CFR § 4.34 (b)(1) 

In Connection with the Application for Relicensing for the 

Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project

(FERC No. 2310)

14 April 2014

Table of Contents

FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS 

FOR THE DRUM-SPAULDING PROJECT ...................................... 5

a. FINAL 4(e) Conditions ....................................................................................................... 5

Condition No. 1 - Annual Employee Training .............................................................................................. 5

Condition No. 2 - Coordinated Operations Plan ........................................................................................... 5

Condition No. 3 - Coordination of the Drum-Spaulding Project and the Yuba- Bear Hydroelectric Project 

Operation Regarding the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project’s Streamflow Requirements in the Bear River 

Below Rollins Reservoir at YB-196 ............................................................................................................. 6

Condition No. 4 - Canal Outages .................................................................................................................. 6

Condition No. 5 - Canal Outages Fish Rescue Plan ..................................................................................... 7

Condition No. 6 - Recreation Agreement ..................................................................................................... 7

Condition No. 7 - Water Temperature and Stage Monitoring ...................................................................... 8

Condition No. 8 - Modifications of 4(e) Conditions in the Event of Anadromous Fish Re-introduction .... 8

Condition No. 9 - Gaging Plan ..................................................................................................................... 8

Condition No. 10 - Wildlife Crossings - Drum Canal and South Yuba Canal) ............................................ 8

Condition No. 11- Replacement of Wildlife Escape and Wildlife Crossing Facilities ............................... 11

Condition No. 12 - Monitor Animal Losses in Project Canals ................................................................... 11

Condition No. 13 - Special Status Species .................................................................................................. 12

Condition No. 14 - Annual Review of Special-Status Species Lists and Assessment of New Species on 

Federal Land ............................................................................................................................................... 12

Condition No. 15 - Project Power Lines and Raptor Collisions ................................................................. 13

Condition No. 16 - Bald Eagle Management Plan ...................................................................................... 14

Condition No. 17 - Terrestrial Protection Measures ................................................................................... 14

Condition No. 18 - Fire Management and Response Plan .......................................................................... 14

Condition No. 19 - Canal Release Point Plan ............................................................................................. 14
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Condition No. 20 - Visual Resource Management Plan ............................................................................. 14

Condition No. 21- Historic Properties Management Plan .......................................................................... 14

b. FINAL 4(e) General Conditions ....................................................................................... 14

Condition No. - 23 Consultation ................................................................................................................. 15

Condition No. 24 - Consultation Group Specific to the Drum-Spaulding Project ...................................... 16

Condition No. 25 - Approval of Changes ................................................................................................... 17

Condition No. 26 - Maintenance of Improvements on or Affecting Bureau of Land Management Lands 18

Condition No. 27 - Existing Claims ............................................................................................................ 18

Condition No. 28 - Compliance with Regulations ...................................................................................... 18

Condition No. 29 - Surrender of License or Transfer of Ownership .......................................................... 18

Condition No. 30 - Protection of United States Property............................................................................ 18

Condition No. 31 Indemnification .............................................................................................................. 19

Condition No. 32- Damage to Land, Property, and Interests of the United States ..................................... 19

Condition No. 33 - Risks and Hazards on Bureau of Land Management Lands ........................................ 19

Condition No. 34 - Access .......................................................................................................................... 20

Condition No. 35 - Crossings ...................................................................................................................... 20

Condition No. 36 - Surveys, Land Corners ................................................................................................. 20

Condition No. 37– Pesticide Use Restrictions on Bureau of Land Management Lands............................. 20

Condition No. 38 - Modifications of 4(e) Conditions after Biological Opinion or Water Quality 

Certification ................................................................................................................................................ 21

Condition No. 39 - Signs ............................................................................................................................ 21

Condition No. 40 - Ground Disturbing Activities ....................................................................................... 21

Condition No. 41 - Use of Bureau of Land Management Roads for Project Access .................................. 22

Condition No. 42 - Access By The United States ....................................................................................... 22

Condition No. 43 - Road Use ...................................................................................................................... 23

Condition No. 44 - Bureau of Land Management Approval of Final Design ............................................. 23

Condition No. 45 - Unattended Construction Equipment ........................................................................... 23

Condition No. 46 - Maintenance of Improvements .................................................................................... 23

Condition No. 47 - Construction Inspections .............................................................................................. 23

Condition No. 48 - Licensee Contact .......................................................................................................... 24

Condition No. 49 - Hazardous Substances Plan ......................................................................................... 24

Condition No. 50 - Erosion and Sediment Control and Management ........................................................ 24
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FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR 

THE DRUM-SPAULDING PROJECT

BLM through its Final recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions seeks to ensure 

appropriate levels of resource protection are incorporated in any new license. BLM recommends 

that FERC include in any new license issued for the DS Project the following BLM Final 

recommendations, terms and conditions. BLM believes that the resource measures presented in 

this section adequately address impacts to the ecological and cultural resources impacted by the 

DS Project.

FINAL LICENSE ARTICLES FOR THE DRUM-SPAULDING HYDROELECTRIC 

PROJECT, FERC NO. 2310-173

These Final License Articles are submitted to FERC as 4(e) Conditions (both specific and 

general/administrative) and 10(a) Recommendations.

a. FINAL 4(e) Conditions

Condition No. 1 - Annual Employee Training

Licensee shall, beginning in the first full calendar year after license issuance, annually perform 

employee awareness training, and shall also perform such training when a staff member is first 

assigned to the Project. The goal of the training shall be to familiarize Licensee's operations and 

maintenance (O&M) staff with special-status species, non-native invasive plants, and sensitive 

areas (e.g. special-status plant populations and non-native invasive plant locations) that are 

known to occur within or adjacent to the FERC Project Boundary on BLM lands, and procedures 

for reporting to each agency, as appropriate, to comply with the license requirements. Licensee 

shall provide to each O&M staff a confidential map showing these sensitive areas including GPS 

coordinates, as well as pictures and other guides to assist staff in recognizing special-status 

species, non-native invasive plants, and sensitive areas. It is not the intent of this measure that 

Licensee’s O&M staff performs surveys or become specialists in the identification of specialstatus species or noxious weeds. Licensee shall direct its O&M staff to avoid disturbance to 

sensitive areas, and to advise all Licensee contractors to avoid sensitive areas. If Licensee 

determines that disturbance of a sensitive area is unavoidable, License shall consult with BLM to 

minimize adverse effects to sensitive resources. This measure applies to employee training that is 

not otherwise covered by a specific plan. 

Condition No. 2 - Coordinated Operations Plan

Licensee shall, within 90 days after issuance of new licenses for the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric 

Project or Drum-Spaulding Project, whichever is later, file with FERC for approval a 

Coordinated Operations Plan (Plan). Licensee shall develop the Plan in consultation with the 

licensee for the (Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project). The purpose of the Plan shall be to provide 

for coordination between the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project and Drum-Spaulding 

Hydroelectric Project to assure implementation of flow–related measures in the two project 

licenses. Licensee shall file the Plan, with evidence of consultation as the Plan relates to 
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compliance with flow-related measures, with FS, BLM, CDFW, SWRCB, and Licensee of the 

Yuba- Bear Hydroelectric Project, with FERC. Licensee shall implement those portions of the 

Plan approved by FERC. 

Condition No. 3 - Coordination of the Drum-Spaulding Project and the YubaBear Hydroelectric Project Operation Regarding the Yuba-Bear 

Hydroelectric Project’s Streamflow Requirements in the Bear River Below 

Rollins Reservoir at YB-196

Licensee of the Drum-Spaulding Project shall not divert water to the Bear River Canal that 

Licensee of the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project releases from Rollins Reservoir to meet the 

Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project’s Flow Measures in the Bear River below the Rollins Reservoir 

as measured at Nevada Irrigation District’s (NID) YB-196 gage (USGS 11422500). Licensee’s 

compliance with this measure will be the act of not diverting water into the Bear River Canal that 

Licensee of the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project releases from Rollins Reservoir to meet its 

Flow Measures in the Bear River below Rollins as determined utilizing data from NID’s YB-196 

gage in Bear River and PG&E’s YB-50 gage in Bear River Canal, and the coordinated operations 

flow forecasts for water that NID will provide at YB-196 and for water that PG&E will divert to 

the Bear River Canal. Licensee’s Coordinated Operations Plan with the licensee of the YubaBear Hydroelectric Project shall specifically require coordination between the two licensees of 

both projects to effectuate compliance with this measure.

Condition No. 4 - Canal Outages

This measure pertains to canal outages that affect Minimum Streamflows described in this 

measure. For the purpose of this measure, there are three types of canal outages: 1) annual 

planned outages; 2) non-routine planned outages; and 3) emergency outages. For the purpose of 

this measure: an “annual planned outage” is defined as an outage that is typically taken around 

the same time each year for routine maintenance; a “non-routine planned outage” is defined as an 

outage for work that is high priority work (often major maintenance) and performed under 

planned conditions but is not performed during the annual planned outage period; and an 

“emergency outage” is defined as an outage due to an event that is reasonably out of the control 

of Licensee and requires Licensee to take immediate action, either unilaterally or under 

instruction of law enforcement, emergency services, or other regulatory agency staff, including 

actions to prevent the imminent loss of human life or damage to property. An emergency may 

include, but is not limited to: natural events such as landslides, storms, or wildfires; vandalism; 

malfunction or failure of Project works; or other public safety incidents. 

During the Annual Meeting (Condition No.23), Licensee will inform meeting participants about 

annual planned outages, including the anticipated time-frame the annual planned outages will 

occur, and any non-routine planned outages that are already planned at the time of the Annual 

Meeting, for the upcoming year. Licensee will in good faith provide CDFW, SWRCB, FS, and 

BLM as much notice as reasonably possible for any annual planned outages or non-routine 

planned outages that were not noted in the Annual Meeting or that become anticipated to occur at 

a time that is different than reported in the Annual Meeting or different from the approximate 

time of year listed in the Canal Outages table below. For all annual planned outages and non- 
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routine planned outages, Licensee will comply with the Canal Outages Fish Rescue Plan 

(Condition No.5) as well as all laws and permitting requirements, as applicable. Licensee will 

provide CDFW, SWRCB, FS, and BLM notice by electronic mail as soon as reasonably possible, 

but no later than the end of the next business day (business days do not include weekends and 

federal or state holidays) after an emergency outage occurs.

The Canal Outages table below lists canals where outages may affect minimum streamflows in 

this measure and provides the minimum streamflows required during the first 30 days of annual 

planned outages, non-routine planned outages or emergency outages. If an annual planned 

outage, non-routine planned outage, or emergency outage is anticipated to extend past 30 days, 

Licensee shall consult with the CDFW, SWRCB, FS, and BLM regarding minimum streamflows 

for the remainder of the outage after the first 30 days and Licensee shall implement the 

collaboratively agreed upon minimum streamflows as soon as it is reasonably possible to do so 

for the remainder of the outage. Licensee shall also file any collaboratively agreed upon changes 

in minimum streamflows with FERC. The Canal Outages table below also lists the approximate 

time of year and typical duration that each annual planned outage occurs. However, annual 

planned outages may in any given year last longer or occur outside of the approximate time 

frame identified in the Canal Outages table below. Licensee will not take the Drum Canal and 

the Bear River Canal out of service simultaneously unless there is an emergency that requires 

this action.

Locations where canal outages affect Minimum Streamflows

Location

(Stream – Facility)

Typical historical outage

period/duration

Minimum Streamflows During Annual Planned Outages,

Non-Routine Planned Outages and Emergency Outages

Bear River – YB-198 

Approximately 2 weeks in late 

September and early October (Drum 

Canal) or approximately 2 weeks 

from late March to early April (South

Yuba Canal) 

In the event that the total flow in the Drum Canal upstream of YB137 and South Yuba Canal upstream of YB-139 is less than 

required for the Minimum Streamflow at YB-198, the Minimum 

Streamflow shall be no less than the natural flow in Bear River at 

YB-198, and Licensee shall also release as much water as is 

available in the two canals to meet as much of the Minimum 

Streamflow as set forth in this Measure as possible.

South Yuba Canal above Deer 

Creek Forebay – YB-34

Approximately 2 weeks in late 

March to early April (South Yuba 

Canal and/or Chalk Bluff Canal)

When the South Yuba Canal or Chalk Bluff Canal are out of 

service, no Minimum Streamflows shall be required at YB- 34.

Condition No. 5 - Canal Outages Fish Rescue Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Canal Outages Fish Rescue Plan filed 

separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215017). 

Condition No. 6 - Recreation Agreement

PG&E’s One-Time Payment to BLM

PG&E shall fund a portion of BLM recreation improvements on the South Yuba River (SYR) 

downstream of Lake Spaulding by making a one-time payment of $95,000 within 90 days of the 

date the License becomes Final for the Drum-Spaulding Project. Payment instructions shall be 

provided by BLM to PG&E within 30 days of the License becoming final. PG&E shall make the 

payment pursuant to such instructions. 
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PG&E’s Annual Payment Obligation to BLM

PG&E shall, beginning on or before the initial October 1 following the date the Drum-Spaulding 

New Project License becomes Final, annually pay to BLM $30,000, which amount shall be 

adjusted annually based on the U.S. Gross Domestic Product – Implicit Price Deflator (GDPIDP) (year 2012 cost basis), for BLM to partially fund the annual operation, maintenance, and 

administration costs for BLM’s management of public river access, lands, and river-related 

recreation facilities along the SYR downstream of Lake Spaulding as well as BLM lands found 

within the project boundary. These annual payments shall be made for the term of the new 

Drum-Spaulding Project License. The initial payment shall be made pursuant to instructions 

provided by BLM to PG&E within 30 days of the FERC New Project License becoming Final 

for Drum Spaulding.” 

Condition No. 7 - Water Temperature and Stage Monitoring

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Water Temperature and Stage 

Monitoring Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 

201404115035). 

Condition No. 8 - Modifications of 4(e) Conditions in the Event of 

Anadromous Fish Re-introduction

BLM, reserves the right to modify these conditions to respond to any reintroduction of Chinook 

salmon or steelhead trout listed under the Endangered Species Act to stream reaches through 

BLM lands where the flow is controlled by FERC licensed facility.

Condition No. 9 - Gaging Plan 

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Gaging Plan filed separately with the 

Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201404115039). 

Condition No. 10 - Wildlife Crossings - Drum Canal and South Yuba Canal)

Wildlife Crossing Plan

Within 5 years of license issuance, Licensee shall retrofit existing footbridges or construct new 

wildlife crossings at or near the following locations on the Drum Canal and South Yuba Canal: 
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Table 1. Location of new or retrofitted wildlife crossings for the Drum Canal and 

South Yuba Canal.

Canal Crossing Location1 Retrofit Existing Footbridge or 

Construct New Crossing

Land Ownership

Drum Canal

Mile 0.5 Construct New Crossing PG&E

Mile 2 Construct New Crossing PG&E

Mile 5 Construct New Crossing PG&E

Mile 5.3 Retrofit Existing Footbridge PG&E

Mile 6 Construct New Crossing PG&E

Mile 6.7 Retrofit Existing Footbridge Tahoe National Forest

Mile 8 Retrofit Existing Footbridge Tahoe National Forest

South Yuba Canal

Mile 4.3 Retrofit Existing Footbridge Tahoe National Forest

Mile 5.1 Retrofit Existing Footbridge Tahoe National Forest

Mile 8.1 Retrofit Existing Footbridge Tahoe National Forest

Mile 8.8 Construct New Crossing PG&E

Mile 9.4 Retrofit Existing Footbridge PG&E

Mile 10.6 Construct New Crossing PG&E

Mile 11.5 Construct New Crossing PG&E 1 Canal miles have been designated from canal terminus upstream to its origin. The location of each wildlife crossing is identified by mile

Unless otherwise approved by FS, BLM, and CDFW, for crossings in the above table that are 

identified as “New Crossings,” Licensee shall maximize the continuity of native soils adjacent to 

and on the wildlife crossing and meet the following minimum specifications: 1) new 

overcrossings shall be a minimum of 8 feet wide, with fenced side railings a minimum of 4 feet 

high, and unobstructed access ramps with a grade that is less than or equal to 40 percent; or 2) 

new undercrossing shall be a minimum of 10 feet high by 10 feet wide with a 2 feet wide dry 

path above the high water mark if a perennial stream with natural substrate. The above 

specifications shall also apply to any existing crossings that are replaced.

For those crossings listed in the above table that are identified as “Retrofit Existing Footbridge,” 

Licensee shall replace or cover existing metal footbridge decks with wood or similar synthetic 

material (synthetic material may only be used if approved by FS, BLM and CDFW), and replace 

stairs with an unobstructed access ramp. 

Within 1 year of completion, Licensee shall submit to FS, BLM and CDFW the final design of 

each newly constructed crossing and retrofit of existing crossing. 

Structures shall be identified as Licensee-maintained wildlife crossings and geo-referenced in a 

map and provided to FS, BLM, and CDFW.

Monitoring 

• At the Annual Consultation Meeting required in Condition23, Consultation, Licensee will 

provide a written report on each crossing’s condition, maintenance, and repair activities. 

• When crossings are retrofitted (i.e., change in design or material) or newly constructed, 

Licensee shall conduct camera monitoring for 1 year to determine if adjustments, which 

may include fencing, are needed if determined necessary by FS, BLM and CDFW. If 

monitoring shows that a new design or material is effective, Licensee may request at the 

Annual Consultation Meeting required in Condition23, Consultation, that monitoring be 

waived at crossing or fencing locations where the new design or material is implemented. 
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Such monitoring may be waived if approved by FS, BLM, and CDFW. 

• Additional monitoring may be required as determined necessary by FS, BLM and 

CDFW.

• Ten years following license issuance, and every 10 years thereafter, Licensee shall 

arrange a meeting with FS, BLM, and CDFW, to review the location and design of 

Licensee-maintained crossings and natural landscape features that provide wildlife 

passage across Licensee’s conduits, in context with changes in land use patterns, human 

development, and road improvements or decommissioning, that may affect wildlife use 

of crossings. If FS, BLM, and CDFW determine that the existing crossings are not 

adequate based on this review, Licensee shall develop plans to address additional needs 

for crossings, exclosures, and escape structures. The final plans shall be submitted to the 

Commission for approval. 

Bear River and South Canals

Within 1 year of license issuance, Licensee shall complete, approved by FS, BLM, and CDFW, a 

Wildlife Crossing Plan (Plan) for placing wildlife crossings for the Bear River Canal and the 

South Canal that is integrated with wildlife escape structures and exclusion fencing to reduce 

wildlife mortality.

Unless otherwise approved by FS, BLM, and CDFW, new crossings shall maximize the 

continuity of native soils adjacent to and on the wildlife crossing and meet the following 

minimum specifications: (1) new overcrossing shall be a minimum of 8 feet wide, with fenced 8- 

foot high side railings, and unobstructed access ramps with a grade that is less than or equal to 40 

percent; or (2) new undercrossing shall be a minimum of 10 feet high by 10 feet wide (with 2 

feet wide dry path above the high water mark if a perennial stream) with natural substrate. If 

existing footbridges are retrofitted for the purpose of wildlife crossings, Licensee shall replace or 

cover existing metal footbridge decks with wood or similar synthetic material (synthetic material 

may only be used if approved by FS, BLM and CDFW), and replace stairs with an unobstructed 

access ramp. The above specifications shall also apply to any existing crossings that are replaced.

The Plan will include an implementation schedule, with implementation beginning 2 years from 

license issuance, and completion within 5 years, unless otherwise agreed to by FS, BLM, and 

CDFW. Minimum components of the Plan include, but may not be limited to:

• Locations for planned and existing Licensee-maintained wildlife crossings, as a target, to 

provide movement approximately every 1 mile in combination with natural landscape 

features that also meet the above specifications

• Overpass or underpass design 

• Map of all conduits, with segments identified by canal mile

• Map of all crossing structures, wildlife escape ramps and flashers with corresponding 

GPS coordinates 

• Implementation schedule 
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Monitoring

• At the Annual Consultation Meeting required in Condition23, Consultation, Licensee will 

provide a written report on each crossing’s condition, maintenance, and repair activities. 

• When crossings are retrofitted (i.e., change in design or material) or newly constructed, 

Licensee shall conduct camera monitoring for 1 year to determine if adjustments, which 

may include fencing, are needed if determined necessary by FS, BLM and CDFW. If 

monitoring shows that a new design or material is effective, Licensee may request at the 

Annual Consultation Meeting required in Condition23, Consultation, that monitoring be 

waived at crossing or fencing locations where the new design or material is implemented. 

Such monitoring may be waived if approved by FS, BLM, and CDFW. 

• Additional monitoring may be required as determined necessary by FS, BLM and 

CDFW.

• Ten years following license issuance, and every 10 years thereafter, Licensee shall 

arrange a meeting with FS, BLM, and CDFW, to review the location and design of 

Licensee- maintained crossings and natural landscape features that provide wildlife 

passage across Licensee’s conduits, in context with changes in land use patterns, human 

development, and road improvements or decommissioning, that may affect wildlife use 

of crossings. If FS, BLM, and CDFW determine that the existing crossings are not 

adequate based on this review, Licensee shall develop plans to address additional needs 

for crossings, exclosures, and escape structures. The final plans shall be submitted to 

FERC for approval. 

Condition No. 11- Replacement of Wildlife Escape and Wildlife Crossing 

Facilities

Prior to replacing or retrofitting existing wildlife escape facilities and wildlife crossings along 

Project canals, Licensee shall consult with CDFW and BLM regarding specifications and design. 

Licensee shall file the design, including evidence of consultation, with FERC within 60 days 

after the wildlife escape facility or wildlife crossing facility has been replaced or retrofitted. 

Licensee shall also assess existing wildlife escape facilities and wildlife crossing facilities 

annually to ensure they are functional and in proper working order. Inspections shall occur at the 

same time other types of maintenance activities or canal assessments are being conducted.

Condition No. 12 - Monitor Animal Losses in Project Canals

Beginning in the first full calendar year after license issuance, Licensee shall record animal 

losses in all Project canals. Specifically, Licensee’s operators shall record in log books all dead 

animals observed on canal trash racks and otherwise in the canals using the Wildlife Mortality 

data sheets found in Appendix 4-2A of the Wildlife Movement Technical Memorandum (4-2) 

included in Appendix E12 of Licensee’s application for new license. Licensee shall make a good 

faith effort to record the location of the dead animal (i.e. which Project canal, where in the canal 

the dead animal was found, and the associated structure), species, date and time of the 

observation, suspected cause of death if it can be determined from visual observation only, 

photograph if available, estimated size, estimated age, and sex if known, and other pertinent 

information. The information will include the cumulative years and preceding year’s mortality 
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by canal segment, and a map showing segments (defined by location of trash racks). Licensee 

shall provide this information to CDFW, FS, and BLM at least 60 days prior to the annual 

consultation meeting described in Condition23. 

Licensee shall consult with FS, BLM, and CDFW and other interested parties during the annual 

consultation meeting, regarding the protection and utilization of the wildlife resources affected 

by the Project. If there is an increasing trend in animal mortalities in a canal, additional 

measures to address suspected Project-related causes for that canal may be developed by 

Licensee in consultation with CDFW, FS, and BLM. The Licensee shall prepare a report that 

includes the Licensee’s recommendations for measures to address animal mortalities, and a 

schedule of implementation. Licensee shall provide the report to FS, BLM, and CDFW, as 

appropriate, for review and approval. The Licensee shall file the report, including evidence of 

consultation, with FERC, and shall implement those resource management measures required by 

FERC.

Condition No. 13 - Special Status Species

Before taking actions to construct new project features on BLM lands that may affect BLM 

special status species or their critical habitat on BLM land, the Licensee shall prepare and submit 

a biological evaluation (BE) for BLM approval. The BE shall evaluate the potential impact of the 

action on the species or its habitat. BLM may require mitigation measures for the protection of 

the affected species on BLM administered land.

The biological evaluation shall:

• Include procedures to minimize or avoid adverse effects to special status species.

• Ensure project-related activities shall meet restrictions included in site management plans 

for special status species.

• Develop implementation and effectiveness monitoring of measures taken or employed to 

reduce effects to special status species.

Condition No. 14 - Annual Review of Special-Status Species Lists and 

Assessment of New Species on Federal Land

Licensee shall, beginning the first full calendar year after license issuance, in consultation with 

BLM, annually review the current list of special-status plant and wildlife species (species that are 

Federally Endangered or Threatened, Proposed Threatened or Endangered, BLM’s Sensitive, 

State Threatened or Endangered, State Species of Special Concern, and CDFW Fully Protected) 

that might occur on public land administered by BLM in the Project area) that may be directly 

affected by Project operations. When a species is added to one or more of the lists, BLM in 

consultation with the Licensee shall determine if the species or un-surveyed suitable habitat for 

the species is likely to occur on public land administered by BLM. For such newly added 

species, if BLM determines that the species is likely on such public land administered by BLM, 

as appropriate, in the Project area that may be directly affected by the Project, Licensee shall 

develop and implement a study plan in consultation with BLM, as appropriate, to reasonably 

assess the effects of the project on the species. Licensee shall prepare a report on the study, 
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including objectives, methods, results, recommended resource measures where appropriate, and a 

schedule of implementation, and shall provide a draft of the final report to BLM for review and 

approval. Licensee shall file the report, including evidence of consultation, with FERC and shall 

implement those resource management measures required by FERC.

If new occurrences of BLM special status plant or wildlife species as defined above are detected 

prior to or during ongoing construction, operation, or maintenance of the Project or during 

Project operations, Licensee shall immediately notify BLM. If BLM determines that the Projectrelated activities are adversely affecting BLM sensitive or watch list species, Licensee shall, in 

consultation with BLM, develop and implement appropriate protection measures 

If new occurrences of state or federally listed or proposed threatened or endangered species are 

detected prior to or during ongoing construction, operation, or maintenance of the Project or 

during Project operations, Licensee shall immediately notify BLM and the relevant Service 

Agency (United States Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service or 

CDFW) for consultation or conference in accordance with the Endangered Species Act. If state 

listed or fully protected species are affected, CDFW shall be notified. 

Condition No. 15 - Project Power Lines and Raptor Collisions

Project Power Lines

Raptor-safe power line design configurations described in Avian Protection on Power Line 

Interaction Committee’s (APLIC) “Suggested Practices for Avian Protection Power Lines: The 

State of the Art in 2006 (APLIC 2006) or the most current edition of this APLIC document, will 

be used as a guideline for all new power lines or when replacement of existing poles, phase 

conductors, and associated equipment is required. 

If raptor monitoring performed as Condition No. 15 (Terrestrial Protection Measures, Raptor 

Collisions) indicates a substantial raptor-transmission line interaction issue, the poles where the 

interaction issue occurs on BLM land will be replaced or retrofitted, as agreed to via consultation 

with FWS, BLM, and CDFW. 

Raptor Collisions

Licensee shall, beginning in the first full calendar year after license issuance, record annually all 

incidental observations by Licensee’s operations staff of bird collisions/electrocutions at the 

Bowman-Spaulding Transmission Line. The reported incidental observations shall include the 

following information: 1) date of observation; 2) location of observation (i.e., nearest pole 

number); 3) species, if identifiable; 4) number of birds; 5) condition of bird(s) (i.e., dead or 

injured); 6) suspected cause of injury or death (i.e., electrocution or collision); and 7) was the 

bird banded and, if so, band number. Licensee shall provide this information for each year to 

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Condition No. 16 - Bald Eagle Management Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall, implement the Bald Eagle Management Plan, filed 

separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215015. 

Condition No. 17 - Terrestrial Protection Measures

Vegetation and Non-Native Invasive Plant Management Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Integrated Vegetation Management 

Plan filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215025). 

Condition No. 18 - Fire Management and Response Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Fire Management and Response Plan, 

filed separately filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 

201311215019). 

Condition No. 19 - Canal Release Point Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Canal Release Point Plan, filed 

separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201404115048). 

Condition No. 20 - Visual Resource Management Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Visual Resource Management Plan, 

filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215026). 

Condition No. 21- Historic Properties Management Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Historic Properties Management Plan, 

filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215023). 

Condition No. 22 - Transportation System Management

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Transportation System Management 

Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215024). 

b. FINAL 4(e) General Conditions

The following Section 4(e) Conditions include requirements that serve to address the 

statutory and administrative rights and responsibilities of BLM pursuant to Federal, State, 

and local laws. These Section 4(e) Conditions should be included in both the YB and DS 

Projects.
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Condition No. - 23 Consultation

Licensee shall annually consult with BLM. The date of the joint consultation meeting will be 

mutually agreed to by Licensee and BLM but in general should be held by April 15. At least 30 

days in advance of the meeting, Licensee shall notify Nevada Irrigation District (NID) Licensee 

of the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project, FERC 2266, and other interested stakeholders, 

confirming the meeting location, time and agenda. At the same time, Licensee shall also provide 

notice to the: United States Department of Agriculture (USFS); United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service (FWS); (USDI) National Park Service; United States Department of Commerce National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS), ; California 

State Department of Fish and Game (CDFW); and the State Water Resources Control Board, 

SWRCB who may choose to participate in the meeting. Licensee shall attempt to coordinate the 

meeting so interested agencies and other stakeholders may attend. 

The Licensee shall make available to FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB at least 2 weeks prior to 

the meeting, an operations and maintenance plan for the year in which the meeting occurs. In 

addition, Licensee shall present results from current year monitoring of noxious weeds and 

special status species as well as any additional information that has been compiled for the Project 

area, including progress reports on other resource measures. The goals of this meeting are to 

share information, mutually agree upon planned maintenance activities, identify concerns that 

BLM may have regarding activities and their potential effects on sensitive resources, and any 

measures required to avoid or mitigate potential effects. In addition, the goal of the meeting shall 

be to review and discuss the results of implementing the streamflow and reservoir-related 

conditions, results of monitoring, and other issues related to preserving and protecting ecological 

values affected by the Project.

Consultation shall include, but not be limited to: 

• A status report regarding implementation of license conditions.

• Results of any monitoring studies performed over the previous year in formats agreed to by 

BLM and the Licensee during development of implementation plans. 

• Review of any non-routine maintenance. 

• Discussion of any foreseeable changes to Project facilities or features.

• Discussion of any necessary revisions or modifications to implementation plans approved as 

part of this license.

• Discussion of needed protection measures for species newly listed as threatened, endangered, 

or sensitive, or changes to existing management plans that may no longer be warranted due to 

delisting of species or, to incorporate new knowledge about a species requiring protection. 

Discussion of needed protection measures for newly discovered cultural resource sites. 

• Discussion of elements of current year maintenance plans, e.g. road and trail maintenance.

• Discussion of any planned pesticide use. 

A record of the meeting shall be kept by the Licensee and shall include any recommendations 

made by BLM for the protection of BLM land and resources. The Licensee shall file the meeting 

record, if requested, with FERC no later than 60 days following the meeting. 
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Copies of other reports related to Project safety and non-compliance shall be submitted to FS, 

BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB concurrently with submittal to the FERC. These include, but are not 

limited to: any non-compliance report filed by the Licensee, geologic or seismic reports, and 

structural safety reports for facilities located on or affecting BLM lands.

A copy of the record for the previous water year regarding streamflow, study reports, and other 

pertinent records shall be provided to FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB by Licensee at least 60 

days prior to the meeting date, unless otherwise agreed. 

Copies of other reports related to monitoring, Project safety and non-compliance on BLM land 

shall be submitted to BLM concurrently with submittal to the FERC, with the goal of providing 

the material to BLM no later than 90 days in advance of the annual meeting. These include, but 

are not limited to: any non-compliance report filed by Licensee, geologic or seismic reports, and 

structural safety reports for facilities.

During the first several years of license implementation, it is likely that more consultation than 

just one annual meeting will be required, given the complexity of these projects.

The BLM reserves the right, after notice and opportunity for comment, to require changes in the 

Project and its operation through revision of the Section 4(e) conditions to accomplish protection 

and utilization of BLM lands and resources. 

Condition No. 24 - Consultation Group Specific to the Drum-Spaulding 

Project

The Licensee shall, within 3 months of license issuance, establish a Consultation Group as 

follows. 

Purpose

The primary purpose of Consultation Group is to provide a forum for the Licensee to consult 

with resource agencies and other interested parties on the following: 

• The Annual Meeting as described in Condition No.23, Consultation. To the extent topics 

covered in Condition No. 23affect project-affected areas outside FS, BLM, or BOR 

jurisdiction, consultation with appropriate resource agencies on those same topics will occur 

at the Annual Meeting, other Consultation Group meetings, or as otherwise agreed with the 

Licensee and appropriate resource agencies. License shall provide copies of the meeting 

materials to those who request it.

• The review and evaluation of monitoring data related to the South Yuba River Supplemental 

Flows as described in FS Condition No. 32, South Yuba River Supplemental Flows. 

• Plans that are developed as required by the new license and plans that require specific 

consultation processes during implementation. 

• Proposed temporary or permanent modifications to license conditions. 

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of the Consultation Group. 

Decision Making

The Consultation Group will make recommendations to the FS, BLM, and BOR. The FS shall 

be responsible for final decisions within FS jurisdiction. The BLM shall be responsible for final 

decisions within BLM jurisdiction, and BOR shall be responsible for final decisions within BOR 

jurisdiction. Licensee shall also ensure that consultation, permitting, and any necessary 

approvals within the jurisdiction of other agencies are completed. Licensee shall implement 

license conditions as approved and directed by FERC. 

Participation

In addition to the Licensee, FS, BLM, BOR, SWRCB, and CDFW, Consultation Group meetings 

shall be open to any organization or individual that notifies the Licensee in writing of interest in 

participating in the Annual Meeting or Consultation Group meetings. The Consultation Group 

should establish mutually agreeable process guidelines for conducting effective and efficient 

meetings no later than 1 year after license issuance. Each organization or individual shall be 

responsible for providing notification information to the Licensee and shall be responsible for 

keeping current a single point of contact for purposes of notification related to the Consultation 

Group. If a participant is interested in a particular meeting or topic, the participant is responsible 

for ensuring they are represented.

Meetings

Separate from the Annual Meeting, the Licensee shall organize four Consultation Group 

meetings per year. Additional meetings may be scheduled if the Consultation Group decides 

additional meetings are necessary. Fewer meetings shall also be scheduled if the Consultation 

Group decides that four meetings per year are not necessary. 

Condition No. 25 - Approval of Changes

Notwithstanding any license authorization to make changes to the Project, when such changes 

directly affect BLM lands the Licensee shall obtain written approval from BLM prior to making 

any changes in any constructed Project features or facilities, or in the uses of Project lands and 

waters or any departure from the requirements of any approved exhibits filed with the 

Commission. Following receipt of such approval from BLM, and a minimum of 60 days prior to 

initiating any such changes, the Licensee shall file a report with the Commission describing the 

changes, the reasons for the changes, and showing the approval of BLM for such changes. The 

Licensee shall file an exact copy of this report with BLM at the same time it is filed with the 

Commission. This condition does not relieve the Licensee from the amendment or other 

requirements of Article 2 or Article 3 of this license.
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Condition No. 26 - Maintenance of Improvements on or Affecting Bureau of 

Land Management Lands

The Licensee shall maintain all its improvements and premises on BLM lands to standards of 

repair, orderliness, neatness, sanitation, and safety acceptable to BLM. Disposal of all materials 

will be at an approved existing location, except as otherwise agreed by BLM.

Condition No. 27 - Existing Claims

The license shall be subject to all valid claims and existing rights of third parties. The United 

States is not liable to the Licensee for the exercise of any such right or claim.

Condition No. 28 - Compliance with Regulations

The Licensee shall comply with the regulations of the Department of Interior for activities on 

BLM lands, and all applicable Federal, State, county, and municipal laws, ordinances, or 

regulations in regards to the area or operations on or directly affecting BLM lands, to the extent 

those laws, ordinances or regulations are not preempted by federal law. 

Condition No. 29 - Surrender of License or Transfer of Ownership

Prior to any surrender of this license, the Licensee shall provide assurance acceptable to BLM 

that Licensee shall restore any Project area directly affecting BLM lands to a condition 

satisfactory to BLM upon or after surrender of the license, as appropriate. To the extent 

restoration is required; Licensee shall prepare a restoration plan which shall identify the 

measures to be taken to restore such BLM lands and shall include adequate financial mechanisms 

to ensure performance of the restoration measures.

In the event of any transfer of the license or sale of the Project, the Licensee shall assure that, in 

a manner satisfactory to BLM, the Licensee or transferee will provide for the costs of surrender 

and restoration. If deemed necessary by BLM to assist it in evaluating the Licensee's proposal, 

the Licensee shall conduct an analysis, using experts approved by BLM, to estimate the potential 

costs associated with surrender and restoration of any Project area directly affecting BLM lands 

to BLM specifications. In addition, BLM may require the Licensee to pay for an independent 

audit of the transferee to assist BLM or FS in determining whether the transferee has the 

financial ability to fund the surrender and restoration work specified in the analysis. 

Condition No. 30 - Protection of United States Property

The Licensee, including any agents or employees of the Licensee acting within the scope of their 

employment, shall exercise diligence in protecting from damage the land and property of the 

United States covered by and used in connection with this license. 
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Condition No. 31 Indemnification

The Licensee shall indemnify, defend, and hold the United States harmless for: 

• any violations incurred under any laws and regulations applicable to, or 

• judgments, claims, penalties, fees, or demands assessed against the United States caused by, 

or 

• costs, damages, and expenses incurred by the United States caused by, or

• the releases or threatened release of any solid waste, hazardous substances, pollutant, 

contaminant, or oil in any form in the environment related to the construction, maintenance, 

or operation of the Project works or of the works appurtenant or accessory thereto under the 

license.

The Licensee’s indemnification of the United States shall include any loss by personal injury, 

loss of life or damage to property caused by the construction, maintenance, or operation of the 

Project works or of the works appurtenant or accessory thereto under the license. Indemnification 

shall include, but is not limited to, the value of resources damaged or destroyed; the costs of 

restoration, cleanup, or other mitigation; fire suppression or other types of abatement costs; third 

party claims and judgments; and all administrative, interest, and other legal costs. Upon 

surrender, transfer, or termination of the license, the Licensee’s obligation to indemnify and hold 

harmless the United States shall survive for all valid claims for actions that occurred prior to 

such surrender, transfer or termination.

Condition No. 32- Damage to Land, Property, and Interests of the United 

States 

The Licensee has an affirmative duty to protect the land, property, and interests of the United 

States from damage arising from the Licensee's construction, maintenance, or operation of the 

Project works or the works appurtenant or accessory thereto under the license. The Licensee's 

liability for fire and other damages to BLM lands shall be determined in accordance with the 

Federal Power Act and standard Form L-1 Articles 22 and 24. 

Condition No. 33 - Risks and Hazards on Bureau of Land Management Lands

As part of the occupancy and use of the Project area, the Licensee has a continuing responsibility 

to reasonably identify and report all known or observed hazardous conditions on or directly 

affecting BLM lands within the Project boundary that would affect the improvements, resources, 

or pose a risk of injury to individuals. Licensee will abate those conditions, except those caused 

by third parties or not related to the occupancy and use authorized by the License. Any nonemergency actions to abate such hazards on BLM lands shall be performed after consultation 

with BLM. In emergency situations, the Licensee shall notify BLM of its actions as soon as 

possible, but not more than 48 hours, after such actions have been taken. Whether or not BLM is 

notified or provides consultation, the Licensee shall remain solely responsible for all abatement 

measures performed. Other hazards should be reported to the appropriate agency as soon as 

possible. 
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Condition No. 34 - Access

Subject to the limitations set forth under the heading of “Access by the United States” in 

Condition No. 42 hereof, BLM reserves the right to use or permit others to use any part of the 

licensed area on BLM lands for any purpose, provided such use does not interfere with the rights 

and privileges authorized by this license or the Federal Power Act.

Condition No. 35 - Crossings

The Licensee shall maintain suitable crossings as required by BLM for all roads and trails that 

intersect the right-of-way occupied by linear Project facilities (powerline, penstock, ditch, and 

pipeline). 

Condition No. 36 - Surveys, Land Corners

The Licensee shall avoid disturbance to all public land survey monuments, private property 

corners, and forest boundary markers. In the event that any such land markers or monuments on 

BLM lands are destroyed by an act or omission of the Licensee, in connection with the use 

and/or occupancy authorized by this license, depending on the type of monument destroyed, the 

Licensee shall reestablish or reference same in accordance with (1) the procedures outlined in the 

"Manual of Instructions for the Survey of the Public Land of the United States," (2) the 

specifications of the County Surveyor, or (3) the specifications of BLM. Further, the Licensee 

shall ensure that any such official survey records affected are amended as provided by law.

Condition No. 37– Pesticide Use Restrictions on Bureau of Land Management 

Lands

Pesticides may not be used on BLM lands or in areas affecting BLM lands to control undesirable 

woody and herbaceous vegetation, aquatic plants, insects, rodents, non-native fish, etc., without 

the prior written approval of BLM. During the annual Consultation Meeting described in 

Condition No.23, the Licensee shall submit a request for approval of planned uses of pesticides 

for the upcoming year. The Licensee shall provide at a minimum the following information 

essential for review:

• whether pesticide applications are essential for use on BLM lands; 

• specific locations of use; 

• specific herbicides proposed for use; 

• application rates;

• dose and exposure rates; and 

• safety risk and timeframes for application.

Exceptions to this schedule may be allowed only when unexpected outbreaks of pests require 

control measures that were not anticipated at the time the report was submitted. In such an 

instance, an emergency request and approval may be made.
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Any pesticide use that is deemed necessary to use on BLM lands within 500 feet of known 

locations of Western Pond Turtles, Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Frog, Foothill Yellow Legged 

Frog, or known locations of BLM Special Status or culturally significant plant populations will 

be designed to avoid adverse effects to individuals and their habitats. Application of pesticides 

must be consistent with BLM riparian conservation objectives. 

On BLM lands, the Licensee shall only use those materials registered by the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency and consistent with those applied by BLM and approved through BLM 

review for the specific purpose planned. The Licensee must strictly follow label instructions in 

the preparation and application of pesticides and disposal of excess materials and containers. The 

Licensee may also submit Pesticide Use Proposal(s) with accompanying risk assessment and 

other BLM required documents to use pesticides on a regular basis for the term of the license as 

addressed further in Condition No. 17: Terrestrial Protection Measures. Submission of this plan 

will not relieve the Licensee of the responsibility of annual notification and review. 

Condition No. 38 - Modifications of 4(e) Conditions after Biological Opinion 

or Water Quality Certification

BLM reserves the right to modify these conditions, if necessary, to respond to any Final 

Biological Opinion issued for this Project by the National Marine Fisheries Service, United 

States Fish and Wildlife Service; or any Certification issued for this Project by the State Water 

Resources Control Board. 

Condition No. 39 - Signs

The Licensee shall consult with BLM prior to erecting signs related to safety issues on BLM 

lands covered by the license. Prior to the Licensee erecting any other signs or advertising 

devices on BLM lands covered by the license, the Licensee must obtain the approval of BLM as 

to location, design, size, color, and message. The Licensee shall be responsible for maintaining 

all Licensee-erected signs to neat and presentable standards.

Condition No. 40 - Ground Disturbing Activities

If the Licensee proposes ground-disturbing activities on or directly affecting BLM lands that 

were not specifically addressed in the Commission’s NEPA processes, the Licensee, in 

consultation with BLM, shall determine the scope of work and potential for Project-related 

effects, and whether additional information is required to proceed with the planned activity. 

Upon BLM request, the Licensee shall enter into an agreement with BLM under which the 

Licensee shall fund a reasonable portion of BLM staff time and expenses for staff activities 

related to the proposed activities time and expenses for staff activities related to the proposed 

activities.
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Condition No. 41 - Use of Bureau of Land Management Roads for Project 

Access

The Licensee shall obtain suitable authorization for all project access roads and BLM roads 

needed for Project access. The term of the permit shall be the same as the term of the license. 

The authorization shall require road maintenance and cost sharing in reconstruction 

commensurate with the Licensee’s use and project-related use. The authorization shall specify 

road maintenance and management standards that provide for traffic safety, minimize erosion, 

and damage to natural resources and that are acceptable to BLM as appropriate.

The Licensee shall pay BLM for its share of maintenance cost or perform maintenance or other 

agreed to services, as determined by BLM for all use of roads related to project operations, 

project-related public recreation, or related activities. The maintenance obligation of the 

Licensee shall be proportionate to total use and commensurate with its use. Any maintenance to 

be performed by the Licensee shall be authorized by and shall be performed in accordance with 

an approved maintenance plan and applicable BMPs. In the event a road requires maintenance, 

restoration, or reconstruction work to accommodate the Licensee's needs, the licensee shall 

perform such work at its own expense after securing BLM authorization. 

The Licensee shall complete a condition survey and a proposed maintenance plan subject to 

BLM review and approval as appropriate once each year. The plan may take the format of a 

road maintenance agreement provided all the above conditions are met as well as the conditions 

set forth in the proposed agreement. 

In addition, all BLM roads used as Project Access roads (PAR) and Right-of-Way access roads 

(ROW) shall have:

• Current condition survey. 

• Be mapped at a scale to allow identification of specific routes or segments.

• BLM assigned road numbers are used for reference on the maps, tables, and in the field. 

• GIS compatible files of GPS alignments of all roads used for Project access are provided to 

BLM.

• Adequate signage is installed and maintained by the Licensee at each road or route, 

identifying the road by BLM road number. 

Condition No. 42 - Access By The United States

The United States shall have unrestricted use of any road over which the Licensee has control 

within the project area for all purposes deemed necessary and desirable in connection with the 

protection, administration, management, and utilization of Federal lands or resources. When 

needed for the protection, administration, and management of Federal lands or resources the 

United States shall have the right to extend rights and privileges for use of the right-of-way and

road thereon to States and local subdivisions thereof, as well as to other users. The United States 

shall control such use so as not to unreasonably interfere with the safety or security uses, or 

cause the Licensee to bear a share of costs disproportionate to the Licensee’s use in comparison 

to the use of the road by others. 
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Condition No. 43 - Road Use

The Licensee shall confine all vehicles being used for project purposes, including but not limited 

to administrative and transportation vehicles and construction and inspection equipment, to roads 

or specifically designed access routes, as identified in the Transportation System Management 

Plan (Condition 22). BLM, as appropriate, reserve the right to close any and all such routes 

where damage is occurring to the soil or vegetation, or, if requested by Licensee, to require 

construction/construction by the Licensee to the extent needed to accommodate the Licensee’s 

use. BLM agree to provide notice to the Licensee and the Commission prior to road closures, 

except in an emergency, in which case notice will be provided as soon as practicable. 

Condition No. 44 - Bureau of Land Management Approval of Final Design

Before any new construction of the Project occurs on Bureau of Land Management lands, the 

Licensee shall obtain prior written approval of BLM for all final design plans for Project 

components, which BLM deems as affecting or potentially affecting Bureau of Land 

Management lands within the Project boundary. The Licensee shall follow the schedules and 

procedures for design review and approval specified in the conditions herein. As part of such 

written approval, BLM may require adjustments to the final plans and facility locations to 

preclude or mitigate impacts and to insure that the Project is either compatible with on-theground conditions or approved by BLM based on agreed upon compensation or mitigation 

measures to address compatibility issues. Should such necessary adjustments be deemed by 

BLM, the Commission, or the Licensee to be a substantial change, the Licensee shall follow the 

procedures of FERC Standard Article 2 of the license. Any changes to the license made for any 

reason pursuant to FERC Standard Article 2 or Article 3 shall be made subject to any new terms 

and conditions of the Secretary of Interior made pursuant to Section 4(e) of the Federal Power 

Act to address Project effects within the Project boundary. 

Condition No. 45 - Unattended Construction Equipment

The Licensee shall not place construction equipment on BLM lands prior to actual use or allow it 

to remain on BLM lands subsequent to actual use, except for a reasonable mobilization and 

demobilization period agreed to by BLM. 

Condition No. 46 - Maintenance of Improvements

The Licensee shall maintain the improvements and premises on BLM lands to standards of 

repair, orderliness, neatness, sanitation, and safety acceptable to BLM. Disposal of all materials 

will be at an approved existing location, except as otherwise agreed to by BLM.

Condition No. 47 - Construction Inspections

Within 60 days of planned ground-disturbing activity on or affecting BLM lands, Licensee shall 

file with the Commission a Safety Construction Plan that identifies potential hazard areas and 

measures necessary to address public safety. Areas to consider include construction activities 

near public roads, trails, and recreation areas and facilities.
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Licensee shall perform daily (or on a schedule otherwise agreed to by BLM in writing) 

inspections of Licensee's construction operations on BLM lands and Licensee adjoining property 

while construction is in progress. Licensee shall document these inspections (informal writing 

sufficient) and shall deliver such documentation to BLM on a schedule agreed to by BLM. The 

inspections must specifically include fire plan compliance, public safety, and environmental 

protection. Licensee shall act immediately to correct any items found to need correction.

A registered professional engineer or other qualified employee of the appropriate specialty shall 

regularly conduct construction inspections of structural improvements on a schedule approved by 

BLM.

Condition No. 48 - Licensee Contact

Licensee shall provide a contact with BLM, whenever planning or construction of recreation 

facilities, other Project improvements, and routine and other maintenance activities are taking 

place within the BLM lands. Licensee agrees to cooperate with BLM through this individual in 

contract review and work inspection. 

Condition No. 49 - Hazardous Substances Plan

Within 1 year of license issuance or prior to undertaking activities on BLM lands, Licensee shall 

file with the Commission a plan approved by BLM for oil and hazardous substances storage and 

spill prevention and cleanup. The plan shall show evidence of consultation with State Water 

Board, CDFW, and the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB). In addition, during 

planning and prior to any new construction or maintenance not addressed in an existing plan, 

Licensee shall notify BLM, and in consultation with State Water Board, CDFW, and RWQCB, 

BLM shall make a determination whether a plan approved by BLM for oil and hazardous 

substances storage and spill prevention and cleanup is needed. Any such plan shall be filed with 

the Commission.

At a minimum, the plan must require Licensee to (1) maintain in the project area, a cache of spill 

cleanup equipment suitable to contain any spill from the project; (2) to periodically inform BLM 

of the location of the spill cleanup equipment on BLM lands and of the location, type, and 

quantity of oil and hazardous substances stored in the project area; and (3) to inform BLM 

immediately of the magnitude, nature, time, date, location, and action taken for any spill. The 

plan shall include a monitoring plan that details corrective measures that will be taken if spills 

occur. The plan shall include a requirement for a weekly written report during construction 

documenting the results of the monitoring. 

Condition No. 50 - Erosion and Sediment Control and Management

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Erosion and Sediment Control 

Management Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession 

No.201404115294). 
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Bureau of Reclamation 4(e) Conditions: Drum-Spaulding 

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Bureau of Reclamation Final Conditions and 

Recommendations Provided Under 18 CFR § 4.34 (b)(1) 

In Connection with the Application for Relicensing for the 

Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project

(FERC No. 2310)

30 July 2012; modified 21 October 2013

A-1 – Reservation of Authority to Modify Conditions

Reclamation reserves the authority to modify these Section 4(e) FPA conditions, as necessary, to 

respond to any changes to the license application approved by FERC, any Certificate issued by 

the SWRCB for this Project, or any other new, relevant information. 

B. Operation and Maintenance of Newcastle Powerhouse

Condition No. b.1 – Consultation

The Licensee shall, beginning the first full calendar year after license issuance, participate in 

annual meetings with Reclamation and State Parks to present operation and maintenance (O&M) 

activities, associated with Newcastle Powerhouse and premises, planned for the next calendar 

year. In addition, Licensee shall present results from current year monitoring of noxious weeds 

and special status species as well as any additional information that has been compiled for the 

Newcastle Powerhouse and premises, including progress reports on other resource measures. 

The goals of the meeting are to share information as mutually agreed upon for planned 

maintenance activities, and identify concerns that Reclamation and State Parks may have 

regarding O&M activities and their potential effects on sensitive resources, and any measures 

required to avoid or mitigate potential effects.

The date of the consultation meeting(s) will be mutually agreed upon by the Licensee, 

Reclamation, and State Parks. Representatives from the Service, CDFG, SWRCB, or other 

interested agency representatives concerned with O&M of the Newcastle Powerhouse may 

request to attend the meeting.

Consultation shall include, but not be limited to: 

• A status report regarding implementation of license conditions;

• Results of any monitoring studies performed over the previous year in formats agreed to 

by Reclamation and State Parks and PG&E during development of study plans; 

• Review of any non-routine maintenance; 
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• Discussion of any foreseeable changes to Newcastle Powerhouse facilities and/or its 

appurtenances;

• Discussion of any necessary revisions or modifications to plans approved as part of 

PG&E’s FERC license pertaining to Newcastle Powerhouse;

• Discussion of elements of current year maintenance plans, e.g., road maintenance; and 

• Discussion of any planned pesticide use. 

A record of the meeting shall be kept by Licensee and shall include any recommendations made 

by Reclamation and State Parks for the protection of Reclamation lands, water bodies, and 

resources. Copies of other reports related to safety and security at Newcastle Powerhouse shall 

be submitted to Reclamation concurrently with submittal to the FERC. These include, but are 

not limited to: any non-compliance report filed by Licensee, geologic or seismic reports, and 

structural safety reports for facilities located on or affecting Reclamation lands, water bodies, 

and resources.

Condition No. b.2 – Approval of Changes

Notwithstanding any license authorization to make changes to the Newcastle Powerhouse and 

premises, Licensee shall obtain written approval from Reclamation prior to making any changes 

or in the uses of Reclamation lands, water bodies, and resources. Following receipt of such 

approval from Reclamation, and a minimum of 90-days prior to initiating any such changes, 

Licensee shall file a report with the Commission describing the changes, the reasons for the 

changes, and showing the approval of Reclamation for such changes. Licensee shall file an exact 

copy of the report with Reclamation at the same time it is filed with the Commission.

Condition No. b.3. – O&M of Newcastle Powerhouse and Appurtenances

Licensee shall operate and maintain the Newcastle Powerhouse and premises and appurtenances 

in a good and safe condition and to the reasonable satisfaction of Reclamation at the expense of 

Licensee. Licensee shall at all times exercise its rights herein in accordance with all applicable 

statutes, orders, rules and regulations of any public authority having jurisdiction, including but 

not limited to all those related to or concerned with the environment. Licensee shall, from time 

to time, upon reasonable request from Reclamation promptly repair or alter any part of 

Licensee’s facilities to preclude damage to Reclamation facilities, and Licensee shall perform all 

such repair or alteration without regard to the cause, to the extent not inconsistent with other 

agreements, except where caused or necessitated by an act or omission of the United States. This 

provision shall not, however, relieve Licensee from the duty of inspecting and keeping its 

facilities in a proper and safe condition without the request of Reclamation, nor place upon 

Reclamation the duty of inspecting or maintaining any of the facilities installed by or for 

Licensee.

Condition No. b.4. – Surrender of License or Transfer of Ownership

Licensee’s license shall not construed as granting to the Licensee any right, title, or interest in 

lands or water bodies of the United States. Prior to surrender of this license, the Licensee shall 
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provide assurance acceptable to Reclamation that Licensee shall restore the Newcastle 

Powerhouse premises to a condition satisfactory to Reclamation upon or after surrender of the 

license, as appropriate. To the extent restoration is required, Licensee shall prepare a restoration 

plan which shall identify the measures to be taken to restore such Reclamation lands and waters 

and shall include or identify adequate financial mechanisms to ensure performance of the 

restoration measures.

In the event of any transfer of the license or sale of the Project, the Licensee shall assure that, in 

a manner satisfactory to Reclamation, the Licensee or transferee will provide for the costs of 

surrender and restoration. If deemed necessary by Reclamation to assist it in evaluating the 

Licensee’s proposal, the Licensee shall conduct an analysis, using experts approved by 

Reclamation, to estimate the potential costs associated with surrender and restoration of the 

premises to Reclamation specifications. In addition, the Licensee shall, if requested by 

Reclamation, pay for an independent audit of the transferee to assist Reclamation in determining 

whether the transferee has the financial ability to fund the surrender and restoration work 

specified in the analysis.

Condition No. b.5. – Protection of United States Property

The Licensee and its contractors shall execute and maintain their work so as to avoid injury or 

damage to any person or property. All work shall be done in conformance with all Federal, 

State, and local health and safety regulations and laws. 

Condition No. b.6 – Indemnification and Hold Harmless (modified October 

21, 2013)

Licensee shall indemnify, defend, and hold the United States and State Parks harmless 

for:

• Any violations incurred under any laws and regulations applicable to, or 

• judgments, claims, penalties, fees, or demands assessed against the United States caused 

by, or 

• costs, damages, and expenses incurred by the United States caused by, or

• the releases or threatened release of any solid waste, hazardous substances, pollutant, 

contaminant, or oil in any form in the environment related to the construction, 

maintenance, or operation of the project works or of the works appurtenant or accessory 

thereto under the license.

Licensee's indemnification of the United States and State Parks shall include any loss by

personal injury, loss of life, or damage to property caused by the construction, maintenance, or 

operation of the project works or of the works appurtenant or accessory thereto under the license. 

Indemnification shall include, but is not limited to, the value of resources damaged or destroyed; 

the costs of restoration, cleanup, or other mitigation; fire suppression or other types of abatement 

costs; third party claims and judgments; and all administrative, interest, and other legal costs. 

Upon surrender, transfer, or termination of the license, Licensee's obligation to indemnify and 

hold harmless the United States and State Parks shall survive for all valid claims for actions that 
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occurred prior to such surrender, transfer or termination. 

Condition No. b.7. – Damage to Land, Property, and Interests of the United 

States 

Licensee shall repair any damages it causes to the property or equipment of Reclamation and 

State Parks. No waste materials of any kind shall be left on United States property. Any damage 

to lands or facilities of the United States shall be restored to the reasonable satisfaction of 

Reclamation.

Condition No. b.8. – Unrestricted Access (modified October 21, 2013)

The United States reserves the right of its officers, agents, and employees at all times to have 

unrestricted access and ingress to, passage over, and egress from Reclamation lands, to make 

investigations of all kinds, dig test pits and drill test holes, to survey for any construct 

reclamation and irrigation works and other structures incident to Federal Reclamation Projects, 

or for any purpose whatsoever. Reclamation will make every reasonable effort to keep damages 

to a minimum.

Condition No. b.9. – Pesticide-Use Restrictions on Reclamation Lands

The Licensee shall not permit the use of any pesticides on Federal lands without prior written 

approval by Reclamation. The Licensee shall submit to Reclamation for approval an Integrated 

Pest Management Plan sixty (60) days in advance of pesticide application. 

All pesticides used shall be in accordance with the current registration, label direction, or other 

directives regulating their use (State Department of Agriculture, Department of Ecology, 

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, etc.) and with applicable Reclamation policy 

and directives and standards. Applicators will meet applicable State training or licensing 

requirements. Records maintenance shall be in accordance with State requirements and such 

records shall be furnished to Reclamation not later than five (5) working days after any 

application of a pesticide.

Any equipment, tools, and machines used for pesticide application shall be in good repair and 

suitable for such use. Equipment shall be calibrated prior to the spraying season and as deemed 

necessary by Reclamation.

Mixing, disposal, and cleaning shall be done where pesticides residues cannot enter storm drains, 

sewers, or other non-target areas.

The Licensee shall initiate any necessary measures for containment and clean up of pesticide 

spills. Spills shall be reported to Reclamation with full details of the actions taken. Reporting 

may be within a reasonable time period. A reasonable time period means: within twenty-four 

(24) hours of the spill if it is an emergency or by the first working day if it is a nonemergency. 

An emergency is any situation that requires immediate action to reduce or avoid endangering 
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public health and safety or the environment. 

Aerial application of pesticides is prohibited without prior written consent by Reclamation’s 

designated representative.

The Licensee agrees to include the provisions contained in this Condition (No. B.9.) in any 

subcontract or third party contract it may enter into pursuant to these conditions. 

Condition No. b.10. – Hazardous Materials (modified October 21, 2013)

Within 1 year of license issuance or prior to undertaking activities on Reclamation lands, 

Licensee shall file with the Commission a plan approved by the Bureau of Reclamation for oil 

and hazardous substances storage and spill prevention and cleanup. The plan shall show 

evidence of consultation with State Water Board, California Department of Fish and Wildlife 

(CDFW), and the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB). In addition, during 

planning and prior to any new construction or maintenance not addressed in an existing plan, 

Licensee shall notify Reclamation, and in consultation with State Water Board, CDFW, and 

RWQCB, Reclamation shall make a determination whether a plan approved by Reclamation for 

oil and hazardous substances storage and spill prevention and cleanup is needed. Any such plan 

shall be filed with the Commission.

At a minimum, the plan must require Licensee to: (1) maintain in the project area, a cache of 

spill cleanup equipment suitable to contain any spill form the project; (2) to periodically inform 

Reclamation of the location of the spill cleanup equipment on Reclamation lands and of the 

location, type, and quantity of oil and hazardous substances stored in the project area; and (3) to 

inform Reclamation immediately of the magnitude, nature, time, date, location, and action taken 

for any spill. The plan shall include a monitoring plan that details corrective measures that will 

be taken if spills occur. The plan shall include a requirement for weekly written report during 

construction documenting the results of the monitoring. 

Condition No. b.11 – Discovery of Cultural Resources

The Licensee shall immediately provide an oral notification to Reclamation’s authorized official 

of the discovery of any and all antiquities, and paleontological items, or other objects of 

archaeological, cultural, historic, or scientific interest on Reclamation lands. The Licensee shall 

follow up with a written report of their finding(s) to Reclamation’s authorized official within 

forty-eight (48) hours. Objects under consideration include, but are not limited to, historic or 

prehistoric ruins, human remains, funerary objects, and artifacts discovered as a result of 

activities under this authorization.

Condition No. b.12 – Health and Safety

The Licensee and its contractors shall execute and maintain their work so as to avoid injury or 

damage to any person or property. All work shall be done in conformance with all Federal, State 

and local health and safety regulations and laws. 
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Condition No. b.13 – Reclamation Land Use Stipulation

There is reserved from the rights granted in new license, the prior rights of the United States 

acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, to construct, operate, and 

maintain public works now or hereafter authorized by the Congress in association with the 

American River Division of the CVP, consistent with applicable Federal law and policies, during 

the term of the new license.

Condition No. b.14. – Removal of Structures

The Licensee shall not abandon personal property of any kind, including project works, in or on 

Reclamation facilities, lands, or water bodies. Upon the surrender, expiration, termination, or 

revocation of the FERC license, the Licensee shall coordinate with Reclamation on the removal 

of all structures, equipment, or other improvements made by the Licensee. The Licensee shall 

bear the burden of any such costs. The United States will not incur any costs associated with the 

removal of improvements and/or site restoration activities within the license premises on Federal 

lands owned by Reclamation. 
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Forest Service 4(e) Conditions: Yuba-Bear Project 
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Forest Service Final Conditions and Recommendations

Provided Under 18 CFR § 4.34 (b)(1)

In Connection with the Application for Relicensing for the

Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project

(FERC /o. 2266)

10 April 2014 

Table of Contents 

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................3 

PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE CONDITIONS ............................................................................................4 

Condition No. 1 – Consultation ............................................................................................................4 

Condition No. 2 – Consultation Group Specific to the Yuba-Bear Project ..........................................5 

Condition No. 3 – FS Approval of Final Design ..................................................................................6 

Condition No. 4 – Approval of Changes ..............................................................................................7 

Condition No. 5 - Maintenance of Improvements on or Affecting National Forest System or Bureau 

of Land Management Lands .........................................................................................................7 

Condition No. 6 – Existing Claims.......................................................................................................7 

Condition No. 7 – Compliance with Regulations .................................................................................7 

Condition No. 8 – Surrender of License or Transfer of Ownership .....................................................7 

Condition No. 9 – Protection of United States Property.......................................................................8 

Condition No. 10 – Indemnification.....................................................................................................8 

Condition No. 11 – Damage to Land, Property, and Interests of the United States .............................8 

Condition No. 12 – Risks and Hazards on National Forest System Lands...........................................9 

Condition No. 13 – Access ...................................................................................................................9 

Condition No. 14 – Crossings...............................................................................................................9 

Condition No. 15 - Surveys, Land Corners...........................................................................................9 

Condition No. 16 – Signs......................................................................................................................9 

Condition No. 17 – Ground Disturbing Activities..............................................................................10 

Condition No. 18 – Use of National Forest System Roads for Project Access ..................................10 

Condition No. 19 – Access By The United States..............................................................................10 

Condition No. 20 – Road Use.............................................................................................................11 

Condition No. 21 – Hazardous Substances Plan.................................................................................11 

Condition No. 22 - Pesticide-Use Restrictions on National Forest System Lands.............................11 

Condition No. 23 – Construction Inspections.....................................................................................12 

Condition No. 24 – Unattended Construction Equipment ..................................................................13 

PART II: RESOURCE CONDITIONS ......................................................................................................13 
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Condition No. 25 – General Resources Measures ..............................................................................13 

Condition No. 26 – Water Year Types ...............................................................................................14 

Condition No. 27 – Minimum Streamflows .......................................................................................14 

Condition No. 28 – Canal Outages .....................................................................................................20 

Condition No. 29 – Overwintering Minimum Streamflow Adjustments............................................21 

Condition No. 30 – Wilson Creek Diversion Dam Flow Setting .......................................................22 

Condition No. 31 – Spill Cessation Measures ....................................................................................23 

Condition No. 32 – Mitigation for Entrainment .................................................................................25 

Condition No. 33–Canal Outages Fish Rescue Plan...........................................................................27 

Condition No. 34 – Gaging Plan.........................................................................................................27 

Condition No. 35 – Modifications of 4(e) Conditions after Biological Opinion or Water Quality 

Certification................................................................................................................................27 

Condition No. 36– Modifications of 4(e) Conditions in the Event of Anadromous Fish Reintroduction.................................................................................................................................27 

Condition No. 37 - Aquatic Invasive Species Management and Monitoring Plan.............................27 

Condition No. 38 – Vegetation and Non-Native Invasive Plant Management Plan..........................30 

Condition No. 39 – Monitor Animal Losses in Project Canals ..........................................................30 

Condition No. 40 – Replacement of Wildlife Escape and Wildlife Crossing Facilities.....................30 

Condition No. 41 – Wildlife Crossings—Bowman-Spaulding Canal ................................................31 

Condition No. 42 – Bald Eagle Management Plan.............................................................................31 

Condition No. 43 – Special Status Species.........................................................................................32 

Condition No. 44 – Annual Review of Special-Status Species Lists and Assessment of New Species 

on Federal Land..........................................................................................................................32 

Condition No. 45– Project Powerlines ...............................................................................................33 

Condition No. 46 – Raptor Collisions ................................................................................................33 

Condition No. 47 - Bat Management..................................................................................................33 

Condition No. 48 - Channel Stabilization Plan...................................................................................34 

Condition No. 49 –Canal Release Point Plan .....................................................................................34 

Condition No. 50 – Erosion and Sediment Control and Management................................................34 

Condition No. 51 – Monitoring Program............................................................................................34 

Condition No. 52– Large Woody Material.........................................................................................37 

Condition No. 53 - Facility Occupancy Indicators and Standards......................................................37 

Condition No. 54 - Licensee Contact..................................................................................................42 

Condition No. 55 - Review of Recreation Developments ..................................................................42 

Condition No. 56 – Annual Recreation Coordination Meeting ..........................................................42 

Condition No. 57 – Recreation Plan ...................................................................................................44 

Condition No. 58 – Recreation Streamflow Information....................................................................65 

Condition No. 59 – Visual Resource Management Plan ....................................................................66 

Condition No. 60 – Historic Properties Management Plan.................................................................66 

Condition No. 61 – Transportation System Management...................................................................66 

Condition No. 62– Fire Management and Response Plan ..................................................................66 

Condition No. 63 – Review of Improvements on National Forest System Lands..............................66 
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I/TRODUCTIO/

On July 31, 2012, the USDA Forest Service (FS) provided Preliminary Section 4(e) conditions 

for the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 2266, in accordance with 18 CFR 

4.34(b)(1)(i). After those conditions were filed, the Forest Service participated in several 

meetings and discussions with the Licensee, other resource agencies, and non- governmental 

organizations in an effort to reach agreement on conditions that one entity or another had 

concerns with. Based on these meetings and discussions, the Forest Service submitted revised 

Preliminary Section 4(e) conditions for the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 2266, 

on August 22, 2012. Alternative Conditions, filed pursuant to 7 CFR 1.670 (and following 

sections) were filed by Nevada Irrigation District, Licensee for the Yuba-Bear Project, and 

Foothills Water Network to 7 CFR 1.673. The FS’ Final Section 4(e) Conditions follow. 

FS submits the following Final Section 4(e) Conditions for the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project, 

FERC No. 2266, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b)(1)(i). Section 4(e) of the Federal Power 

Act (FPA), which states the Commission may issue a license for a project within a reservation 

only if it finds that the License will not interfere or be inconsistent with the purpose for which 

such reservation was created or acquired. This is an independent threshold determination made 

by the Commission, with the purpose of the reservation defined by the authorizing legislation or 

proclamation (see Rainsong v. FERC, 106 F.3d 269 (9th Cir. 1977). FS, for its protection and 

utilization determination under Section 4(e) of the FPA, may rely on broader purposes than those 

contained in the original authorizing statutes and proclamations in prescribing conditions (see 

Southern California Edison v. FERC, 116F.3d 507 (D.C. Cir. 1997)). 

The following terms and conditions are based on those resource and management requirements 

enumerated in the Organic Administration Act of 1897 (30 Stat. 11), the Multiple-Use 

Sustained Yield Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 215), the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (90 

Stat. 2949), and any other law specifically establishing a unit of the National Forest System or 

prescribing the management thereof (such as the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act), as such laws may 

be amended from time to time, and as implemented by regulations and approved by Land and 

Resource Management Plans prepared in accordance with the National Forest Management Act. 

Specifically, the 4(e) conditions in this document are based on the Land and Resource 

Management Plan (as amended) for the Tahoe National Forest, as approved by the Regional 

Forester of the Pacific Southwest Region. 

Pursuant to Section 4(e) of the Federal Power Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting by and 

through FS, considers the following conditions necessary for the adequate protection and 

utilization of the land and resources of the Tahoe National Forest. License articles contained in 

the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (the Commission) Standard Form L-1 (revised 

October 1975) issued by Order No. 540, dated October 31, 1975, cover general requirements. 

Part I of this document includes administrative conditions deemed necessary for the 

administration of National Forest System (NFS) lands. Part II of this document includes specific 

resource requirements for protection and utilization of NFS lands. 
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PART I: ADMI/ISTRATIVE CO/DITIO/S 

Condition /o. 1 – Consultation

Licensee shall annually consult with the United States Department of Agriculture, FS (FS). 

The date of the consultation meeting will be mutually agreed to by Licensee and FS but in 

general should be held by April 15. At least 30 days in advance of the meeting, Licensee shall 

notify Licensee for the Drum-Spaulding Project, FERC No. 2310, and other interested 

stakeholders, confirming the meeting location, time and agenda. At the same time, Licensee 

shall also provide notice to United States Department of Interior (USDI) Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), USDI Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and USDI National Park Service; 

California State Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and State Water Resources Control 

Board (SWRCB); United States Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS), who may choose to participate in 

the meeting. Licensee shall attempt to coordinate the meeting so interested agencies and other 

stakeholders may attend. 

Licensee shall make available to FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB at least 2 weeks prior to the 

meeting, an operations and maintenance plan for the year in which the meeting occurs. In 

addition, Licensee shall present results from current year monitoring of noxious weeds and 

special status species as well as any additional information that has been compiled for the 

Project area, including progress reports on other resource measures. The goals of this meeting 

are to share information, mutually agree upon planned maintenance activities, identify concerns 

that FS may have regarding activities and their potential effects on sensitive resources, and any 

measures required to avoid or mitigate potential effects. In addition, the goal of the meeting 

shall be to review and discuss the results of implementing the streamflow and reservoir-related 

conditions, results of monitoring, and other issues related to preserving and protecting 

ecological values affected by the Project. 

Consultation shall include, but not be limited to: 

• A status report regarding implementation of license conditions. 

• Results of any monitoring studies performed over the previous year in formats agreed to 

by FS and Licensee during development of implementation plans. 

• Review of any non-routine maintenance. 

• Discussion of any foreseeable changes to Project facilities or features. 

• Discussion of any necessary revisions or modifications to implementation plans approved 

as part of this license. 

• Discussion of needed protection measures for species newly listed as threatened, 

endangered, or sensitive, or changes to existing management plans that may no longer be 

warranted due to delisting of species, or to incorporate new knowledge about a species 

requiring protection. Discussion of needed protection measures for newly discovered 

cultural resource sites. 

• Discussion of elements of current year maintenance plans, e.g. road and trail 

maintenance. 

• Discussion of any planned pesticide use. 
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A record of the meeting shall be kept by Licensee and shall include any recommendations made 

by FS for the protection of NFS lands and resources. Licensee shall file the meeting record, if 

requested, with the Commission no later than 60 days following the meeting. 

Copies of other reports related to Project safety and non-compliance shall be submitted to FS, 

BLM, CDFW, SWRCB, and other interested agencies and stakeholders concurrently with 

submittal to the Commission. These include, but are not limited to: any non- compliance report 

filed by Licensee, geologic or seismic reports, and structural safety reports for facilities located 

on or affecting NFS lands. 

A copy of the record for the previous water year regarding streamflow, study reports, and other 

pertinent records shall be provided to FS , BLM, CDFW, SWRCB, and other interested agencies 

and stakeholders by Licensee at least 60 days prior to the meeting date, unless otherwise agreed. 

Copies of other reports related to monitoring, Project safety, and non-compliance on NFS lands 

shall be submitted to FS concurrently with submittal to the Commission, with the goal of 

providing the material to FS no later than 90 days in advance of the Annual Meeting. These 

include, but are not limited to: any non-compliance report filed by Licensee, geologic or seismic 

reports, and structural safety reports for facilities. 

During the first several years of license implementation, it is likely that more consultation than 

just one Annual Meeting will be required, given the complexity of these projects. 

FS reserves the right, after notice and opportunity for comment, to require changes in the Project 

and its operation through revision of the Section 4(e) conditions to accomplish protection and 

utilization of NFS lands and resources. 

Condition /o. 2 – Consultation Group Specific to the Yuba-Bear Project

The Licensee shall, within 3 months of license issuance, establish a Consultation Group as 

follows. 

Purpose

The primary purpose of Consultation Group is to provide a forum for the Licensee to consult 

with resource agencies and other interested parties on the following: 

• The Annual Meeting as described in Condition No. 1, Consultation. To the extent topics 

covered in Condition No. 1 affect project-affected areas outside FS or BLM jurisdiction, 

consultation with appropriate resource agencies on those same topics will occur at the 

Annual Meeting, other Consultation Group meetings, or as otherwise agreed with the 

Licensee and appropriate resource agencies. License shall provide copies of the meeting 

materials to those who request it. 

• Plans that are developed as required by the new license and plans that require specific 

consultation processes during implementation. 

• Proposed temporary or permanent modifications to license conditions. 
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Licensee shall also provide notification of license compliance deviations to the current members 

of the Consultation Group. 

Decision Making

The Consultation Group will report its recommendations to the FS and BLM. The FS shall be 

responsible for final addressing matters covered by the Section 4(e) Conditions. The BLM shall 

be responsible for final decisions within BLM jurisdiction. Licensee shall also ensure that 

consultation, permitting, and any necessary approvals within the jurisdiction of other agencies 

are completed. Licensee shall implement license conditions as approved and directed by the 

Commission. 

Participation

In addition to the Licensee, FS, BLM, SWRCB, and CDFW, Consultation Group meetings shall 

be open to any organization or individual that notifies the Licensee in writing of interest in 

participating in the Annual Meeting or Consultation Group meetings. The Consultation Group 

should establish mutually agreeable process guidelines for conducting effective and efficient 

meetings no later than 1 year after license issuance. Each organization or individual shall be 

responsible for providing notification information to the Licensee and shall be responsible for 

keeping current a single point of contact for purposes of notification related to the Consultation 

Group. If a participant is interested in a particular meeting or topic, the participant is responsible 

for ensuring they are represented. 

Meetings

Separate from the Annual Meeting, the Licensee shall organize four Consultation Group 

meetings per year. Additional meetings may be scheduled if the Consultation Group decides 

additional meetings are necessary. Fewer meetings shall also be scheduled if the Consultation 

Group decides that four meetings per year are not necessary. 

Condition /o. 3 – FS Approval of Final Design

Before any new construction of the Project occurs on National Forest System lands, 

Licensee shall obtain prior written approval of FS for all final design plans for Project 

components, which FS deems as affecting or potentially affecting National Forest System 

resources. Licensee shall follow the schedules and procedures for design review and approval 

specified in the conditions herein. As part of such written approval, FS may require adjustments 

to the final plans and facility locations to preclude or mitigate impacts and to insure that the 

Project is either compatible with on-the-ground conditions or approved by FS based on agreed 

upon compensation or mitigation measures to address compatibility issues. Should such 

necessary adjustments be deemed necessary by FS, the Commission, or Licensee to be a 

substantial change, Licensee shall follow the procedures of FERC Standard Article 2 of the 

license. Any changes to the license made for any reason pursuant to FERC Standard Article 2 or 

Article 3 shall be made subject to any new terms and conditions of the Secretary of Agriculture 

made pursuant to Section 4(e) of the Federal Power Act. 
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Condition /o. 4 – Approval of Changes

Notwithstanding any license authorization to make changes to the Project, when such changes 

directly affect NFS lands, Licensee shall obtain written approval from FS prior to making any 

changes in any constructed Project features or facilities, or in the uses of Project lands and waters 

or any departure from the requirements of any approved exhibits filed with the Commission. 

Following receipt of such approval from FS, and a minimum of 60 days prior to initiating any 

such changes, Licensee shall file a report with the Commission describing the changes, the 

reasons for the changes, and showing the approval of FS for such changes. Licensee shall file an 

exact copy of this report with FS at the same time it is filed with the Commission. This condition 

does not relieve Licensee from the amendment or other requirements of Article 2 or Article 3 of 

this license. 

Condition /o. 5 - Maintenance of Improvements on or Affecting /ational 

Forest System or Bureau of Land Management Lands

Licensee shall maintain all its improvements and premises on NFS lands to standards of repair, 

orderliness, neatness, sanitation, and safety acceptable to FS. Disposal of all materials will be at 

an approved existing location, except as otherwise agreed by FS. 

Condition /o. 6 – Existing Claims

License shall be subject to all valid claims and existing rights of third parties. The United States 

is not liable to Licensee for the exercise of any such right or claim. 

Condition /o. 7 – Compliance with Regulations

Licensee shall comply with the regulations of the Department of Agriculture for activities on 

National Forest System lands, and all applicable Federal, State, county, and municipal laws, 

ordinances, or regulations in regards to the area or operations on or directly affecting National 

Forest System lands, to the extent those laws, ordinances or regulations are not preempted by 

federal law. 

Condition /o. 8 – Surrender of License or Transfer of Ownership

Prior to any surrender of this license, Licensee shall provide assurance acceptable to FS that 

Licensee shall restore any project area directly affecting National Forest System lands to a 

condition satisfactory to FS upon or after surrender of the license, as appropriate. To the extent 

restoration is required, Licensee shall prepare a restoration plan which shall identify the 

measures to be taken to restore such National Forest System lands and shall include adequate 

financial mechanisms to ensure performance of the restoration measures. 

In the event of any transfer of the license or sale of the project, Licensee shall assure that, in a 

manner satisfactory to FS, Licensee or transferee will provide for the costs of surrender and 

restoration. If deemed necessary by FS to assist it in evaluating Licensee's proposal, Licensee 
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shall conduct an analysis, using experts approved by FS, to estimate the potential costs 

associated with surrender and restoration of any project area directly affecting National Forest 

System lands to FS specifications. In addition, FS may require Licensee to pay for an 

independent audit of the transferee to assist FS in determining whether the transferee has the 

financial ability to fund the surrender and restoration work specified in the analysis. 

Condition /o. 9 – Protection of United States Property

Licensee, including any agents or employees of Licensee acting within the scope of their 

employment, shall exercise diligence in protecting from damage the land and property of the 

United States covered by and used in connection with this license. 

Condition /o. 10 – Indemnification 

Licensee shall indemnify, defend, and hold the United States harmless for: 

• any violations incurred under any laws and regulations applicable to, or 

• judgments, claims, penalties, fees, or demands assessed against the United States caused 

by, or 

• costs, damages, and expenses incurred by the United States caused by, or 

• the releases or threatened release of any solid waste, hazardous substances, pollutant, 

contaminant, or oil in any form in the environment related to the construction, 

maintenance, or operation of the project works or of the works appurtenant or accessory 

thereto under the license. 

Licensee’s indemnification of the United States shall include any loss by personal injury, loss of 

life or damage to property caused by the construction, maintenance, or operation of the project 

works or of the works appurtenant or accessory thereto under the license. Indemnification shall 

include, but is not limited to, the value of resources damaged or destroyed; the costs of 

restoration, cleanup, or other mitigation; fire suppression or other types of abatement costs; third 

party claims and judgments; and all administrative, interest, and other legal costs. Upon 

surrender, transfer, or termination of the license, Licensee’s obligation to indemnify and hold 

harmless the United States shall survive for all valid claims for actions that occurred prior to 

such surrender, transfer or termination. 

Condition /o. 11 – Damage to Land, Property, and Interests of the United 

States

Licensee has an affirmative duty to protect the land, property, and interests of the United States 

from damage arising from Licensee's construction, maintenance, or operation of the project 

works or the works appurtenant or accessory thereto under the license. Licensee's liability for fire 

and other damages to National Forest System lands shall be determined in accordance with the 

Federal Power Act and standard Form L-1 Articles 22 and 24. 
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Condition /o. 12 – Risks and Hazards on /ational Forest System Lands

As part of the occupancy and use of the project area, Licensee has a continuing responsibility to 

reasonably identify and report all known or observed hazardous conditions on or directly 

affecting National Forest System lands within the project boundary that would affect the 

improvements, resources, or pose a risk of injury to individuals. Licensee will abate those 

conditions, except those caused by third parties or not related to the occupancy and use 

authorized by the License. Any non-emergency actions to abate such hazards on National Forest 

System lands shall be performed after consultation with FS. In emergency situations, Licensee 

shall notify FS of its actions as soon as possible, but not more than 48 hours, after such actions 

have been taken. Whether or not FS is notified or provides consultation; Licensee shall remain 

solely responsible for all abatement measures performed. Other hazards should be reported to the 

appropriate agency as soon as possible. 

Condition /o. 13 – Access 

Subject to the limitations set forth under the heading of “Access by the United States” in 

Condition No. 19 hereof, FS reserves the right to use or permit others to use any part of the 

licensed area on NFS lands for any purpose, provided such use does not interfere with the rights 

and privileges authorized by this license or the Federal Power Act. 

Condition /o. 14 – Crossings 

Licensee shall maintain suitable crossings as required by FS for all roads and trails that intersect 

the right-of-way occupied by linear Project facilities (powerline, penstock, ditch, and pipeline). 

Condition /o. 15 - Surveys, Land Corners 

Licensee shall avoid disturbance to all public land survey monuments, private property corners, 

and forest boundary markers. In the event that any such land markers or monuments on National 

Forest System lands are destroyed by an act or omission of Licensee, in connection with the use 

and/or occupancy authorized by this license, depending on the type of monument destroyed, 

Licensee shall reestablish or reference same in accordance with (1) the procedures outlined in the 

"Manual of Instructions for the Survey of the Public Land of the United States," (2) the 

specifications of the County Surveyor, or (3) the specifications of FS. Further, Licensee shall 

ensure that any such official survey records affected are amended as provided by law. 

Condition /o. 16 – Signs

Licensee shall consult with FS prior to erecting signs related to safety issues on NFS lands 

covered by the license. Prior to Licensee erecting any other signs or advertising devices on NFS 

lands covered by the license, Licensee must obtain the approval of FS as to location, design, size, 

color, and message. Licensee shall be responsible for maintaining all Licensee-erected signs to 

neat and presentable standards. 
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Condition /o. 17 – Ground Disturbing Activities 

If Licensee proposes ground-disturbing activities on or directly affecting NFS lands that were not 

specifically addressed in the Commission’s NEPA processes, Licensee, in consultation with FS, 

shall determine the scope of work and potential for Project-related effects, and whether 

additional information is required to proceed with the planned activity. Upon FS request, 

Licensee shall enter into an agreement with FS under which Licensee shall fund a reasonable 

portion of FS staff time and expenses for staff activities related to the proposed activities. 

Condition /o. 18 – Use of /ational Forest System Roads for Project Access 

Licensee shall obtain suitable authorization for all project access roads and NFS roads needed for 

Project access. The authorization shall require road maintenance and cost sharing in 

reconstruction commensurate with Licensee’s use and project-related use. The authorization 

shall specify road maintenance and management standards that provide for traffic safety, 

minimize erosion, and damage to natural resources and that are acceptable to FS as appropriate. 

Licensee shall pay FS for its share of maintenance cost or perform maintenance or other agreed 

to services, as determined by FS for all use of roads related to project operations, project-related 

public recreation, or related activities. The maintenance obligation of Licensee shall be 

proportionate to total use and commensurate with its use. Any maintenance to be performed by 

Licensee shall be authorized by and shall be performed in accordance with an approved 

maintenance plan and applicable Best Management Practices (BMPs). In the event a road 

requires maintenance, restoration, or reconstruction work to accommodate Licensee's needs, 

Licensee shall perform such work at its own expense after securing FS authorization. 

Licensee shall complete a condition survey and a proposed maintenance plan subject to FS 

review and approval as appropriate once each year. The plan may take the format of a road 

maintenance agreement provided all the above conditions are met as well as the conditions set 

forth in the proposed agreement. 

In addition, all NFS roads used as Project Access roads (PAR) and Right-of-Way access roads 

(ROW) shall have: 

• Current condition survey. 

• Be mapped at a scale to allow identification of specific routes or segments. 

• FS assigned road numbers are used for reference on the maps, tables, and in the field. 

• GIS compatible files of GPS alignments of all roads used for Project access are 

provided to FS. 

• Adequate signage is installed and maintained by Licensee at each road or route, 

identifying the road by FS road number. 

Condition /o. 19 – Access By The United States 

The United States shall have unrestricted use of any road over which Licensee has control within 

the project area for all purposes deemed necessary and desirable in connection with the 
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protection, administration, management, and utilization of Federal lands or resources. When 

needed for the protection, administration, and management of Federal lands or resources the 

United States shall have the right to extend rights and privileges for use of the right-of-way and 

road thereon to States and local subdivisions thereof, as well as to other users. The United States 

shall control such use so as not to unreasonably interfere with the safety or security uses, or 

cause Licensee to bear a share of costs disproportionate to Licensee’s use in comparison to the 

use of the road by others. 

Condition /o. 20 – Road Use

Licensee shall confine all vehicles being used for project purposes, including but not limited to 

administrative and transportation vehicles and construction and inspection equipment, to roads or 

specifically designed access routes, as identified in the Transportation System Management Plan 

(refer to Condition No. 61). FS reserves the right to close any and all such routes where damage 

is occurring to the soil or vegetation, or, if requested by Licensee, to require 

reconstruction/construction by Licensee to the extent needed to accommodate Licensee’s use. 

FS agrees to provide notice to Licensee and the Commission prior to road closures, except in an 

emergency, in which case notice will be provided as soon as practicable.

Condition /o. 21 – Hazardous Substances Plan

Within 1 year of license issuance or prior to undertaking activities on NFS lands, Licensee shall 

file with the Commission a plan approved by FS for oil and hazardous substances storage and 

spill prevention and cleanup. The plan shall show evidence of consultation with SWRCB, 

CDFW, and the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB). In addition, during planning 

and prior to any new construction or maintenance not addressed in an existing plan, Licensee 

shall notify FS, and in consultation with SWRCB, CDFW, and RWQCB, FS shall make a 

determination whether a plan approved by FS for oil and hazardous substances storage and spill 

prevention and cleanup is needed. Any such plan shall be filed with the Commission. 

At a minimum, the plan must require Licensee to (1) maintain in the project area, a cache of 

spill cleanup equipment suitable to contain any spill from the project; (2) to periodically inform 

FS of the location of the spill cleanup equipment on NFS lands and of the location, type, and 

quantity of oil and hazardous substances stored in the project area; and (3) to inform FS 

immediately of the magnitude, nature, time, date, location, and action taken for any spill. The 

plan shall include a monitoring plan that details corrective measures that will be taken if spills 

occur. The plan shall include a requirement for a weekly written report during construction 

documenting the results of the monitoring. 

Condition /o. 22 - Pesticide-Use Restrictions on /ational Forest System 

Lands

Pesticides may not be used on NFS lands or in areas affecting NFS lands to control undesirable 

woody and herbaceous vegetation, aquatic plants, insects, rodents, non-native fish, etc., without 

the prior written approval of FS. During the Annual Meeting described in Condition No. 1, 
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Licensee shall submit a request for approval of planned uses of pesticides for the upcoming year. 

Licensee shall provide at a minimum the following information essential for review: 

• Whether pesticide applications are essential for use on NFS lands; 

• Specific locations of use; 

• Specific herbicides proposed for use; 

• Application rates; 

• Dose and exposure rates; and 

• Safety risk and timeframes for application. 

Exceptions to this schedule may be allowed only when unexpected outbreaks of pests require 

control measures that were not anticipated at the time the report was submitted. In such an 

instance, an emergency request and approval may be made. 

Any pesticide use that is deemed necessary to use on NFS lands within 500 feet of known 

locations of Western Pond Turtles, Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Frog, Foothill Yellow 

Legged Frog, or known locations of FS Special Status or culturally significant plant populations 

will be designed to avoid adverse effects to individuals and their habitats. Application of 

pesticides must be consistent with FS riparian conservation objectives. 

On NFS lands, Licensee shall only use those materials registered by the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency and consistent with those applied by FS and approved through FS review 

for the specific purpose planned. Licensee must strictly follow label instructions in the 

preparation and application of pesticides and disposal of excess materials and containers. 

Licensee may also submit Pesticide Use Proposal(s) with accompanying risk assessment and 

other FS required documents to use pesticides on a regular basis for the term of the license as 

addressed further in Condition No. 38, Vegetation and Non-Native Invasive Plant 

Management Plan. Submission of this plan will not relieve Licensee of the responsibility of 

annual notification and review. 

Condition /o. 23 – Construction Inspections

Within 60 days of planned ground-disturbing activity on or affecting NFS lands, Licensee shall 

file with the Commission a Safety During Construction Plan that identifies potential hazard areas 

and measures necessary to address public safety. Areas to consider include construction activities 

near public roads, trails, and recreation areas and facilities. 

Licensee shall perform daily (or on a schedule otherwise agreed to by FS in writing) 

inspections of Licensee's construction operations on NFS lands and Licensee adjoining 

property while construction is in progress. Licensee shall document these inspections (informal 

writing sufficient) and shall deliver such documentation to FS on a schedule agreed to by FS. 

The inspections must specifically include fire plan compliance, public safety, and 

environmental protection. Licensee shall act immediately to correct any items found to need 

correction. 
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A registered professional engineer or other qualified employee of the appropriate specialty shall 

regularly conduct construction inspections of structural improvements on a schedule approved 

by FS. 

Condition /o. 24 – Unattended Construction Equipment

Licensee shall not place construction equipment on NFS lands prior to actual use or allow it to 

remain on NFS lands subsequent to actual use, except for a reasonable mobilization and 

demobilization period agreed to by FS. 

PART II: RESOURCE CO/DITIO/S

Condition /o. 25 – General Resources Measures

Annual Employee Training

Licensee shall, beginning in the first full calendar year after license issuance, annually perform 

employee awareness training and shall also perform such training when a staff member is first 

assigned to the Project. The goal of the training shall be to familiarize Licensee's operations and 

maintenance (O&M) staff with special-status species, noxious weeds and sensitive areas (e.g., 

special-status plant populations and noxious weed populations) that are known to occur within or 

adjacent to the FERC Project Boundary on NFS lands, and the procedures for reporting to each 

agency, as appropriate, to comply with the license requirements. It is not the intent of this 

measure that Licensee’s O&M staff perform surveys or become specialists in the identification 

of special-status species or noxious weeds. Licensee shall direct its O&M staff to avoid 

disturbance to sensitive areas, and to advise all Licensee contractors to avoid sensitive areas. If 

Licensee determines that disturbance of a sensitive area is unavoidable, License shall consult 

with FS to minimize adverse effects to sensitive resources. This measure applies to employee 

training that is not otherwise covered by a specific plan. 

Coordinated Operations Plan

Licensee shall, within 90 days after issuance of new licenses for the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric 

Project or Drum-Spaulding Project, whichever is later, file with the Commission for approval a 

Coordinated Operations Plan (Plan). Licensee shall develop the Plan in consultation with 

Licensee for the Drum-Spaulding Project. The purpose of the Plan shall be to provide for 

coordination between the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project and Drum-Spaulding Project to 

assure implementation of flow–related measures in the two project licenses. Licensee shall file 

the Plan, with evidence of consultation as the Plan relates to compliance with flow-related 

measures, with FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB, and Licensee of the Drum-Spaulding Project, 

with the Commission and Licensee shall implement those portions of the Plan approved by the 

Commission. 
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Condition /o. 26 – Water Year Types 

Within 90 days of license issuance, Licensee shall in each year in each of the months of 

February, March, April, May and October determine water year type as described in the Water 

Year Type table below. Licensee shall use this determination in implementing articles and 

conditions of the license that are dependent on water year type. Water year types shall be 

defined as: 

Water Year Types for the Yuba-Bear Project 

Water Year Type 

DWR Forecast of Total Unimpaired Runoff in the Yuba River at 

Smartville in Thousand Acre-Feet or DWR Full /atural Flow /ear 

Smartville for the Water Year in Thousand Acre-Fee 1

Extreme Critically Dry Equal to or Less than 615 

Critically Dry 616 to 900 

Dry 901 to1,460 

Below Normal 1,461 to 2,190 

Above Normal 2,191 to 3,240 

Wet Greater than 3,240 

1

 DWR rounds the Bulletin 120 forecast to the nearest 1,000 acre-feet. The Full Natural Flow is provided to the nearest acre-foot,and Licensee 

will round DWR’s Full Natural Flow to the nearest 1,000 acre-feet. 

In each of the months of February, March, April and May, the water year type shall be based on 

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) water year forecast of unimpaired runoff in 

the Yuba River at Smartville as set forth in DWR’s Bulletin 120 entitled “Water Year Conditions 

in California.” DWR’s forecast published in February, March and April shall apply from the 15th 

day of that month to the 14th day of the next month. From May 15 through October 14, the water 

year type shall be based on DWR’s forecast published in May. 

From October 15 through February 14 of the following year, the water year type shall be based 

on the sum of DWR’s monthly (not daily) full natural flow for the full water year for the Yuba 

River near Smartville as made available by DWR on the California Data Exchange Center 

(CDEC) in the folder named “FNF Sum.” (Currently these data are available at: 

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/stages/FNFSUM). If DWR does not make the full natural 

flow for the full water year available until after October 14 but prior to or on October 31, from 

3 days after the date the full natural flow is made available until February 14 of the following 

year, the water year type shall be based on the sum of DWR’s monthly full natural flow for the 

full water year as made available. If DWR does not make available the final full natural flow 

by October 31, the water year type from November 1 through February 14 of the following year 

shall be based on DWR’s May Bulletin 120. 

Condition /o. 27 – Minimum Streamflows

Licensee shall meet the minimum streamflows shown in the Minimum Streamflow table below. 

Minimum streamflows in this part of the measure shall mean the instantaneous flow except as 

otherwise provided below, and Licensee shall record instantaneous streamflow at all gages as 

required by USGS (Article 8 of FERC’s Form L-5, Standard Articles): 
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• Minimum streamflows may be temporarily modified for short periods upon consultation 

with CDFW, SWRCB, FS, and BLM and approval by SWRCB and FS or BLM, as 

applicable, and notification to the Commission. 

• Minimum streamflows may be temporarily modified due to an emergency. An emergency 

is defined as an event that is reasonably out of the control of Licensee and requires 

Licensee to take immediate action, either unilaterally or under instruction of law 

enforcement, emergency services, or other regulatory agency staff, including actions to 

prevent the imminent loss of human life or damage to property. An emergency may 

include, but is not limited to: natural events such as landslides, storms, or wildfires; 

vandalism; malfunction or failure of Project works; or other public safety incidents. If the 

minimum streamflows are so modified, Licensee shall notify the Commission, CDFW, 

SWRCB, FS, and BLM as soon as reasonably possible, but no later than the end of the 

next business day (business days do not include weekends and federal or state holidays) 

after such modification. 

Except as otherwise provided, Licensee shall implement minimum streamflows shown in the 

Minimum Streamflow table in this measure within 90 days of license issuance unless a facility 

modification or construction is necessary. Where a facility must be modified or constructed to 

allow compliance with the required minimum streamflows, including flow measurement 

facilities, except as otherwise provided, Licensee shall submit applications for permits to modify 

or construct the facility as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than 2 years after license 

issuance and will complete the work as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than 2 years 

after receiving all required permits and approvals for the work. During the period before facility 

modifications or construction are completed, and starting within 90 days after license issuance, 

Licensee shall make a good faith effort to provide the specified minimum streamflows within the 

reasonable capabilities of the existing facilities.
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Minimum Stramflows1 in cubic feet per second (cfs) 

Mouth 

Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year 

Dry 

Water Year 

Below 

/ormal 

Water Year 

Above 

/ormal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year 

MIDDLE YUBA RIVER – BELOW JACKSO/ MEADOWS DAM 

(COMPLIA/CE POI/T: USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11407815) 

October 11 11 13 15 20 35 

November 11 11 13 15 20 35 

December 11 11 13 15 20 35 

January 11 11 13 15 20 35 

February 11 11 13 15 25 40 

March 11 11 16 25 35 60 

April 30 30 30 50 60 100 

May 60 60 75 90 110 120 

June 21 21 30 50 75 100 

July 11 11 16 25 35 60 

August 11 11 13 15 25 40 

September 11 11 13 15 25 40 

MIDDLE YUBA RIVER - BELOW MILTO/ MAI/ DIVERSIO/ DAM 

(COMPLIA/CE POI/T: USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11408550) 

October 4 6 6 10 10 15 

November 4 6 6 10 10 10 or 151

December 4 6 6 10 10 10 or 151

January 4 6 6 10 10 10 or 151

February 4 6 6 10 15 15 

March 4 6 6 20 25 30 

April 6 10 15 30 35 40 

May2, 3 6 20 30 50 60 70 

June 6 15 20 30 35 40 

July 4 6 10 15 20 20 

August 4 6 6 10 15 15 

September 4 6 6 10 15 15 

1 Refer to Condition No. 29 regarding adjustment of Minimum Streamflows below Milton Diversion Dam in November, December and January 

of Wet WYs. 

2 Refer to Condition No. 29 regarding Milton Diversion Dam spill cessation schedule. 

3 Refer to Condition No. 29 regarding Milton Diversion Dam recreation streamflow events.

WILSO/ CREEK – BELOW WILSO/ CREEK DIVERSIO/ DAM 

(COMPLIA/CE POI/T: ACT OF SETTI/G OUTLET WORKS)4

October 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5

November 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5

December 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5

January 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5

February 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5

March 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5

April 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5

May 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5

June 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5

July 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5

August 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5

September 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5 0.25 or NF4, 5

4 Refer to YB-AQR1, Part 5, regarding setting of the Wilson Creek Diversion Dam outlet works as the act of compliance. 

5 NF means natural flow. The Minimum Streamflow requirement below Wilson Creek Diversion Dam shall be 0.25 cfs or the natural flow at the 

dam, whichever is less. 
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Minimum Stramflows1 in cubic feet per second (cfs) 

Mouth 

Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year 

Dry 

Water Year 

Below 

/ormal 

Water Year 

Above 

/ormal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year 

JACKSO/ CREEK – BELOW JACKSO/ DAM 

(COMPLIA/CE POI/T: USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11414700) 

October 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 1 2 

November 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 

December 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 

January 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 

February 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 

March 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 

April 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 

May 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 

June 0.5 0.5 1 1 2 3 

July 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 1 2 

August 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 1 2 

September 0.5 0.5 0.75 0.75 1 2 

CA/YO/ CREEK – BELOW FRE/CH DAM 

(COMPLIA/CE POI/T: USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11414410) 

October 5 5 6 9 9 9 

November 5 5 6 9 9 9 

December 5 5 6 9 9 9 

January 5 5 6 9 9 9 

February 5 5 6 9 14 18 

March 5 5 6 9 14 18 

April 5 5 6 9 14 18 

May 5 5 6 9 14 18 

June 5 5 6 9 14 18 

July 5 5 6 9 14 18 

August 5 5 6 9 14 18 

September 5 5 6 9 14 18 

CA/YO/ CREEK – BELOW FAUCHERIE DAM 

(COMPLIA/CE POI/T: USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11414450) 

October 5 5 6 9 9 9 

November 5 5 6 9 9 9 

December 5 5 6 9 9 9 

January 5 5 6 9 9 9 

February 5 5 6 9 14 18 

March 5 5 6 9 14 18 

April 5 5 6 9 14 18 

May 5 5 6 9 14 18 

June 5 5 6 9 14 18 

July 5 5 6 9 14 18 

August 5 5 6 9 14 18 

September 5 5 6 9 14 18 

CA/YO/ CREEK – BELOW SAWMILL DAM 

(COMPLIA/CE POI/T: USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11414470) 

October 5 5 6 9 14 18 

November 5 5 6 9 14 18 

December 5 5 6 9 14 18 

January 5 5 6 9 14 18 

February 5 5 6 9 14 18 
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Minimum Stramflows1 in cubic feet per second (cfs) 

Mouth 

Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year 

Dry 

Water Year 

Below 

/ormal 

Water Year 

Above 

/ormal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year 

March 5 5 6 9 14 18 

April 5 5 6 9 14 18 

May 5 5 6 9 14 18 

June 5 5 6 9 14 18 

July 5 5 6 9 14 18 

August 5 5 6 9 14 18 

September 5 5 6 9 14 18 

CA/YO/ CREEK – BELOW BOWMA/ DAM

There is no Minimum Streamflow release requirement for Bowman Dam 

CA/YO/ CREEK – BELOW BOWMA/-SPAULDI/G DIVERSIO/ DAM 

(COMPLIA/CE POI/T: USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11416500)

October 4 6 10 10 10 15 

November 4 6 10 10 10 15 

December 4 6 10 10 10 15

January 4 6 10 10 10 15 or 206 

February 4 6 10 15 20 25 

March 4 6 10 15 20 25 

April 6 13 15 30 35 40 

May7, 8 6 15 20 40 50 60 

June 6 13 15 30 35 40 

July 4 10 15 15 25 30 

August 4 10 15 15 20 20 

September 4 10 15 15 20 20 

6 Refer to Condition No. 29 regarding adjustment of Minimum Streamflows requirement below the Bowman-Spaulding Diversion Dam in 

January of Wet WYs. 

7 Refer to Condition No. 31 regarding Bowman Dam spill cessation schedule. 

8 Refer to Condition No. 31 regarding Bowman-Spaulding Diversion Dam recreation streamflow event.

TEXAS CREEK – BELOW TEXAS CREEK DIVERSIO/ DAM9 

(COMPLIA/CE POI/T: /EW STREAMFLOW GAGE TO BE CO/STRUCTED)

October 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

November 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

December 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

January 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

February 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

March 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

April 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

May 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

June 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

July 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

August 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

September 0.6 1 1 2 3 3 

9 Refer to Condition No. 28 regarding Minimum Streamflows during Bowman-Spaulding Conduit outages. 

CLEAR CREEK – BELOW BOWMA/-SPAULDI/G DIVERSIO/ CO/DUIT10 

(COMPLIA/CE POI/T: /EW STREAMFLOW GAGE TO BE CO/STRUCTED)

October 1 1 1 1 2 2 

November 1 1 1 1 2 2 

December 1 1 1 1 2 2 

January 1 1 1 1 2 2 

February 1 1 1 1 2 2 

March 1 1 1 1 2 2 
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Minimum Stramflows1 in cubic feet per second (cfs) 

Mouth 

Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year 

Dry 

Water Year 

Below 

/ormal 

Water Year 

Above 

/ormal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year 

April 1 1 1 2 3 3 

May 1 1 1 2 4 6 

June 1 1 1 2 3 3 

July 1 1 1 1 2 2 

August 1 1 1 1 2 2 

September 1 1 1 1 2 2 

10Refer to Condition No. 28 regarding Minimum Streamflows during Bowman-Spaulding Conduit outages. 

FALL CREEK – BELOW FALL CREEK DIVERSIO/ DAM 

(COMPLIA/CE POI/T: /EW STREAMFLOW GAGE TO BE CO/STRUCTED)

October 2

11 211 211 411 611 811

November 211 2

11 211 411 611 811

December 211 2

11 211 411 611 811

January 2

11 211 211 411 611 811

February 2

11 211 211 411 611 811

March 2

11 211 211 811 1011 1011

April 1011 1011 1011 1511 2011 2011

May 12.511 12.511 1511 2011 3011 3011 

June 4

11 411 1011 1511 2011 2511

July 2

11 211 211 611 811 1011

August 2

11 211 211 611 611 811

September 211 2

11 211 611 611 811

11 The Minimum Streamflow shall be the flow specified in the table above or inflow, whichever is less. 

TRAP CREEK – BELOW BOWMA/-SPAULDI/G DIVERSIO/ CO/DUIT12 

(COMPLIA/CE POI/T: /EW STREAMFLOW GAGE TO BE CO/STRUCTED)

October 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

November 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

December 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

January 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

February 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

March 0.25 0.25 0.5 1 1.5 1.5 

April 0.25 0.75 0.75 2 3 3 

May 0.25 0.75 0.75 3 3 3

June 0.25 0.75 0.75 2 3 3 

July 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

August 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

September 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.5 1 1.5 

12Refer to Condition No. 28 regarding Minimum Streamflows during Bowman-Spaulding Conduit outages. 

RUCKER CREEK – BELOW BOWMA/-SPAULDI/G DIVERSIO/ CO/DUIT15

(COMPLIA/CE POI/T: /EW STREAMFLOW GAGE TO BE CO/STRUCTED)

October 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

November 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

December 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

January 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

February 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

March 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

April 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

May 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 3 3 

June 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

July 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 
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Minimum Stramflows1 in cubic feet per second (cfs) 

Mouth 

Extreme 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year 

Critically 

Dry Water 

Year 

Dry 

Water Year 

Below 

/ormal 

Water Year 

Above 

/ormal 

Water Year 

Wet Water 

Year 

August 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

September 0.3 0.3 0.5 2 2 2 

15 Refer to Condition No. 28 regarding Minimum Streamflows during Bowman-Spaulding Conduit outages.

Condition /o. 28 – Canal Outages 

This part of the measure pertains to outages of the Project’s Bowman-Spaulding Diversion 

Conduit and outages of the Drum-Spaulding Project’s Drum Canal that affect minimum 

streamflows described in this measure. For the purpose of this part of the measure, there are three 

types of canal outages: (1) annual planned outages; (2) nonroutine planned outages; and (3) 

emergency outages. For the purpose of this part: an “annual planned outage” is defined as an 

outage that is typically taken around the same time each year for routine maintenance; a “nonroutine planned outage” is defined as an outage for work that is high priority work (often major 

maintenance) and performed under planned conditions but is not performed during the annual 

planned outage period; and an “emergency outage” is defined as an outage due to an event that is 

reasonably out of the control of Licensee and requires Licensee to take immediate action, either 

unilaterally or under instruction of law enforcement, emergency services, or other regulatory 

agency staff, including actions to prevent the imminent loss of human life or damage to property. 

An emergency may include, but is not limited to: natural events such as landslides, storms, or 

wildfires; vandalism; malfunction or failure of Project works; or other public safety incidents. 

Bowman-Spaulding Diversion Conduit

During the Annual Meeting (Condition No. 1) Licensee shall inform meeting participants about 

annual planned outages of the Bowman-Spaulding Conduit, including the anticipated time-frame 

that the annual planned outages will occur, and any non-routine planned outages that are already 

planned at the time of the Annual Meeting for the upcoming year. Annual planned outages of the 

Bowman-Spaulding Conduit are normally, but not always, taken for approximately a 2-week 

period sometime between mid-June and early July. Licensee shall in good faith provide FS, 

BLM, CDFW and SWRCB as much notice as is reasonably possible for any annual planned 

outages or nonroutine planned outages of the conduit that were not noted in the Annual Meeting 

or that become anticipated to occur at a time that is different than reported in the Annual 

Meeting. For all annual planned outages and non-routine planned outages, Licensee shall comply 

with the Canal Fish Rescue Plan (Condition No. 28) as well as all applicable laws and permitting 

requirements. Licensee shall provide FS, BLM, CDFW and SWRCB notice by electronic mail as 

soon as reasonably possible, but no later than the end of the next business day (business days do 

not include weekends and federal or state holidays) after an emergency outage occurs. 

The table below provides the minimum streamflows required during the first 30 days of annual 

planned outages and non-routine planned outages of the Bowman-Spaulding Conduit. In an 

emergency outage of the Bowman-Spaulding Conduit, Licensee shall make a good faith effort to 

implement the minimum streamflows in the table below as soon as possible once the emergency 
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occurs, and shall maintain the minimum streamflows for 30 days or until the emergency outage 

concludes. If an annual planned outage, non-routine planned outage, or emergency outage is 

anticipated to extend past 30 days, Licensee shall consult with FS, BLM, CDFW and SWRCB 

regarding minimum streamflows for the remainder of the outage after the first 30 days, and 

Licensee shall implement the collaboratively agreed upon minimum streamflows as soon as it is 

reasonably possible to do so for the remainder of the outage. Licensee shall also file any 

collaboratively agreed upon changes in minimum streamflows, as identified in the table below, 

with the Commission. 

Minimum streamflow requirements during outages of the Bowman-Spaulding Diversion 

Conduit. 

Stream – Facility Minimum Streamflow during 

Annual Planned Outages, /on-Routine Planned Outages and Emergency Outages 

Texas Creek – Below 

Texas Creek Diversion 

Dam 

Flow in Texas Creek downstream of the Texas Creek Diversion Dam shall equal flow in 

Texas Creek upstream of the Texas Creek Diversion Dam. Licensee shall comply with 

this requirement by not diverting any water from Texas Creek into the BowmanSpaulding Conduit during the outage (i.e., monitoring streamflow upstream in Texas 

Creek upstream of Texas Creek Diversion Dam during the outage shall not be required). 

Clear Creek – Below 

Bowman-Spaulding 

Diversion Conduit 

Flow in Clear Creek below the Bowman-Spaulding Conduit shall equal flow in Clear 

Creek upstream of the Bowman-Spaulding Conduit. Licensee shall comply with this 

requirement by not diverting any water from Clear Creek into the Bowman-Spaulding 

Conduit during the outage (i.e., monitoring of the streamflow in Clear Creek upstream 

of Bowman-Spaulding Conduit during the outage shall not be required). 

Trap Creek – Below 

Bowman-Spaulding 

Diversion Conduit 

Flow in Trap Creek below the Bowman-Spaulding Conduit shall equal flow in Trap 

Creek upstream of the Bowman-Spaulding Conduit. Licensee shall comply with this 

requirement by not diverting any water from Trap Creek into the Bowman-Spaulding 

Conduit during the outage (i.e., monitoring of the streamflow in Trap Creek upstream of 

Bowman-Spaulding Conduit during the outage shall not be required). 

Rucker Creek – Below 

Bowman- Spaulding 

Diversion Conduit 

Flow in Rucker Creek below the Bowman-Spaulding Conduit shall equal flow in 

Rucker Creek upstream of the Bowman-Spaulding Conduit. Licensee shall comply with 

this requirement by not diverting any water from Rucker Creek into the BowmanSpaulding Conduit during the outage (i.e., monitoring of the streamflow in Rucker 

Creek upstream of Bowman-Spaulding Conduit during the outage shall not be required). 

Condition /o. 29 – Overwintering Minimum Streamflow Adjustments 

This part pertains to adjustments in the minimum streamflows described in this measure at 

Milton Diversion Dam in November, December and January of Wet Water Years and at 

Bowman-Spaulding Diversion Dam in January of Wet Water Years. 

Middle Yuba River Below Milton Diversion Dam

In November, December, and January of Wet water years, the Minimum Streamflow in the 

Middle Yuba River downstream of Milton Diversion Dam shall be 15 cfs unless the precipitation 

as measured at Licensee’s weather station at Bowman Lake from the previous July 1 up to but 

not including the first day of the month is equal to or less than 75 percent of the annual average 

precipitation for the same period for the most recent 30 years. In that case, the Minimum 

Streamflow shall be 10 cfs. 
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Canyon Creek Below Bowman-Spaulding Diversion Dam

In January of Wet water years, the Minimum Streamflow in the Canyon Creek downstream of 

Bowman-Spaulding Diversion Dam shall be 20 cfs unless the precipitation as measured at 

Licensee’s weather station at Bowman Lake from the previous July 1 up to but not including the 

first day of the month is equal to or less than 75 percent of the annual average precipitation for 

the same period for the most recent 30 years. In that case, the Minimum Streamflow shall be 15 

cfs. 

Condition /o. 30 – Wilson Creek Diversion Dam Flow Setting

This part pertains to compliance with the minimum streamflows described in this measure at 

Wilson Creek Diversion Dam. 

/on-Winter Period

Licensee shall, within 90 days of license issuance and except for the “Winter Period” described 

below, check the outlet works at the Wilson Creek Diversion Dam once each week (i.e., from 

Sunday to Saturday) and, if needed, re-set the outlet works to make the Minimum Streamflow 

release for the Wilson Creek Diversion Dam set forth in the Minimum Streamflow table in 

Condition No. 27. During this time period, Licensee’s compliance requirement is the act of 

setting the outlet works once each week consistent with the minimum streamflows for that month 

as set forth in the Minimum Streamflow table in Condition No. 27; that is, as long as Licensee 

has set the outlet works once each week, Licensee shall be deemed to be in compliance with the 

Wilson Creek Diversion Dam Minimum Streamflow requirements of Condition No. 27. 

Winter Period

The Winter Period is defined as the period from no later than November 1 of each year until the 

following year when Licensee is able to safely access the Wilson Creek Diversion Dam. Within 

90 days of license issuance, during each Winter Period Licensee shall by no later than November 

1 set the outlet works at Wilson Creek Diversion Dam to make the Minimum Streamflow release 

for the Wilson Creek Diversion Dam set forth in Table 2 of this measure. Licensee shall not be 

required to re-set the outlet works until the end of the Winter Period, at which time Licensee 

shall set the outlet works for the flow release for that month as set forth in the Water Year Type 

table in Condition No. 26. 

During the Winter Period, Licensee’s license compliance requirement is the act of setting the 

outlet works no later than November 1; that is, as long as Licensee has set the outlet works, 

Licensee shall be deemed to be in compliance with the Wilson Creek Diversion Dam Minimum 

Streamflow requirements of this measure for the Winter Period. 
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Condition /o. 31 – Spill Cessation Measures

This part pertains to spill cessation and operations at Middle Yuba River below Milton Diversion 

Dam, Canyon Creek below Bowman-Spaulding Diversion Dam, and Bear River below Dutch 

Flat Afterbay Dam. 

Licensee shall make a good faith effort to provide the target flows, measured as mean daily flow, 

within 10 percent of the target flows shown in Tables 1 and 2 of this condition. However, it is 

recognized that some conditions (e.g., storm conditions) may result in flows outside Licensee’s 

ability to control. The target flows are targets only, and as long as Licensee shall make a good 

faith effort to meet the target flows, failure to meet the target flows shall not be considered a 

violation of this part of the measure. The requirements in this part are not subject to a ramping 

rate. Licensee shall make available to SWRCB, CDFW, FS, and BLM the streamflow records 

related to the spill cessation schedules upon request. 

In years where a spill cessation schedule is implemented, for the period of time from the end of 

the spill cessation schedule in Tables 4, 5, 6, and 7 through September 30, with the exception of 

emergencies or when otherwise required by law or directed by regulatory agencies, Licensee 

shall make a good faith effort to not make releases from Milton Diversion Dam and BowmanSpaulding Diversion Dam that result in short-term, high flow fluctuations defined as a 100 

percent or greater increase in a 12-hour period in the river downstream of the dam. In non-spill 

cessation years, Licensee shall make a good faith effort to not make releases from Milton 

Diversion Dam and Bowman-Spaulding Diversion Dam that result in short-term, high flow 

fluctuations as defined above in the river downstream of the dam from May 1 through September 

30. 

This measure does not apply in instances when Licensee is directed by the Commission or 

California Division of Safety of Dams to test (i.e., exercise) valves at Milton Diversion and 

Bowman-Spaulding Diversion dams (i.e., quickly open and close the valve). Licensee will make 

a good faith effort to schedule such inspections or outlet testing after September of each calendar 

year to avoid negative effects on aquatic species. 

The dam spill cessation schedule requirements in this part are subject to temporary modification 

if required by equipment malfunction, as directed by law enforcement authorities, or in 

emergencies. An emergency is defined as an outage due to an event that is reasonably out of the 

control of Licensee and requires Licensee to take immediate action, either unilaterally or under 

instruction of law enforcement, emergency services, or other regulatory agency staff, including 

actions to prevent the imminent loss of human life or damage to property. An emergency may 

include, but is not limited to: natural events such as landslides, storms, or wildfires; vandalism; 

malfunction or failure of Project works; or other public safety incidents. If Licensee temporarily 

modifies the requirements of this condition, Licensee shall make all reasonable efforts to 

promptly resume performance of the requirements and shall notify BLM, FS, SWRCB, and 

CDFW within 48 hours of the modification. 

Licensee shall commence the dam spill cessation schedules in this part within 90 days of license 

issuance unless a facility modification or construction is required. Where a facility must be 
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modified or constructed to allow compliance with the required spill cessation schedule, including 

flow measurement facilities, except as otherwise provided, Licensee shall submit applications for 

permits to modify or construct the facilities as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than 2 

years after license issuance and will complete the work as soon as reasonably practicable but no 

later than 2 years after receiving all required permits and approvals for the work. During the 

period before facility modifications or construction are completed, and starting within 90 days 

after license issuance, Licensee shall make a good faith effort to provide the specified spill 

cessation schedules within the reasonable capabilities of the existing facilities. 

Middle Yuba River Below Milton Diversion Dam

Licensee shall adhere to the Middle Yuba River below Milton Diversion Dam spill cessation 

schedule described in Table 1 of this condition after May 1 of each calendar year, or as soon as 

Licensee closes the Jackson Meadows Dam spill gates, whichever comes later. The first five 

days of this schedule (at 300 cfs) also provide flows for recreational whitewater boating. The 

spill cessation schedule is intended to be connected to the recreational whitewater boating days 

such that the spill cessation schedule is implemented immediately following the recreational 

whitewater boating flows. 

Table 1. Spill cessation schedule in the Middle Yuba River downstream of Milton Diversion 

Dam after May 1. If the peak of the spill is greater or equal to the highest flow on the spill cessation 

schedule, then the spill flows will be decreased according to this schedule. If the peak of spill flow is less 

than the highest flow on the schedule, then the spill flows will be decreased according to the schedule 

from the observed flow downward. While the table shows the spill cessation schedule continuing until 

Target Flows are 50 cfs, each spill cessation event will stop when the Target Flow shown in the table is 

equal to or less than the applicable Minimum Streamflow shown in this measure; that is, the spill 

cessation event will end at the applicable Minimum Streamflow. 

/umber of Days 

to Hold Target Flow 

Target Mean Daily Flow in cfs 

at USGS Streamflow Gage Station 11408550 

6 Days 300 cfs 

3 Days 225 cfs 

3 Days 150 cfs 

3 Days 100 cfs 

3 Days 80 cfs 

2 Days 60 cfs 

2 Days 50 cfs 

Canyon Creek Below Bowman-Spaulding Diversion Dam

Licensee shall adhere to the Canyon Creek spill cessation schedule described in Table 2 of this 

measure after April 1 of each calendar year. This condition is intended to provide recreational 

whitewater boating flows during the spill cessation schedule, such that the spill cessation 

schedule is implemented immediately following whitewater boating flows. 

Table 2. Spill cessation schedule in the Canyon Creek downstream of the Bowman- Spaulding 

Diversion Dam after April 1. If the peak of the spill is greater or equal to the highest flow on the spill 

cessation schedule, then the spill flows will be decreased according to this schedule. If the peak of spill 

flow is less than the highest flow on the schedule, then the spill flows will be decreased according to the 
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schedule from the observed flow downward. While the table shows the spill cessation schedule 

continuing until Target Flows are 45 cfs, each spill cessation event will stop when the Target Flow shown 

in the table is equal to or less than the applicable Minimum Streamflow shown in this measure; that is, the 

spill cessation event will end at the applicable Minimum Streamflow.

Target /umber of Days 

to Hold Target Flow 

Target Mean Daily Flow in cfs 

at USGS Streamflow Gage Station 11408550 

1 Day 275 cfs 

1 Day 230 cfs 

1 Day 200 cfs 

2 Days 160 cfs 

2 Days 130 cfs 

2 Days 100 cfs 

2 Days 85 cfs 

3 Days 70 cfs 

3 Days 55 cfs 

4 Days 45 cfs 

Condition /o. 32 – Mitigation for Entrainment

Licensee shall, within 1 year of license issuance, develop a Fish Entrainment Protection Plan 

(Plan) for a fish screen for rainbow trout fry at or near the Milton-Bowman Diversion Dam on 

the Middle Yuba River in consultation with FS, CDFW, SWRCB, and file the plan, which has 

been approved by FS, with the Commission for approval. The Plan shall include evidence of 

consultation with USDI Fish and Wildlife Service and USDOC National Marine Fisheries 

Service. The overall objective of the plan is to reduce mortality of all life stages of resident 

rainbow trout due to the entrainment and impingement at the Milton-Bowman Diversion Conduit 

intake. Specific entrainment objectives will be developed as part of the plan in consultation with 

CDFW, SWRCB, and Licensee. The Plan shall specify that Licensee shall construct and 

maintain a retractable cylindrical fish screen system to be installed in the Milton Diversion 

Impoundment in front of the existing Milton-Bowman Conduit Intake, unless a different system 

is otherwise agreed to during development of the Plan. 

The Plan shall include but not be limited to the following: 

• Local, state, and Federal permitting requirements. 

• Fish screen design information 

• Schedule for implementing the construction elements of the Plan. 

• Estimated costs. 

• Consultation with FS, CDFW, and SWRCB during the planning, permitting, and 

construction phases of the Plan. 

Schedule

Licensee shall submit applications for permits and appropriate approvals to modify or construct 

the facilities described in the Plan within 1 year of the Commission’s approval of the Plan, and 

will complete the work as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than 2 years after receiving 

all required permits and approvals for the work or as otherwise designated by the Commission. 
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Licensee shall provide annual Progress Reports(due December 31 of each year after the 

Commission’s approval of the Plan),, which detail the annual progress of implementing the Plan, 

and a Final Report(which would include design validation), upon completion of all fish screening 

facilities in the Plan, to FS, CDFW, and State Water Board and file these annual and final reports 

with the Commission. 

Fish Screen Design

The design of the fish screening facilities in the Plan should allow for a design flow (Design 

Flow) of 170 cfs. 

The fish screen should be designed using as guidelines the Environmental and Operational 

Objectives and Design Criteria identified below and as found in "CDFW Fish Screening 

Criteria” (CDFG 2000). 

The fish screen design objectives are: 

• Reduce entrainment of all life-stages of trout from the Middle Yuba River (at MiltonBowman Diversion Conduit intake) into the Project's conduit system to less than 

significant levels. 

• No reduction in reliability or hydraulic or electrical capacity of the Project's 

Powerhouses. 

• No reduction in NID’s existing SWRCB licensed and permitted water rights on the 

Middle Yuba River. 

• Ensure consistency with providing the streamflow requirements in the Middle Yuba 

River, downstream of Milton Diversion Dam as described in Condition No. 27, Minimum 

Streamflows. 

• Provide for automated cleaning of the fish screens to avoid clogging. 

• Provide for removal of fish screen(s) during winter icing conditions from October 31 

through April 1. The screens may be removed as early as November 1 of each year until 

the following year when Licensee is able to safely access the Milton-Bowman Conduit 

intake area. 

• In the event that either fish screen becomes clogged, provide for continued flow in the 

• Project's conduit system to maintain the operational reliability of the Project's 

• Powerhouses and avoid large, rapid fluctuations in stream flows below the MiltonBowman Diversion Conduit intake. 

• Allow flexibility to determine fish screen maintenance and outage schedule after 

obtaining operating experience. 

• Allow removal or opening of fish screen during periods of high levels of potentially 

screen-clogging debris. 

• Provide for opening of fish screen to assure continued flow in the Project's conduit 

system in the event the fish screen becomes clogged with debris. 

• Design Flow Capacity: Fish screen flow capacity is based on screening a flow of 170 cfs. 

• Approach Velocity (Fry Criteria - < 2.36 inches or < 60 millimeters (mm) in length): 

Reservoir: 0.33 fps (measured 3 inches in front of fish screen). 

• Total Submerged Screen Area: Design Flow divided by Approach Velocity. 
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• Fish Screen Openings (Fry Criteria): 

o Screen material should provide a minimum of 27 percent open area. 

o Perforated Plate: Screen openings should not exceed 3/32 inches (2.38 mm), 

measured in diameter. 

o Woven Wire: Screen openings should not exceed 3/32 inches (2.38 mm), 

measured diagonally (e.g.: 6-14 mesh). 

o Profile Bar: Screen openings should not exceed 0.0689 inches (1.75 mm) in width 

Condition /o. 33–Canal Outages Fish Rescue Plan 

Upon the Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Canal Outages Fish Rescue Plan, 

filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215034). 

Condition /o. 34 – Gaging Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Gaging Plan, filed separately with the 

Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201404115045). 

Condition /o. 35 – Modifications of 4(e) Conditions after Biological Opinion 

or Water Quality Certification

FS reserves the right to modify these conditions, if necessary, to respond to any Final Biological 

Opinion issued for this Project by the National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Fish and 

Wildlife Service; or any Certification issued for this Project by the State Water Resources 

Control Board. 

Condition /o. 36– Modifications of 4(e) Conditions in the Event of

Anadromous Fish Re-introduction

FS reserves the right to modify these conditions to respond to any reintroduction of Chinook 

salmon or steelhead trout listed under the Endangered Species Act to stream reaches through 

NFS lands where the flow is controlled by this Commission licensed facility. 

Condition /o. 37 - Aquatic Invasive Species Management and Monitoring 

Plan

Within one year of license issuance, Licensee shall develop an Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) 

Plan that meets applicable State and Federal laws and regulations. The plan shall be approved by 

FS after consultation with BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB. The applicable State and Federal 

resource agencies shall be responsible for making the determination as to whether the AIS Plan 

complies with the State and/or Federal regulations of their respective agencies. 

The AIS Plan shall initially address the following AIS: dreissenid mussels (Dreissena bugensis 

and Dreissena polymorpha); New Zealand mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum); Eurasian 
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milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum); Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata); and Asian clam (Corbicula 

fluminea). However, other AIS may be identified through monitoring.

Additionally, invasive algae (Didymosphenia geminata) were found throughout the Project area. 

If future studies document a safe method of reducing this invasive algae in rivers, Licensee may 

be asked to implement this task in Project-related locations. 

The AIS Plan shall include the following elements: 

Public Education Program

The AIS Plan shall include a public education program, including appropriate signage and 

information pamphlets at designated public boat access sites on Jackson Meadows Reservoir, 

Milton Diversion Dam impoundment, and Bowman Lake. The AIS Plan shall include 

appropriate educational signage at boat launch areas at Faucherie Lake, French Lake, and 

Sawmill Lake. The following shall be addressed: 

• Draining water from boat, motor, bilge, live well and bait containers before leaving a water 

access site. 

• Removing visible plants, animals and mud from boat before leaving waterbody. 

• Cleaning and drying boats and fishing equipment using California Department of Fish and 

Wildlife (CDFW) accepted protocols for the prevention of all AIS before entering any 

waterbody area. 

• Disposing of unwanted bait in trash, including earthworms. 

• Avoiding the release of plants and animals into a waterbody unless they originally came from 

that waterbody. 

AIS information shall be included on Project websites that provide public information on Project 

facilities. The public information website will also include information on the amphibian chytrid 

fungus. 

Best Management Practices

The AIS Plan shall specify that Licensee is responsible for developing BMPs for individual 

Project O&M activities, performed by PG&E and/or its contractors, which activities have the 

potential to introduce AIS into a Project reservoir, to prevent the spread of AIS, and submitting 

them to FS, BLM, SWRCB, and CDFW for review at the Annual Consultation Meeting required 

in the FERC license. 

Development of BMPs for Project activities shall include but not be limited to the following: 

• List of AIS with potential to be introduced. 

• Control or preventive measures for AIS. 

• Identification of critical control points in the Project activity sequence at which to prevent the 

introduction of AIS. 

• Any necessary implementation monitoring for potential AIS to ensure BMPs are followed. 
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• Actions that will be taken if an introduction of AIS is found. 

If invasive aquatic species are detected within any reservoir, Licensee will consult with the 

appropriate agencies and institute an appropriate plan of action. 

Monitoring and Reporting

The AIS Plan shall include a specific monitoring program that addresses all reservoirs that have 

a boat launch, or identified as having boating access, and that follows State and/or Federal laws, 

regulations, and policies. The following initial monitoring methods shall be discussed in the 

monitoring section of the AIS Plan, and the plan shall include observations for the species listed 

in the “Incidental Observations Monitoring” section below. 

• Zebra/Quagga Mussel Surface Surveys 

• Zebra and Quagga Mussel Veliger Sampling 

• Zebra and Quagga Mussel Artificial Substrate Monitoring 

Mapping and monitoring results shall be provided to FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB. 

Incidental Observations Monitoring

The AIS plan shall include Incidental Observations Monitoring as follows: During AIS and other 

license-related aquatic monitoring in project reservoirs and project-affected stream reaches (e.g., 

fish, foothill yellow-legged frogs (Rana boylii), riparian, and geomorphology), Licensee shall 

record incidental observations of the following species: Quagga or Zebra Mussel, New Zealand 

Mudsnail, Asian clam, Eurasian milfoil, Hydrilla, Didyomosphenia geminata and American 

bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus). This initial list may be revised if other potential AIS in 

project-affected reservoirs and stream reaches are identified. The following practices will be 

implemented: 

• Field personnel performing the license-related aquatic monitoring will be trained in the 

identification of the species listed above. 

• Field crews working in aquatic environments (reservoirs, creeks, or rivers) conducting other 

biological monitoring will complete a checklist data form at the end of each day indicating 

the presence/absence (detect/non-detect) of the species listed above. It is recommended that 

at least one field crew member make a full pass of the survey area each day focusing 

exclusively on the species on the checklist. 

Plan Revisions

Licensee, in consultation with FS, CDFW, SWRCB, and BLM shall review, update, and/or 

revise the AIS Plan, as determined necessary by FS in consultation with CDFW, SWRCB and 

BLM, when substantial changes in the existing conditions occur. Additional monitoring may be 

part of any plan revisions. Changes or revisions to the Plan would be expected if AIS conditions 

change as a result of unforeseen effects, either from new or existing Project-related activities, the 

potential for new AIS to occur, or from natural events or if other regulatory or legal requirements 
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are established. Changes in the existing conditions could include such things as new methods for 

the treatment of Didymosphenia geminata. Licensee shall include all relevant documentation of 

coordination/consultation with the updated Plan filed with the Commission. 

Condition /o. 38 – Vegetation and /on-/ative Invasive Plant 

Management Plan 

Upon the Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Integrated Vegetation 

Management Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 

201311215040). 

Condition /o. 39 – Monitor Animal Losses in Project Canals 

Beginning in the first full calendar year after license issuance, Licensee shall record animal 

losses in all Project canals. Specifically, Licensee’s operators shall record in log books all dead 

animals observed on canal trash racks and otherwise in the canals using the Wildlife Mortality 

data sheets found in Appendix 4-2A of the Wildlife Movement Technical Memorandum (4-2) 

included in Appendix E12 of Licensee’s application for new license. Licensee shall make a good 

faith effort to record the location of the dead animal (i.e. which Project canal, where in the canal 

the dead animal was found, and the associated structure), species, date and time of the 

observation, suspected cause of death if it can be determined from visual observation only, 

photograph if available, estimated size, estimated age, and sex if known, and other pertinent 

information. The information will include the cumulative years and preceding year’s mortality 

by canal segment, and a map showing segments (defined by location of trash racks). Licensee 

shall provide this information to CDFW, FS, and BLM at least 60 days prior to the annual 

consultation meeting described in Condition No. 1. 

Licensee shall consult with FS, BLM, and CDFW and other interested parties during the annual 

consultation meeting, regarding the protection and utilization of the wildlife resources affected 

by the Project. If there is an increasing trend in animal mortalities in a canal, additional measures 

to address suspected Project-related causes for that canal may be developed by Licensee in 

consultation with CDFW, FS, and BLM. The Licensee shall prepare a report that includes the 

Licensee’s recommendations for measures to address animal mortalities, and a schedule of 

implementation. Licensee shall provide the report to FS, BLM, and CDFW, as appropriate, for 

review and approval. The Licensee shall file the report, including evidence of consultation, with 

the Commission, and shall implement those resource management measures required by the 

Commission. 

Condition /o. 40 – Replacement of Wildlife Escape and Wildlife Crossing 

Facilities

Prior to replacing or retrofitting existing wildlife escape facilities and wildlife crossings along 

Project canals, Licensee shall consult with CDFW regarding specifications and design and with 

FS, as appropriate. Licensee shall file the design, including evidence of consultation, with the 

Commission within 60 days after the wildlife escape facility or wildlife crossing facility has been 

replaced or retrofitted. Licensee shall also assess existing wildlife escape facilities and wildlife 
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crossing facilities annually to ensure they are functional and in proper working order. Inspections 

shall occur at the same time other types of maintenance activities or canal assessments are being 

conducted. 

Condition /o. 41 – Wildlife Crossings—Bowman-Spaulding Canal

Wildlife Crossing Plan

Upon license issuance, Licensee shall maintain the following crossings (cross-referenced as 

GPSID in the metadata for Technical Memo 4-2 Wildlife Movement) in a functional condition 

for wildlife use: YDWMBS023/FS ID Point 143 within Section 30, T18N, R12E (Canal mile 

5.8, UTM 10N 699846E, 4363875N) and YDWMBS056/FS ID Point 147 located within Section 

7, T17N, R12E (Canal mile 1.5 UTM 10N 700073E, 4359312N). Licensee shall also maintain 

the following crossing, once it is constructed, which will be located in the vicinity of the 

following existing crossing: YDWMBS037/FS ID Point 144 within the NE 1⁄4 of Section 1, 

T17N, R11E (Canal mile 3.5, UTM 10N 699550E 4360760N). Licensee will not be required to 

remove or maintain the existing crossing at Point 144. 

These three structures shall be identified as Licensee-maintained wildlife crossings and georeferenced in a map and provided to FS, BLM, and CDFW. 

Monitoring

• At the Annual Consultation Meeting required in Condition 1, Consultation, Licensee will 

provide a written report on each crossing’s condition, maintenance, and repair activities. 

• When crossings are retrofitted (i.e., change in design or material) or newly constructed, 

Licensee shall conduct camera monitoring for 1 year to determine if adjustments, which may 

include fencing, are needed if determined necessary by FS, BLM and CDFW. If monitoring 

shows that a new design or material is effective, Licensee may request at the Annual 

Consultation Meeting required in Condition 1, Consultation, that monitoring be waived at 

crossing or fencing locations where the new design or material is implemented. Such 

monitoring may be waived if approved by FS, BLM, and CDFW. 

• Additional monitoring may be required as determined necessary by FS, BLM and CDFW. 

• Ten years following license issuance, and every 10 years thereafter, Licensee shall arrange a 

meeting with FS, BLM, and CDFW, to review the location and design of Licenseemaintained crossings and natural landscape features that provide wildlife passage across 

Licensee’s conduits, in context with changes in land use patterns, human development, and 

road improvements or decommissioning, that may affect wildlife use of crossings. If FS, 

BLM, and CDFW determine that the existing crossings are not adequate based on this 

review, Licensee shall develop plans to address additional needs for crossings, exclosures, 

and escape structures. The final plans shall be submitted to the Commission for approval. 

Condition /o. 42 – Bald Eagle Management Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Bald Eagle Management Plan, filed 

separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215033). 
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Condition /o. 43 – Special Status Species

Before taking actions to construct new project features on NFS lands that may affect FS special 

status species or their critical habitat on NFS land, Licensee shall prepare and submit a biological 

evaluation (BE) for FS approval. The BE shall evaluate the potential impact of the action on the 

species or its habitat. FS may require mitigation measures for the protection of the affected 

species on NFS land. 

The BE shall: 

• Include procedures to minimize or avoid adverse effects to special status species. 

• Ensure project-related activities shall meet restrictions included in site management plans for 

special status species. 

• Develop implementation and effectiveness monitoring of measures taken or employed to 

reduce effects to special status species. 

Condition /o. 44 – Annual Review of Special-Status Species Lists and

Assessment of /ew Species on Federal Land

Licensee shall, beginning the first full calendar year after license issuance, in consultation with 

FS annually review the current lists of special status species (species that are Federally 

Endangered or Threatened, Proposed Threatened or Endangered, FS Sensitive, or Tahoe National 

Forest Watch Lists, State Threatened or Endangered, State Species of Special Concern, and 

CDFW Fully Protected) that might occur on National Forest System lands, as appropriate, in the 

Project area that may be directly affected by Project operations. When a species is added to one 

or more of the lists, FS, , in consultation with Licensee shall determine if the species or unsurveyed suitable habitat for the species is likely to occur on such NFS lands, as appropriate. For 

such newly added species, if FS determines that the species is likely to occur on such NFS lands, 

Licensee shall develop and implement a study plan in consultation with FS to reasonably assess 

the effects of the project on the species. Licensee shall prepare a report on the study including 

objectives, methods, results, recommended resource measures where appropriate, and a schedule 

of implementation, and shall provide a draft of the final report to FS for review and approval. 

Licensee shall file the report, including evidence of consultation, with the Commission and shall 

implement those resource management measures required by the Commission. 

If new occurrences of FS special status plant or wildlife species as defined above are detected 

prior to or during ongoing construction, operation, or maintenance of the Project or during 

Project operations, Licensee shall immediately notify FS. If FS determines that the Projectrelated activities are adversely affecting FS sensitive or watch list species, Licensee shall, in 

consultation with FS, develop and implement appropriate protection measures 

If new occurrences of state or federally listed or proposed threatened or endangered species are 

detected prior to or during ongoing construction, operation, or maintenance of the Project or 

during Project operations, Licensee shall immediately notify FS and the relevant Service Agency 

(United States Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service or CDFW) for 
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consultation or conference in accordance with the Endangered Species Act. If state listed or fully 

protected species are affected, CDFW shall be notified. 

Condition /o. 45– Project Powerlines

Raptor-safe powerline design configurations described in Avian Protection on Powerline 

Interaction Committee’s (APLIC) “Suggested Practices for Avian Protection on Power Lines: 

The State of the Art in 2006 (APLIC 2006), or the most current edition of this APLIC document, 

will be used as a guideline for all new powerlines or when replacement of existing poles, phase 

conductors, and associated equipment is required. 

If raptor monitoring performed as Condition No. 46 (Raptor Collisions) indicates a substantial 

raptor-Project transmission line interaction issue, the poles where the interaction issue occurs on 

NFS Land will be replaced or retrofitted, as agreed to via consultation with FWS, FS, and 

CDFW. 

Condition /o. 46 – Raptor Collisions

Licensee shall, beginning in the first full calendar year after license issuance, record annually all 

incidental observations by Licensee’s operations staff of bird collisions/electrocutions at the 

Bowman-Spaulding Transmission Line. The reported incidental observations shall include the 

following information: 

• Date of observation. 

• Location of observation (i.e., nearest pole number). 

• Species, if identifiable. 

• Number of birds. 

• Condition of bird(s) (i.e., dead or injured). 

• Suspected cause of injury or death (i.e., electrocution or collision). 

• Was the bird banded and, if so, band number. 

Licensee shall provide this information for each year to FS, FWS, and CDFW at least 60 days 

prior to the Annual Meeting (Condition No. 1). 

Condition /o. 47 - Bat Management

In the first full calendar year after license issuance, Licensee shall document all known bat roosts 

within Project buildings (e.g., powerhouses, storage buildings, valve houses), dams, or other 

structures that may be used as a roosting structure. The results of the inspection will be provided 

to CDFW and FS if the facility is located on NFS lands, at least 90 days prior to the Annual 

Consultation Meeting (described in Condition No. 1) that follows collection of the information. 

If bats or signs of roosting are present where staff have a routine presence (i.e., at least daily or 

weekly), Licensee will attempt, where feasible, and in the calendar year following the annual 

consultation meeting described above, to place humane exclusion devices to prevent occupation 

of the structure by bats. Human exclusion devices will be placed when bats are absent from the 

facility, generally between November 1 and February 28. Prior to installation of the humane 
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exclusion devices, Licensee shall perform an inspection of the facility to ensure that 

overwintering bats are not trapped. If overwintering bats are present during the inspection, 

installation of humane exclusion measures shall be delayed. Licensee shall notify FS of the 

overwintering bats. Licensee shall consult with the CDFW, FS, or BLM during the Annual 

Consultation Meeting described in Condition No. 1 to identify future dates that would be suitable 

for installation of humane exclusion devices. All exclusion devices will be inspected on an 

annual basis and the facility will be reevaluated for roosting bats every 3 years after the initial 

exclusion devices are installed to insure that no new roosts or entry points have been established. 

Condition /o. 48 - Channel Stabilization Plan

Within 1 year of license issuance, License shall complete a stabilization plan to address channel 

areas location on National Forest System lands identified by the FS that are undergoing resource 

damage and need stabilization due to Project operations. The plan shall be approved by FS and 

shall be implemented upon approval by the Commission. The plan shall include the following 

locations, at a minimum: Clear Creek, Trap Creek, and Christmas Tree Wasteway. 

Condition /o. 49 –Canal Release Point Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Canal Release Point Plan, filed 

separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201404115041). 

Condition /o. 50 – Erosion and Sediment Control and Management

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Erosion and Sediment Control 

Management Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 

201404115283). 

Condition /o. 51 – Monitoring Program

Licensee shall implement a Monitoring Program after license issuance and until a new license is 

issued, in coordination with FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB. The years in which each resource is 

monitored are identified in each specific monitoring element of the Monitoring Program. For 

purposes of the Monitoring Program, each year is defined on a calendar year basis (January 

through December). 

The Monitoring Program has been designed to monitor those items that will assist in determining 

if the resource objectives described in the Rationale Reports previously filed with the 

Commission by FS and BLM as a supporting document (not part of a license condition) are 

being met. Within the scope of the specified Monitoring Program, FS, BLM, CDFW, and 

SWRCB may select an equal number of alternative years to ensure that surveys occur during a 

range of water year types if the same number of alternative years are deleted from the current 

Monitoring Program schedule, and the resource agencies provide to Licensee adequate notice for 

Licensee to schedule and perform the work. FS, CDFW, BLM, and SWRCB, after consultation 

with Licensee, have the flexibility to alter the Monitoring Program methodologies and 

frequencies of data collection if it is determined that: (a) there is a more appropriate or preferable 
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methodology or site to use than that described in the monitoring plan or (b) monitoring may be 

reduced or terminated because the relevant ecological resource objective has been met or no 

change in resource response is expected. Any alterations will be filed with the Commission. 

Licensee will provide a draft Annual Report to FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB and other parties 

who submit a written request for a copy of the draft report for a 30-day comment period. The 

draft Annual Report shall fully describe the monitoring efforts required in FS Condition No. 51 

as well as monitoring results of the previous calendar year. The Annual Report shall also 

document all non-compliance events/variances from the license conditions. Although specific 

reporting and consultation is required in specific monitoring elements in Condition No. 51, no 

other Annual Reports for this condition are required. At least 30 days prior to the Annual 

Consultation meeting, Licensee shall file with the Commission the final Annual Report. 

Comments shall be addressed in the final report, or as appropriate, comments shall be included 

with the filing to the Commission. Licensee shall provide copies of the Annual Report to FS, 

CDFW, BLM, and SWRCB. Every 5 years, Licensee shall provide in the Annual Report a 

summary report of the monitoring results of the previous 5-year period. 

The following guidelines shall be used in implementing the monitoring program: (a) monitoring 

and studies shall be relevant to the Project, (b) monitoring and studies shall be conducted such 

that they provide useful information for management decisions or establishing compliance with 

license conditions, and (c) monitoring and studies shall be as cost-effective as possible. 

Fish Populations

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Fish Populations Monitoring Plan, 

filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215037). 

Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Foothill Yellow-legged Frog 

Monitoring Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 

201311215092). 

Western Pond Turtle Incidental Observations

Licensee shall perform incidental observations for Western Pond Turtle as follows: 

• Crews shall be trained on identification of Western Pond Turtle. 

• Incidental sightings of Western Pond Turtles during all monitoring field work in rivers and 

lakes/reservoirs shall be recorded. 

• Data shall include location, GPS if available, or location shown on USGS map. 

• A written report (including location data) shall be compiled annually and provided at Annual 

Consultation meeting. 

• The report shall be filed with the Commission. 
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Channel Morphology

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Channel Morphology Monitoring 

Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215035). 

Water Temperature and Stage

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Water Temperature and Stage 

Monitoring Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 

201404115044). 

Aquatic Benthic Macroinvertebrates

Licensee shall, within 1 year following license issuance, develop and file with the Commission 

an Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Plan that has been approved by FS, BLM, CDFW, and 

SWRCB. The licensee shall implement the plan upon approval. 

Method: Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) at a minimum of eight stream 

temperature stations as designated below, as soon as weather and flow conditions allow safe 

installation of these devices. Determination of final monitoring site locations shall be made by 

FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB. 

At a minimum, the temperature plan shall include the following locations: 

• Middle Yuba River: Three sites co-located with fish sampling sites. 

• Canyon Creek: One site co-located with fish sampling site. 

• Texas Creek (below Bowman-Spaulding Canal): One site at original sampling site. 

• Clear Creek: One site to be identified after stabilization. 

• Trap Creek: One site to be identified after stabilization. 

Frequency: 

Annual Fish Sites: Once in each water year type for first 10 years, or upon the first occurrence of 

a water year type, and then follow Fish Population Monitoring Plan schedule. 

All Other Sites: Same frequency as Fish Population Monitoring Plan schedule for that site. 

Data Analysis and Reporting: The plan shall describe data analysis and reporting methods. 

Riparian Vegetation

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Revised Riparian Vegetation 

Monitoring Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 

201404115043). Please note that the Riparian Vegetation Monitoring Plan includes both FS and 

BLM lands. FS recommends that the BLM locations be included by the Commission as part of 

the Riparian Vegetation Plan. 
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Condition /o. 52– Large Woody Material

Licensee shall ensure, provided conditions permit safe and reasonable access and working 

conditions, mobile instream large woody material (LWM) continues downstream beyond 

Jackson Meadows Dam, Milton Diversion Dam, Sawmill Dam, French Dam, Faucherie Dam and 

Bowman Dam. Licensee shall make a good faith effort to pass all LWM past project 

impoundments. 

At Jackson Meadows Dam, at a minimum, all sizes greater than 8 inches in diameter and less 

than 14 feet in length shall be allowed to continue downstream beyond the dam. If the LWM is 

greater than 8 inches in diameter, but longer than 14 feet, LWM shall be safely cut to 

approximately 14 feet and allowed to continue downstream. Smaller sized LWM will also be 

allowed to be moved beyond the dam. 

At Milton Diversion Dam, Sawmill Dam, French Dam and Faucherie Dam, at a minimum, all 

sizes greater than 8 inches in diameter and less than 36 feet in length shall be allowed to continue 

downstream beyond the dams. If the LWM is greater than 8inches in diameter, but longer than 

36 feet, LWM shall be safely cut to approximately 36 feet and allowed to continue downstream. 

Smaller sized LWM will also be allowed to be moved beyond the dams. 

At Bowman Dam, at a minimum, all sizes greater than 8 inches in diameter and less than 4 feet 

in length shall be allowed to continue downstream beyond the dam. If the LWM is greater than 8 

inches in diameter, but longer than 4 feet, LWM shall be safely cut to approximately 4 feet and 

allowed to continue downstream. Smaller sized LWM will also be allowed to be moved beyond 

the dam. 

At each of the above dams, if Licensee determines that a root wad would not present a risk to the 

safety of the dam, the root wad will be allowed to continue downstream beyond the dam. 

Notwithstanding this requirement, if the Commission or the California Division of Safety of 

Dams requires Licensee remove large woody material from the dams or dam spillways, Licensee 

shall do so. 

Condition /o. 53 - Facility Occupancy Indicators and Standards

Facility indicators focus on occupancy rates at developed Project recreation facilities, and 

include groupings of developed family campgrounds, group campgrounds, picnic areas, boat 

launches, parking areas, and primitive camping areas. A facility’s occupancy rate is calculated by 

dividing the number of occupied sites by the number of sites at the facility (only when a facility 

is open), and is expressed as a percentage from 0-to-100. Overflow use is not included in the 

occupancy calculation of a recreation facility. 

The Project’s proposed facility occupancy standards combine the occupancy of groups of similar 

types of recreation facilities (i.e. family campgrounds, picnic areas.) that are relatively close in 

proximity and, from a user’s perspective, are generally interchangeable recreation facilities (i.e. 
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reasonable substitutes). The proposed standards are identified in Tables 1 and 2, below, the 

proposed recreation facility groupings are identified in Table 3, below. 

When the occupancy standard for the grouping is reached or exceeded, a suitability-feasibility 

analysis is conducted to determine if, site development is feasible and suitable at one of the 

Project reservoirs within a facility monitoring grouping or other agreed upon area. If site 

development is not suitable or feasible, agreed upon actions and policies to manage recreation 

use levels at the reservoirs will be implemented. 

A proposed development will be considered suitable and feasible, if the development is: 

• Practical and reasonable based on the site conditions; 

• Appropriate for the ROS Class, regulations, standards and policy; and 

• Appropriate for the level of use desired based on direction by applicable land and 

resource management plans, including revisions or amendments to land management 

plans. 

On NFS land, FS will make the final determination as to whether a proposed development is 

considered suitable and feasible. Once a new or expanded development is deemed suitable and 

feasible, the recreation improvement planning process will begin. 

Examples actions and policies to manage recreation use levels that will be implemented when 

development is not suitable or feasible, include: 

• Educating visitors about other regional day-use areas and campgrounds. 

• Implementing more on-site management. 

• Implementing a fee for use. 

Implementation of these management actions or policies could also be used to alleviate 

management issues that often arise as occupancy levels near full capacity.
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Table 1. Monitoring indicators, data collection methods, standards (triggers) and management actions for 

Project hosted and/or reservation campgrounds. 

Hosted and/or Reservation Campgrounds

Indicator Season June 15 through August 15

Indicator Occupancy Average indicator season occupancy for non-holiday weekends (Fri/Sat) combined for a 

trigger grouping (Table 4.1-3) 

Indicator Conditions

• The single highest and lowest occupancy during the indicator season will be omitted 

from the trigger calculation to minimize the influence of anomalous days (i.e. bad 

weather, events, etc.). For a typical year, this will result in 14 days for the trigger 

calculation. 

• If the indicator season results in less than 10 days to calculate the indicator season 

combined average occupancy, then this year will not be considered for trigger 

monitoring purposes. 

• The occupancy will only be calculated for days when the facility is open during the 

indicator season. 

• Campground host sites are exempt from this indicator season combined average 

occupancy calculation. 

• Occupancy data will be collected annually. 

Data Collection Methods

• Family Campgrounds: daily occupancy collected by host/caretaker combined with 

reservation records, if applicable, or other agreed upon methods. 

• Group Campgrounds: daily paid reservation records. 

• Any unoccupied, but reserved site will be considered “occupied” for the trigger 

calculation. 

Trigger Threshold

90% or above indicator occupancy is reached in any 3 years out of a 6-year rolling period. 

(Do not have to wait for a complete 6 years if the trigger is met sooner) at all sites except 

Jackson Meadows, where the trigger threshold is 95% or above 

Actions if Trigger is Met

• Required Action 1: Licensee will complete a Suitability-Feasibility Analysis in the 

calendar year after the year the trigger is met. 

• Required Action 2: Depending on the results of the Suitability-Feasibility Analysis, 

Licensee will either: 

 Start the Recreation Improvement Planning process for a new facility (see Section 3.2 

of the Plan) if site development is determined to be suitable and feasible (this process 

will begin immediately after the Suitability-Feasibility Analysis is completed); or, 

 Develop a strategy (in partnership with the Forest Service on NFS land) to manage 

recreation use if site development is determined to be unsuitable or infeasible. 

Action if Trigger is /ot Met Continue with annual monitoring and data collection.
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Table 2. Monitoring indicators, data collection methods, standards (triggers) and management 

actions for Project self-pay/no-host campgrounds, day use facilities and primitive campsites. 

Self-Pay//o Host Campgrounds, Day Use Facilities, and Primitive Campsites

Indicator Season June 15 through August 15

Indicator Occupancy Average indicator season occupancy for non-holiday Saturdays combined for a trigger grouping 

(Table 4.1-3) 

Indicator Conditions

• The single highest and lowest indicator occupancy during the indicator season will be 

omitted from the trigger calculation to minimize the influence of anomalous days (i.e. bad 

weather, events...). For a typical year, this will result in 6 Saturdays for the indicator 

occupancy calculation. 

• If the a indicator season results in less than 6 days to calculate the indicator occupancy for a 

trigger grouping, then: 

 The monitoring year will be disregarded and monitoring will continue up to 2 more 

indicator seasons; 

 If monitoring during two additional indicator seasons still result in less than 6 days to 

calculate the indicator occupancy, then monitoring will revert back to the 6-year 

monitoring schedule that is concurrent with the Form 80 monitoring cycle. 

• The indicator occupancy will only be calculated for days when the facility is open during the 

indicator season. 

PHASE 1 MO/ITORI/G

Data Collection Method Frequency: on-site observations every 6th year (concurrent with the Form 80 cycle). 

Period: during the peak 4-hour period of the day1

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Trigger Threshold 90% or above the indicator occupancy at all sites except Jackson Meadows, where the trigger 

threshold is 95% or above

Action if Trigger is Met Required Action: conduct Phase 2 Monitoring (monitoring in the next three consecutive years).

Action if Trigger is /ot Met Continue with Phase 1 monitoring every 6th year (concurrent with the Form 80 monitoring year).

PHASE 2 MO/ITORI/G

Data Collection Method Frequency: on-site observations annually for three more years. 

Period: during the peak 4-hour period of the day1

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Trigger Threshold 90% or above the indicator occupancy for 1 out of the next 3 consecutive years of monitoring at 

all sites except Jackson Meadows, where the trigger threshold is 95% or above

Actions if Trigger is Met

• Required Action 1: Licensee will complete a Suitability-Feasibility Analysis in the calendar 

year after the year the trigger is met. 

• Required Action 2: Depending on the results of the Suitability-Feasibility Analysis, 

Licensee will either: 

 Start the Recreation Improvement Planning process for a new facility (see Section 3.2 of 

the Plan) if site development is determined to be suitable and feasible (this process will 

begin immediately after the Suitability-Feasibility Analysis is completed); or, 

 Develop a strategy (in partnership with the Forest Service on NFS land) to manage 

recreation use if site development is determined to be unsuitable or infeasible. 

Action if Trigger is /ot Met Go back to Phase 1 monitoring every 6th year (concurrent with the Form 80 monitoring year).

1 The “peak 4-hour period” for each facility will be agreed upon by Licensee and the Forest Service at the Annual 

Recreation Coordination Meeting prior to implementation of the upcoming year’s data collection.
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Table 3. Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project: Monitoring Trigger Groupings.

Facility 

Type Grouping Reservoir Facility Indicator Capacity*

East Meadow 

Campground 45 units

Pass Creek 

Campground 29 units

Findley 

Campground 14 units

Fir Top 

Campground 12 units

Jackson 

Meadows 

Jackson 

Meadows

Woodcamp 

Campground 19 units

Jackson 

Meadows 

Jackson 

Meadows 

Pass Creek 

Overflow** TBD**

Orchard Springs 

Campground 101 units

Greenhorn 

Campground 79 units

Peninsula 

Campground 67 units

Rollins Rollins

Long Ravine 

Campground 85 units

Bowman Bowman Lake 

Campground 10 units

Canyon 

Creek

Canyon Creek 

Campground 16 units

Sawmill

Sawmill Lake 

Campground 

(proposed) 

15-20 units

Family 

Campground 

Bowman 

Recreation 

Corridor 

Jackson Creek 

Campground 12-units

Aspen Group 

Campground 3 units (100 PAOT) Jackson Meadows 

Jackson 

Meadows 

Silvertip Group 

Campground 2 units (50 PAOT)

Sawmill Sawmill Lake 

Group 

Campground 

(proposed) 

1 unit (25 PAOT)

Faucherie Faucherie Lake 

Group 

Campground 

2 units (50 PAOT)

Group 

Campground 

Bowman 

Area 

Bowman Bowman Lake 

Group 

Campground 

(proposed) 

1 unit (25 PAOT)

FAMILY 

A/D 

GROUP 

CGs

Bowman

Canyon Creek 

Group 

Campground 

(proposed) 

1 unit (25 PAOT)
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* Site capacities will change as Project development plans are implemented. Use current available capacity at time 

of survey. 

** 

Jackson Meadows overflow sites will be included in the occupancy totals of closest campground to the overflow 

site. For example if Pass Creek Campground (29 units) has 27 sites occupied the occupancy rate would be 93%, 

assuming no sites at the Pass Creek Overflow are occupied. However, if four sites at the Pass Creek Overflow are 

occupied the occupancy of Pass Creek Campground would be calculated at 107% (31 units occupied sites out of a 

total of 29 available sites). 

Condition /o. 54 - Licensee Contact

Licensee will provide a contact for FS whenever planning or constructing new recreation 

facilities, major maintenance on existing recreation facilities or other major Project 

improvements placed on NFS lands within the Project Boundary. Licensee agrees to cooperate 

with FS through this individual in contract review and work inspection. Licensee contact person 

may not always be the same person. 

Condition /o. 55 - Review of Recreation Developments

At least every 6 years, Licensee will meet with FS to review the conditions of Project recreation 

facilities located on NFS land and agree upon necessary replacement and major maintenance (i.e. 

reconstruction) work that is currently or in the future will likely be needed and agree on the 

timing of this work. For Project recreation facilities located on NFS lands, Licensee will use FS’s 

standards for the frequency of rehabilitation or heavy maintenance as a guideline, but not a 

prescription, for scheduling replacement and major maintenance work. Standard life of 

recreation facilities ranges from 20 to 30 years. The criteria for project selection will depend on 

the amount and type of use, current FS recreation facility policy, condition of facilities, effects 

on surrounding areas, and other factors. Following the review, Licensee will develop a 6-year 

schedule for replacement and/or reconstruction of Project recreation facilities on NFS lands that 

will be approved by FS and implemented upon Commission approval. This schedule may be 

updated with FS approval after consultation during Annual Recreation Coordination Meeting. 

Any updates will be filed with the Commission. The Implementation columns in Attachment 6 

are the targeted year for construction to be completed. 

Condition /o. 56 – Annual Recreation Coordination Meeting

Each year during the term of the license, Licensee will arrange to meet with interested agencies 

(FS at a minimum) for an Annual Recreation Coordination Meeting to discuss issues regarding 

Project recreation facilities, use and management, public safety, and recreation related resource 

protection. For recreation resources, this meeting replaces the Project wide April 15 meeting and 

reporting requirement. Licensee and the agencies will mutually agree to the date of the meeting, 

but in general, the meeting will be held within the first 90 days of each calendar year. Licensee 

will provide an agenda and a proposed meeting date to the interested agencies in advance. In 

addition, for Project recreation facilities located on NFS lands, Licensee will also provide FS a 

draft annual recreation operation and maintenance plan prior to the meeting. 
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The following, at a minimum, will be discussed at the Annual Recreation Coordination 

Meeting: 

• Need for additional garbage collection and/or other trash management actions based on the 

results of visitor surveys, evidence of wildlife habituation and the status of garbage and litter 

left on site by users. 

• Need for toilet facilities where dispersed camping is occurring will be discussed at least 

every 6 years (following submittal of the Project’s monitoring report), and more frequently if 

warranted. 

• Report on significant changes in sanitation issues and the number and size of user created 

dispersed camping areas. 

• Other O&M issues identified by FS or Licensee. 

• Schedule and invite FS to the recreation resource impact field evaluations and facility 

condition assessment to be conducted on NFS lands. 

• Report on relevant monitoring results, such as if monitoring triggers are being met from the 

previous year(s). 

• Significant issues raised by the public. 

• Any Licensee proposal for new or increases in recreation fees on NFS lands to help cover the 

costs of recreation facility construction, operation, and maintenance, as allowed by 

Commission regulations, will be discussed and approved by the Forest Service. 

• Recreation use data that is available from Licensee or the Forest Service, which includes 

summary data, at a minimum; and, upon request, raw data. 

• Licensee will provide FS a copy of all documentation associated with the Commission 

inspections of Project recreation facilities and use on NFS lands, including follow-up action 

taken by the Licensee. 

• Status of recreation projects from the previous year, including rehabilitation of existing 

recreation facilities, the establishment of new recreation facilities, and any other recreation 

measures or programs that were implemented. 

• List and review the existing recreation facilities scheduled for reconstruction as well as any 

new facilities proposed for construction and other measures to be implemented as part of this 

Plan, including: 

o Logistical and coordination planning. 

o Implementation schedule, including potential adjustments 

o Coordination needs. 

o Permitting requirements. 

o Key resources that will need to be protected from potential impacts associated with the 

implementation of the scheduled recreation projects. 

Licensee and the agencies will identify any coordination needed with other projects being 

implemented in the area. Permitting requirements, additional required environmental 

documentation and key resources that will need to be protected from potential impacts associated 

with the implementation of the scheduled recreation projects will be addressed. FS must approve 

any revisions to the Project’s Recreation Facilities Plan schedule when NFS land is involved, and 

the revised schedule will be submitted to the Commission. Within 60 days following the 

meeting, Licensee will file with the Commission evidence of the meeting, which will summarize 

comments made by the agencies, and Plan revisions or other agreements that were reached by 
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Licensee and the agencies. The Annual Recreation Coordination Meeting is a minimum 

requirement and it is anticipated that meetings may occur throughout each year as needed to 

implement the Recreation Plans. 

Condition /o. 57 – Recreation Plan

Within one year of license issuance, Licensee will, in consultation and coordination with FS, 

develop a Recreation Plan and submit for FS approval. Licensee shall submit the Recreation Plan 

to the Commission following FS approval. The following elements shall be addressed in the 

Recreation Plan: 

General Measures For All Recreation Sites

Routine Recreation Facility Maintenance 

On NFS lands, the standards for cleaning, operating and maintaining recreation sites shall be 

consistent with current FS standards and policies. 

Licensee shall ensure that the following routine maintenance occurs at Project recreation 

facilities on NFS lands: 

• At the beginning of each recreation season, and as needed throughout the season, replace, 

reset, improve, straighten, and reinstall barriers within and adjacent to all project recreation 

sites; along the roads surrounding Project lakes, and along Project roads and trails where 

there is uncontrolled vehicle use. 

• If tables have sunk during the winter due to snow loads, they will be brought up to the level 

of the surrounding ground and placed on level ground. 

• Maintain all recreation facilities in good working order. This includes keeping toilet doors 

and hardware in operating and locking conditions. If a structure is deemed to be unsafe, it 

will be closed until repairs are completed. 

• Developed sites will be free of litter, human, and domestic animal waste. 

• During the prime season all facilities will be inspected on a regular basis (as much as daily or 

more). 

• Litter and trash collection shall be of a frequency that does not encourage animal 

encroachment, is not overflowing and does not emit offensive odors. The frequency will 

depend on the type of container. Two to four-yard dumpsters need to be dumped at least once 

a week. Receptacles shall be animal resistant. 

• Ashes are to be removed from fire rings and grills, cooled and extinguished and disposed of 

at a county landfill. Ashes are not to be disposed of onsite and ashes which have been 

previously disposed of onsite (including those disposed of onsite by users) shall be properly 

disposed of as described above. 

• Developed boat ramps will be inspected for obstacles and deterioration. 

• TOnce a facility has been rehabilitated to provide for accessibility, clear floor space 

surrounding constructed features, graded tent pads and Outdoor Recreation Accessibility 

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• Rocks removed from unauthorized fire rings should be turned burned side down outside of 

the campsite. 

• Remove trash from toilet vaults when pumped. 

• Remove trash from (road accessed) dispersed sites on a weekly basis between Memorial Day 

and Labor Day and twice monthly after Labor Day, until the facilities are closed for the 

winter. Remove trash from non-road accessed dispersed sites on a monthly basis between 

Memorial Day and Labor Day. Throughout the season, dismantle user created fire rings at 

lakes where camping is limited to designated sites only. 

• Annually maintain site identification markers. 

Drinking Water Standards for Recreation Sites that Provide Potable Water 

Licensee shall ensure that recreation facilities that provide drinking water as well as new 

drinking water systems be managed as public drinking water systems (i.e. serve at least 15 

service connections or 25 persons) under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) that was 

signed into law in 1974, and reauthorized in 1996 (or its replacement). 

Vegetation Management in Recreation Sites 

Licensee shall ensure that vegetation management, including but not limited to hazard tree and 

branch removal, vegetative screening, brushing, or pruning occurs at Project recreation facilities 

located on NFS lands. Licensee shall ensure that the following vegetation management elements 

occur: 

• Hazardous trees or branches must be actively searched for and identified by qualified 

personnel (Land Management Planners, Foresters, Arborists) and removed in a timely 

manner. In early spring, a qualified person will survey developed recreational facility 

boundaries, parking lots and immediate access routes to recreation areas for hazard trees and 

hazardous branches. Identified trees are to be removed before the campgrounds are occupied 

by the public. If time allows, hazard tree clearing should conducted in the late fall to remove 

the bulk of the trees ahead of the spring camping rush. 

• For visual mitigation stumps remaining within developed campgrounds shall be no greater 

than 6 inches in height and preferably cut to ground flush to ground level. 

• The slash from hazard tree/branch removal will be chipped or lopped and scattered 

(<18inches in depth) at least 100 feet away from the recreation site boundary, and the trunk is 

either hauled away or cut into rounds no larger than 8 inches in diameter and 18 inches long 

for use by campers. Larger rounds will be removed from the recreation site or split into 

firewood size pieces and either stacked for use by campers, or bundled and sold to the 

campers. 

• All freshly-cut conifer stumps within 2 hours after the tree is felled will be treated to prevent 

the spread of Annosus Root Disease. In no case shall stumps be left untreated at the end of 

the shift during which the tree was felled. FS approved stump treatment compound, when 

applied properly, should cover the entire stump surface with a thin layer and also other areas 

of the stump where the bark has been knocked off. Where a liquid stump treatment 

compound is used, the spraying of a thin film of the solution on the stumps surface is all that 

is needed. A dye, mixed in with this solution, is useful to show where stumps have been 
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sprayed. Handling directions are provided on the labels of stump treatment product 

containers and should always be followed. Only pesticides registered in California can be 

used on NFS lands, and all FS policies and practices and California regulations relating to 

pesticide use must be followed. To avoid adverse effects to aquatic species and their habitats, 

Licensee will work with FS regarding pesticide use within recreational facilities that are 

within 500 feet of aquatic habitats. 

• Licensee will maintain 5-foot radius clearance to bare mineral soil around all fire rings, and 

remove overhanging branches to a height of 10 feet. This includes fire rings within 

developed recreation sites and those located at dispersed sites. Because wildfires do not stop 

at land ownership boundaries, fire ring clearance standards need to apply to NFS, BLM, and 

Licensee lands. 

• During new construction and reconstruction work, Licensee will use care to protect existing 

vegetation through the incorporation of the Construction Specification Institute (CSI) Section 

02233 – Tree Protection, or other specifications that provide equal or better vegetation 

protection. 

• Within and adjacent to all developed project recreation sites, provide for periodic 

silvicultural evaluation, stand improvement, view enhancement and vegetative planting work 

to identify unseen hazard trees, assure stand health, provide for screening within and between 

sites and enhance views or project lakes and other scenic features. 

Food Lockers 

• Within 2 years of license issuance, at sites with garbage service, all garbage containers will 

be animal resistant. Adjacent to the garbage containers, provide a clear, level, compacted 

ground space (aka clear floor space) meeting dimensions and cross slopes specified in the 

FSORAG requirements for “Trash, Recycling and other Essential Containers” (or current 

requirements). 

• Within 5 years of license issuance (unless specified sooner at a specific site), replace all 

existing plastic food storage lockers with metal animal proof food storage lockers large 

enough (30-cubic feet) to hold a large cooler and install new metal animal proof food storage 

lockers at all remaining (Development Scale 2 and above) campgrounds (except Milton) 

where food storage lockers are missing (regardless of land ownership). Adjacent to the 

locker, provide a clear, level, compacted ground space meeting dimensions and cross slopes 

specified in the FSORAG requirements for “Trash, Recycling and other Essential 

Containers” (or current requirements). These lockers need not be installed in remote, 

primitive campsites (which consist of a fire ring and site marker only). 

Fire Rings 

Every 2 years inspect all fire rings, maintain in good condition or replace. Good condition 

includes a level grill with a usable grate. 

Recreation Facility Ownership 

Unless otherwise agreed to, all improvements on NFS lands shall become the property of FS 

upon completion, final inspection, and acceptance by the agency. 
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Facility Plans 

Within 5 years of license issuance, provide as-builts drawing of all project facilities. As-builts 

should reflect current dimensions and layouts, including underground utilities. As alteration, 

improvement, new construction or expansion occurs, provide updated as-builts. 

As-built drawings should be provided in hard copy and an electronic format (“.dwg” format). 

Public Information and Education 

• Within 2 years of license issuance, provide information about how the public can help 

prevent the spread of amphibian chytrid fungus and other water-borne pathogens at all 

information kiosks and boat launches (both formal and informal) in the Project. 

• Within 1 year of license issuance, provide signs addressing applicable lake surface 

regulations at all recreation sites that are located on project lakes and in compliance with land 

management agency management plans. 

• Within 2 years of license issuance, in coordination with FS develop an information strategy 

which includes maps, information, brochures, signs, websites etc. to provide information to 

enhance the project recreation opportunities and protect and interpret the area natural and 

cultural resources. An implementation schedule shall be part of this strategy, with all actions 

implemented within 5 years of the license issuance. Include educational material aimed at 

preventing animal habituation; leave no trace camping and other resource protection 

messages, appropriate to the individual facility. At each Project recreation site, provide an 

information display with a map and information illustrating the recreational opportunities in 

the area as well as emergency contact information, proper food storage and other salient 

information. For facilities on NFS lands identify that the facility is on the Tahoe National 

Forest. Develop all displays in consultation with the applicable resource agency. Review and, 

as needed, update recreation information signs on a 6 year cycle. Replace signs as needed. 

Minimum Features Required at /ewly Constructed and Reconstructed 

Campground Facilities 

All newly constructed and reconstructed campgrounds on NFS lands shall contain a minimum of 

the following constructed features unless specifically excluded in this Plan (or subsequently 

agreed to the contrary): 

• Roads and spurs with barriers to prevent off road travel. 

• Tables. 

• Fire rings. 

• Animal resistant food lockers. 

• Bulletin boards. 

• Entrance station and sign. 

• Toilets. 

• Site markers. 

• Leveled tent pads. 

• Routes between site features, which would include Outdoor Recreation Accessibility Routes 

(ORARs—at Development Scale 3 and above). 
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• To meet the intent of FS accessibility direction, all new or rehabilitated/reconstructed Project 

recreational areas and facilities on NFS lands will meet FS Outdoor Recreation Accessibility 

Guidelines (FSORAG 2006) and FS Trail Accessibility Guidelines (FSTAG 2006), or their 

replacement, current at the time of design. 

Heavy Maintenance

Licensee will be responsible for the cost of the necessary maintenance, rehabilitation, and 

reconstruction, including the costs of design and administration, as determined through the 

Review of Recreation Developments (as described in Condition No. 55) for the Project 

recreation facilities. Heavy maintenance and rehabilitation are defined as work that is necessary 

to keep existing facilities in serviceable condition to meet FS standards and includes components 

of recreation facilities such as water systems, traffic control barriers, roads, spurs, and associated 

drainage structures, grills and fire rings, picnic tables, toilets, and signboards. Licensee shall use 

FS standards for the frequency of heavy maintenance as a guideline, but not a prescription, for 

Licensee’s performance of its heavy maintenance responsibilities. As determined through the 

Review of Recreation Developments (as described in Condition No. 55), heavy maintenance 

projects may be deferred that would otherwise be timely under FS frequency standards, if FS 

determines that actual conditions indicate that the project is not yet necessary. 

General Reconstruction

Prior to reconstruction of a recreation facility, Licensee shall meet with FS to review the design 

of the facility in light of changes in use and design standards since the facility was constructed. 

Modifications will be made to the facility design to address the functionality of the facility and 

compliance of the facility with current design standards. This will include, but not necessarily 

limited to: road widths and geometry and spur width and length (in light of the current vehicle 

use of the facility); providing additional campsites when warranted by demand; and compliance 

with current federal and agency accessibility standards: NFS lands - Forest Service Outdoor 

Recreation Accessibility Guide (FSORAG), Architectural Barrier Act (ABA) Accessibility 

Standards (ABAAS) and agency facility design standards, or other applicable standards at the 

time of design, and; Licensee lands - Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA 1990). Modification 

of the design may involve land beyond the existing footprint. 

Additional features (such as gates) may be added as part of the design modification. 

Reconstruction will address site grading and other site modifications including, but not limited 

to:

• Reconstruction, or replacement of constructed features, including - toilets, gates, table, fire 

rings, septic systems, water system features, barriers, retaining walls, unit markers, bulletin 

boards, signs, entrance and fee stations, animal resistant food lockers etc. 

• Accessibility - Evaluate opportunity to provide accessibility at all campsites and (to the 

degree topographically feasible) implement these opportunities. At Development Scale 3 or 

higher recreation facilities provide Outdoor Recreation Access Route s between constructed 

features, campsites, toilets and spurs. 

• Regrading and graveling non-paved roads and spurs. 
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• Resurfacing paved road, including providing asphalt treatment of roads and spurs and 

sufficient subgrade and (where appropriate) providing turn outs at entrance stations, toilets, 

trash bid pads etc. Providing asphalt treatment of spurs when the circulation road is paved. 

• Address opportunities to lengthen and widen spurs as needed. 

• Replacement of wood barriers with rock barriers and of sufficient quantity to prevent off road 

travel. Install additional barriers as needed. 

• Remove protrusions and provide a graded living space including tent pads and clear floor 

space around tables, food storage lockers and grills. 

• Installation of gates. 

• Upgrade of host sites with a minimum of septic and water to improve public service and 

campground management by allowing the manager to attract high quality hosts. 

• Providing enhancements such as extra parking when there is a demand. 

• Installing signing that meet FS standards and address recreation area opportunities (including 

trails), maps of facilities, resource protection information (appropriate for the area), 

emergency contacts, safety, and regulations (including water surface regulations). 

All work should be completed within the year specified below. 

Licensee and /ational Forest System Land Facilities

The following Specific Facilities are required on National Forest System (NFS) lands. In some 

cases, the Licensee may prefer to construct similar facilities on Licensee lands in lieu of the 

facilities on NFS lands. FS is amenable to considering any Licensee proposals to construct the 

following facilities on Licensee lands if they meet the same objectives. 

Specific Facilities - Jackson Meadows Reservoir Area

Continue to limit camping to developed sites only around Jackson Meadows Reservoir. 

Jackson Meadows Development Plan 

Within 1 year of license issuance develop a plan for facility expansion that identifies locations 

for the following facilities in the Jackson Meadows Reservoir Area. The Development Plan shall 

be approved by FS. The Development Plan shall include acquiring enough land to assure 

optimum development of the recreational resources in the Jackson Meadows Area. This includes 

providing public access to the Jackson Point Peninsula to allow recreational development of this 

part of the reservoir. 

Group Campgrounds Construction

• Within 4 years of license issuance, construct group campground facilities with potable water 

to accommodate at least 50 PAOT. 

• Construct the remaining group campground 50 PAOT called for in the Jackson Meadow 

Development Plan within 20 years of license issuance. Construct additional sites when 

triggers are reached. 
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Family Campgrounds Construction

• Within 8 years of license issuance, construct a minimum of 20 additional family campsites 

with potable water. This may include expansion of existing campgrounds. Include a host site 

in each new family campground. The host site should include water and septic. 

• As existing facilities are reconstructed, implement opportunities to construct additional 

campsites as part of the reconstruction (such as providing additional tent and walk-in 

campsites at East Meadow). 

• Construct the remaining family campsites called for in the Jackson Meadow Development 

Plan within 20 years of license issuance. Construct additional sites when triggers are reached. 

Water Sources

The licensee will provide potable water during all seasons that facilities are open, with the 

exception of Jackson Point Boat-in Campground. An adequate supply will be provided to insure 

the facilities will operate at capacity during peak season. This will include flush toilets in 

operation during peak season. 

Jackson Sanitary Dump Station

Licensee will provide a functioning RV dump station with potable water. The dump station shall 

include a leach field, preferably in the vicinity of the eastern portion of the reservoir. The dump 

station shall be designed with sufficient space so that if a decontamination-station (for aquatic 

invasive species) is needed in the future, it can be co-located with this facility (unless this 

potential need for a decontamination station is addressed elsewhere). The current dump station 

on licensee land meets the need for a dump station as long as it is properly functioning. The 

determination of the need for a new dump station would include but not be limited to at least one 

of the following items: 

• Water system not sufficient for demand. 

• The holding tank is leaking as evidenced through such things as the lack of liquids 

(indicating that the fluids are leaking out) or being full in the spring after being drawn down 

over the winter (indicating that liquids are leaking in from the nearby wetland) 

• Subgrade failure of the road. 

Future Shower Construction

Additionally, the Development Plan should address the potential for future shower facilities, one 

on each side of the lake. 

Sanitary Surveys 

Within 2 years of license issuance, conduct sanitary surveys of all septic tanks and disposal 

fields. Locating, potholing, and excavating will be required. Depending on the results of this 

investigation, additional work will be specified, which may include improvements, or complete 

redesign and installation of new systems at some point in the license. When this survey is 
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completed on a septic system, inspection tubes shall be installed in the disposal field, risers shall 

be installed on the septic tanks and paddle markers shall be installed identifying the underground 

utility locations. 

Jackson Meadows Existing Facilities 

All facilities in the Jackson Meadows complex, except Jackson Point Boat-in Campground, will 

be managed as Development Scale 4. Jackson Point Boat-in Campground will be managed as 

Development Scale 3. 

• Provide road surface treatments consistent with the Pavement Management System on all 

recreation facility roads and upon reconstruction provide sufficient road subgrade. 

• Upon reconstruction of family campgrounds, provide additional vehicle and trailer parking 

where topography allows. 

Aspen Picnic Area 

Within 8 years of license: 

• Construct a non-motorized, trail (Trail Class 3) from Aspen Group Camp to Aspen Picnic 

Area parking area. 

• Replace 4-unit vault toilet with a 2-unit vault toilet. 

• Designate accessible parking. 

• Meet Forest Service Outdoor Accessibility Guidelines at a minimum of two sites. Provide 

accessible tables and pedestal grills at these sites. At a minimum, provide a clear, level 

compacted ground surface with flattened area picnic area around tables, hydrants, and grills 

to meet Forest Service Outdoor Accessibility Guidelines. Provide Outdoor Recreation Access 

Route between accessible sites, constructed features, toilet, and parking area. 

Within 8 years of license issuance, reconstruct picnic area, including: 

• Reconstruct road. 

• Review appropriate number of sites based demand. Adjust number of sites appropriately. 

Pass Creek Campground 

Within 8 years of license issuance: 

• Replace two flush toilet buildings with fully accessible flush toilets. 

• Upgrade the host site to include septic/holding tank or leach system. 

Within 15 years of license issuance, reconstruct campground, including: 

• Provide additional vehicle and trailer parking. 

• Lengthen and widen spurs. At a minimum provide five spurs that are 16 feet and eleven spurs 

that are 13 feet wide. 
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• Replace or rehabilitate vault toilets, as needed. 

Pass Creek Boat Ramp 

Within 1 year of license issuance: 

• Provide asphalt treatment on the high water launch asphalt surface and parking area (referred 

to as ramp A on Licensee’s condition surveys). 

• Replace wooden barriers with boulders. 

• Provide more prominent signing regarding submerged stumps and rocks. 

Within 5 years of license issuance: 

• Provide 21 additional parking spaces primarily for vehicles with trailers by converting the 

Pass Creek Overflow sites to boat ramp parking. Construct additional parking spaces by 

expanding the pavement (up to the total of 21 vehicle/ trailer spaces) as topography allows. 

At a minimum provide 12 additional spaces for vehicles with trailer and 9 additional spaces 

for single vehicles. 

• Construct a non-motorized, accessible trail from Pass Creek Boat Launch to Aspen Picnic 

Area beach area. Provide additional accessible parking spaces at boat launch for trail parking. 

• Provide low-water boat launching access below the constructed ramp to provide for fishing 

access until September 30 in Critically Dry water year types. Maintain this low water access 

whenever the lake drops below the constructed ramp prior to September 30. (This could 

include work such as clearing, grading, and installing gravel, but is not intended to be a 

major capital improvement.) 

• Develop at least six RV overflow paved parking sites, potable water, table, fire rings, and 

access to a toilet similar to and to replace the overflow parking at Pass Creek Overflow. 

These sites should be located in an area that will not require the users to drive on an unpaved 

road to access the sites. 

Within 15 years of license issuance, reconstruct boat ramp to California Boating and 

Waterways standards; replace toilet and other facilities as needed. 

Pass Creek Overflow (aka Henness Pass Campground) 

Within 5 years of license issuance: 

• Construct new 1-unit vault accessible toilet. 

• Provide picnic tables (replacing the remaining wood tables) and fire rings around the edge of 

the parking area so that overflow camping can be provided at this site when the lake levels 

drop. The number of overflow sites will be determined during the site design. 

• Provide removable unit markers. Manage the site for boat ramp parking until lower parking 

area is useable, and this area is not needed for boat launch parking. Then install removable 

site markers at each overflow campsite and allow overflow camping. 
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East Meadows Campground 

Within 1 year of license issuance, replace two entrance signs (one in campground and one on the 

07 road). 

Within 5 years of license issuance: 

• Expand existing parking, and provide additional trailer and vehicle parking. At a minimum: 

o Expand the existing parking area near the campground entrance to 15-25 feet by 60 feet 

and provide gravel surfacing 

o Install a second parking area near site #34. This parking area should be at least 30feet by 

60 feet with a gravel surface. 

• Construct/maintain a non-motorized trail (~0.1 mi.) from the campground to the river. The 

trail should be designed for pedestrian with a native surface. 

• Convert the two-unit flush toilet building in the lower loop to a two unit vault toilet. 

• Upgrade the host site to include septic or holding tank. 

Within 15 years of license issuance, reconstruct campground including: 

• TTLengthen/widen spurs (at a minimum, expand seven spurs to 16 feet wide and nineteen 

spurs to 13 feet wide). 

• Rehabilitate/reconstruct road. 

Firtop Campground 

Within 10 years of license issuance, reconstruct the campground including: 

• Rehabilitate/reconstruct road. 

• Lengthen/widen spurs and provide pull-through spurs, where feasible. 

• Construct and maintain non-motorized pedestrian native surface trails between Woodcamp 

Interpretative Trail and Woodcamp, Firtop, and Findley Campgrounds, and Woodcamp 

Picnic Area. Install and maintain directional signing. 

• Add a single unit vault toilet. 

Woodcamp Campground 

Within 3 years of license issuance: 

• Replace one wooden 2-unit vault toilet with new double unit accessible vault toilet and 

provide ORAR to the toilet entrance. 

• Replace entrance sign. 

Within 10 years of license issuance, reconstruct campground including: 

• Lengthen/widen spurs and provide pull-through spurs, where topography allows. 

• Provide additional trailer and vehicle parking, 
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• Reconstruct road. 

• Upgrade the host site to include septic/holding tank. 

Woodcamp Picnic Area 

Within 5 years of license issuance reconstruct picnic area including: 

• Replace six picnic tables with accessible tables. 

• Provide six accessible pedestal grills. 

• Replace one 4-unit toilet (by the beach) with 2-unit vault. 

• Develop vehicle access via one-way road to lower toilet with parking for up to four vehicles 

and signing. Two of the spaces will be signed as accessible parking spaces and up to two 

spaces will be designated for loading/unloading. The purpose of this road would be to 

facilitate the use of the beach. The surface of this road should be at a minimum aggregate 

base to prevent erosion and road base damage. 

• Construct Outdoor Recreation Access Routes from the parking area to toilet and picnic sites; 

and from lower accessible parking spaces to beach area and toilet. 

• Reconstruct road. 

Woodcamp Boat Ramp 

Within 5 years of license issuance, reconstruct the boat ramp to meet California Department of 

Boating and Waterways and current accessibility standards to provide a 2- lane ramp with an 

accessible courtesy dock and sidewalk. To the degree topographically feasible, the ramp should 

provide for launching in Dry water years until September 30. The following includes, but is not 

necessarily limited to, additional elements of this reconstruction: 

• Pave and stripe parking area; provide and designate accessible parking. 

• Replace one 2-unit toilet with an accessible 2-unit vault toilet. 

• Provide Outdoor Recreation Access Routes between parking and toilets. 

• Maintain prominent signing regarding submerged stumps and rocks. 

• Provide informational sign that meets FS standards. 

• Construct trail from parking lot to the Woodcamp beach and install signing. 

Findley Campground 

Within 3 years of license issuance: 

• Repair road damage sufficiently to last until reconstruction. Within 10 years of license 

issuance, reconstruct campground including: 

• Replace retaining walls. 

• To the degree feasible, provide additional trailer and vehicle parking. 

• Reconstruct and widen circulation road. 

• Replace flush toilet with accessible toilet and construct paved pathway to entrance. 
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Jackson Point Boat-in Campground 

Within 2 years of license issuance, reconstruct the campground to meet the current FS design 

standards for a Development Scale 3 campground, including: 

• Replace 2 toilets with toilet facilities that are acceptable to FS and Sierra County Sanitarian. 

Licensee shall be responsible for the logistics associated with waste disposal. 

• Relocate sites that are currently not being used. Remove unused facilities 

• Install metal animal resistant food storage lockers. 

• Address opportunities to provide for accessibility. 

Jackson Vista Point 

Within 5 years of license issuance, gravel the parking area. Within 15 years of license issuance, 

rehabilitate or replace restroom building. 

Jackson Meadows Administrative Site 

• Provide landlord type maintenance of all facilities except the barracks. 

• Landlord type maintenance includes maintenance, reconditioning, renovation or 

improvement that arrests deterioration, improves and upgrades facilities, and appreciably 

prolongs the life of the property. Examples include, but are not limited to, installing a new 

roof, new floor, new siding or new water barrier envelope; replacing furnace, water heater, 

pipes, pumps, interior drywall or wallboard; repairing electrical service; paving interior 

roads, and performing exterior painting and refinishing. If there is temporarily no tenant 

deferred tenant maintenance will default to landlord maintenance until the facility is once 

again needed to support the operation of the recreation facilities. Continue to provide tenanttype maintenance of these facilities. 

• If Licensee does not desire to utilize the administrative facility to support the operations, FS 

may require Licensee to demolish and remove some or all of the facilities and re-vegetate the 

site. 

Woodcamp Interpretive Trail 

Annually provide trail maintenance on Woodcamp Interpretive Trail, and the connector trails 

between this trail and the campgrounds. Work shall be performed in compliance with Standard 

Specifications for Construction and Maintenance of Trails EM-7720-103 (or equivalent at the 

time of maintenance). Annual maintenance will include logging out trails, imminent danger tree 

removal, performing spring and fall drainage maintenance (including installing new drainage 

structures as needed), bridge maintenance and loose rock removal. On a five year cycle, trail 

maintenance will also include brush cutting; embedded rock and root removal; slough and berm 

removal; and (if appropriate) turnpike, retaining wall and switchback maintenance. 

Reconstruction needs (including bridge reconstruction) will be addressed on an “as needed” 

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Within 5 years: 

• Install a more prominent trailhead sign at start of Woodcamp Interpretive Trail. 

• Improve parking area for Woodcamp Interpretive Trail. 

• In consultation with FS, develop, install, and maintain interpretive signs on Woodcamp 

Interpretive Trail to replace the existing brochures. 

Additional Trail Construction 

• Within 5 years of license issuance, install and maintain trailhead and directional signing on 

all trails in the Jackson Meadows area. Include the location of all trails in any maps or 

information about opportunities in the area. 

• Within 5 years of license issuance, construct and maintain a (Trail Class 3) nonmotorized 

trail from the Vista Point and Aspen Group Campground to a lake overlook point above the 

quarry. 

• Provide annual maintenance of these trails. The work shall be performed in compliance with 

Standard Specifications for Construction and Maintenance of Trails EM-7720-103 (or 

equivalent at the time of construction and maintenance). Annual maintenance will include 

logging out trails, imminent danger tree removal, bridge maintenance (if appropriate), 

performing spring and fall drainage maintenance (including installing new drainage 

structures as needed) and loose rock removal. On a 5-year cycle, trail maintenance will also 

include brush cutting; loose rock and root removal; slough and berm removal; and turnpike, 

retaining wall, switchback maintenance and other work needed based on trail design. 

Reconstruction need (including bridge reconstruction) will be addressed on an “as needed” 

basis. 

Specific Facilities - Milton Reservoir Area

Within 3 years of license issuance: 

• Delineate a total of six dispersed campsites, three in the area near the boat launch, and three 

existing sites west of the launch area, near the dam. Sites shall include firerings and picnic 

tables. Provide parking for 2 cars at each site. 

• Address accessibility as required in Development Scale 2 campgrounds. 

• Place barriers to prevent vehicle use outside of the designated parking area. 

• Construct an Outdoor Recreation Accessible Route to toilet from a nearby parking spot. 

• Each year, at the Annual Meeting, determine if there is a need for food lockers. If animal 

problems arise (e.g. bear encounters, plague), install animal resistant food lockers at each 

campsite the following year. 

• Limit shoreline access to one single-lane car-top boat launch with barriers to allow direct 

vehicle access to the shoreline for boat launching purposes only and prevent driving along 

shoreline. Gravel boat launch entry above the high and low water mark to prevent resource 

damage. 

Within 15 years of license issuance, rehabilitate or replace toilet. 
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Specific Facilities - French Lake

Within 5 years of license issuance: 

• TTGrade and gravel the existing parking area and install large rock barriers to keep OHVs 

from accessing lake. 

• Install and maintain trailhead sign. 

Specific Facilities - Bowman Reservoir Area

Within 2 years of license issuance, prepare a corridor-wide recreation development and 

management plan for the Bowman Recreation Corridor in consultation with FS. This corridor 

should include all NFS land within 1,500 feet north of the Project lake access roads from 

Bowman Dam on the west, Jackson Creek Campground on the east, and Faucherie Dam on the 

south, and all land south of the access roads to incorporate Bowman, Sawmill and Faucherie 

reservoirs, Canyon Creek between Bowman and Faucherie, and 1,500 feet to the south of the 

reservoirs and creek. We also recommend under our 10(a) recommendations that this plan 

address Licensee lands within this corridor. This plan shall address: 

• The need to concentrate all overnight camping within 1,500 feet of roads into facilities where 

sanitation, fire prevention, and resource protection are provided for and all other (e.g. boatin) camping, at a minimum, into designated sites. 

• Providing for construction of sufficient facilities to meet current use and projected demand of 

this area through the term of the license to the degree this is topographically feasible for the 

entire Bowman to Faucherie area, including Jackson Creek Campground. The minimum 

resource protection needed to serve overnight visitors at vehicle accessed campsites includes 

vehicle controls, fire rings, animal resistant food lockers, picnic tables, and toilets. 

• Camping restrictions on NFS lands (restricting camping to designated sites only) to coincide 

with development of additional camping capacity. A restricted camping area designation on 

NFS lands will need to be addressed through a forest order, including compliance with 

NEPA. 

• Assessing the optimal use of the land in this corridor to meet future project-related recreation 

(due to the limited amount of developable land in the area), including analysis of the physical 

overnight carrying capacity (based on the suitable land for overnight camping at locations 

where toilets can be provided.) 

• Providing for a variety of experiences appropriate for the recreation opportunity spectrum 

(ROS), including some sites with more amenities and other sites providing more of a 

dispersed type (lower density) camping experience but where adequate sanitation and 

resource protection measures are provided. Group, family, and boat-in developed/designated 

camping opportunities should be addressed. 

• Opportunities to meet demand for day use facilities (including boating access and 

picnicking). In determining if picnic sites should be developed, address the benefits and risk 

of providing these facilities, since these sites have the potential to become de-facto 

campsites. If picnic sites are provided, develop appropriate management responses to assure 

picnic sites do not attract frequent overnight use such as hosts and patrols. 

• Sanitation and litter control. 
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• Plans to reduce the resource effects of recreation (including uncontrolled vehicle use and 

fire). 

• Information and education. 

• Plans for dispersed campsite conversions, closures, and rehabilitation. 

• Schedule for implementation and construction. 

• Development of a centrally located potable water source in this corridor. 

• User conflicts management. 

• Enforcement of regulations. 

• User fees with public input and FS approval. 

• Provide 24-hour management presence during recreation season. 

• Continue the existing direction to keep OHVs out of Bowman Reservoir under the high water 

mark (especially at east end/inflow area of the reservoir) via strategic placement of barriers. 

The Bowman Recreation Corridor Plan shall be approved by FS and other applicable resource 

agencies. Licensee shall be responsible for the environmental analysis, documentation of the 

analysis, and construction of all facilities and/or implementation of measures identified in this 

plan after approval of the plan. 

Within 5 years of license issuance: 

• Provide minimum of one a potable water system at one of the campgrounds in the Bowman 

Recreation Corridor. Provide signing at the other campgrounds informing recreationists 

where they can obtain potable water. If the water system is a single hand pump, then place at 

a location convenient for campers from other campgrounds, provide a parking space, and 

strategically place signs within the Bowman Recreation Corridor informing other campers of 

the potable water opportunity. 

• If the FS’s 10(a) recommendation to either construct a 25 PAOT group campground or 7-10 

unit family campground adjacent to Bowman Lake Campground is not included in the 

license, Licensee shall construct a drive-in 25 PAOT group campground (Development Level 

2) on the east end of Bowman Lake on NFS lands south of Canyon Creek. The campground 

shall include: 

o Single vault toilet immediately adjacent to the campsite. 

o Five picnic tables. 

o Two serving tables. 

o One group grill. 

o One group fire ring. 

o Four large food lockers. 

o Tent pads. 

o Bulletin board. 

o Parking space for at least 9 vehicles. 

o Vehicle barriers to sufficiently prevent indiscriminate driving. 

o Self-service fee collection station (optional). 
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Within 7 years of license issuance: 

Implement a camping closure. By that time, through construction of additional facilities, the 

developed overnight camping capacity should be sufficient to accommodate the midsummer 

non-holiday weekend camping use projected for the following 10 years (see the development 

measures for the reservoirs and facilities within the Bowman Recreation Corridor). In addition to 

construction, implementation should include: 

• Working jointly with FS and County Sheriff to pass ordinances to limit camping to 

developed campgrounds and designated sites only. The closure should encompass 

approximately all NFS lands within 1,500 feet of roads from Bowman Dam on the west, 

Jackson Creek Campground on the east, and Faucherie Dam on the south. The corridor may 

need to be widened or narrowed in a few areas (such as the south side of Sawmill Lake) to 

meet the intent of allowing boat-in camping on the non-vehicle accessible side of these lakes 

but limiting camping to designated sites where there is vehicle access. 

• Closure, barricading, removal, and restoration of all dispersed campsites on NFS lands in this 

corridor that are not converted to designated camping or day use sites Provide appropriate 

signage and maintain these closures throughout the license period. 

Bowman Reservoir 

At the Bowman Road/Faucherie Road junction, Licensee shall maintain the 3-panel kiosk 

(installed in 2011) with current information/interpretation/map of area/recreation opportunities. 

On the recreation opportunity map, specifically include location of campsites, picnic sites, 

potable water, trails, boat launches, etc. 

Within 2 years of license issuance, Licensee shall close and gate the informal boat ramp on the 

west end of Bowman Lake, but continue to allow people to carry their water craft beyond the 

gate to launch. Allow only day use at this site; remove dispersed campsites/fire rings. Post dayuse only signs and sign directing those with boats on trailers to east end of Bowman Lake. 

Within 5 years of license issuance, Licensee shall implement the action items identified in the 

Bowman Recreation Corridor Management Plan (BRCMP) related to Bowman Lake. 

Specifically, if consistent with the BRCMP, and among the other items identified in the BRCMP: 

• Convert the dispersed sites on NFS land, located approximately one-quarter mile west of 

Bowman Campground to day-use picnic sites (Development Scale 2). This would include 

designating and controlling parking with barriers to minimize erosion potential, replacing fire 

rings with barbeque grills with self- contained ash boxes, installing tables, providing signage, 

and creating walking paths to the sites. If picnic sites are determined to be not desired at this 

location, close and rehabilitate these campsites. 

• At Bowman Lake, within the Bowman Recreation Corridor on NFS lands, eliminate all 

dispersed primitive campsites, and restrict all camping to formal campground sites with 

sanitation facilities and campfire facilities. 

• Expand camping on developable lands west of the current campground by constructing 

approximately 20 sites (depending on land development capability) in the Tree Camp area 
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(Development Scale 2). There is an estimated capacity for approximately 10 sites south of 

the road and 10 sites north of the road. This area already has several metal fire rings in place 

south of the county road. Provide additional toilets to serve these sites (vault toilet 1 stall per 

35 PAOT and no more than 500 feet between toilet and campsites). 

Within 7 years of license issuance: within 1,500 feet of roads within the Bowman corridor on 

NFS lands, eliminate/rehabilitate or convert to picnic sites all the dispersed campsites that are not 

incorporated into the developed campgrounds (either family or group campground identified 

above). For dispersed campsites converted to picnic sites, this would include designating and 

controlling parking with barriers to minimize erosion potential, replacing fire rings with 

barbeque grills with self-contained ash boxes, installing tables, providing signage and creating 

walking paths to the sites. 

Sawmill Reservoir 

Within 5 years of license issuance: 

• Construct a 25 PAOT Group Campground (near former BSA camp) (Development Scale 2) 

at least 100 feet away from the water’s edge: 

o Install single-unit vault toilet. 

o Facilities shall include five picnic tables, two serving tables, one group fire ring, large 

animal-resistant lockers, site markers, and gate. 

o Install a Site Identification sign to Forest Service sign standards. 

o Install a three panel information/regulation bulletin board at campground entrance. 

o Install self-service fee collection station at campground entrance (If Licensee desires to 

recover operating costs). 

o Provide animal resistant garbage containers and garbage service. 

o Barricade roadway and parking area to prevent off road travel. 

o Barrier the existing adjacent informal boat ramp to allow only car-top launching. 

• If the FS’s 10(a) recommendation to construct a 15-20 unit Development Scale 2 family 

campground on the north edge of Sawmill Lake is not included in the license, the Licensee 

shall construct a 10-unit family campground (Development Level 2) on NFS lands on the 

north shore of Sawmill Lake, east of the group campground. This campground shall include: 

o Install info kiosk at day use parking by dam. 

o The site may include a few walk-in sites developed on the flat. Develop parking for walkin sites prior to the steep terrain (over 20 percent). Campsites should be located at least 

100 feet from the lake. 

o Enhance the views from the campsites that overlook the lake by selectively thinning trees 

between the lake and the campsites. 

o Facility shall provide: vault toilet in the quantity of 1-stall per 35 PAOT, distributed so 

that there is no more than 500 feet between a campsite and restroom; 30-cubic foot 

animal-resistant food storage lockers, site markers, tables, tent pads, and fire rings. 

o Construct one lane native-surface road with turnaround and a minimum of one parking 

spur per campsite (barricaded with boulders to keep vehicles on road and spurs. 

o Install an information/regulation kiosk at campground entrance/self-service fee collection 

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• Dismantle all dispersed campsites on NFS lands not incorporated and converted into 

developed campsites. 

• Allow boat-in dispersed camping on south shore on NFS lands unless resource degradation 

occurs. 

• Post “Camping at Designated Sites Only” signage at vehicle access points on NFS lands. 

Canyon Creek Area 

Canyon Creek Campground

Within 5 years of license issuance, Licensee shall: 

• Reconstruct as a Development Scale 3 campground and make 100 percent accessible, or to 

the degree topographically feasible. 

• Redesign and convert the west end of the campground into a minimum of a 25 PAOT group 

site. Provide group campground facilities including 2 serving and 5 picnic tables, a group 

campfire ring, group grill, tent pads, and graded cooking area. If in the Bowman Recreation 

Corridor Management Plan it is determined that there is not a sufficient projected demand for 

group camping in this area to justify a group campground, decommission this portion of the 

campground. 

• Replace the two restrooms. Provide paved or compacted graveled turnout in front of each 

toilet. 

• Provide large food lockers (minimum 30-cubic foot) for each site and four lockers for the 25 

PAOT group camp. 

• Provide an information/interpretive display about the recreation opportunities in the area. 

Include information about fire, sanitation and safety; and interpretive information about the 

natural resources (including protection of resources, such as prevention of the spread of 

amphibian chytrid fungus and aquatic invasive mussels). 

• Install a self-service pay station (if Licensee wishes to recover some of the operating costs) 

with three-panel information board and provide a paved or compacted gravel parking turnout 

adjacent to the entrance station. 

• Provide road surface treatment of all interior campground roads and spurs as prescribed by 

the Pavement Management System. Or, grind up asphalt once it has deteriorated and 

relay/compact to a Maintenance Level 3 Road and spurs. 

• Provide a paved or compacted gravel parking turnout adjacent to the entrance station. 

Canyon Creek Dispersed Sites

Within 5 years of license issuance: 

• Create a new linear layout 10-15 unit Development Scale 2 campground that maintains some 

of the dispersed “feel” of the existing dispersed campsites along Canyon Creek. Maintain 100 

feet distance from the creek’s edge. Incorporate the existing 6-8 dispersed campsites to east 

of the existing campground up to the culverts within a mature stand of trees. Develop 4-7 

additional campsites in a similar layout along Canyon Creek. 
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• Install two 1-unit vault toilets to service all 10-15 sites in a layout so that there is no more 

than 500 feet between toilets and the campsites, and a minimum of one toilet per 35 PAOT. 

• Rather than expand the formal campground by constructing extensive road system, use 

existing native surface spurs off main road as “campsite” spurs and keep the “dispersed” feel 

to the sites, or create new native surface spurs of similar design for new sites. Place rock 

barriers around spurs to prevent vehicles from driving beyond the spurs. 

• Install table, food locker, fire ring, tent pads, and site marker at each site. 

• Install a Site Identification sign (FS sign standard), entrance station, and signs. 

• Install a self-service pay station if Licensee wishes to recover some of the operating costs. 

• Remove and restore all remaining dispersed sites along Canyon Creek that are not 

incorporated into the expansion of Canyon Creek Campground. 

Jackson Creek Campground 

At the Bowman Road/Faucherie Road junction, maintain the 3-panel sign (installed in 2011) for 

information/interpretation/map of area with current information and recreation opportunities, i.e. 

show campgrounds, location of potable water, etc. 

Within 10 years of license issuance, redesign and reconstruct as a Development Scale 3 

campground, including: 

• Construct a host campsite that includes potable water, septic (or holding tank), and preferably 

power (e.g. solar panels or quiet generator). 

• Evaluate opportunity to provide accessibility at all campsites and (to the degree 

topographically feasible) implement these opportunities. 

• Replace double-unit toilet with two single-unit accessible toilets to reduce distances between 

campsites and toilets. Provide paved or graveled turnout in front of each toilet, and access 

route to the toilet entrances. 

• Replace bulletin boards and signs. 

• Replace wood barriers with rock barriers and replace unit markers 

• Replace fire rings and picnic tables 

• Reconstruct entrance station and signs. Install a self-service pay station if Licensee wishes to 

recoup some of the operating costs. 

• Install animal resistant food storage lockers (minimum 30-cubic feet). 

• Pave or gravel all interior campground roads and spurs. Include a paved or graveled parking 

turnout adjacent to the entrance station. 

Bowman Recreation Corridor Trail Development 

Sawmill Trail 

If not completed under the current license, within 2 years of license issuance, if neither of the 

FS’s 10(a) recommendations to (1) construct a pedestrian bridge crossing over Canyon Creek or 

walkway across Sawmill Spillway or (2) utilize the day use parking area at Faucherie as a 

trailhead and construct a Trail Class 2 trail (12-18 inches wide) between Faucherie and Sawmill 

lakes are included in the license, Licenses shall construct a trail from the group campground 
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along the north east shoreline and around the east end of Sawmill Lake, bridge across Canyon 

Creek and connect to the Grouse Ridge Trail on the south side of Sawmill Lake. The primitive 

trail would be a Trail Class 2 single-track (12-18 inches wide), natural surface tread trail with a 

general grade of 10 percent slope or less and stretches up to 20 percent for up to 200 feet and 30 

percent up to 50 feet (over rock). Due to sections of solid rock terrain, cairns, and other small 

signs may be utilized in these short segments to identify the trail tread and be used to keep 

visitors on the designated trail. 

French Lake Trail

FS has also included 10(a) recommendations for small portions of these trails that occur on 

Licensee lands. Within 5 years of license issuance, construct and maintain one of the following 

(the selection below shall match with the selection of French Lake Trail in the Section 10(a) 

recommendation): 

• An approximately 1.75-mile primitive trail (Trail Class 2) from the boundary of Licensee and 

NFS lands on the north side of Faucherie Lake to French Lake with a pedestrian bridge over 

Canyon Creek below the Faucherie spillway. 

• An approximately .25-mile primitive trail (Trail Class 2) from FS 843-37 Road, at the bend 

below the large culvert crossing of Canyon Creek, to the boundary of Licensee and NFS 

lands north of Canyon Creek. An approximately 2.25-mile primitive trail (Trail Class 2) from 

the boundary of Licensee and NFS lands north of Faucherie Lake to French Lake (no bridge 

needed). . Create a trailhead with parking for 6-10 vehicles near the start of the trail and 

provide information panels. Coordinate the location of toilet for the Canyon Creek Dispersed 

Site Conversion to a developed campground to also serve the trailhead toilet. 

The trail would be a Trail Class 2 single-track (12-18 inches wide) natural surface tread trail with 

a general grade of 10 percent slope or less and stretches up to 20 percent for up to 200 feet and 

30 percent up to 50 feet (over rock). Due to sections of solid rock terrain, cairns and small signs 

may be utilized in these short segments to identify the trail tread and be used to keep visitors on 

the designated trail. 

Other Trail Measures

• Install trail and lake directional signs at the trail entry points. 

• Provide trail system information on a bulletin boards and kiosks in the Bowman Recreation 

Corridor. 

• Provide maintenance on NFS lands on the French Lake, and if applicable, the Faucherie to 

Sawmill trail annually. Work shall be performed in compliance with Standard Specifications 

for Construction and Maintenance of Trails EM-7720-103 (or equivalent at the time of 

maintenance). Annual maintenance will include logging out trails, imminent danger tree 

removal, drainage maintenance (including installing new drainage structures as needed), 

bridge maintenance, and loose rock removal. On a five year cycle, trail maintenance will also 

include brush cutting; embedded rock and root removal; slough and berm removal; and (if 

appropriate) turnpike, retaining wall and switchback maintenance. Reconstruction needs 

(including bridge reconstruction) will be addressed on an “as needed” basis. 
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Lang’s Crossing 

Within 5 years of license issuance, Licensee shall install a single vault toilet on NFS lands 

adjacent to Bowman Road at Lang’s Crossing. 

Recreation Plan Revision

Licensee and FS will meet to discuss the need to update the Plan if significant changes in 

recreation use or resources occur. A need may arise from recreation monitoring results, from 

day-to-day O&M of the Project, or, from other unanticipated events that may arise during the 

license period. Examples of such events that may trigger a need to update the plan include: 

• Revisions and updates to FS or other applicable management plans. 

• Substantial changes (greater than 25 percent change) in Project recreation use on or affecting 

NFS land, as revealed by the project monitoring. 

• Changes in road maintenance standards or similar physical factors affecting the use of the 

recreation facilities within the Project area. 

• Reaching occupancy (or other) triggers where new, but previously unanticipated, facilities 

will be required. 

• Catastrophic natural events, such as major forest fires or natural disasters, and significant 

effects of social disorder. 

• New federal or state policies, regulations, and laws (including Wilderness designation of land 

within or near the Project) that significantly affect recreation resources in the Project area. 

• Acquisition by FS of non-Licensee private land around project lakes which would allow for 

improvements where there is a demand, but suitable land was previously unavailable for 

construction of such improvements. 

• Documented substantial changes in demographic use patterns (e.g. increases in size or 

amount of RV use, changes in types of boats using the lake), visitor needs, recreation 

preferences, types or patterns of use, season of use changes (such as school schedule 

changes) or other social factors affecting recreation facilities within the Project area. 

Any updates to the Plan would be prepared in consultation with FS and other agencies, as 

appropriate. FS and other agencies will be provided sufficient time to comment and make 

recommendations before License files the updated Plan with the Commission. Updates to the 

Plan that are on NFS lands will be approved by FS prior to filing with the Commission. Licensee 

will include documentation of consultation when it files the updated Plan with the Commission. 

If Licensee does not adopt a particular agency recommendation, the filing of the updated Plan 

will include the reasons for not doing so. 

Management of Project-Related Recreation

Within 1 year of license issuance, Licensee shall coordinate with FS to develop a plan to address 

the management of Project-related recreation on NFS lands, including the option of Licensee 

utilizing FS to conduct the management. In addition to addressing the management of the Project 

facilities, this component shall address, at a minimum, the following: 
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• Monitor and seek compliance with safety, camping closures, fire clearance, fire restrictions, 

and other measures. 

• Patrol, or provide for patrols, through fire season with personnel that have the ability to 

extinguish abandoned and escaped campfires, and perform fire prevention duties. 

• Provide for patrols, through the recreation season (including the peak season— generally 

Memorial Day to Labor Day; and the shoulder season which generally lasts through midOctober) with personnel that have the authority to enforce Federal Register 36 CFR 261 

regulations on NFS lands. 

• Install and maintain signs; adjust as seasonally needed. 

• Disperse information to the public including appropriate OHV and firearm use, campfire 

safety, leave no trace, and other messages to reduce resource impacts and inter-user conflicts. 

• Patrol dispersed public use areas within one-quarter mile of all Project lakes and Projectaffected waterways. 

• Monitor and report vandalism of facilities, cultural sites or other resource damage. 

• Report illegal activities and cooperate with law enforcement agencies. 

• Monitor and seek compliance with regulations associated with camping, parking, food 

storage, whitewater boating, and other uses. 

• Remove trash, remove evidence of human waste, and clean fire rings from dispersed 

campsites and other areas of concentrated public use within 1/4 mile of all Project and 

Project-affected waterways. 

• Maintain fuels clearance within 100 feet of all dispersed campsites (including fire clearance 

around Project-provided steel fire rings and user created fire rings) surrounding Project lakes. 

• Remove visitor created fire rings in areas where camping is limited to designated sites. 

• Perform other duties that provide for the safety of the public and protection of Projectaffected resources. 

• Maintain a log of activities, key resource issues, and public concerns to summarize in an 

annual report provided at least 30 days prior to the Annual Coordination Meeting. 

• Coordinate with county sheriff for provided services. 

• From May through October provide monthly detailed inspection and reporting of facility 

maintenance and management to assure they are operated to FS standards. 

Condition /o. 58 – Recreation Streamflow Information

Beginning as soon as reasonably feasible, but not later than one year after license issuance, 

Licensee shall provide real-time streamflow information, in cfs, for the following Project-related 

stream reaches: 

• Middle Yuba River at Jackson Meadows Reservoir Dam 

• Middle Yuba River below Milton Reservoir Dam 

• Canyon Creek below French Dam 

• Canyon Creek below Bowman Reservoir Dam 

The streamflow information will be from the streamflow gage to document compliance with 

minimum and spill cessation streamflow requirements in the reach. If that gage is not USGS 

rated above the compliance flow, Licensee shall make a good faith effort to estimate the flow 
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above the USGS rating. The flow information shall be made available to the public via the 

Internet; the publication of the information may be accomplished through a third party. The 

preference is that data shall be reported in 15-minute intervals; however, data that is reported no 

less than in hourly intervals is acceptable. 

Condition /o. 59 – Visual Resource Management Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Visual Resource Management Plan, 

filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215041). 

Condition /o. 60 – Historic Properties Management Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Historic Properties Management Plan, 

filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215010). 

Condition /o. 61 – Transportation System Management

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Transportation System Management 

Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215039). 

Condition /o. 62– Fire Management and Response Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Fire Management and Response Plan, 

filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215036). 

Condition /o. 63 – Review of Improvements on /ational Forest System Lands

If during the term of the License the Commission determines that the project involves the use of 

any additional National Forest System (NFS) lands, outside the current project boundary, 

Licensee shall obtain a special use authorization from FS for the occupancy and use of such 

additional NFS lands. Licensee shall obtain the executed authorization before beginning any 

ground-disturbing activities on NFS lands outside the FERC boundary covered by the special use 

authorization, and shall file that authorization with the Commission if the activity is related to the 

Project. Licensee shall be responsible for the costs of collecting all information directly related to 

the evaluation of the effects of the proposed occupancy and use that FS needs in order to make a 

decision concerning issuance of a special use authorization. 

If, during the term of the License, Licensee proposes to perform any project construction work, 

Licensee shall obtain a construction temporary special use authorization from FS before 

beginning any ground-disturbing activities on NFS lands outside the FERC boundary. The 

special use authorization will include appropriate vegetation management and erosion control 

measures as needed to protect NFS lands and resources. Licensee shall be responsible for the 

costs of collecting all information directly related to the evaluation of the effects of the proposed 

construction that FS needs in order to make a decision concerning issuance of a construction 

temporary special use authorization. Licensee may commence ground-disturbing activities 

authorized by the License and construction temporary special use authorization no sooner than 
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60 days following the date Licensee files FS temporary special use authorization with the 

Commission, if the temporary special use authorization is related to Project activity, unless the 

Commission prescribes a different commencement schedule. In the event there is a conflict 

between any provisions of the License and FS special use authorization, the special use 

authorization shall prevail to the extent that FS, in consultation with the Commission, deems 

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Appendix I-2 

Bureau of Land Management 4(e) Conditions: YubaBear Project 
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Bureau of Land Management Final Conditions and 

Recommendations

Provided Under 18 CFR § 4.34 (b)(1)

In Connection with the Application for Relicensing for the

Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project

(FERC /o. 2266)

14 April 2014 

Table of Contents

V. FINAL RECOMMNDATIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE YUBA-BEAR 

PROJECT......................................................................................................................................................3 

a. FINAL 4(e) Conditions ................................................................................................................3 

Condition No. 1 – Annual Employee Training.........................................................................................3 

Condition No. 2 - Coordinated Operations Plan.......................................................................................3 

Condition No. 3 – Water Year Types .......................................................................................................4 

Condition No. 4 – Minimum Streamflows ...............................................................................................4 

Condition No. 5 – Canal Outages.............................................................................................................6 

Condition No. 6 – Chicago Park Powerhouse Motoring ..........................................................................7 

Condition No. 7 – Spill Cessation Measures............................................................................................7 

Condition No. 8 – Rollins Reservoir Elevation Control...........................................................................9 

Condition No. 9 – Rollins Dam Large Woody Material Management.....................................................9 

Condition No. 10 – Steephollow Creek Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog Monitoring...............................10 

Condition No. 11 – Canal Outages Fish Rescue Plan ............................................................................11 

Condition No. 12 – Gaging Plan ............................................................................................................11 

Condition No. 13 – Modifications of 4(e) Conditions in the Event of Anadromous Fish Re-introduction

................................................................................................................................................................11 

Condition No. 14 –Aquatic Invasive Species Management and Monitoring .........................................11 

Condition No. 15 – Terrestrial Protection Measures..............................................................................14 

Condition No. 16 – Monitor Animal Losses in Project Canals ..............................................................14 

Condition No. 17 – Replacement of Wildlife Escape and Wildlife Crossing Facilities.........................15 

Condition No. 18 – Bald Eagle Management Plan.................................................................................15 

Condition No. 19 – Special Status Species.............................................................................................15 

Condition No. 20 – Annual Review of Special-Status Species Lists and Assessment of New Species on 

Federal Land...........................................................................................................................................15 

Condition No. 21 – Bat Management .....................................................................................................16 

Condition No. 22 – Monitoring Program ...............................................................................................17 

Condition No. 23 – Dutch Flat Afterbay Large Woody Debris..............................................................19 

Condition No. 24 - Canal Release Point Plan.........................................................................................19 

Condition No. 25 – Recreation Plan.......................................................................................................19 

Condition No. 26 – Licensee Contacts ...................................................................................................20 

Condition No. 27 – Annual Recreation Coordination Meeting..............................................................20 

Condition No. 28 – Review of Recreation Developments......................................................................21 

Condition No. 29 – Recreation Survey and Monitoring.........................................................................21 
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Condition No. 30 – General Measures For All Recreation Sites............................................................23 

Condition No. 31 – Vegetation Management in Recreation Sites..........................................................24 

Condition No. 32 – Dutch Flat After Bay Day Use Recreation Site ......................................................25 

Condition No. 33 – Chicago Park Power House and Connecting Facilities and Roads.........................25 

Condition No. 34 – Recreation Operation, Maintenance, and Administration.......................................25 

Condition No. 35 – Recreation Plan Revision........................................................................................26 

Condition No. 36 – Recreation Costs of Managing Facilities ................................................................26 

Condition No. 37 – Recreation Streamflow Information .......................................................................27 

Condition No. 38 – Historic Properties Management Plan ....................................................................27 

Condition No. 39 – Transportation System Management Plan ..............................................................28 

Condition No. 40 – Fire Management and Response Plan.....................................................................28 

Condition No. 41 – Erosion and Sediment Control and Management Plan ...........................................28 

b. FINAL 4(e) Administrative Conditions......................................................................................29 

Condition No. 42 – Consultation............................................................................................................29 

Condition No. 43 - Consultation Group Specific to the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project....................30 

Condition No. 44 – Approval of Changes ..............................................................................................31 

Condition No. 45 – Maintenance of Improvements on or Affecting Bureau of Land Management Lands

................................................................................................................................................................32 

Condition No.46 – Existing Claims........................................................................................................32 

Condition No. 47– Compliance with Regulations..................................................................................32 

Condition No. 48 – Surrender of License or Transfer of Ownership .....................................................32 

Condition No. 49 – Protection of United States Property.......................................................................32 

Condition No. 50 Indemnification..........................................................................................................33 

Condition No. 51 – Damage to Land, Property, and Interests of the United States ...............................33 

Condition No. 52 – Risks and Hazards on Bureau of Land Management Lands ...................................33 

Condition No. 53 – Protection of Bureau of Land Management Special Status Species .......................34 

Condition No. 54 – Access.....................................................................................................................34 

Condition No. 55 – Crossings.................................................................................................................34 

Condition No. 56 – Surveys, Land Corners............................................................................................34 

Condition No. 57 – Pesticide-Use Restrictions on Bureau of Land Management Lands.......................35 

Condition No. 58 – Modifications of 4(e) Conditions after Biological Opinion or Water Quality 

Certification............................................................................................................................................35 

Condition No. 59 – Signs .......................................................................................................................36 

Condition No. 60 – Ground Disturbing Activities..................................................................................36 

Condition No. 61 – Use of Bureau of Land Management Roads for Project Access.............................36 

Condition No. 62 – Access By The United States..................................................................................37 

Condition No. 63 – Road Use.................................................................................................................37 

Condition No. 64 – Bureau of Land Management Approval of Final Design........................................37 

Condition No. 65 – Unattended Construction Equipment......................................................................38 

Condition No. 66 – Maintenance of Improvements ...............................................................................38 
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V. FI/AL RECOMM/DATIO/S, TERMS A/D CO/DITIO/S FOR THE 

YUBA-BEAR PROJECT

The BLM through its final recommendations, terms and conditions and prescriptions seeks to 

ensure appropriate levels of resource protection are incorporated in any new license. The BLM 

recommends that the FERC include in any new license issued for the YB Project the following 

BLM final recommendations, terms and conditions. The BLM believes that the resource 

measures presented in this section adequately address impacts to the ecological and cultural 

resources impacted by the YB Project. 

These Final License Articles are submitted to FERC as 4(e) Conditions (both specific and 

general/administrative) and 10(a) Recommendations. 

a. FI/AL 4(e) Conditions 

Condition /o. 1 – Annual Employee Training

Licensee shall, beginning in the first full calendar year after license issuance, annually perform 

employee awareness training, and shall also perform such training when a staff member is first 

assigned to the Project. The goal of the training shall be to familiarize Licensee's operations and 

maintenance (O&M) staff with special-status species, non-native invasive plants, and sensitive 

areas (e.g. special-status plant populations and non-native invasive plant locations) that are 

known to occur within or adjacent to the FERC Project Boundary on BLM lands, and procedures 

for reporting to each agency, as appropriate, to comply with the license requirements. Licensee 

shall provide to each O&M staff a confidential map showing these sensitive areas including GPS 

coordinates, as well as pictures and other guides to assist staff in recognizing special-status 

species, non-native invasive plants, and sensitive areas. It is not the intent of this measure that 

Licensee’s O&M staff performs surveys or become specialists in the identification of specialstatus species or noxious weeds. Licensee shall direct its O&M staff to avoid disturbance to 

sensitive areas, and to advise all Licensee contractors to avoid sensitive areas. If Licensee 

determines that disturbance of a sensitive area is unavoidable, License shall consult with BLM to 

minimize adverse effects to sensitive resources. This measure applies to employee training that is 

not otherwise covered by a specific plan. 

Condition /o. 2 - Coordinated Operations Plan

Licensee shall, within 90 days after issuance of new licenses for the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric 

Project or Drum-Spaulding Project, whichever is later, file with FERC for approval a 

Coordinated Operations Plan (Plan). Licensee shall develop the Plan in consultation with the 

licensee for the (Drum-Spalding Hydroelectric Project). The purpose of the Plan shall be to 

provide for coordination between the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project and Drum-Spaulding 

Project to assure implementation of flow–related measures in the two project licenses. Licensee 

shall file the Plan, with evidence of consultation as the Plan relates to compliance with flowrelated measures, with FS, BLM, CDFW, SWRCB, and Licensee of the Drum-Spaulding Project, 

with FERC. Licensee shall implement those portions of the Plan approved by FERC. 
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Condition /o. 3 – Water Year Types

Within 90 days of license issuance, Licensee shall in each year in each of the months of 

February, March, April, May and October determine water year type as described in Table 1. 

Water Year types for the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project below. Licensee shall use this 

determination in implementing articles and conditions of the license that are dependent on water 

year type. Water year types shall be defined as: 

Table 1. Water Year types for the Yuba-Bear Project 

Water Year Type DWR Forecast of Total Unimpaired Runoff in the Yuba River at Smartville in Thousand Acre-Feet or DWR

Full Natural Flow Near Smartville for the Water Year in Thousand Acre-Feet1

Extreme Critically Dry Equal to or Less than 615 or

2

nd year of a back-to-back Critically Dry Water Years (<=900)2

Critically Dry 616 to 900

Dry 901 to 1,460

Below Normal 1,461 to 2,190

Above Normal 2,191 to 3,240

Wet Greater than 3,240

1 DWR rounds the Bulletin 120 forecast to the nearest 1,000 acre-feet. The Full Natural Flow is provided to the nearest acre-foot, and Licensee 

will round DWR’s Full Natural Flow to the nearest 1,000 acre-feet. 

2

Applies only to minimum instream flows in the Bear River below Rollins Reservoir.

In each of the months of February, March, April and May, the water year type shall be based on 

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) water year forecast of unimpaired runoff in 

the Yuba River at Smartville as set forth in DWR’s Bulletin 120 entitled “Water Year Conditions 

in California.” DWR’s forecast published in February, March and April shall apply from the 15th 

day of that month to the 14th day of the next month. From May 15 through October 14, the water 

year type shall be based on DWR’s forecast published in May. 

From October 15 through February 14 of the following year, the water year type shall be based 

on the sum of DWR’s monthly (not daily) full natural flow for the full water year for the Yuba 

River near Smartville as made available by DWR on the California Data Exchange Center 

(CDEC) in the folder named “FNF Sum.” (Currently these data are available at: 

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgiprogs/stages/FNFSUM. If DWR does not make the full natural flow 

for the full water year available until after October 14 but prior to or on October 31, from 3 days 

after the date the full natural flow is made available until February 14 of the following year, the 

water year type shall be based on the sum of DWR’s monthly full natural flow for the full water 

year as made available. If DWR does not make available the final full natural flow by October 

31, the water year type from November 1 through February 14 of the following year shall be 

based on DWR’s May Bulletin 120. 

Condition /o. 4 – Minimum Streamflows

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Minimum streamflows in this part of the measure shall mean the instantaneous flow except as 

otherwise provided below, and Licensee shall record instantaneous streamflow at all gages as 

required by USGS (Article 8 of FERC’s Form L-5, Standard Articles): 

• Minimum streamflows may be temporarily modified for short periods upon consultation with 

CDFW, SWRCB, FS, and BLM and approval by SWRCB and FS or BLM, as applicable, and 

notification to FERC. 

• Minimum streamflows may be temporarily modified due to an emergency. An emergency is 

defined as an event that is reasonably out of the control of Licensee and requires Licensee to 

take immediate action, either unilaterally or under instruction of law enforcement, emergency 

services, or other regulatory agency staff, including actions to prevent the imminent loss of 

human life or damage to property. An emergency may include, but is not limited to: natural 

events such as landslides, storms, or wildfires; vandalism; malfunction or failure of Project 

works; or other public safety incidents. If the minimum streamflows are so modified, 

Licensee shall notify FERC, CDFW, SWRCB, FS, and BLM as soon as reasonably possible, 

but no later than the end of the next business day (business days do not include weekends 

and federal or state holidays) after such modification. 

Except as otherwise provided, Licensee shall implement minimum streamflows shown in the 

Minimum Streamflow table in this measure within 90 days of license issuance unless a facility 

modification or construction is necessary. Where a facility must be modified or constructed to 

allow compliance with the required minimum streamflows, including flow measurement 

facilities, except as otherwise provided, Licensee shall submit applications for permits to modify 

or construct the facility as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than 2 years after license 

issuance and will complete the work as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than 2 years 

after receiving all required permits and approvals for the work. During the period before facility 

modifications or construction are completed, and starting within 90 days after license issuance, 

Licensee shall make a good faith effort to provide the specified minimum streamflows within the 

reasonable capabilities of the existing facilities. 

Table 2 Minimum Streamflows1 in cubic feet per second (cfs)

Month

Extreme

Critically Dry 

Water Year

Critically Dry 

Water Year Dry Water Year Below /ormal Water Year

Above /ormal 

Water Year

Wet 

Water Year

BEAR RIVER – BELOW DUTCH FLAT AFTERBAY DAM16 

(COMPLIA/CE POI/T: USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11421790)

October 7 7 8 10 13 13 

November 7 7 8 10 13 13 

December 7 7 8 10 13 13 

January 7 7 8 10 13 13 

February 10 10 15 20 22 30 

March 15 15 20 25 30 40 

April 20 20 25 30 35 45 

May 15 15 20 25 30 40 

June 10 10 15 20 22 30 

July 10 10 10 10 12 15 

August 10 10 10 10 12 15 

September 10 10 10 10 12 15 

16 Refer to Condition No.5 regarding Minimum Streamflows during Drum-Spaulding Project Drum Canal outages.

BEAR RIVER - BELOW CHICAGO PARK POWERHOUSE15

There is no Minimum Streamflow release requirement from Chicago Park Powerhouse. 

15 Refer to Condition No.6 regarding motoring of the Chicago Park Powerhouse.
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BEAR RIVER – BELOW ROLLI/S DAM16, 172

(COMPLIA/CE POI/T: USGS STREAMFLOW GAGE 11422500)

October 20 40 40 55 65 65 

November 15 20 23 30 40 50 

December 15 20 23 30 40 50 

January 15 20 23 30 40 50 

February 15 20 23 30 40 50 

March 15 20 25 30 40 50 

April 15 40 40 50 75 75 

May 20 45 45 65 100 100 

June 20 50 50 65 125 125 

July 20 50 50 70 109 125 

August 20 50 50 70 109 125 

September 20 50 50 70 80 80 

16 Refer to Condition No7 regarding Rollins Dam spill cessation schedule. 

17 Refer to Condition No. 8regarding Rollins Reservoir operations control

Condition /o. 5 – Canal Outages (Reflect Errata Filed on May 19, 2014)

This part of the measure pertains to canal outages that affect minimum streamflows described in 

this measure. For the purpose of this part of the measure, there are three types of canal outages: 

1) annual planned outages; 2) non-routine planned outages; and 3) emergency outages. For the 

purpose of this part: an “annual planned outage” is defined as an outage that is typically taken 

around the same time each year for routine maintenance; a “non-routine planned outage” is 

defined as an outage for work that is high priority work (often major maintenance) and 

performed under planned conditions but is not performed during the annual planned outage 

period; and an “emergency outage” is defined as an outage due to an event that is reasonably out 

of the control of Licensee and requires Licensee to take immediate action, either unilaterally or 

under instruction of law enforcement, emergency services, or other regulatory agency staff, 

including actions to prevent the imminent loss of human life or damage to property. An 

emergency may include, but is not limited to: natural events such as landslides, storms, or 

wildfires; vandalism; malfunction or failure of Project works; or other public safety incidents. 

During the Annual Meeting (Condition No.42) Licensee shall inform meeting participants about 

annual planned outages that are already planned at the time of the Annual Meeting for the 

upcoming year. Licensee shall in good faith provide FS, CDFW, SWRCB, and BLM as much 

notice as is reasonably possible for any annual planned outages and non- routine planned outages 

of the conduit that were not noted in the Annual Meeting or that become anticipated to occur at a 

time that is different than reported in the Annual Meeting, or that become For all annual planned 

outages and non-routine planned outages, Licensee shall comply with the Canal Fish Rescue 

Plan (Condition No.11) as well as all applicable laws and permitting requirements. Licensee 

shall provide FS, BLM, CDFW and SWRCB notice by electronic mail as soon as reasonably 

possible, but no later than the end of the next business day (business days do not include 

weekends and federal or state holidays) after an emergency outage occurs. 

During outages of the Drum Spaulding Project’s Drum Canal, which is upstream of Dutch Flat 

Afterbay Dam, Licensee shall adhere to the Minimum Streamflow below Dutch Flat Afterbay 

Dam shown in Minimum Streamflow table until Dutch Flat Afterbay reaches an elevation of 

2,700 feet, after which the minimum streamflow below Dutch Flat Afterbay Dam during the 

Drum Canal outage shall be outflow equals inflow. 
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Condition /o. 6 – Chicago Park Powerhouse Motoring (Reflect Errata Filed 

on May 19, 2014)

Licensee shall, from May 1 through September 15 of each year, make a good faith effort to avoid 

non-routine planned outages and operate the turbine/generator unit in Chicago Park Powerhouse 

in a synchronous condense mode when the unit is not generating electricity (i.e., "motor" the 

unit). If from May 1 through September 15 Licensee shuts down the Chicago Park Powerhouse 

for a non-routine planned outage which would cause the Dutch Flat Afterbay to spill, Licensee 

shall make a good faith effort to motor the powerhouse until the flows from the Dutch Flat 

Afterbay, consistent with Condition No. 7 (i.e., regarding spill cessation at Dutch Flat Afterbay 

Dam), reach the tailrace of the Chicago Park Powerhouse. 

Condition /o. 7 – Spill Cessation Measures (Reflect Errata Filed on May 19, 

2014)

This part pertains to spill cessation and operations at Bear River below Dutch Flat Afterbay 

Dam. 

Licensee shall make a good faith effort to provide the target flows, measured as mean daily flow, 

within 10 percent of the target flows shown in Tables 1, 2of this measure. However, it is 

recognized that some conditions (e.g., storm conditions) may result in flows outside Licensee’s 

ability to control. The target flows are targets only, and as long as Licensee shall make a good 

faith effort to meet the target flows, failure to meet the target flows shall not be considered a 

violation of this part of the measure. The requirements in this part are not subject to a ramping 

rate. Licensee shall make available to SWRCB, CDFW, FS, and BLM the streamflow records 

related to the spill cessation schedules upon request. 

The dam spill cessation schedule requirements in this part are subject to temporary modification 

if required by equipment malfunction, as directed by law enforcement authorities, or in 

emergencies. An emergency is defined as an outage due to an event that is reasonably out of the 

control of Licensee and requires Licensee to take immediate action, either unilaterally or under 

instruction of law enforcement, emergency services, or other regulatory agency staff, including 

actions to prevent the imminent loss of human life or damage to property. An emergency may 

include, but is not limited to: natural events such as landslides, storms, or wildfires; vandalism; 

malfunction or failure of Project works; or other public safety incidents. If Licensee temporarily 

modifies the requirements of this condition, Licensee shall make all reasonable efforts to 

promptly resume performance of the requirements and shall notify BLM, FS, SWRCB, and 

CDFW within 48 hours of the modification. 

Licensee shall commence the dam spill cessation schedules in this part within 90 days of 

license issuance unless a facility modification or construction is required. Where a facility must 

be modified or constructed to allow compliance with the required spill cessation schedule, 

including flow measurement facilities, except as otherwise provided, Licensee shall submit 

applications for permits to modify or construct the facilities as soon as reasonably practicable but 

no later than 2 years after license issuance and will complete the work as soon as reasonably 

practicable but no later than 2 years after receiving all required permits and approvals for the 
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work. During the period before facility modifications or construction are completed, and starting 

within 90 days after license issuance, Licensee shall make a good faith effort to provide the 

specified spill cessation schedules within the reasonable capabilities of the existing facilities. 

Dutch Flat Afterbay Dam

License shall adhere to the Dutch Flat Afterbay Dam spill cessation schedules described in Table 

-1(for spills of 3 days or less) and Table 2 (for spills of more than 3 days) between May 1 and 

September 30 when the Chicago Park Flume and/or Powerhouse are out of service due to either 

planned or unplanned/emergency outage or Licensee has restricted the capacity of the Chicago 

Park Flume such that it results in spilling of the Dutch Flat Afterbay. During a Chicago Park 

Flume and/or Powerhouse outage that results in spilling of the Dutch Flat Afterbay, Licensee 

shall establish a draft of between 50 and 100 cfs from the Dutch Flat Afterbay Dam low-level 

outlet as high as possible depending on available water to maintain the Dutch Flat Afterbay level 

at or above 2,732 feet elevation, below which cavitation could cause unit reliability issues with 

Dutch Flat No. 2 Powerhouse. The spill cessation schedules in Table 1 and Table 2 shall begin 

when the Chicago Park Flume and/or Powerhouse is brought back on-line and the Dutch Flat 

Afterbay ceases spilling, as observed at the ogee-crest spillway at Dutch Flat Afterbay, and shall 

continue until the minimum streamflow Flow for that Water Year Type and month as shown in 

Table 1 of this measure is reached. 

Table 1. Spill cessation schedule in the Bear River downstream of Dutch Flat Afterbay 

Dam for spills at Dutch Flat Afterbay lasting 3 days or less.

If the peak of the licensee-caused spill is greater or equal to the highest flow on the spill 

cessation schedule, then the spill flows will be decreased according to this schedule. If the peak 

of spill flow is less than the highest flow on the schedule, then the spill flows will be decreased 

according to the schedule from the observed flow downward. While the table shows the spill 

cessation schedule continuing until Target Flows are 25 cfs, each spill cessation event will stop 

when the Target Flow shown in the table is equal to or less than the applicable Minimum 

Streamflow shown in Condition No. 4; that is, the spill cessation event will end at the applicable 

Minimum Streamflow. 

Target /umber of Days 

to Hold Target Flow

Target Mean Daily Flow in cfs 

at USGS Streamflow Gage Station 11421790

1 day 75 cfs

1 day 50 cfs 

1 day 25 cfs 

Table 2. Spill cessation schedule in the Bear River downstream of Dutch Flat Afterbay 

Dam for Licensee-caused spills at Dutch Flat Afterbay lasting longer than 3 days. 

If the peak of the Licensee-caused spill is greater or equal to the highest flow on the spill 

cessation schedule, then the spill flows will be decreased according to this schedule. If the peak 

of the Licensee-caused spill is less than the highest flow on the schedule, then the spill flows will 

be decreased according to the schedule from the observed flow downward. While the table 

shows the Licensee-caused spill cessation schedule continuing until Target Flows are 25 cfs, 

each spill cessation event will stop when the Target Flow shown in the table is equal to or less 
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than the applicable Minimum Streamflow shown in Condition No. 4; that is, the spill cessation 

event will end at the applicable Minimum Streamflow. 

Target /umber of Days 

to Hold Target Flow

Target Mean Daily Flow in cfs 

at USGS Streamflow Gage Station 11421790

*7 days 75 cfs

7 day 50 cfs 

7 day 25 cfs 

Condition /o. 8 – Rollins Reservoir Elevation Control

Licensee shall make a good faith effort to manage the flows in the Bear River below Rollins 

Dam in a manner so as to match outflows with inflows when Rollins Reservoir elevation is 

within the top 2 to 3 feet (2,168.00 feet to 2,171.00 feet) of the reservoir. The goal of this 

measure is to eliminate rapid fluctuations in the Bear River below Rollins Dam. To the extent 

possible, Licensee shall manage the reservoir elevation within the top 2 to 3 feet of the reservoir 

by adjusting the draft out of reservoir into the Bear River based on inflows to Rollins Reservoir 

that are above downstream water supply demand. The adjustments shall be done over a period of 

time so as to have the draft at maximum when Rollins Dam begins spilling. After May 1 of each 

calendar year, when Rollins Reservoir inflows begin to subside and Rollins Dam stops spilling, 

Licensee shall manage the reduction in draft in a manner so as to keep Rollins Reservoir in the 

top 2 to 3 foot band while also managing flow releases below Rollins Dam so that the stage 

(water depth) does not decrease more than 1 foot total during any 3-week period (measured at 

USGS gage 11422500). 

The requirements of this measure are subject to temporary modification if required by equipment 

malfunction, as directed by law enforcement authorities, or in emergencies. An emergency is 

defined as an event that is reasonably out of the control of Licensee and requires Licensee to take 

immediate action, either unilaterally or under instruction of law enforcement, emergency 

services, or other regulatory agency staff, including actions to prevent the imminent loss of 

human life or damage to property. An emergency may include, but is not limited to: natural 

events such as landslides, storms, or wildfires; vandalism; malfunction or failure of Project 

works; or other public safety incidents. 

Condition /o. 9 – Rollins Dam Large Woody Material Management

Licensee shall, in October of each year, relocate the large woody material that has accumulated 

on the upstream side of Rollins Dam spillway log boom to the downstream side of the log boom. 

Licensee shall allow the large woody material between the log boom and spillway to pass over 

the spillway when the reservoir spills. This measure does not require that Licensee gather large 

woody material and deposit it near the log boom, or modify Rollins Reservoir operations to 

facilitate the passage of large woody material over the spillway. 

Licensee shall survey LWM in the approximately 10-mile reach of the Bear River downstream of 

Rollins Dam to Lake Combie during the 5th year after license issuance and report the findings to 

CDFW, BLM, SWRCB, and FS. If there are less than an average of 2.4 pieces of stable LWM 

per 100 meters, Licensee shall “anchor” large woody material using a method approved by 

CDFW and BLM to ensure that at least 2 stable pieces of the size described below occur in each 
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100 meters. “Stable” LWM is defined as either longer than the channel width or buried at one or 

both ends. LWM for anchoring purposes is defined as greater than 4.6 m long and greater than 

30 cm in diameter. 

Subsequently, LWM monitoring - and anchoring if necessary - shall continue once every 5 years 

throughout the license, and the results shall be reported to CDFW, BLM, SWRCB, and FS both 

in writing and in the annual meetings. 

Condition /o. 10 – Steephollow Creek Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog 

Monitoring

In order to reduce the likelihood and frequency of large magnitude spills into Steephollow Creek, 

Licensee shall, within one year of license issuance, implement the following: 

• Licensee shall set controls to continuously monitor Chicago Park Forebay elevation so as to 

automatically put the unit into “Float Load Control” at an elevation just below spill elevation 

to increase the unit load to prevent forebay spill. 

• In an effort to shorten the time the Chicago Park conduit is in service after the relay, Licensee 

shall install a feature that would automatically close the conduit intake at Dutch Flat Afterbay 

upon a relay of the Chicago Park Unit. 

During the course of the new license, the Licensee may, with BLM’s concurrence, implement 

new technologies to more efficiently prevent spills at Chicago Park Forebay. 

Licensee shall, beginning in the first full calendar year after license issuance, monitor foothillyellow-legged frogs (FYLF) in Steephollow Creek from the confluence with the Bear River for a 

distance of 1,000 meters upstream. The purpose of the monitoring is to assess if spills from the 

Chicago Park Conduit result in adverse effects on the FYLF population in Steephollow Creek 

and, if necessary, to facilitate the development of mitigation measures. Baseline monitoring 

shall occur in the first full calendar year following license issuance and be repeated in the second 

and third full calendar years following license issuance. 

Event-based monitoring shall occur beginning the second full calendar year after a spill event 

and will be repeated in the third year following that spill event. When the results of the two 

years of monitoring are known, Licensee shall consult with BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB as to the 

need for a third year of monitoring. A Chicago Park Conduit spill event that requires monitoring 

is defined as: 

• A spill of more than 100 cfs between April 1 and June 15; or 

• A spill of more than 300 cfs between June 16 and September 15 

Licensee shall notify BLM, CDFW, and State Water Board within two business days of any spill 

event occurring between April 1 and September 15. Spill events between September 16 and 

March 31 do not qualify as spill events that require monitoring. 
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FYLF monitoring shall occur for 1,000 meters of Steephollow Creek (i.e., beginning at the 

confluence with the Bear River) and will consist of a tally of each FYLF life stage detection, 

recording locations of egg masses with a hand held global positioning system (GPS) device, and 

photo-documenting Baseline monitoring and event based monitoring will be comprised of four 

surveys: the first two in spring (typically May) focusing on adults and egg masses, the third at 

least one month later focusing on tadpoles, and the fourth in late summer/fall focusing on 

metamorphosed juveniles. Licensee’s methods shall follow the methods for visual encounter 

surveys and data analysis described in Licensee’s relicensing 2011 Special-Status Amphibians – 

Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog Surveys Technical Memorandum (Appendix E12 in Exhibit E of 

Licensee’s April 2011 Final License Application), except that collection of habitat data for FYLF 

detections will not be necessary. 

In years in which monitoring occurs, Licensee shall prepare a report summarizing the 

monitoring. The report shall include the results of the monitoring, including a description of the 

spill event (i.e., flow, duration and reason for spill event) if the monitoring was triggered by a 

spill event, and shall compare the conditions in the creek to those conditions in the creek 

documented by past monitoring. The report shall include any Licensee recommendations to 

mitigate observed adverse effects. The report shall be provided to BLM, CDFW, and CDFW by 

December 31 and shall be discussed at the annual consultation meeting. 

If BLM determines that substantial adverse environmental impacts are occurring as a result of 

such spills, Licensee shall develop and shall implement, in consultation with and upon approval 

of BLM, effective mitigation measures, up to and including upgrading the facilities to prevent 

such spill events, to mitigate such impacts. 

Condition /o. 11 – Canal Outages Fish Rescue Plan

Upon the Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Canal Outages Fish Rescue Plan, 

filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215034). 

Condition /o. 12 – Gaging Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Gaging Plan, filed separately with the 

Commission (FERC Library Accession No.201404115045). 

Condition /o. 13 – Modifications of 4(e) Conditions in the Event of

Anadromous Fish Re-introduction

BLM, reserves the right to modify these conditions to respond to any reintroduction of Chinook 

salmon or steelhead trout listed under the Endangered Species Act to stream reaches through 

BLM lands where the flow is controlled by FERC licensed facility. 

Condition /o. 14 –Aquatic Invasive Species Management and Monitoring

Within one year of license issuance, Licensee shall develop an Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) 

Plan that meets applicable State and Federal laws and regulations. The plan shall be approved by 
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BLM after consultation with FS, CDFW, and SWRCB. The applicable State and Federal 

resource agencies shall be responsible for making the determination as to whether the AIS Plan 

complies with the State and/or Federal regulations of their respective agencies. 

The AIS Plan shall initially address the following AIS: dreissenid mussels (Dreissena bugensis 

and Dreissena polymorpha); New Zealand mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum); Eurasian 

milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum); Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata); and Asian clam (Corbicula 

fluminea). However, other AIS may be identified through monitoring. 

Additionally, invasive algae (Didymosphenia geminata) were found throughout the Project area. 

If future studies document a safe method of reducing this invasive algae in rivers, Licensee may 

be asked to implement this task in Project-related locations. 

The AIS Plan shall include the following elements: 

Public Education Program

The AIS Plan shall include a public education program, including appropriate signage and 

information pamphlets at designated public boat access sites on Jackson Meadows Reservoir, 

Milton Diversion Dam impoundment, and Bowman Lake. The AIS Plan shall include 

appropriate educational signage at boat launch areas at Faucherie Lake, French 

Lake, and Sawmill Lake. The following shall be addressed: 

• Draining water from boat, motor, bilge, live well and bait containers before leaving a water 

access site. 

• Removing visible plants, animals and mud from boat before leaving waterbody. 

• Cleaning and drying boats and fishing equipment using California Department of Fish and 

Wildlife (CDFW) accepted protocols for the prevention of all AIS before entering any 

waterbody area. 

• Disposing of unwanted bait in trash, including earthworms. 

• Avoiding the release of plants and animals into a waterbody unless they originally came from 

that waterbody. 

AIS information shall be included on Project websites that provide public information on Project 

facilities. The public information website will also include information on the amphibian chytrid 

fungus. 

Best Management Practices

The AIS Plan shall specify that Licensee is responsible for developing BMPs for individual 

Project O&M activities, performed by NID and/or its contractors, which activities have the 

potential to introduce AIS into a Project reservoir, to prevent the spread of AIS, and submitting 

them to FS, BLM, SWRCB, and CDFW for review at the Annual Consultation Meeting required 

in the FERC license. 

Development of BMPs for Project activities shall include but not be limited to the following: 
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• List of AIS with potential to be introduced. 

• Control or preventive measures for AIS. 

• Identification of critical control points in the Project activity sequence at which to prevent the 

introduction of AIS. 

• Any necessary implementation monitoring for potential AIS to ensure BMPs are followed. 

• Actions that will be taken if an introduction of AIS is found. 

If invasive aquatic species are detected within any reservoir, Licensee will consult with the 

appropriate agencies and institute an appropriate plan of action. 

Monitoring and Reporting

The AIS Plan shall include a specific monitoring program that addresses all reservoirs that have 

a boat launch, or identified as having boating access, and that follows State and/or Federal laws, 

regulations, and policies. The following initial monitoring methods shall be discussed in the 

monitoring section of the AIS Plan, and the plan shall include observations for the species listed 

in the “Incidental Observations Monitoring” section below. 

• Zebra/Quagga Mussel Surface Surveys 

• Zebra and Quagga Mussel Veliger Sampling 

• Zebra and Quagga Mussel Artificial Substrate Monitoring 

Mapping and monitoring results shall be provided to FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB. 

Incidental Observations Monitoring 

The AIS plan shall include Incidental Observations Monitoring as follows: During AIS and 

other license-related aquatic monitoring in project reservoirs and project-affected stream reaches 

(e.g., fish, foothill yellow-legged frogs (Rana boylii), riparian, and geomorphology), Licensee 

shall record incidental observations of the following species: Quagga or Zebra Mussel, New 

Zealand Mudsnail, Asian clam, Eurasian milfoil, Hydrilla, Didyomosphenia geminata and 

American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus). This initial list may be revised if other potential 

AIS in project-affected reservoirs and stream reaches are identified. The following practices will 

be implemented: 

• Field personnel performing the license-related aquatic monitoring will be trained in the 

identification of the species listed above. 

• Field crews working in aquatic environments (reservoirs, creeks, or rivers) conducting other 

biological monitoring will complete a checklist data form at the end of each day indicating 

the presence/absence (detect/non-detect) of the species listed above. It is recommended that 

at least one field crew member make a full pass of the survey area each day focusing 

exclusively on the species on the checklist. 

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Licensee, in consultation with FS, CDFW, SWRCB, and BLM shall review, update, and/or 

revise the AIS Plan, as determined necessary by BLM in consultation with CDFW, SWRCB and 

FS, when substantial changes in the existing conditions occur. Additional monitoring may be 

part of any plan revisions. Changes or revisions to the Plan would be expected if AIS conditions 

change as a result of unforeseen effects, either from new or existing Project-related activities, the 

potential for new AIS to occur, or from natural events or if other regulatory or legal requirements 

are established. Changes in the existing conditions could include such things as new methods for 

the treatment of Didymosphenia geminiata. Licensee shall include all relevant documentation of 

coordination/consultation with the updated Plan filed with FERC. 

Condition /o. 15 – Terrestrial Protection Measures

Vegetation and /on-/ative Invasive Plant Management Plan

Upon the Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Integrated Vegetation 

Management Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 

201311215040). 

Condition /o. 16 – Monitor Animal Losses in Project Canals (Reflect Errata 

Filed on May 19, 2014)

Beginning in the first full calendar year after license issuance, Licensee shall record animal 

losses in all Project canals. Specifically, Licensee’s operators shall record in log books all dead 

animals observed on canal trash racks and otherwise in the canals using the Wildlife Mortality 

data sheets found in Appendix 4-2A of the Wildlife Movement Technical Memorandum (4-2) 

included in Appendix E12 of Licensee’s application for new license. Licensee shall make a good 

faith effort to record the location of the dead animal (i.e. which Project canal, where in the canal 

the dead animal was found, and the associated structure), species, date and time of the 

observation, suspected cause of death if it can be determined from visual observation only, 

photograph if available, estimated size, estimated age, and sex if known, and other pertinent 

information. The information will include the cumulative years and preceding year’s mortality 

by canal segment, and a map showing segments (defined by location of trash racks). Licensee 

shall provide this information to CDFW, FS, and BLM at least 60 days prior to the Annual 

Consultation meeting described in Condition No. 42. 

Licensee shall consult with FS, BLM, and CDFW and other interested parties during the annual 

consultation meeting, regarding the protection and utilization of the wildlife resources affected 

by the Project. If there is an increasing trend in animal mortalities in a canal, additional 

measures to address suspected Project-related causes for that canal may be developed by 

Licensee in consultation with CDFW, FS, and BLM. The Licensee shall prepare a report that 

includes the Licensee’s recommendations for measures to address animal mortalities, and a 

schedule of implementation. Licensee shall provide the report to FS, BLM, and CDFW, as 

appropriate, for review and approval. The Licensee shall file the report, including evidence of 

consultation, with FERC, and shall implement those resource management measures required by 

FERC. 
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Condition /o. 17 – Replacement of Wildlife Escape and Wildlife Crossing 

Facilities

Prior to replacing or retrofitting existing wildlife escape facilities and wildlife crossings along 

Project canals, Licensee shall consult with CDFW regarding specifications and design and with 

BLM, as appropriate. Licensee shall file the design, including evidence of consultation, with 

FERC within 60 days after the wildlife escape facility or wildlife crossing facility has been 

replaced or retrofitted. Licensee shall also assess existing wildlife escape facilities and wildlife 

crossing facilities annually to ensure they are functional and in proper working order. 

Inspections shall occur at the same time other types of maintenance activities or canal 

assessments are being conducted. 

Condition /o. 18 – Bald Eagle Management Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Bald Eagle Management Plan, filed 

separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215033). 

Condition /o. 19 – Special Status Species

Before taking actions to construct new project features on BLM lands that may affect BLM 

special status species or their critical habitat on BLM land, the Licensee shall prepare and submit 

a biological evaluation (BE) for BLM, approval. The BE shall evaluate the potential impact of 

the action on the species or its habitat. The BLM may require mitigation measures for the 

protection of the affected species on BLM lands. 

The Biological Evaluation (BE) shall: 

• Include procedures to minimize or avoid adverse effects to special status species. 

• Ensure project-related activities shall meet restrictions included in site management plans for 

special status species. 

• Develop implementation and effectiveness monitoring of measures taken or employed to 

reduce effects to special status species. 

Condition /o. 20 – Annual Review of Special-Status Species Lists and

Assessment of /ew Species on Federal Land

Licensee shall, beginning the first full calendar year after license issuance, in consultation with 

BLM, annually review the current list of special-status plant and wildlife species (species that are 

Federally Endangered or Threatened, Proposed Threatened or Endangered, BLM’s Sensitive, 

State Threatened or Endangered, State Species of Special Concern, and CDFW Fully Protected) 

that might occur on public land administered by BLM in the Project area) that may be directly 

affected by Project operations. When a species is added to one or more of the lists, BLM in 

consultation with the Licensee shall determine if the species or un-surveyed suitable habitat for 

the species is likely to occur on public land administered by BLM. For such newly added 

species, if BLM determines that the species is likely on such public land administered by BLM, 
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as appropriate, in the Project area that may be directly affected by the Project, Licensee shall 

develop and implement a study plan in consultation with BLM, as appropriate, to reasonably 

assess the effects of the project on the species. Licensee shall prepare a report on the study, 

including objectives, methods, results, recommended resource measures where appropriate, and a 

schedule of implementation, and shall provide a draft of the final report to BLM for review and 

approval. Licensee shall file the report, including evidence of consultation, with FERC and shall 

implement those resource management measures required by FERC. 

If new occurrences of BLM special status plant or wildlife species as defined above are detected 

prior to or during ongoing construction, operation, or maintenance of the Project or during 

Project operations, Licensee shall immediately notify BLM. If BLM determines that the Projectrelated activities are adversely affecting BLM sensitive or watch list species, Licensee shall, in 

consultation with BLM, develop and implement appropriate protection measures 

If new occurrences of state or federally listed or proposed threatened or endangered species are 

detected prior to or during ongoing construction, operation, or maintenance of the Project or 

during Project operations, Licensee shall immediately notify BLM and the relevant Service 

Agency (United States Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service or 

CDFW) for consultation or conference in accordance with the Endangered Species Act. If state 

listed or fully protected species are affected, CDFW shall be notified. 

Condition /o. 21 – Bat Management

In the first full calendar year after license issuance, Licensee shall document all known bat roosts 

within Project buildings (e.g., powerhouses, storage buildings, and valve houses), dams, or other 

structures that may be used as a roosting structure. The results of the inspection will be provided 

to CDFW, and to FS or BLM if the facility is located on BLM lands, at least 90 days prior to the 

Annual Consultation Meeting (described in Condition No.42) that follows collection of the 

information. If bats or signs of roosting are present where staff have a routine presence (i.e., at 

least daily or weekly), Licensee will attempt, where feasible, and in the calendar year following 

the annual consultation meeting described above, to place humane exclusion devices to prevent 

occupation of the structure by bats. Human exclusion devices will be placed when bats are absent 

from the facility, generally between November 1 and February 28. Prior to installation of the 

humane exclusion devices, Licensee shall perform an inspection of the facility to ensure that 

overwintering bats are not trapped. If overwintering bats are present during the inspection, 

installation of humane exclusion measures shall be delayed. Licensee shall notify CDFW and 

BLM of the overwintering bats. Licensee shall consult with the CDFW, FS, or BLM during the 

Annual Consultation Meeting described in Condition 42. To identify future dates that would be 

suitable for installation of humane exclusion devices. All exclusion devices will be inspected on 

an annual basis and the facility will be reevaluated for roosting bats every 3 years after the initial 

exclusion devices are installed to insure that no new roosts or entry points have been established. 
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Condition /o. 22 – Monitoring Program

Licensee shall implement a Monitoring Program after license issuance and until a new license is 

issued, in coordination with FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB. The years in which each resource is 

monitored are identified in each specific monitoring element of the Monitoring Program. For 

purposes of the Monitoring Program, each year is defined on a calendar year basis (January 

through December). 

The Monitoring Program has been designed to monitor those items that will assist in determining 

if the resource objectives described in the Rationale Reports previously filed with the 

Commission by the FS and BLM as a supporting document (not part of a license condition) are 

being met. Within the scope of the specified Monitoring Program, FS, BLM, CDFW, and 

SWRCB may select an equal number of alternative years to ensure that surveys occur during a 

range of water year types if the same number of alternative years are deleted from the current 

Monitoring Program schedule, and the resource agencies provide to Licensee adequate notice for 

Licensee to schedule and perform the work. FS, CDFW, BLM, and SWRCB, after consultation 

with Licensee, have the flexibility to alter the Monitoring Program methodologies and 

frequencies of data collection if it is determined that: (a) there is a more appropriate or preferable 

methodology or site to use than that described in the monitoring plan or (b) monitoring may be 

reduced or terminated because the relevant ecological resource objective has been met or no 

change in resource response is expected. Any alterations will be filed with the Commission. 

Licensee will provide a draft Annual Report to FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB and other parties 

who submit a written request for a copy of the draft report for a 30-day comment period. The 

draft Annual Report shall fully describe the monitoring efforts required in BLM Condition No. 

22 as well as monitoring results of the previous calendar year. The Annual Report shall also 

document all non-compliance events/variances from the from the license conditions. Although 

specific reporting and consultation is required in specific monitoring elements in Condition No. 

22, no other Annual Reports for this condition are required. At least 30 days prior to the Annual 

Consultation meeting, Licensee shall file with the Commission the final Annual Report. 

Comments shall be addressed in the final report, or as appropriate, comments shall be included 

with the filing to the Commission. Licensee shall provide copies of the Annual Report to FS, 

CDFW, BLM, and SWRCB. Every 5 years, Licensee shall provide in the Annual Report a 

summary report of the monitoring results of the previous 5-year period. 

The following guidelines shall be used in implementing the monitoring program: (a) monitoring 

and studies shall be relevant to the Project, (b) monitoring and studies shall be conducted such 

that they provide useful information for management decisions or establishing compliance with 

license conditions, and (c) monitoring and studies shall be as cost-effective as possible. 

Fish Populations

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Fish Populations Monitoring Plan, 

filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215037). 
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Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Foothill Yellow-legged Frog 

Monitoring Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 

201311215092). 

Western Pond Turtle Incidental Observations

Licensee shall perform incidental observations for Western Pond Turtle as follows: 

• Crews need to be trained on identification of Western Pond Turtle. 

• Record any incidental sightings of Western Pond Turtles during all monitoring field 

work in rivers and lakes/reservoirs. 

• Data shall include location, GPS if available, or location shown on USGS map. 

• A written report (including location data) shall be compiled annually and provided at 

Annual Consultation meeting. 

• The report shall be filed with FERC. 

Channel Morphology

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Channel Morphology Monitoring 

Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215035). 

Water Temperature and Stage

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Water Temperature and Stage 

Monitoring Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 

201404115044). 

Aquatic Benthic Macroinvertebrates

Licensee shall, within 1 year following license issuance, develop and file with FERC an 

Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Plan that has been approved by FS, BLM, CDFW, and 

SWRCB. The licensee shall implement the plan upon approval. 

Method: Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) at one or more stream 

temperature stations as designated below, as soon as weather and flow conditions allow safe 

installation of these devices. Determination of final monitoring site locations shall be made by 

FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB. 

At a minimum, the temperature plan shall include the following locations: 

• Bear River (below Rollins Dam): One site co-located with annual fish sampling 

site. 

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Annual Fish Sites: Once in each water year type for first 10 years and then follow Fish 

Population Monitoring Plan schedule. 

All Other Sites: Same frequency as Fish Population Monitoring Plan schedule for that site. Data 

Analysis and Reporting: The plan shall describe data analysis and reporting methods. 

Riparian Vegetation

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Revised Riparian Vegetation 

Monitoring Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession 

No.201404115043). Please note that the Riparian Vegetation Monitoring Plan includes both FS 

and BLM lands. BLM recommends that the FS locations be included by the Commission as part 

of the Riparian Vegetation Plan. 

Condition /o. 23 – Dutch Flat Afterbay Large Woody Debris

Within 1 year of license issuance, the Licensee shall, in consultation with FS, BLM, CDFW, and 

State Water Board, prepare a Large Woody Debris (LWD) Management Plan for Dutch Flat 

Reservoir approved by BLM. The Plan will specify: 

• Describe existing locations of LWD collection by Project facilities. 

• Describe potential options for moving LWD below Project facilities and keeping the LWD 

within the river corridor. 

• Identify suitable locations where LWD can be placed within the active channel to be 

mobilized by 2- to 5-year high flow events. 

Upon Commission approval, the Licensee shall implement the Plan. 

Condition /o. 24 - Canal Release Point Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Canal Release Point Plan, filed 

separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201404115041). 

Condition /o. 25 – Recreation Plan

Within one year of license issuance, Licensee will, in consultation and coordination with BLM, 

develop a Recreation Plan and submit for BLM approval. The following elements shall be 

addressed in the Recreation Plan: 

Licensee shall ensure that the following routine maintenance occurs at Project recreation 

facilities on BLM lands: 

To assist the Licensee in developing a final Recreation Plan for BLM approval, the following 

elements that should be addressed in the Recreation Plan are provided: Condition No. 26 

Licensee Contact, Condition No. 27 Annual Recreation Coordination Meeting, Condition No.28 

Review of Recreation Developments, Condition No. 29Recreation Survey and Monitoring, 

Condition No. 30 General Measures For All Recreation Sites, Condition No. 31 Vegetation 
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Management in Recreation Sites, Condition No. 32 Dutch Flat After Bay Day Use Recreation 

Site, Condition No. 33 Chicago Park Power House and Connecting Facilities and Roads, 

Condition No.34 Recreation Operation, Maintenance, and Administration, Condition No. 35 

Recreation Plan Revision, Condition No. 36. Recreation Cost Managing Facilities, and Condition 

No. 37. Recreation Streamflow Information. 

Condition /o. 26 – Licensee Contacts

The licensee shall provide an individual for liaison with BLM, whenever planning or 

construction of recreation facilities, other major Project improvements, and maintenance 

activities are taking place on BLM lands. The licensee agrees to cooperate with BLM through 

this individual in contract review and work inspection. 

Condition /o. 27 – Annual Recreation Coordination Meeting

Each year during the term of the licenses, licensee will arrange to meet with interested resource 

agencies BLM at a minimum) for an Annual Recreation Coordination Meeting to discuss the 

measures needed to ensure use and management, public safety, and protection and utilization of 

the recreation facilities and resources. The date of the meeting will be mutually agreed to by 

licensee and the resource agencies but in general will be held within the first 90 days of each 

calendar year. A detailed agenda will be provided to the resource agencies when the meeting date 

is proposed to assure that the appropriate parties are present. 

The following will be discussed, at a minimum: 

• Need for garbage collection based on the results of visitor surveys, evidence that wildlife is 

becoming habituated, and the status of garbage and litter left on site by users. 

• Need for toilet facilities where dispersed camping is occurring will be discussed at least 

every 6 years (following submittal of Monitoring Report), and more frequently if warranted. 

• Report on significant changes in sanitation issues and number and size of user created 

dispersed camping areas. 

• Other O&M issues identified by BLM or Licensee. 

• Schedule and invite BLM to the recreation resource impact field evaluations and facility 

condition assessment to be conducted on BLM lands. 

• Significant issues raised by the public. 

• Any Licensee proposal for new or increases in recreation fees on BLM lands to help cover 

the costs of recreation facility construction, operation, and maintenance, as allowed by FERC 

regulations, will be discussed and approved by BLM. 

• Recreation use data that is available from Licensee or the BLM, which includes summary 

data, at a minimum; and, upon request, raw data. 

• Licensee will provide BLM a copy of all documentation associated with FERC inspections of 

Project recreation facilities and use on BLM lands, including follow-up action taken by the 

Licensee. 

• Status of recreation projects from the previous year, including rehabilitation of existing 

recreation facilities, the establishment of new recreation facilities, and any other recreation 

measures or programs that were implemented. 
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• Recreational use data that is available. 

• List of the recreation facilities scheduled for rehabilitation and any other Plan measures or 

programs to be implemented, including 

o Logistical and coordination planning. 

o Implementation schedule 

o Coordination needs. 

o Permitting requirement. 

o Key resources that will need to be protected from potential impacts associated with the 

implementation of the scheduled recreation projects. 

o Potential adjustments in schedule. 

• Licensee and the agencies will identify any coordination needed with other projects being 

implemented in the area. Permitting requirements, additional required environmental 

documentation and key resources that will need to be protected from potential impacts 

associated with the implementation of the scheduled recreation projects will be addressed. 

BLM must approve any revisions to the Project’s Recreation Facilities Plan schedule when 

BLM land is involved, and the revised schedule will be submitted to FERC. Within 60 days 

following the meeting, Licensee will file with FERC evidence of the meeting, which will 

summarize comments made by the agencies, and Plan revisions or other agreements that 

were reached by Licensee and the agencies. The Annual Recreation Coordination Meeting is 

a minimum requirement and it is anticipated that meetings may occur throughout each year 

as needed to implement the Recreation Plans. 

Any adjustments in specific actions or schedules shall be approved by BLM and filed with 

FERC. 

Condition /o. 28 – Review of Recreation Developments

The licensee shall schedule a meeting with BLM at least every 6 years to review all Projectrelated recreation facilities and agree upon necessary maintenance, rehabilitation, construction, 

and reconstruction work needed and its timing. Because the standard life of recreation facilities 

ranges from 20 to 30 years, it is anticipated that during the life of the license, facilities that are 

currently in good condition may need to be redesigned and reconstructed to standards applicable 

at that time. The criteria for project selection will depend on the amount and type of use, current 

recreation facility policy, condition of facilities, effects on surrounding areas, and other factors. 

Following the review, the licensee shall develop a 6-year schedule for maintenance, 

rehabilitation, and reconstruction, which shall be approved by BLM prior to being filed with 

FERC. 

Condition /o. 29 – Recreation Survey and Monitoring

• Licensee shall conduct Recreation Monitoring once every 6 years that will include evaluation 

of resource impacts from developed and dispersed use, including evidence of garbage and 

human waste left on site. BLM shall be involved in the evaluation of resource impacts. 

• Licensee shall conduct occupancy surveys of all project facilities on a 6-year cycle for Dutch 

Flat Afterbay and the Chicago Park Recreation Area near Chicago Park Power House. 
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• Licensee shall conduct a Recreational User Survey (questionnaire) once every 12 years 

starting from license issuance. Survey methods and questions shall be reviewed and 

approved by the resource agencies in advance. The Recreation Survey shall be focused to 

address the key issues at the time. Survey information shall be reviewed by all interested 

parties. 

• At 6 and 12 years after license issuance, Licensee shall prepare the Recreation Monitoring 

and Survey Report and shall be provided to BLM for review, comment, and approval prior to 

filing with the Commission. The Recreation Monitoring and Survey Report shall incorporate 

data from the information listed above, traffic counters, other resource monitoring results, 

law enforcement input, emergency services (including fire) input, accident reports, Project 

Patrol reports, occupancy rates and other applicable information. The 6-Year Monitoring 

Report shall address, at a minimum, the following factors: 

o Occupancy and capacity information. 

o Summarize monitoring results in relation to established triggers and address any 

changes in trends (including changes in peak season) since previous reports (or 

initially from relicensing studies). 

o User and resource conflicts. 

o Outstanding health and safety issues. 

o Known bear encounters at sites without food lockers. 

o Kinds and sizes of recreational vehicles (i.e. trailer, RV). 

o A 6-year schedule for maintenance, rehabilitation, reconstruction and new 

construction. 

o Proposed facility changes based on any mandated updated guidelines, such as ADA. 

o New or modified management actions (increased patrols, additional sanitation facilities, 

closure orders, etc.) proposed to address concerns identified in report. 

o Summary of the amount of garbage and evidence of human waste noticeable within 100 

feet of dispersed campsites and concentrated use sites. 

The 12-Year Monitoring Report shall address, at a minimum, the following factors: 

o All the items in the 6-Year Monitoring Report, 

o Results of visitor surveys. 

o Changes in use type, volume, group size, duration of stay, other use pattern and trends. 

o Results of resource survey for riparian and lakeshore trampling, barren core area at 

popular dispersed sites. 

o User perceptions of crowding both at facilities and along lakeshore/lake surface. 

o User perceptions on the need for garbage collection at developed sites. 

o Percent of users seeing evidence of human waste (including toilet paper) and user 

perceptions on the need for toilet facilities at dispersed sites and concentrated use sites. 

o Kinds, quality, quantity, and range of recreational opportunities visitors are engaging in. 

o Preferences in recreation activities and amenities. 

o Summarize the most current regional and statewide trends in recreation based on 

available surveys and reports. 

Within 1 year of submission of the Report on Recreation Resources Licensee shall consult with 

the resource agencies and interested parties to review this report and propose appropriate 
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management actions. In accordance with (Condition No 44), BLM reserve the authority to 

require changes in the Project and its operation to accomplish protection and utilization of BLM 

resources identified as a result of these surveys. 

Condition /o. 30 – General Measures For All Recreation Sites

Routine Recreation Facility Maintenance

The Licensee shall ensure that the following routine maintenance occurs at Project recreation 

facilities on BLM lands: 

• At the beginning of each recreation season, and as needed throughout the season, replace, 

reset, improve, straighten, and reinstall barriers within and adjacent to all project recreation 

sites; along the roads surrounding Project lakes, and along Project roads and trails where 

there is uncontrolled vehicle use. 

• If tables have sunk during the winter due to snow loads, they will be brought up to the level 

of the surrounding ground and placed on level ground. 

• Maintain all recreation facilities in good working order. This includes keeping toilet doors 

and hardware in operating and locking conditions. If a structure is deemed to be unsafe, it 

will be closed until repairs are completed. 

• Developed sites will be free of litter, human, and domestic animal waste. 

• During the prime season all facilities will be inspected on a regular basis (as much as daily or 

more). 

• Litter and Trash Collection shall be of a frequency that does not encourage animal 

encroachment, is not overflowing and does not emit offensive odors. . The frequency will 

depend on the type of container. Two to four-yard dumpsters need to be dumped at least 

once a week. Receptacles shall be animal resistant. 

• Ashes are to be removed from fire rings and grills, cooled and extinguished and disposed of 

at a county landfill. Ashes are not to be disposed of onsite and ashes which have been 

previously disposed of onsite (including those disposed of onsite by users) shall be properly 

disposed of as described above. 

• Developed boat ramps will be inspected for obstacles and deterioration. 

• Once a facility has been rehabilitated to provide for accessibility, clear floor space 

surrounding constructed features, graded tent pads and ORAR shall be maintained. 

• Rocks removed from unauthorized fire rings should be turned burned side down outside of 

campsite. 

• Remove trash from toilet vaults when pumped. 

• Remove trash from (road accessed) dispersed sites on a weekly basis between Memorial Day 

and Labor Day and twice monthly after Labor Day, until the facilities are closed for the 

winter. Remove trash from non-road accessed dispersed sites on a monthly basis between 

Memorial Day and Labor Day. 

• Annually maintain fire ring clearances at designated dispersed sites (10’ diameter to bare 

mineral soil and 10’ clearance above fire ring) and maintain site identification markers. 

• Within and adjacent to all developed project recreation sites, provide for periodic 

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to identify unseen hazard trees, assure stand health, provide for screening within & between 

sites and enhance views or project lakes and other scenic features. 

Every 2 years inspect all fire rings, maintain in good condition or replace. Good condition 

includes a level grill with a usable grate. 

Condition /o. 31 – Vegetation Management in Recreation Sites

The Licensee shall ensure that vegetation management, including but not limited to hazard tree 

and branch removal, vegetative screening, brushing, or pruning occurs at Project recreation 

facilities located on BLM lands. The Licensee shall ensure that the following vegetation 

management elements occur: 

• Hazardous trees or branches must be actively searched for and identified by qualified 

personnel (Land Management Planners, Foresters, and Arborists) and removed in a timely 

manner. In early spring, a qualified person will survey developed recreational facility 

boundaries, parking lots and immediate access routes to recreation areas for hazard trees and 

hazardous branches. Identified trees are to be removed before the campgrounds are occupied 

by the public. If time allows, hazard tree clearing should conducted in the late fall to remove 

the bulk of the trees ahead of the spring camping rush. 

• For visual mitigation stumps remaining within developed campgrounds shall be no higher 

than 6” in height and preferably cut flush with the ground. 

• The slash from hazard tree/branch removal will be chipped or lopped and scattered (<18” 

depth) at least 100 feet away from the recreation site boundary, and the trunk is either hauled 

away or cut into rounds no larger than 8” diameter and 18” long for use by campers. Larger 

rounds will be removed from the recreation site or split into firewood size pieces and stacked 

for use by campers. 

• All freshly-cut conifer stumps within 2 hours after the tree is felled will be treated to prevent 

the spread of Annosus Root Disease. In no case shall stumps be left untreated at the end of 

the shift during which the tree was felled. The BLM approved stump treatment compound, 

when applied properly, should cover the entire stump surface with a thin layer and also other 

areas of the stump where the bark has been knocked off. Where a liquid stump treatment 

compound is used, the spraying of a thin film of the solution on the stumps surface is all that 

is needed. A dye, mixed in with this solution, is useful to show where stumps have been 

sprayed. Handling directions are provided on the labels of stump treatment product 

containers and should always be followed. Only pesticides registered in California can be 

used on BLM lands, and all BLM policies and practices and California regulations relating to 

pesticide use must be followed. To avoid adverse effects to aquatic species and their habitats, 

the licensee will work with the Federal Agencies regarding pesticide use within recreational 

facilities that are within 500 feet of aquatic habitats. 

• The licensee will maintain 5-foot clearance radius to bare mineral soil around all fire rings, 

and remove overhanging branches to a height of 10 feet. This includes fire rings within 

developed recreation sites and those located at dispersed sites. Because wildfires do not stop 

at land ownership boundaries, fire ring clearance standards need to apply to BLM and 

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• During new construction and reconstruction work, the licensee will use care to protect 

existing vegetation through the incorporation of the Construction Specification Institute 

(CSI) Section 02233 – Tree Protection, or other specifications that provide equal or better 

vegetation protection. 

• Within and adjacent to all developed project recreation sites, provide for periodic 

silvicultural evaluation, stand improvement, view enhancement and vegetative planting work 

to identify unseen hazard trees, assure stand health, provide for screening within and between 

sites and enhance views or project lakes and other scenic features. 

Condition /o. 32 – Dutch Flat After Bay Day Use Recreation Site

Within 90 days of license issuance: Licensee of the Yuba Bear Hydroelectric project will make a 

good faith effort to purchase at fair market value the parcel of land described below, or obtain a 

long-term lease or easement for use of such property for Day Use recreational activities that will 

include parking for 6 vehicles, 6 picnic tables, kiosk sign, and a restroom facility. Property of 

interest is Parcel Number: Placer County, 062-040-019 The size of this area needed for 

developing the Day Use Recreation site is the property from Diggins Hill Road to the shore of 

Dutch Flat Afterbay approximately 5 acres in size. If the property cannot be purchased at fair 

market value or the licensee was not able to secure a long term lease or easement within the first 

three years of license issuance from the private landowner then the licensee must provide a good 

faith effort to work out an agreement with the Licensee of the Drum Spalding Hydroelectric 

Project (PG&E) so the Licensee of the Yuba Bear Hydroelectric Project can develop, maintain, 

and replace when necessary a Day Use Recreation facility on PG&E property. Licensee of the 

Yuba Bear River Hydroelectric Project must be able to demonstrate that a good faith effort has 

been attempted by documentation of all conversations, correspondence, emails, etc... to the 

owner of said property of interest. 

Condition /o. 33 – Chicago Park Power House and Connecting Facilities and 

Roads

Within one year of license issuance licensee will sign an Assistance agreement with BLM and 

develop a Rehabilitation plan with the BLM Mother Lode Field Office to block, gate, and 

rehabilitate roads and trails agreed to by the licensee and BLM that spur off of the Haul Road, 

Chicago Park Powerhouse Road, Chicago Park Conduit, and Lowell Hill Road. Licensee will 

provide the man power and equipment and materials for each approved project. BLM will 

provide the NEPA work required for each approved project involving BLM land. Licensee will 

meet with BLM by November 15th of each year to discuss next year’s projects. 

Condition /o. 34 – Recreation Operation, Maintenance, and Administration

Beginning 90 days after license issuance, the licensee shall enter into a Recreation Operation and 

Maintenance agreement to provide annual funding in a contributed funds account set up by BLM 

to provide $30,000 annually with adjusted GDP-IDP, for operation, maintenance, law 

enforcement patrolling, and administration in accordance with the Recreation Plan (see 

Condition No. 25). The cost basis for these payments shall be year 2012. The cost shall be 
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escalated annually based on the U.S. Gross Domestic Product – Implicit Price Deflator (GDPIDP). 

Condition /o. 35 – Recreation Plan Revision

The Licensee shall revise the Recreation Plan when substantial changes occur. Factors that may 

trigger a revision include but are not limited to: 

• Revisions and updates to BLM, or other applicable management plans. 

• Substantial changes (>25 percent change) of Recreation Visits in any activity recreationists 

of the Project participate in, as revealed in the National Visitor Use Monitoring (NVUM) of 

the using the 2010 surveys as a base), similar survey conducted by BLM or documented in 

the licensee’s periodic observation and recreation survey. 

• Documented substantial changes in demographic use patterns (e.g. increases in size or 

amount of RV use, changes in types of boats using the lake), visitor needs, recreation 

preferences, types or patterns of use, season of use changes (perhaps due to school schedule 

changes) or other social factors affecting recreation facilities within the Project area. 

• Changes in road maintenance standards or similar physical factors affecting the use of the 

recreation facilities within the Project area. 

• Reaching occupancy (or other) triggers where new, but previously unanticipated, facilities 

will be required. 

• Catastrophic natural events, such as major forest fires or natural disasters, and significant 

effects of social disorder. 

• New federal or state policies, regulations, and laws (including Wilderness designation of land 

within or near the Project) that significantly affect recreation resources in the Project area. 

• Acquisition of non-licensee private land around project lakes which would allow for 

improvements where there is a demand, but suitable land was previously unavailable for 

construction of such improvements. 

Frequency of revisions to the Recreation Plan shall be based on consultation among the 

Licensee, BLM. Agreed upon changes to this Plan will be incorporated into a revised document 

or an amendment to this document, and after approval by BLM, the revised plan will be 

submitted to FERC for approval. 

Condition /o. 36 – Recreation Costs of Managing Facilities

Within 1 year of license issuance, the Licensee shall coordinate with BLM to develop a plan to 

address the costs of managing the recreation facilities on BLM lands. At the Annual 

Coordination Meeting, the Licensee shall coordinate with BLM to review information from the 

prior season and plan any adjustments for the next recreation season. This component shall 

address, at a minimum, the following duties: 

• Monitor and seek compliance with safety, camping closures, fire clearance, and other 

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• Patrol, or provide for patrols, on weekends and holidays through the peak use season 

(Memorial to Labor Day) with personnel that have the ability to put out abandoned 

campfires. 

• Patrol, or provide for patrols, on weekends and holidays through the peak use season 

(Memorial to Labor Day) with personnel that have the authority to enforce federal 43 Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR) 43 on BLM Public lands. 

• Install and maintain signs; adjust as seasonally needed. 

• Disperse information to the public including appropriate OHV and firearm use, campfire 

safety, leave no trace, and other messages to reduce resource impacts and inter-user conflicts. 

• Patrol dispersed public use areas within one-quarter mile of all Project and Project- affected 

waterways. 

• Monitor and report vandalism of facilities, cultural sites or other resource damage. 

• Report illegal activities and cooperate with law enforcement agencies, as needed. 

• Monitor and seek compliance with regulations associated with camping, parking, food 

storage, whitewater boating, and other uses. 

• Remove trash and clean fire rings from dispersed campsites and other areas of concentrated 

public use within 1/4 mile of all Project and Project-affected waterways. 

• Maintain fuels clearance within 100 feet of all dispersed campsites (including Projectprovided steel fire rings and user created fire rings) surrounding Project lakes. 

• Remove visitor created fire rings in areas where camping is limited to designated sites. 

Condition /o. 37 – Recreation Streamflow Information

Beginning as soon as reasonably feasible, but not later than one year after license issuance, 

Licensee shall develop a plan to provide real-time streamflow information, in cfs, for the 

following Project-related stream reaches: 

• Bear River below Dutch Flat Afterbay Dam 

• Bear River below Rollins Reservoir Dam 

The streamflow information will be from the streamflow gage to document compliance with 

minimum and spill cessation streamflow requirements in the reach. If that gage is not USGS 

rated above the compliance flow, Licensee shall make a good faith effort to estimate the flow 

above the USGS rating. The flow information shall be made available to the public via the 

Internet; the publication of the information may be accomplished through a third party. The 

preference is that data shall be reported in 15-minute intervals; however, data that is reported no 

less than in hourly intervals is acceptable. 

Condition /o. 38 – Historic Properties Management Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Historic Properties Management Plan, 

filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215010). 
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Condition /o. 39 – Transportation System Management Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Transportation System 

Management Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 

201311215039). 

Condition /o. 40 – Fire Management and Response Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Fire Management and Response Plan, 

filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession No. 201311215036). 

Condition /o. 41 – Erosion and Sediment Control and Management Plan

Upon Commission approval, Licensee shall implement the Erosion and Sediment Control 

Management Plan, filed separately with the Commission (FERC Library Accession 

No.201404115283). 
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b. FI/AL 4(e) Administrative Conditions 

The following Section 4(e) Conditions include requirements that serve to address the 

statutory and administrative rights and responsibilities of the BLM pursuant to Federal, 

State, and local laws.

Condition /o. 42 – Consultation

Licensee shall annually consult with BLM; The date of the joint consultation meeting will be 

mutually agreed to by Licensee, and BLM but in general should be held by April 15. At least 30 

days in advance of the meeting, Licensee shall notify Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) 

and other interested stakeholders, confirming the meeting location, time and agenda. At the 

same time, Licensee shall also provide notice to the: United States Department of Agriculture 

(USFS); United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS); (USDI) National Park Service; United 

States Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National 

Marine Fishery Service (NMFS), ; California State Department of Fish and Game (CDFW); and 

the State Water Resources Control Board, SWRCB who may choose to participate in the 

meeting. 

The Licensee shall make available to FS, BLM, CDFW, and SWRCB at least 2 weeks prior to 

the meeting, an operations and maintenance plan for the year in which the meeting occurs. In 

addition, Licensee shall present results from current year monitoring of noxious weeds and 

special status species as well as any additional information that has been compiled for the Project 

area, including progress reports on other resource measures. The goals of this meeting are to 

share information, mutually agree upon planned maintenance activities, identify concerns that 

BLM may have regarding activities and their potential effects on sensitive resources, and any 

measures required to avoid or mitigate potential effects. In addition, the goal of the meeting shall 

be to review and discuss the results of implementing the streamflow and reservoir-related 

conditions, results of monitoring, and other issues related to preserving and protecting ecological 

values affected by the Project. 

Consultation shall include, but not be limited to: 

• A status report regarding implementation of license conditions. 

• Results of any monitoring studies performed over the previous year in formats agreed to by 

BLM and the Licensee during development of implementation plans. 

• Review of any non-routine maintenance. 

• Discussion of any foreseeable changes to Project facilities or features. 

• Discussion of any necessary revisions or modifications to implementation plans approved as 

part of this license. 

• Discussion of needed protection measures for species newly listed as threatened, endangered, 

or sensitive, or changes to existing management plans that may no longer be warranted due to 

delisting of species or, to incorporate new knowledge about a species requiring protection. 

Discussion of needed protection measures for newly discovered cultural resource sites. 

• Discussion of elements of current year maintenance plans, e.g. road and trail maintenance. 

• Discussion of any planned pesticide use. 
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A record of the meeting shall be kept by the Licensee and shall include any recommendations 

made by BLM for the protection of BLM land and resources. The Licensee shall file the meeting 

record, if requested, with FERC no later than 60 days following the meeting. 

Copies of other reports related to Project safety and non-compliance shall be submitted to FS, 

BLM, CDFW, and State Water Board concurrently with submittal to the FERC. These include, 

but are not limited to: any non-compliance report filed by the Licensee, geologic or seismic 

reports, and structural safety reports for facilities located on or affecting BLM lands. 

A copy of the record for the previous water year regarding streamflow, study reports, and other 

pertinent records shall be provided to FS, BLM, CDFW, and State Water Board by Licensee at 

least 60 days prior to the meeting date, unless otherwise agreed. 

Copies of other reports related to monitoring, Project safety and non-compliance on BLM land 

shall be submitted to BLM concurrently with submittal to the FERC, with the goal of providing 

the material to BLM no later than 90 days in advance of the annual meeting. These include, but 

are not limited to: any non-compliance report filed by Licensee, geologic or seismic reports, and 

structural safety reports for facilities. 

During the first several years of license implementation, it is likely that more consultation than 

just one annual meeting will be required, given the complexity of these projects. 

The BLM reserves the right, after notice and opportunity for comment, to require changes in the 

Project and its operation through revision of the Section 4(e) conditions to accomplish protection 

and utilization of BLM lands and resources. 

Condition /o. 43 - Consultation Group Specific to the Yuba-Bear 

Hydroelectric Project

The Licensee shall, within 3 months of license issuance, establish a Consultation Group as 

follows. 

Purpose 

The primary purpose of Consultation Group is to provide a forum for the Licensee to consult 

with resource agencies and other interested parties on the following: 

• The Annual Meeting as described in Condition No.42, Consultation. To the extent 

topics covered in Condition No. 42affect project-affected areas outside FS or BLM 

jurisdiction, consultation with appropriate resource agencies on those same topics will occur 

at the Annual Meeting, other Consultation Group meetings, or as otherwise agreed with the 

Licensee and appropriate resource agencies. License shall provide copies of the meeting 

materials to those who request it. 
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• Plans that are developed as required by the new license and plans that require 

specific consultation processes during implementation. specific consultation processes 

during implementation. 

• Proposed temporary or permanent modifications to license conditions. 

Licensee shall also provide notification of license compliance deviations to the current members 

of the Consultation Group. 

Decision Making 

The Consultation Group will make recommendations to the FS and BLM. The FS shall be 

responsible for final decisions within FS jurisdiction. The BLM shall be responsible for final 

decisions within BLM jurisdiction. Licensee shall also ensure that consultation, permitting, and 

any necessary approvals within the jurisdiction of other agencies are completed. Licensee shall 

implement license conditions as approved and directed by FERC. 

Participation 

In addition to the Licensee, FS, BLM, SWRCB, and CDFW, Consultation Group meetings shall 

be open to any organization or individual that notifies the Licensee in writing of interest in 

participating in the Annual Meeting or Consultation Group meetings. The Consultation Group 

should establish mutually agreeable process guidelines for conducting effective and efficient 

meetings no later than 1 year after license issuance. Each organization or individual shall be 

responsible for providing notification information to the Licensee and shall be responsible for 

keeping current a single point of contact for purposes of notification related to the Consultation 

Group. If a participant is interested in a particular meeting or topic, the participant is responsible 

for ensuring they are represented. 

Meetings 

Separate from the Annual Meeting, the Licensee shall organize four Consultation Group 

meetings per year. Additional meetings may be scheduled if the Consultation Group decides 

additional meetings are necessary. Fewer meetings shall also be scheduled if the Consultation 

Group decides that four meetings per year are not necessary. 

Condition /o. 44 – Approval of Changes

Notwithstanding any license authorization to make changes to the Project, when such changes 

directly affect BLM lands the Licensee shall obtain written approval from BLM prior to making 

any changes in any constructed Project features or facilities, or in the uses of Project lands and 

waters or any departure from the requirements of any approved exhibits filed with the 

Commission. Following receipt of such approval from BLM, and a minimum of 60 days prior to 

initiating any such changes, the Licensee shall file a report with the Commission describing the 

changes, the reasons for the changes, and showing the approval of BLM for such changes. The 

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Commission. This condition does not relieve the Licensee from the amendment or other 

requirements of Article 2 or Article 3 of this license. 

Condition /o. 45 – Maintenance of Improvements on or Affecting Bureau of 

Land Management Lands

The Licensee shall maintain all its improvements and premises on BLM lands to standards of 

repair, orderliness, neatness, sanitation, and safety acceptable to BLM. Disposal of all materials 

will be at an approved existing location, except as otherwise agreed by BLM. 

Condition /o.46 – Existing Claims

The license shall be subject to all valid claims and existing rights of third parties. The United 

States is not liable to the Licensee for the exercise of any such right or claim. 

Condition /o. 47– Compliance with Regulations

The Licensee shall comply with the regulations of the Department of Interior on BLM lands for 

activities on BLM lands, and all applicable Federal, State, county, and municipal laws, 

ordinances, or regulations in regards to the area or operations on or directly affecting BLM lands, 

to the extent those laws, ordinances or regulations are not preempted by federal law. 

Condition /o. 48 – Surrender of License or Transfer of Ownership

Prior to any surrender of this license, the Licensee shall provide assurance acceptable to BLM 

that Licensee shall restore any Project area directly affecting BLM lands to a condition 

satisfactory to BLM upon or after surrender of the license, as appropriate. To the extent 

restoration is required, Licensee shall prepare a restoration plan which shall identify the 

measures to be taken to restore such BLM lands and shall include or identify adequate financial 

mechanisms to ensure performance of the restoration measures. 

In the event of any transfer of the license or sale of the Project, the Licensee shall assure that, in 

a manner satisfactory to BLM, the Licensee or transferee will provide for the costs of surrender 

and restoration. If deemed necessary by BLM to assist it in evaluating the Licensee's proposal, 

the Licensee shall conduct an analysis, using experts approved by BLM, to estimate the potential 

costs associated with surrender and restoration of any Project area directly affecting BLM lands 

to BLM specifications. In addition, BLM may require the Licensee to pay for an independent 

audit of the transferee to assist BLM in determining whether the transferee has the financial 

ability to fund the surrender and restoration work specified in the analysis. 

Condition /o. 49 – Protection of United States Property

The Licensee, including any agents or employees of the Licensee acting within the scope of their 

employment, shall exercise diligence in protecting from damage the land and property of the 

United States covered by and used in connection with this license. 
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Condition /o. 50 Indemnification

The Licensee shall indemnify, defend, and hold the United States harmless for: 

• any violations incurred under any laws and regulations applicable to, or 

• judgments, claims, penalties, fees, or demands assessed against the United States caused by, 

or 

• costs, damages, and expenses incurred by the United States caused by, or 

• the releases or threatened release of any solid waste, hazardous substances, pollutant, 

contaminant, or oil in any form in the environment related to the construction, maintenance, 

or operation of the Project works or of the works appurtenant or accessory thereto under the 

license. 

The Licensee’s indemnification of the United States shall include any loss by personal injury, 

loss of life or damage to property caused by the construction, maintenance, or operation of the 

Project works or of the works appurtenant or accessory thereto under the license. 

Indemnification shall include, but is not limited to, the value of resources damaged or destroyed; 

the costs of restoration, cleanup, or other mitigation; fire suppression or other types of abatement 

costs; third party claims and judgments; and all administrative, interest, and other legal costs. 

Upon surrender, transfer, or termination of the license, the Licensee’s obligation to indemnify 

and hold harmless the United States shall survive for all valid claims for actions that occurred 

prior to such surrender, transfer or termination. 

Condition /o. 51 – Damage to Land, Property, and Interests of the United 

States

The Licensee has an affirmative duty to protect the land, property, and interests of the United 

States from damage arising from the Licensee's construction, maintenance, or operation of the 

Project works or the works appurtenant or accessory thereto under the license. The Licensee's 

liability for fire and other damages to BLM lands shall be determined in accordance with the 

Federal Power Act and standard Form L-1 Articles 22 and 24. 

Condition /o. 52 – Risks and Hazards on Bureau of Land Management Lands

As part of the occupancy and use of the Project area, the Licensee has a continuing responsibility 

to reasonably identify and report all known or observed hazardous conditions on or directly 

affecting BLM lands within the Project boundary that would affect the improvements, resources, 

or pose a risk of injury to individuals. Licensee will abate those conditions, except those caused 

by third parties or not related to the occupancy and use authorized by the License. Any nonemergency actions to abate such hazards on BLM lands shall be performed after consultation 

with BLM. In emergency situations, the Licensee shall notify BLM of its actions as soon as 

possible, but not more than 48 hours, after such actions have been taken. Whether or not BLM is 

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measures performed. Other hazards should be reported to the appropriate agency as soon as 

possible. 

Condition /o. 53 – Protection of Bureau of Land Management Special Status 

Species

Before taking actions to construct new project features on BLM lands that may affect BLM 

special status species or their critical habitat, the Licensee shall prepare and submit a biological 

evaluation (BE) for BLM approval. The BE shall evaluate the potential impact of the action on 

the species or its habitat. In coordination with the Commission, BLM may require mitigation 

measures for the protection of the affected species. 

The biological evaluation shall: 

• Include procedures to minimize adverse effects to special status species. 

• Ensure project-related activities shall meet restrictions included in site management plans for 

special status species. 

• Develop implementation and effectiveness monitoring of measures taken or employed to 

reduce effects to special status species. 

Condition /o. 54 – Access

Subject to the limitations set forth under the heading of “Access By The United States” in 

Condition No. 62 hereof, BLM reserves the right to use or permit others to use any part of the 

licensed area on BLM lands for any purpose, provided such use does not interfere with the rights 

and privileges authorized by this license or the Federal Power Act 

Condition /o. 55 – Crossings

The Licensee shall maintain suitable crossings as required by BLM for all roads and trails that 

intersect the right-of-way occupied by linear Project facilities (powerline, penstock, ditch, and 

pipeline). 

Condition /o. 56 – Surveys, Land Corners

The Licensee shall avoid disturbance to all public land survey monuments, private property 

corners, and forest boundary markers. In the event that any such land markers or monuments on 

BLM lands are destroyed by an act or omission of the Licensee, in connection with the use 

and/or occupancy authorized by this license, depending on the type of monument destroyed, the 

Licensee shall reestablish or reference same in accordance with (1) the procedures outlined in the 

"Manual of Instructions for the Survey of the Public Land of the United States," (2) the 

specifications of the County Surveyor, or (3) the specifications of BLM. Further, the Licensee 

shall ensure that any such official survey records affected are amended as provided by law. 
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Condition /o. 57 – Pesticide-Use Restrictions on Bureau of Land

Management Lands

Pesticides may not be used on BLM lands or in areas affecting BLM lands to control undesirable 

woody and herbaceous vegetation, aquatic plants, insects, rodents, non-native fish, etc., without 

the prior written approval of BLM. During the Annual Consultation Meeting described in 

Condition N0.42, the Licensee shall submit a request for approval of planned uses of pesticides 

for the upcoming year. The Licensee shall provide at a minimum the following information 

essential for review: 

• whether pesticide applications are essential for use on BLM lands; 

• specific locations of use; 

• specific herbicides proposed for use; 

• application rates; 

• dose and exposure rates; and 

• safety risk and timeframes for application. 

Exceptions to this schedule may be allowed only when unexpected outbreaks of pests require 

control measures that were not anticipated at the time the report was submitted. In such an 

instance, an emergency request and approval may be made. 

Any pesticide use that is deemed necessary to use on BLM lands within 500 feet of known 

locations of Western Pond Turtles, Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Frog, Foothill Yellow Legged 

Frog, or known locations of BLM Special Status or culturally significant plant populations will 

be designed to avoid adverse effects to individuals and their habitats. Application of pesticides 

must be consistent with BLM riparian conservation objectives. 

On BLM lands, the Licensee shall only use those materials registered by the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency and consistent with those applied by BLM and approved through BLM 

review for the specific purpose planned. The Licensee must strictly follow label instructions in 

the preparation and application of pesticides and disposal of excess materials and containers. 

The Licensee may also submit Pesticide Use Proposal(s) with accompanying risk assessment and 

other BLM required documents to use pesticides on a regular basis for the term of the license as 

addressed further in Condition No, 15Terestrial Protection Measures. Submission of this plan 

will not relieve the Licensee of the responsibility of annual notification and review. 

Condition /o. 58 – Modifications of 4(e) Conditions after Biological Opinion 

or Water Quality Certification

BLM reserves the right to modify these conditions, if necessary, to respond to any Final 

Biological Opinion issued for this Project by the National Marine Fisheries Service, United 

States Fish and Wildlife Service; or any Certification issued for this Project by the State Water 

Resources Control Board. 
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Condition /o. 59 – Signs

The Licensee shall consult with BLM prior to erecting signs related to safety issues on BLM 

lands covered by the license. Prior to the Licensee erecting any other signs or advertising devices 

on BLM lands covered by the license, the Licensee must obtain the approval of BLM as to 

location, design, size, color, and message. The Licensee shall be responsible for maintaining all 

Licensee-erected signs to neat and presentable standards. 

Condition /o. 60 – Ground Disturbing Activities

If the Licensee proposes ground-disturbing activities on or directly affecting BLM lands that 

were not specifically addressed in the Commission’s NEPA processes, the Licensee, in 

consultation with BLM, shall determine the scope of work and potential for Project-related 

effects, and whether additional information is required to proceed with the planned activity. 

Upon BLM request, the Licensee shall enter into an agreement with BLM under which the 

Licensee shall fund a reasonable portion of BLM staff time and expenses for staff activities 

related to the proposed activities time and expenses for staff activities related to the proposed 

activities. 

Condition /o. 61 – Use of Bureau of Land Management Roads for Project 

Access

The Licensee shall obtain suitable authorization for all project access roads and BLM roads 

needed for Project access. The term of the permit shall be the same as the term of the license. 

The authorization shall require road maintenance and cost sharing in reconstruction 

commensurate with the Licensee’s use and project-related use. The authorization shall specify 

road maintenance and management standards that provide for traffic safety, minimize erosion, 

and damage to natural resources and that are acceptable to BLM as appropriate. 

The Licensee shall pay BLM for its share of maintenance cost or perform maintenance or other 

agreed to services, as determined by BLM for all use of roads related to project operations, 

project-related public recreation, or related activities. The maintenance obligation of the 

Licensee shall be proportionate to total use and commensurate with its use. Any maintenance to 

be performed by the Licensee shall be authorized by and shall be performed in accordance with 

an approved maintenance plan and applicable BMPs. In the event a road requires maintenance, 

restoration, or reconstruction work to accommodate the Licensee's needs, the licensee shall 

perform such work at its own expense after securing BLM authorization. 

The Licensee shall complete a condition survey and a proposed maintenance plan subject to 

BLM review and approval as appropriate once each year. The plan may take the format of a 

road maintenance agreement provided all the above conditions are met as well as the conditions 

set forth in the proposed agreement. 

In addition, all BLM roads used as Project Access roads (PAR) and Right-of-Way access roads 

(ROW) shall have: 
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• Current condition survey. 

• Be mapped at a scale to allow identification of specific routes or segments. 

• BLM assigned road numbers are used for reference on the maps, tables, and in the field. 

• GIS compatible files of GPS alignments of all roads used for Project access are provided to 

BLM. 

• Adequate signage is installed and maintained by the Licensee at each road or route, 

identifying the road by BLM road number. 

Condition /o. 62 – Access By The United States

The United States shall have unrestricted use of any road over which the Licensee has control 

within the project area for all purposes deemed necessary and desirable in connection with the 

protection, administration, management, and utilization of Federal lands or resources. When 

needed for the protection, administration, and management of Federal lands or resources the 

United States shall have the right to extend rights and privileges for use of the right-of-way and 

road thereon to States and local subdivisions thereof, as well as to other users. The United States 

shall control such use so as not to unreasonably interfere with the safety or security uses, or 

cause the Licensee to bear a share of costs disproportionate to the Licensee’s use in comparison 

to the use of the road by others. 

Condition /o. 63 – Road Use

The Licensee shall confine all vehicles being used for project purposes, including but not limited 

to administrative and transportation vehicles and construction and inspection equipment, to roads 

or specifically designed access routes, as identified in the Transportation System Management 

Plan (Condition No.39). BLM, as appropriate, reserve the right to close any and all such routes 

where damage is occurring to the soil or vegetation, or, if requested by Licensee, to require 

construction/construction by the Licensee to the extent needed to accommodate the Licensee’s 

use. BLM agree to provide notice to the Licensee and the Commission prior to road closures, 

except in an emergency, in which case notice will be provided as soon as practicable. 

Condition /o. 64 – Bureau of Land Management Approval of Final Design

Before any new construction of the Project occurs on Bureau of Land Management lands, the 

Licensee shall obtain prior written approval of BLM for all final design plans for Project 

components, which BLM deems as affecting or potentially affecting Bureau of Land 

Management lands within the Project boundary. The Licensee shall follow the schedules and 

procedures for design review and approval specified in the conditions herein. As part of such 

written approval, BLM may require adjustments to the final plans and facility locations to 

preclude or mitigate impacts and to insure that the Project is either compatible with on-theground conditions or approved by BLM based on agreed upon compensation or mitigation 

measures to address compatibility issues. Should such necessary adjustments be deemed by 

BLM, FERC, or the Licensee to be a substantial change, the Licensee shall follow the procedures 

of FERC Standard Article 2 of the license. Any changes to the license made for any reason 

pursuant to FERC Standard Article 2 or Article 3 shall be made subject to any new terms and 
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conditions of the Secretary of Interior made pursuant to Section 4(e) of the Federal Power Act to 

address Project effects within the Project boundary. 

Condition /o. 65 – Unattended Construction Equipment

The Licensee shall not place construction equipment on BLM lands prior to actual use or allow it 

to remain on BLM lands subsequent to actual use, except for a reasonable mobilization and 

demobilization period agreed to by BLM. 

Condition /o. 66 – Maintenance of Improvements

The Licensee shall maintain the improvements and premises on BLM lands within the Project 

boundary and Licensee adjoining property to standards of repair, orderliness, neatness, 

sanitation, and safety. For example, trash, debris, and unusable machinery will be disposed of 

separately; other materials will be stacked, stored neatly, or placed within buildings. Disposal 

will be at an approved existing location, except as otherwise agreed to by BLM. 

Construction Inspections

Within 60 days of planned ground-disturbing activity on or affecting BLM lands, Licensee shall 

file with the Commission a Safety Construction Plan that identifies potential hazard areas and 

measures necessary to address public safety. Areas to consider include construction activities 

near public roads, trails, and recreation areas and facilities. 

Licensee shall perform daily (or on a schedule otherwise agreed to by BLM in writing) 

inspections of Licensee's construction operations on BLM lands and Licensee adjoining property 

while construction is in progress. Licensee shall document these inspections (informal writing 

sufficient) and shall deliver such documentation to BLM on a schedule agreed to by BLM. The 

inspections must specifically include fire plan compliance, public safety, and environmental 

protection. Licensee shall act immediately to correct any items found to need correction. 

A registered professional engineer or other qualified employee of the appropriate specialty shall 

regularly conduct construction inspections of structural improvements on a schedule approved by 

BLM. 
Appendix J 

Response to Comments on the 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement
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APPENDIX J 

STAFF RESPONSES TO COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL

IMPACT STATEMENT

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) staff issued the 

draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Drum-Spaulding and Yuba-Bear Projects on 

May 17, 2013, and comments on the draft EIS were due on August 22, 2013. In addition, 

Commission staff conducted two public meetings to receive oral comments on the draft EIS in 

Auburn, California, on August 14, 2013. Twenty-eight out of 47 members of the public that 

attended the meetings spoke. Speakers commented on the geographic scope of the draft EIS, 

cumulative effects, instream flows for the projects, protection of special status species, recreation 

facilities and access, and the potential for anadromous fish reintroductions in the project area. 

Additionally, there were 18 filings by individuals, agencies, and non-governmental organizations 

(NGOs) during the comment period. 

In this appendix, we summarize the written and oral comments received; provide 

responses to those comments; and indicate, where appropriate, how we modified the text in the 

final EIS. We grouped the comment summaries and responses by topic for convenience. We do 

not summarize comments that point out minor edits to the draft EIS; however, we have made 

these edits in the final EIS. The following entities provided oral comments or filed written 

comments on the draft EIS for the Drum-Spaulding and Yuba-Bear Projects.

Commenting Entity Date

Oral Comments Provided at Public Meetings

Chris Shutes, California Sportfishing Protection 

Alliance and Foothills Water Network

8/14/13

Gary Reedy, South Yuba River Citizens League 8/14/13

David Baker, Dry Creek Conservancy (member 

of Foothills Water Network)

8/14/13

Rorie Gotham, South Yuba River Citizens 

League

8/14/13

Steve Hubbard, Save Auburn Ravine Salmon 

and Steelhead (member of the Foothills Water 

District)

8/14/13

Mike Connor, Gold Country Fly Fishers 8/14/13

Larry Thompson, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS)

8/14/13

Jeff Parks, California State Water Resources 

Control Board (California Water Board)

8/14/13

Peter Burnes, volunteer with South Yuba River 

Citizens League and citizen

8/14/13

Frank Rinella, Northern California Council 

Federation of Fly Fishers and Foothills Water 

Network

8/14/13

Roger Staab, Placer Sierra Railroad Heritage 

Society

8/14/13

Traci Van Thrull, Foothills Water Network 8/14/13

Dave Steindorf, American Whitewater (member 

of Foothills Water Network)

8/14/13
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Commenting Entity Date

Nancy Hagman, Grace Hubley Foundation 8/14/13

Written Comments

California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, 

Trout Unlimited, and American Rivers

6/21/13

John R. Lipscomb 8/14/13

Jennifer Montgomery, County of Placer Board 

of Supervisors

8/20/13

David Ryland 8/20/13

Terrance Otis Wollan 8/22/13

Foothills Water Network, California 

Sportfishing Protection Alliance, American 

Rivers, American Whitewater, Friends of the 

River, Northern California Council Federation 

of Fly Fishers and Gold Country Fly Fishers, 

Save Auburn Ravine Salmon and Steelhead, 

Sierra Club – Mother Lode Chapter, Auburn 

Ravine Preservation Committee Ophir Property 

Owners Assoc., Inc., Dry Creek Conservancy, 

South Yuba River Citizens League, Trout 

Unlimited

8/22/13

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service 

(Forest Service)

8/22/13 (2)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 

Region 9

8/22/13

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) 8/22/13

NMFS 8/22/13

California Department of Fish and Wildlife 

(California Fish and Wildlife)

8/22/13

Nevada Irrigation District (NID) 8/22/13

Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) 8/22/13

California State Water Resources Control 

Board (California Water Board)

8/22/13

Placer County 8/22/13 (2)

Department of the Interior 8/22/13

Foothills Water Network (9/23/13), PG&E (9/23/13), and NID (10/2/13) filed responses to 

comments on the draft EIS.

GENERAL 

Comment: Foothills Water Network comments that the draft EIS inappropriately dismisses the 

need for a formal consultation role for NGO’s and other members of the public in license 

implementation.

Response: The section 4(e) conditions applicable to the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Deer Creek, 

and Yuba-Bear Projects provide sufficient opportunities for NGO’s to be involved in license 

implementation. We have revised the proposed license articles for the Lower Drum Project to 

require consultation with Foothills Water Network, as appropriate. 
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Comment: EPA Region 9 comments that the final EIS should demonstrate that the emissions 

from construction and operation of the projects would conform to the approved State 

Implementation Plan and would not cause or contribute to violations of the National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards. EPA recommends that the final EIS: include a discussion of existing air 

quality and compliance with state and federal air regulations; describe and estimate air emissions 

from potential construction and other activities, and identify mitigation measures that would 

minimize those emissions; and include an analysis of direct, indirect and cumulative air quality 

impacts of the proposed emissions. 

Response: The four projects evaluated in this EIS are existing projects. The only proposed 

development analyzed is the Rollins no. 2 powerhouse, which would be located next to the 

existing powerhouse, and minor recreational facility improvements. During scoping, we 

determined that the air emissions caused by the small proposed addition would be insignificant. 

Further, state and local permits would likely require best management practices to minimize 

effects.

Comment: EPA Region 9 comments that the draft EIS lists a number of proposed 

environmental measures in sections 2.2.3 and 2.3.1; however, the potential impacts of 

construction, operation, and maintenance activities associated with these measures are not 

addressed. These environmental measures are included in the Staff Alternative, but are 

inconsistently described throughout the resource sections of the EIS and not thoroughly described 

in the Alternatives chapter.

Response: The environmental analysis in section 3 describes the environmental effects of the 

proposed action for each project by resource area and assesses the effects of the proposed 

protection, mitigation, and enhancement measures (PM&Es) and other recommended 

environmental measures for mitigating the impacts of construction and operation and 

maintenance activities. 

Comment: EPA Region 9 comments that the discussion of cumulative effects in the draft EIS 

does not address potential cumulative effects of climate change on the project areas, proposed 

projects and alternatives. EPA recommends that the final EIS include a discussion of historic and 

reasonably anticipated future impacts of climate change and its potential effects on the proposed 

projects and alternatives. It recommends that the projects and alternatives include an adaptive 

management strategy requiring monitoring and scheduled periodic updates to models over the 

course of the 50-year license term so that management adaptations based on changing climate 

conditions can be considered. 

Mr. Reedy, South Yuba River Citizens League, comments that the complete evaluation of climate 

change needs to be addressed in the final EIS. Consideration of how climate change would 

change hydrology, and change the way the project affects resources of concern, is a substantial 

deficiency in the draft EIS. 

Response: We are unaware of any current climate model that would allow us to predict matters 

such as water flows in a given basin during the 30-50 year term of a typical hydropower license in 

such a manner as to support reasoned decision-making. A 33-year period of record (1976-2008) 

was used to analyze hydrologic conditions in the project-affected watersheds and synthesize an 

estimate of unregulated conditions. This hydrologic record provides an adequate characterization 

of the range and variability of annual flows and includes back to back critically dry years and a 

period of record drought up through 2008. These data were integral in evaluating proposed 

minimum flow conditions under various water years and modeling the effects of various 
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environmental conditions on aquatic habitat and generating capacity. We believe that this form 

of analysis considers long term hydrologic trends and provides sufficient information to assess 

the impacts of changing climatic conditions on the projects. Additionally, we believe that our 

practice of including in hydropower licenses reopener provisions, in combination with extensive 

resource monitoring, which allows the Commission to alter license requirements in response to 

changed environmental conditions provides appropriate environmental safeguards and, indeed, 

provides more certain protection than predictions about future environmental conditions. 

Comment: EPA Region 9 notes that the draft EIS does not include an analysis of the potential 

environmental justice impacts of this project. EPA comments that the final EIS should include an 

evaluation of environmental justice populations within the geographic scope of the project. If 

such populations exist, EPA recommends that the final EIS document the public involvement 

methods used, describe the likely impacts of the project on those populations, and discuss any 

measures that could mitigate those impacts. EPA believes that assessment of the project’s impact 

on minority and low-income populations should reflect coordination with those affected 

populations. 

Response: It is current Commission practice to address environmental justice in its NEPA 

document when there is sufficient information in the record indicating that it is necessary to do 

so. There is no information in the record and EPA failed to introduce any new information to 

support the premise that an environmental justice or socioeconomics analysis is relevant in the 

relicensing of these projects. No high-minority census tracks are located in the vicinity of the 

projects. In addition, the projects have been in existence for more than 50 years. Minor proposed 

increase in power and environmental measures would not have significant socioeconomic effects. 

Further, environmental justice and socioeconomic issues were not identified during the scoping 

process or comment period. 

Comment: EPA Region 9 comments that the tribes should be included in the distribution list of 

the final EIS.

Response: The distribution list for the final EIS has been reviewed and updated to include all 

tribes that may be affected by these projects, or that have indicated an interest in the proceeding.

Comment: NMFS provided several comments related to PG&E’s proposed separation of the 

existing Drum-Spaulding Project into three separately licensed projects. NMFS states the draft 

EIS does not establish (through environmental analyses) the baseline effects of the separated 

Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, Deer Creek, and Yuba-Bear Projects, followed by 

comparison of the effects of the alternatives against the baselines – to arrive at appropriate license 

terms and conditions for each project. NMFS suggests that a supplement draft EIS or second 

draft should be issued that provides adequate NEPA review of all of the proposed project 

licensing actions. NMFS believes that this would allow an agency/public comment period, 

followed by an interval to allow us the time we would need to review and incorporate the 

agency/public feedback in their final EIS. Similar comments and concerns on the proposed 

separation of the three PG&E projects were received from other entities.

The California Water Board also requests that the Commission release a supplement or at least 

the draft portion of the EIS that reflects the Lower Drum portion of the project. The California 

Water Board suggests that there is a missing layer if there is not a chance to see a reflection of 

public and agency comments within the EIS on the changes that might result from the Lower 

Drum separation. 
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The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (a member of Foothills Water Network) 

comments that PG&E’s request to the Commission to issue a new license for the Lower Drum 

developments changes the proposed action. They indicated that if the Commission entertains 

PG&E's request, it needs to recirculate the draft EIS with an accurate description of the proposed 

action. If the draft EIS is left as it is, the Califronia Water Board indicates that it would do a full 

blown environmental impact report for the Water Quality Certification. 

Response: Although the draft EIS has been signficantly revised to address PG&E’s proposal to 

separate the existing Drum-Spaulding Project into three separate projects, the potential 

environmental effects have not substantially changed. Comments regarding potential impacts to 

project resources submitted in response to PG&E’s proposal to separately license the Lower 

Drum Project have been evaluated in section 3 and section 5.4, Recommendation on Lower Drum 

and Deer Creek Separation Projects in this final EIS. The Commission, however, will provide a 

comment period on the final EIS. 

Comment: NMFS comments that the current draft EIS does not adequately define each project 

action or justify a sound geographic scoping for each project action. 

Response: The FEIS defines the proposed actions for each of the projects in sections 2.2.1 

through 2.2.4 and again in sections 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.5.1, and 5.5.2. The 

project scope in the draft EIS was defined through the scoping process and comments received on 

geographic and temporal scope at that time. After scoping, we determined that the projects have 

minimal impacts below Englebright reservoir and dam; however, the final EIS includes an 

expanded analysis of cumulative project effects below Englebright reservoir and dam. A 

discussion of the geographic and temporal scope of the final EIS is included in sections 3.2.1 and 

3.2.2. 

Comment: NMFS comments that the draft EIS contains insufficient analysis of the projects’ 

existing environmental effects, for use as a baseline for comparison with proposed alternatives, 

including NMFS’ recommendations. 

Response: The final EIS fully describes the existing condition at each of the projects including 

project resources and current project operations. Existing operations is the appropriate baseline 

against which evaluate the effects of the proposed projects and their operations on resources.

Comment: NMFS states that the draft EIS’ alternatives comparison consists mostly of a 

summary table, and very truncated “rationale” sections that are mostly conclusion statements.

Response: The summary table for the four projects considered in the final EIS,

in combination with the discussion of significant issues and measures not adopted, provides 

sufficient information to evaluate a range of license conditions and alternatives.

Comment: NMFS comments on the scope of the cumulative effects analysis in the draft EIS and 

notes that the draft EIS applies, without change, a geographic scoping determined years prior to 

the study phases, despite abundant new information suggesting that scoping determination is 

inadequate for NEPA review. 

Response: The project scope in the draft EIS was defined through the scoping process and 

comments received on geographic and temporal scope at that time. In the final EIS, the 

geographic scope of the cumulative effects analysis has been expanded to include the interaction 

of the interbasin transfer of water related to the projects with non-project effects in the North 
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Yuba River, the Middle Yuba River downstream of Our House dam, and the Lower Yuba River 

downstream of Englebright dam. The final EIS includes anadromous fish habitat below 

Englebright dam as an additional resource in the geographic scope of cumulative effects. 

Comment: Placer County notes that projected increases in recreation at the projects would raise 

public safety costs and require the County to make significant investments to improve and 

maintain County roads that provide access to some of the project recreational faciliites. Placer 

County suggests that the final EIS include a description of the magnitude of the projects’ impacts. 

Placer County also recommends that NID and PG&E pay for the cost of additional public 

services and infrastructure improvements that the County would need to provide as a result of the 

relicensing of the projects. Placer County recommends that the final EIS discuss alternatives to 

mitigate public safety and infrastructure impacts of the projects on Placer County, such as 

funding arrangements under off-license agreement or requiring the licensees to provide public 

services themselves or arrange for a third party to provide them.

Response: In the final EIS, we conclude that a projected increase in the number of visitors over 

the term of the license would likely increase the need for public services, such as law 

enforcement and fire protection. Nonetheless, enforcement of local laws within the project area is 

properly left to Placer County. As a general matter, it is the Commission’s policy to require 

licensees to implement necessary license conditions and not to fund personnel at local agencies.1

 

The final EIS includes additional discussion of these issues in section 3.3.5.2. 

Comment: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) comments that BLM’s Sierra Resource 

Management Plan is not referenced in the section 5.3, Consistency of Comprehensive Plans, of 

the draft EIS.

Response: Although BLM’s Sierra Resource Management Plan has not been filed with the 

Commission as a comprehensive plan pursuant to Order 481-A, we nevertheless have considered 

it under the comprehensive development standard of section 10(a)(1) of the Federal Power Act 

(FPA).

Comment: NMFS advises us to define the action given the proposal to split the Drum-Spaulding 

Project. NMFS believes that the draft EIS needs to explain the baseline effects of the proposal in 

the context of other stressors in the watershed and needs to compare the anticipated results of 

proposed measures against the baseline and then consider the project’s incremental effects in the 

context of other stressors.

Response: Section 1.2 of the final EIS has been revised to define the action being taken, which is 

the issuance of federal licenses for the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, Deer Creek, and 

Yuba-Bear Projects. The impacts of each of the four projects are evaluated in section 3 and 

project-specific recommendations are discussed in section 5.

 1 Avista Corp., 127 FERC ¶ 61,265, at P 193 (2009); Public Utility District, No. 2, 123 

FERC ¶ 61,049, at P 79 (2008); Portland General Electric, Co., 117 FERC ¶ 61,112, at P 83 

(2006). See Settlement Policy, 116 FERC ¶ 61,270, at P 24 (2006).
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GEOLOGIC RESOURCES

Comment: Forest Service and BLM comment that several elements that they would require in a 

Slope Assessment Plan are not included in PG&E’s and NID’s alternative Erosion Control and 

Slope Stability Plan.

Response: On April 11, 2014, in lieu of developing a Slope Assessment Plan required in their 

preliminary condition, Forest Service filed Canal Release Point Plans and Erosion and Sediment 

Control Management Plans for the Drum-Spaulding and Yuba-Bear Projects and specified 

(revised modified conditions 49 and 50, April 14, 2014) implementation of those plans upon 

Commision approval. PG&E and NID have agreed to implement these plans.

Comment: NMFS comments that there are deficiencies in the draft EIS’ treatment of the 

projects’ effects on coarse substrate supply, storage, and transport, specifically regarding the 

Commission’s adoption of PG&E and NID’s analysis of the projects’ effects on coarse substrate. 

NMFS believes that we should have performed an independent analysis of coarse substrate 

supply, storage, and transport because the analyses performed by PG&E and NID contain 

significant errors in the calculation of sediment supply, transport capacity, and incipient motion.

Response: We have reviewed NMFS’ critique of the coarse substrate analysis and the Channel 

Morphology Technical Memorandum and conclude that what NMFS characterizes as “significant 

errors” can be more appropriately be characterized and differences in valid methodologies and 

levels of model and calculation sophistication compared to studies recommended by NMFS. The 

field studies and analyses presented in the Channel Morphology Technical Memorandum filed by 

the applicants are consistent with the approved relicensing study plan and are adequate for 

evaluation of project effects on coarse substrate and substrate transport in projected affected 

reaches. 

AQUATIC RESOURCES

Comment: The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Trout Unlimited, and American 

Rivers commented that the draft EIS does not adequately address direct, indirect, and cumulative 

effects on anadromous fish habitat in the South and Middle Yuba Rivers and does not evaluate 

alternative measures to mitigate the projects' effects on anadromous fish and their habitat in the 

South and Middle Yuba Rivers once fish are reintroduced into these project-affected waters.

Response: The final EIS discusses potential effects on anadromous fish and their habitat 

associated with project water transfers out of the Yuba River basin in section 3.3.2.2.2, section 

3.3.2.2.8, section 3.3.4, and cumulative effects on these species in section 3.3.2.3. Additional 

discussion of direct and indirect project effects and cumulative effects on anadromous fish has 

been added to each section. Our analysis focuses on direct and indirect effects on resident aquatic 

resources in project-affected stream reaches in the Middle Yuba and South Yuba Rivers and 

potential cumulative effects of project-affected flows and operations in conjunction with other 

non-project actions on water quantity in the lower Yuba River downstream of Englebright dam. 

The analysis evaluates the effects of Upper Drum-Spaulding Project and Yuba-Bear Project 

operations under conditions proposed for the new licenses on flows and water temperatures in the 

Middle and South Yuba Rivers. Required monitoring plans would provide additional data to 

evaluate the effects of proposed flow conditions and other operational requirements on aquatic 

habitat for anadromous species. At this time, we are unaware of any active timetable for the 

reintroduction of andromous fish upstream of Englebright dam. At such time as a schedule is 

developed for reintroduction of anadromous species above Englebright dam, the license reopener 
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process can be initiated to evaluate these data and determine if additional measures are needed to 

support reintroduction of anadromous fish. 

Comment: The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Trout Unlimited, and American 

Rivers comment that the Drum-Spaulding and Yuba-Bear Projects affect cold water habitat for 

anadromous fish. 

Response: Effects of project operations on cold water habitat for anadromous and resident 

species are discussed in section 3.3.2.2.2, section 3.3.2.2.8, and section 3.3.4. Cumulative effects 

of project operations and other non-project actions on anadromous fish habitat in the lower Yuba 

River below Englebright dam are discussed in sections 3.3.2.3 and 3.3.4. 

Comment: Many comments were submitted on issues related to the potential reintroduction of 

anadromous fish species to the South Yuba and Middle Yuba Rivers, the effect of project 

operations on future reintroductions, and the NMFS’ February 29, 2012 Biological Opinion (BO) 

on Operation and Maintenance of Englebright reservoir and dam by the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (Corps). 

The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Trout Unlimited, and American Rivers note that

NMFS’ Final BO, issued on February 29, 2012, stated that fish passage above Englebright dam is 

essential to the recovery of the affected salmonids and requires the Corps to effectively 

reintroduce fish to Upper Yuba River by January 31, 2020. They also noted that the Yuba 

County Water Agency (YCWA) and stakeholders are working on strategies to reintroduce 

anadromous fish to the Middle Yuba River and South Yuba Rivers. They commented that the 

draft EIS does not consider whether the proposed new licenses would be best adapted for 

anadromous fish in the Yuba River, that the draft EIS concludes incorrectly that reintroduction of 

anadromous fish is not reasonably foreseeable. They note that we must make findings regarding 

the projects’ effects on habitat for anadromous fish in the South Yuba and Middle Yuba Rivers 

based on record evidence, and comment that the existing record does not include adequate 

information on which to base specific findings regarding the extent of projects’ effects on 

anadromous fish habitat, of the availability and feasibility of reasonable alternatives, and of other 

measures to mitigate the projects’ effects on anadromous fish in the Middle and South Yuba 

rivers.

NMFS comments that the cumulative effects analysis is insufficient [and therefore the EIS is 

deficient for Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) consultation] due to: (1) an incorrect geographic 

scoping that occurred in 2008; and (2) lack of consideration of major information. 

Mr. David Ryland comments that the draft EIS should not dismiss the reintroduction of 

anadromous fish using the argument that anadromous fish migration is obstructed by a 

downstream dam. He states the draft EIS does not evaluate a restored anadromous fish 

alternative that analyzes the effects of the proposed relicensing on habitat for anadromous fish in 

the South Yuba and Middle Yuba Rivers. Mr. Ryland says the Commission should draft a 

supplemental EIS that includes a salmon and steelhead reintroduction alternative. 

Foothills Water Network comments that the draft EIS fails to analyze the effects of the proposed 

relicensing on habitat for anadromous fish in the South Yuba and Middle Yuba Rivers, and fails 

to balance values related to reintroduction of salmon and steelhead with other resource and 

developmental values. They state that the draft EIS improperly dismisses most of NMFS’s FPA 
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section 10(j) recommendations as not “within the scope of 10(j)” because each “depends on a 

future action.”

EPA Region 9 comments that the final EIS should discuss the current status of proposals to 

reintroduce Central Valley spring run Chinook salmon, Central Valley steelhead and North 

American green sturgeon in the project stream reaches, and consider reintroduction as a 

reasonably foreseeable action. EPA believes that the final EIS should discuss the extent to which 

the projects could support such reintroduction efforts, such as by adjusting streamflow and 

providing fish passage at project dams. EPA recommends that the projects include a mechanism 

for modifying the license conditions in the event that reintroduction is initiated, or that NMFS’ 

recommendations for minimum streamflows, large woody debris (LWD), course substrate and 

adaptive management be included in the license conditions now, with the stipulation that they 

would come into effect should reintroduction occur. 

Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) comments that the draft EIS should revise its discussion of 

the NMFS BO to include the August 13, 2013 court ruling that NMFS cannot rely on or cite the 

2012 Englebright BO in the relicensing proceedings for the Yuba-Bear and Drum-Spaulding 

Project until the Corps prepares and submits a new biological assessment to NMFS and NMFS 

prepares a revised BO.

California Water Board disagrees that reintroduction of anadromous fish is not reasonably 

foreseeable and should be evaluated in the draft EIS. 

Mr. Gary Reedy of the South Yuba River Citizens League comments that the biggest deficiency 

in the draft EIS is the lack of a cumulative effects analysis, which includes project effects on 

other activities in the watershed and effects on the populations of spring-run Chinook salmon and 

Central Valley steelhead. Much information has been forthcoming recently supporting the 

reintroduction of salmon and steelhead into the Upper Yuba watershed, and the community 

anticipates this and it needs to be addressed, at least in the cumulative effects section of the draft 

EIS.

PG&E comments that the August 13, 2013 court order on the NMFS BO in part ruled that 

because the federal defendants had reinitiated consultation and the BO discussed in the draft EIS 

comment above was soon to be superseded; NMFS should not rely on or reference that BO in this 

or other relicensing proceedings. 

NID comments that we properly rejected NMFS’s request to study the impacts to listed 

anadromous fish and habitat in the Yuba River downstream of Englebright Dam because “there is 

no clear nexus between the requested study and the project.” 

Response: On August 12, 2013 the United States District Court, Eastern District of California, 

issued a Memorandum and Order (Order in South Yuba River Citizens League v. NMFS and 

YCWA v. NMFS (related cases). The Order in part ruled that because NMFS and the Corps had 

reinitiated consultation and the BO discussed in the comments on the DEIS was soon to be 

superseded; NMFS should not rely on or reference that BO in this or other relicensings. As 

discussed in sections 5.1.2.3 and 5.5.2.3, ESA consultation was completed in May 2014. NMFS 

concurred that operation and maintenance of Englebright dam would not adversely affect listed 

salmon populations (NMFS, 2014a) and issued a BO regarding operation of Daguerre Point dam 

(NMFS, 2014b). Neither decision requires any specific measures related to upstream fish passage 

at Englebright dam. Consequently the final EIS does not address findings of the February 29, 

2012 BO. Our analysis focuses on direct and indirect effects on resident aquatic resources in 
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project-affected stream reaches in the Middle and South Yuba Rivers and on potential cumulative 

effects of project operations and the interbasin transfer of water along with other non-project 

actions on water quantity in the lower Yuba River at Englebright dam. The analysis evaluates the 

effects of Upper Drum-Spaulding Project and Yuba-Bear Project operations under conditions 

proposed for the new licenses on flows and water temperature in the Middle and South Yuba 

rivers and on water quantity and water temperature in the lower Yuba River below Englebright 

dam. The cumulative effects associated with other non-project hydropower operations and 

consumptive water uses and water rights are considered in the final EIS. Required monitoring 

plans would provide additional data to evaluate the effects of proposed flow conditions and other 

operational requirements on aquatic habitat for anadromous species that may eventually be 

reintroduced. At such time as a schedule is developed for reintroduction of anadromous species 

above Englebright dam, the license reopener process can be initiated to evaluate these data and 

determine if additional measures are needed to support reintroduction of anadromous fish. 

Comment: The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Trout Unlimited, and American 

Rivers comment that the draft EIS lacks specific data about fish densities and flow requirements 

for vertebrates in the Bear River below Rollins reservoir. They note that page 161 of the draft 

EIS references surveys at 13 sites within the sub-basin but does not provide statistics for the 

stretch from Rollins to Combie.

Response: Fish density data in the Bear River below Rollins reservoir was not included in the 

draft EIS. Section 3.3.2.1.3 of the final EIS includes an additional table (table 3-96b) and 

discussion on fish abundance in the Bear River below Rollins reservoir to Lake Combie. 

Additional discussion of habitat modeling and flow requirements for aquatic biota has been added 

to final EIS section 3.3.2.2.2. 

Comment: Mr. David Ryland comments that table 3-179 indicates the Weighted Useable Area 

(WUA) for the stretch of river below Rollins is categorized as “Fair to Poor” for 

macroinvertebrates; however, Mr. Ryland has observed crayfish, discarded exoskeletons, and scat 

from crayfish predators that he believes shows macroinvertebrates are present in significant 

numbers on that section of the river. 

Response: The WUA values listed in table 3-179 were generated by the U.S. Geological Survey 

(USGS) Physical Habitat Simulation Software, which uses habitat indices for macroinvertebrates 

to determine WUA for a given stream reach. The Commission continues to present these values 

in the final EIS as a useful indicator of the relative effects of operational alternatives. WUA 

values do not necessarily correlate with the presence or absence of individual species or 

abundance and diversity of specific aquatic communities observed during pre-licensing surveys 

of a given project-affected stream reach.

Comment: Mr. Ryland is concerned with the integrity of the fish population data cited in the 

draft EIS based on a personal communication he had with a representative from California Fish 

and Wildlife, who stated that he observed an electroshocking survey on an upstream reservoir that 

was handled improperly and yielded no fish. 

Response: Based on the Commission’s review of the technical memoranda 3-1 and 3-12 (Stream 

Fish Populations and Reservoir Fish Populations) and available data, the fish surveys were 

conducted according to the agreed upon study plans and provide sufficient information for the 

Commission to assess the environmental effects of the projects.
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Comment: Mr. Ryland comments that under proposed operations, the minimum flow 

requirements for the Bear River below Rollins reservoir are insufficient to prevent significant 

population loss in all but the wettest years. 

Response: Mr. Ryland has not provided any technical information to support his claim that the 

minimum flows are insufficient to support resident trout populations. The Commission evaluated 

the proposed minimum flow requirementbased on results of habitat-flow simulations for resident 

rainbow trout. We conclude that the minimum flow requirement would “improve and enhance 

cold water aquatic habitat for resident trout compared to existing license conditions and would 

provide seasonal and inter-annual variability in flows through this stream reach.” This reach of 

the Bear River supports a recreational fishery for resident trout under conditions of the existing 

license. Habitat modeling indicates that the proposed minimum streamflows would achieve at 

least 80 percent of the maximum available WUA for adult and spawning resident rainbow trout in 

all but extreme critically dry water years. The proposed minimum streamflows would enhance 

aquatic habitatcompared to the existing license conditions. The analysis does not indicate a 

potential for significant resident rainbow trout population loss. 

Comment: Mr. Ryland is interested in determining whether consumptive water demand can be 

influenced through regulation because page 267 of the draft EIS states that future consumptive 

demand would cumulatively affect the ability of licensees to meet minimum streamflows.

Response: As stated on page 266 of the draft EIS, NID and PCWA can and will continue to 

exercise their legally established water rights to meet water demand within their respective 

service areas. We do not have jurisdiction to regulate consumptive water usage or how these 

entities exercise their water rights. However, we conclude that our recommended environmental 

measures would minimize the cumulative effects of hydroelectric generation and consumptive 

water demand on aquatic resources.

Comment: Foothills Water Network comments that the Cumulative Effects section of the draft 

EIS does not address past cumulative impacts of the projects and other watershed activities 

including mining, energy generation, debris management, water supply, and flood control on 

Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon and Central Valley steelhead. It recommends that the 

final EIS or a Supplemental draft EIS should include such an analysis. 

Response: As noted above in response to comments regarding cumulative impacts, the 

cumulative effects discusion in the final EIS has been expanded to include the effects of the 

interbasin tranfer of water on water quantity and the resulting uncertain effects on anadromous 

fish habitat in the lower Yuba River below Englebright dam. Discussion of impacts of historical 

mining practices in the watersheds on existing substrate condition and contamination, channel 

formation, floodplain connectivity, and debris management have been added to sections 3.3.2.2.2, 

3.3.2.2.8, 3.3.2.3, and 3.3.4. 

Comment: California Fish and Wildlife disagrees with our assessment that the Block Flow 

recommendations for the South Yuba River and Middle Yuba River are outside the scope of 

section 10(j) and asserts that we did not provide sufficient justification to conclude that California 

Fish and Wildlife’s 10(j) recommendation is outside the scope of section 10(j) of the FPA. 

Response: Contrary to California Fish and Wildlife’s comment, in table 5-2 of the draft EIS, the 

Commission determined that the California Fish and Wildlife Block Flow recommendation is 

within the scope of the 10(j). 
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Comment: Foothills Water Network commented that it sought to manage for all cold water 

species inthe Middle and South Yuba Rivers and worked with California Fish and Wildlife to 

refine and develop the Block Flow concept. It believes that the Forest Service and PG&E’s 

negotiated flows do not adequately cool the river as compared to the Block Flow approach. 

Response: The analysis in the draft EIS balances potential effects of the Block Flow and 

Supplemental Flow measures on rainbow trout habitat and foothill yellow-legged frog habitat. 

We determined that the additional flows of the Block Flow recommendation dedicated to further 

reducing water temperature in the stream reach from 20 degrees celsius (°C) to 19°C above Wolf 

Creek confluence in Middle Yuba River and above Canyon Creek confluence in South Yuba 

River would result in an uncertain and potential risk to foothill yellow-legged frogs. 

Comment: California Fish and Wildlife comments that on page 594 of the draft EIS, we assert 

that the Forest Service Supplemental Flow measure is “better defined, more balanced, and more 

flexible” than the Department’s South Yuba River Block Flow measure. California Fish and 

Wildlife recognizes that the Commission may balance impacts differently, but it does not believe 

that we adequately supported the conclusion that the Forest Service measure is better defined and 

more flexible.

Response: The final EIS analyzes the effect of incremental flows from 10 to 60 cubic feet per 

second (cfs) on stream temperature in the South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding. We 

determined that PG&E’s proposed minimum flow combined with the Forest Service 

Supplemental Flow, which would provide a total of 30 cfs, would maintain stream temperatures 

at the confluence of Canyon Creek at or below 20°C, and would enhance aquatic habitat for 

resident trout. Based on the incremental flow analysis, we also determined that the California 

Fish and Wildlife and Foothills Water Network Block Flow recommendation would provide 

water temperatures several degrees cooler than the Forest Service Supplemental Flow condition, 

which would further enhance aquatic habitat for resident trout farther downstream, but would 

have the potential to adversely affect foothill yellow-legged frog development and abundance. 

The Supplemental Flow condition would be much simpler to implement because it gives the 

Forest Service clear decision-making authority and defined criteria for implementing 

supplemental flows to provide enhancement of aquatic resources. The Supplemental Flow 

condition also provides the Forest Service with reasonable flexibility to select supplemental flows 

within a specified range of flows and to have PG&E make monthly adjustments to supplemental 

flows as necessary. The Supplemental Flow condition would also require less frequent 

consultation and flow manipulation while providing enhancement of aquatic resources and more 

predictable generating capacity. The text in the final EIS has been modified to better discribe the 

differences in the implementation process between the two proposed flow augmentation 

measures, in particular the extent of the consultation process for determination of flow 

adjustments. The proposed Water Temperature and Stage, Channel Morphology, Fish 

Population, and Foothill Yellow-legged Frog Monitoring Plans would provide information to 

assess (through the proposed Consultation Groups specific to the South Yuba River and Middle 

Yuba River) the effectiveness of these flow measures for enhancement of aquatic habitat and 

resources.

Comment: Foothills Water Network comments that on page 237, the draft EIS mischaracterizes 

the California Fish and Wildlife/Foothills Water Network’s Block Flow recommendation for the 

Middle Yuba River. It believes that the draft EIS suggests that the actual release made as part of 

the Block Flow would “generally” be 30 cfs, the maximum allowed under the proposed measure. 

It believes that the draft EIS indicates that flows would increase 2 to 5 times during Block Flow 

releases ignoring how small the required minimum streamflows in the Middle Yuba are, 
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especially in August. It comments that Block Flow augmentations of 10 to 20 cfs would be made 

to a wide stream channel; percent WUA for adult rainbow trout at 15 cfs is only 29 percent of 

maximum, because so little of the stream channel is wetted under the proposed minimum 

streamflows.

Response: The FEIS clarifies that the Block Flow recommendation has the potential to increase 

proposed minimum flows by 2 to 5 times during drier periods. Our analysis evaluated the 

additional incremental flows that would be provided by the Block Flow recommendation and 

found that the proposed minimum flows would maintain temperatures below 20°C at Wolf Creek. 

These proposed minimum flows and associated water temperatures would enhance aquatic habitat 

for resident trout in the Middle Yuba River without adversely affecting foothill yellow-legged 

frog populations that could result from the cooler temperatures created by the Block Flow 

proposal. Despite Foothills Water Network’s assertion to the contrary, Table 3-153 indicates that 

the percent of maximum WUA at 15 cfs for adult rainbow trout is 48 percent in critically dry and 

dry years, and 74 percent in below normal, above normal, and wet water years.

Comment: Foothills Water Network comments that on page 237, the draft EIS states that the 

California Fish and Wildlife and Foothills Water Network Block Flow proposal is similar to the 

range recommended by NMFS. It believes that these flow schedules cannot fairly be called 

similar, and analysis of NMFS’s flow proposals cannot fairly be used to characterize California

Fish and Wildlife/Foothills Water Network’s proposal. 

Response: We simply stated in the draft EIS that the California Fish and Wildlife and Foothills 

Water Network flows are similar to the range of flows recommended by NMFS. This statement 

was not used as a characterization of the Block Flow recommendation or used in the analysis of 

the California Fish and Wildlife/Foothills Water Network Block Flow recommendation. The 

specific schedule for incremental flow increases is discussed in our analysis in the final EIS.

Comment: Foothills Water Network comments that the draft EIS does not perform a 

temperature analysis of the proposed preliminary 4(e) minimum streamflows for the Middle Yuba 

River below Milton diversion. Rather, it believes the analysis relies on an incremental analysis of 

flows in 2008 and 2009 (figures 3-98 through 3-101) that has extremely wide increments, and no 

increments between 3 and 25 cfs, even though most of the recommended minimum streamflows 

fall in between these values. It notes that the draft EIS does not say when or how often the Block 

Flows would have been used in 2008 and 2009, but states generally that 25 cfs would have kept 

water temperatures in the Middle Yuba at Wolf Creek below 18°C. Foothills Water Network 

believes that the draft EIS analysis incorrectly agrees with the PCWA argument that below 19.3 

°C there is a loss of foothill yellow-legged frog habitat. 

Response: The draft EIS compared the effects on temperature in the Middle Yuba River below 

Milton diversion dam under the existing minimum flow requirement, NID’s proposed minimum 

flows, and the addition of California Fish and Wildlife and Foothills Water Network’s Block 

Flow recommendation. Temperature modeling results for the Middle Yuba River provide 

analysis of the relative effects of different flow releases at Milton diversion dam on downstream 

water temperatures in the MiddleYuba River based on weather conditions that occurred during 

2008 and 2009, which were warm dry years. Our analysis of the temperature-flow information 

from July 2008 and July 2009 provide sufficient evidence that flows in the range of 4 to 6 cfs 

would maintain water temperature at or below 20°C in the Middle Yuba at Wolf Creek and 

additional analysis of temperature at increments from 7 to 25 cfs is not necessary. Flows during 

these monitoring periods were similar to the minimum streamflows specified in the FS 4(e) 

conditions during extreme critically dry, critically dry, and dry water years. In the final EIS we 
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discuss additional scientific references that evaluate the relationship between water temperature 

and distribution of foothill yellow-legged frog, optimum conditions for development and growth 

of foothill yellow-legged frog eggs and tadpoles, and metamorphosis of tadpoles. These data 

indicate that optimum water temperatures for early development and growth are in the range of 

19-22°C; at temperatures below 18°C growth rates decrease and time to metamorphosis increases, 

potentially reducing population viability. The proposed minimum streamflows would enhance 

aquatic habitat for resident trout in the Middle Yuba River without adversely affecting foothill 

yellow-legged frog populations, while the target temperatures of the Block Flow 

recommendation, irrespective of the incremental flow released, have the potential to adversely 

affect exisitng foothill yellow-legged frog populations between Wolf Creek and National Gulch. 

Comment: California Fish and Wildlife disagrees with our analysis of biological impacts from 

the implementation of the Block Flow in the Middle Yuba River. California Fish and Wildlife 

claims that although the species in the Middle Yuba River have differing temperature tolerances, 

they all exist in the continuum of temperature gradients throughout their ranges in California. 

California Fish and Wildlife notes that its recommended temperature objective of 19oC above 

Wolf Creek is only 1°C lower than the temperature we recommend at this location. However, it 

believes that 1oC should enhance thermal conditions for rainbow trout down to about river mile 

(RM) 23 without adversely impacting existing populations of foothill yellow-legged frog at 

National Gulch (RM 30). California Fish and Wildlife also recommends monitoring of 

temperature, frog populations, and rainbow trout populations throughout the term of the license. 

Response: As California Fish and Wildlife states, aquatic species occur in a continuum of 

temperature gradients, increasing from upstream to downstream. Our assessment of the Block 

Flow recommendation considers the predicted water temperature differences between required 

minimum streamflows and Block Flows between Milton diversion dam and Our House diversion 

dam impoundment. 

The analysis presented in the draft EIS and in the final EIS balances the benefits to resident 

rainbow trout against the potential risk to foothill yellow-legged frog. The recreational fishery 

for resident rainbow trout in the Middle Yuba River above Wolf Creek has been described as a 

high quality fishery. The Block Flow recommendation would potentially extend this fishery 

farther downstream to areas more accessable to recreational anglers. However, we do not agree 

with California Fish and Wildlife regarding impacts to yellow-legged frogs and continue to 

conclude that the additional flows dedicated to further reducing water temperature in the Middle 

Yuba River stream reach above Wolf Creek confluence from 20°C to 19°C would result in an 

uncertain and potentially adverse effect on foothill yellow-legged frog populations. The 1°C 

difference in water temperature between the required minimum streamflows and the Block Flow 

recommendation would be diminished moving downstream and be negligible at Our House 

diversion dam impoundment. 

Comment: California Fish and Wildlife questions the validity of the unregulated condition 

temperature modeling in the South Yuba River because no temperature data were collected prior 

to 1913 when Spaulding Dam was built. California Fish and Wildlife asserts that while it is 

relatively easy to run “unimpaired flow” releases through the licensee’s water temperature model, 

this still represents the regulated release of the “unimpaired flows.” Given that water temperature 

monitoring was not conducted in the South Yuba River prior to the construction of the projects, it 

believes that it is not possible to calibrate a water temperature model with any measure of 

confidence.
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Response: Estimated regulated flows are provided as a frame of reference; however, the baseline 

for evaluation of proposed conditions and project effects is the existing license conditions, that is, 

the no-action alternative. The discussion of unregulated flows is clarified in our analysis in 

section 3.3.2.2.7 of the final EIS, but is based on water temperatures observed in relatively 

unregulated stream reaches upstream of Lake Spaulding.

Comment: Foothills Water Network comments that the description of South Yuba Block Flows 

in the draft EIS is inaccurate. It believes that the draft EIS evaluates a hypothetical situation in 

which South Yuba Block Flows were released at the maximum allowable value all summer long. 

It notes that the South Yuba Block Flow measure (like the Middle Yuba Block Flow measure) 

was crafted explicitly to address periods of high water temperature. It does not believe that the 

scenario “analyzed” in the draft EIS analyzes the measure recommended by California Fish and 

Wilidlife and Foothills Water Network. Foothills Water Network also comments that the draft 

EIS should complete and balance its impact analysis on foothill yellow-legged frog by evaluating 

the benefits that subpopulations of foothill yellow-legged frog in the South Yuba downstream 

from Poorman Creek will enjoy because reduced water temperatures in their habitat become 

closer to the “thermal preference.” 

Mr. Reedy comments that the Block Flow measures would further cool the Middle Yuba and 

South Yuba Rivers with minimal to negligible impacts on hydropower and water supply, which 

would have economic value to the community from improved fishing and recreational use that 

should be considered. 

California Fish and Wildlife clarifies the 19°C temperature objective above Canyon Creek and 

discusses the deficiencies with our assessment of the South Yuba River Block Flow 

recommendation. 

PCWA comments that the draft EIS analysis of the Supplemental Flow proposal for the South 

Yuba River is incorrect. The intention was not to cool the river to 17°C during high temperature 

events, but to set aside water to be released at an appropriate rate during high temperature events.

Response: The description of the Block Flow measure in the draft and final EIS is accurate. 

Given the uncertainty with how the 2,500 acre-feet Block Flow would be incrementally released 

below Lake Spaulding, the final EIS analyzes the effect of incremental flows over the range of 

both the Supplemental Flow condition and the Block Flow recommendation (from 10 to 60 cfs) 

on stream temperature in the South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding. We determined that 

PG&E’s proposed minimum flow combined with the Forest Service Supplemental Flow, which 

would provide a total of 30 cfs, would maintain stream temperatures at the confluence of Canyon 

Creek at or below 20°C and would enhance aquatic habitat for resident trout. We determined that 

the additional flows dedicated to further reducing water temperature in the stream reach from 

20°C to 19°C above Wolf Creek confluence in Middle Yuba River and above Canyon Creek 

confluence in South Yuba River would potentially extend optimum habitat for resident rainbow 

trout farther downstream, but increase the risk to existing populations of foothill yellow-legged 

frog in the affected stream reaches.

Based on the incremental flow analysis, we determined that the California Fish and Wildlife and 

Foothills Water Network Block Flow recommendation would provide water temperatures several 

degrees cooler than the Forest Service Supplemental Flow condition, which would further 

enhance aquatic habitat for resident trout farther downstream, but would have the potential to 

adversely affect foothill yellow-legged frog development and abundance. 
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The final EIS concludes that implementation of the Forest Service Supplemental Flow condition 

would benefit aquatic resources overall, whereas the California Fish and Wildlife/Foothills Water 

Network Block Flow recommendation would enhance conditions for resident trout and 

recreational anglers, but could potentially adversely affect foothill yellow-legged frog 

populations. Water temperatures in the vicinity of Poorman Creek and downstream are within the 

optimum range for foothill yellow-legged frog under the existing license; the proposed Block 

Flows would not necessarily enhance those conditions (section 3.3.2.2.7). 

The proposed Water Temperature and Stage, Channel Morphology, Fish Population, and Foothill 

Yellow-legged Frog Monitoring Plans would provide information to assess (through the proposed 

Consultation Group specific to the South Yuba River) the effectiveness of these flow measures 

for enhancement of aquatic habitat and resources.

Comment: Foothills Water Network comments that the Commission should require year-round 

flows to protect anadromous and resident fish in Auburn Ravine. It believes that the draft EIS 

incorrectly analyzes the flows in Auburn Ravine as provided to meet consumptive water demand 

even though the delivery is through the project and generates power, which offsets the cost of the 

delivery.

Response: The final EIS states that releases made by PG&E to Auburn Ravine from South canal 

below the Wise powerhouses are typically higher than proposed minimum streamflows between 

April and November and are determined by commitments and contractual obligations for water 

delivery to NID and PCWA. During this period flows released are also typically greater than 

natural flows in Auburn Ravine above the Auburn 1 diversion dam. Except during canal outages 

flows released to Auburn Ravine from South canal between November and March when 

consumptive demands are minimal, are relatively high and determined by the hydraulic capacity 

of the Wise powerhouses and South canal. 

Comment: Foothills Water Network recommends that the Commission adopt the measures for 

monitoring for foothill yellow-legged frog, fish populations, and temperature, as recommended 

by California Fish and Wildlife in its comments on the draft EIS. It also recommends the 

installation of a real time flow gauge on the South Yuba River downstream of Canyon Creek. 

Response: Section 3.3.2.2.8 of the final EIS discusses Forest Service and BLM 4(e) conditions 

requiring monitoring plans, including Fish Population, Foothill Yellow-legged Frog, and Channel 

Morphology (filed November 21, 2013) that would be implemented upon license issuance. 

Forest Service filed a Water Temperature and Stage Monitoring Plan (April 11, 2014) that would 

be implemented upon approval by the Commission (Forest Service condition 51). Forest Service 

revised modified condition 51 (April 14, 2014) also requires PG&E to develop in consultation 

with the agency an Aquatic Benthic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Plan to be filed with the 

Commission within 1 year of license issuance. The final FEIS recommends the monitoring plans 

because they would provide information to evaluate the effect of the Supplemental Flow increase 

on foothill yellow-legged frog population abundance and distribution. 

Comment: The Forest Service, BLM, and California Fish and Wildlife disagree with the 

statement in the draft EIS that there is a very low risk of introduction of Quagga and zebra 

mussels. The agencies recommend several survey protocols at project lakes and would require 

the licensee to record incidental observations of various mussel species.

Response: The final EIS clarifies that it is the assessment criteria, not California Department of 

Fish and Wildlife, which suggests there is a very low risk of introduction of aquatic invasive 
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species; however, some aquatic invasive species have been identified in project-affected waters. 

The final EIS has been modified to include additional survey protocols for aquatic invasive 

species specified by the Forest Service and recommended by California Department of Fish and 

Wildlife in development of PG&E’s and NID’s Aquatic Invasive Species Management and 

Monitoring Plans. We recommend that an Aquatic Invasive Species Monitoring and 

Management Plan be developed by the licensees in collaboration with the agencies and filed with 

the Commission within 1 year of license issuance.

Comment: The Forest Service comments that we did not address the recommendations filed by 

resource agencies for management through Bear River Valley.

Response: Forest Service revised modified condition 50 (April 14, 2014) specifies requirements 

for baseline and ongoing monitoring to assess riparian vegetation and bank stability conditions in 

Bear River above Drum afterbay on federal lands; Forest Service 10(a) recommendation 7 

(November 21, 2013) recommends additional qualitative and quantitative monitoring for Bear 

River Management Through Bear Valley on non-federal lands. PG&E proposes the same 

measures required or recommended by the Forest Service. Sections 3.3.2.2.2 and 5.1.2.2 of the 

final EIS evaluate the proposed monitoring conditions for Bear River above Drum afterbay. We 

expanded our analysis of the proposed management plan for Bear River valley and recommend 

inclusion of the measures in the new license for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Project. 

Comment: The Forest Service comments that the assumption that the volume of LWD 

transported to and removed from project reservoirs is relatively low is incorrect. 

Response: Data collected during relicensing studies relative to availability of LWD in projectaffected stream reaches, indicate that these watersheds generate a relatively low volume of LWD. 

Based on available data for project-affected stream reaches collected during relicensing studies, 

the draft EIS concluded that the quantity of LWD appears to be relatively low compared to other 

watersheds in the western Sierra Nevada. In most smaller project impoundments, LWD is 

allowed to pass over dam spillways during high flows. At some larger reservoirs, LWD is 

blocked by log booms and periodically removed from the reservoir and disposed of on land. 

Forest Service revised modified condition 52 specifies that the licensee develop a LWD 

Management Plan in consultation with the agency within 1 year of license issuance. In the final 

EIS, we recommend this Forest Service condition because LWD surveys would provide 

additional information on abundance, distribution, and management of LWD in project-affected 

reaches and identify suitable locations and reaches to reintroduce LWD removed from project 

reservoirs to enhance aquatic habitat. PG&E and NID have agreed to implement these 

conditions. 

Comment: The Forest Service states that we should clarify their recommendations on the issue 

of implementing Extreme Critically Dry water year type flows in the second year of two 

sequential Critically Dry water years. PCWA commented (November 27, 2013) on discussion of 

this issue during the 10(j) meeting noting that it is important for protection of municipal and 

industrial water supplies, while also protecting environmental resources. PCWA provided a 

review of historical data to demonstrate that conditions that would result in implementation of 

this condition have been infrequent over the last 35 years. 

Response: Our discussion of the back to back critically dry water year conditions filed by FWS 

and BLM did not adequately distinguish the differences and scope of the two agencies conditions. 

Forest Service condition 26 and BLM condition 3 specify for the Upper Drum-Spaulding Project 

and Forest Service recommendation 1 for the Yuba-Bear project recommends that extreme 
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critically dry water year type flows be implemented in a critically dry year that follows a critically 

or extreme critically dry year. We clarify in the final EIS the stream reaches to which these 

conditions apply. The final EIS lists three reaches in the Upper Drum-Spaulding Project to which 

this condition applies. The BLM condition applies specifically to the Bear River below Rollins 

dam in the Yuba-Bear Project. NID proposed that similar modification of minimum streamflows 

during extended drought conditions apply to Middle Yuba River belwo Milton diversion dam and 

Canyon Creek below Bowman-Spaulding diversion dam. Our evaluation of data on the 

relationship between flow and the aquatic habitat index, Weighted Useable Area, indicates that 

implementation of extreme critically dry minimum streamflows during the second year of 

consecutive critically dry or drier years would have a similar effect on aquatic habitat in the two 

reaches proposed by NID as the other four reaches to which the Forest Service and BLM 

condition applies. The specified minimum flows for all other reaches would be the same during 

either a critically dry or extreme critically dry water year; that is, back to back critcally dry 

conditions would not alter the allowed minimum streamflow requirements in those stream 

reaches. 

Comment: EPA Region 9 comments that the final EIS should include a discussion of the 

applicability of section 404 of the Clean Water Act to project construction, operations and 

maintenance activities. If applicable, it should discuss the permit requirements under this statute 

and identify the role of the Corps in implementing these programs. 

Response: Section 1.3.2 has been revised to discuss requirements undeser section 404. We 

expect both NID and PG&E would obtain any federal or state permits necessary to authorize any 

construction activities. 

Comment: EPA Region 9 comments that the final EIS should discuss the health impacts of 

consuming fish that contain elevated concentrations of methylmercury. EPA recommends that 

the Record of Decision commit to a continuation of the monitoring of methylmercury found in 

the fish that are annually stocked by PG&E and NID. If monitoring continues to reveal 

exceedances of California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment methylmercury 

standards, EPA recommends that signs should be posted in languages understood by likely 

recreationists to warn them of the risks of consuming fish that exceed recommended health levels.

California Water Board feels that mercury bioaccumulation monitoring may not be necessary for 

the FERC license, but may condition the water quality certificates to comply with a statewide 

mercury policy or Total Maximum Daily Limit.

Response: Neither mercury nor methylmercury exceeded the aquatic benchmark during aquatic 

toxicity sampling. However, methylmercury concentrations in fish tissue were greater than limits 

set for consumption advisories for human health. As stated on page 255 of the draft EIS, the 

Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, Deer Creek, and Yuba-Bear Project operations are not 

expected to change in a manner that would affect methylmercury concentrations, distribution, or 

bioaccumulation. Additionally, methylmercury concentrations in fish tissue are likely to remain 

high in the future with all other factors affecting uptake remaining unchanged. Therefore, we do 

not expect any changes in methylmercury concentrations in the environment or in the tissue of 

target sportfish as a result of project operations. Although monitoring fish tissue from selected 

stream reaches could provide data useful to Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment 

for determining the need for consumption advisories, such measures would not be warranted by 

project operations and are not recommended for inclusion in the new license. 
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Comment: PG&E requests that section 3.3.2.2.3 of the draft EIS be revised to acknowledge that 

PG&E does not divert water from Auburn Ravine and cannot supplement natural flows or provide 

water in Auburn Ravine during canal outages, see, for example, draft EIS at page 197, paragraph 

3. 

Response: Section 3.3.2.2.3 of the final EIS has been revised to incorporate the suggested 

clarification. 

Comment: PG&E requests that section 3.3.2.1.1 of the draft EIS be revised to clarify that water 

is released to Auburn Ravine from South canal below the Wise powerhouses primarily to meet 

contractual water delivery obligations to NID and PCWA and not required by license conditions. 

Response: Section 3.3.2.1.1 of the final EIS has been revised to incorporate the suggested 

clarification.

Comment: PG&E requests that section 3.3.2.1.3, Auburn Ravine Sub-Basin, be revised to state 

that Auburn Ravine sub-basin is situated within the Sacramento River Basin and consists of 

Auburn Ravine from South Canal to PCWA’s Auburn Tunnel Outlet (non-project water 

delivery), in order to be consistent with the rest of the draft EIS. 

Response: Section 3.3.2.1.3 of the final EIS has been revised to incorporate the suggested 

clarification. 

Comment: PG&E requests that section 3.3.2.2.8 be revised to clarify that the increased 

minimum streamflows proposed for Auburn Ravine to enhance aquatic habitat for resident 

rainbow trout in the stream reach immediately downstream of PG&E’s release points from South 

canal were not intended to provide cooler water temperatures, but rather WUA for resident 

rainbow trout was the primary index that was used in negotiating the minimum flows.

Response: Section 3.3.2.2.8 of the final EIS has been revised to incorporate the suggested 

clarification.

Comment: PG&E recommended minor modification and clarifications to tables 3-121, 3-136, 3-

144, 3-181, and 3-190 to more accurately reflect its proposal and operations.

Response: The tables in appendix A-2 of the final EIS have been revised to incorporate the 

recommended clarifications.

Comment: California Water Board requests that specific attention be paid to the time period 

when the PG&E canal outage in the Wise Development prevents PG&E from directly 

contributing a minimum flow to Auburn Ravine. California Water Board supports collaboration 

between Relicensing Participants to come to an agreement on flows in Auburn Ravine to ensure 

protective minimum flows are established throughout Auburn Ravine. The Forest Service and 

BLM support California Fish and Wildlife recommendations regarding Auburn Ravine canal 

outages and monitoring. 

Response: During outages of the upstream canal system that delivers Bear River water through 

the Wise and Wise No. 2 Development to the South canal, no source of water is available through 

project operations for PG&E to augment flows in Auburn Ravine. Although other sources of 

water could be used to supplement flows during canal outages, these sources are not under the 

control of the licensee and the Commission does not have the jurisdiction to set license conditions 
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requiring the use of non-project water which is used for contractual water supply deliveries. 

Therefore, we cannot recommend the BLM and California Fish and Wildlife minimum 

streamflow conditions during canal outages that affect this reach. 

Comment: PG&E clarifies that the flow in South Fork Deer Creek would be the same as 

historical flows because operations would not change.

Response: Under the existing license there is no minimum flow requirement for the South Fork 

of Deer Creek below Deer Creek powerhouse; however, there is a proposed minimum flow 

requirement of 5 cfs year round for the South Fork of Deer Creek. Although PG&E is likely to 

continue to operate the proposed Deer Creek Project as it has historically which would typically 

provide flows equal or greater than the new specified minimum 5 cfs streamflow, the minimum 

streamflow condition that would be implemented under the new license would be a change in the 

operating license compared to the existing license that includes no minimum streamflow in the 

South Fork Deer Creek.

Comment: PG&E clarifies that Supplement No. 2 (August 30, 2012) to the application updating 

the reservoir simulation model (HEC-ResSim) states that “It should be noted that the inability to 

meet the new minimum flows at these locations is in large part an artifact of the way the HECResSim model works for these locations.” and “licensee anticipates that these minimum flows 

would, in fact, be met at all times.” 

Response: Section 3.3.2.2.6 of the final EIS has been modified to incorporate the requested 

notation. 

Comment: PG&E requests that we revise the statement in the 1st paragraph on page 138 of the 

draft EIS that PCWA withdraws water from South canal at several locations between the Wise 

powerhouses and the Newcastle Development to exercise water rights and meet water delivery 

demand to clarify that PG&E delivers water to PCWA from South canal at several locations 

between the Wise powerhouses and the Newcastle Development to meet water delivery 

contractual obligations. 

Response: Section 3.3.2.2.2 of the final EIS has been revised to incorporate the suggested 

clarification.

Comment: PG&E clarifies that it agrees with and recommends adoption of the negotiated 

Supplemental Flow measure contained in the Forest Service’s Revised Preliminary 4(e) condition 

dated August 23, 2013. 

Response: Section 3.3.2.2.7 of the final EIS has been revised to include the suggested 

clarification.

Comment: PG&E notes that the part of the statement in the 2nd paragraph on page 92 of the 

draft EIS that says PCWA holds water rights related to the Drum-Spaulding Project is in error. It 

comments that PG&E owns the water rights related to the Drum-Spaulding Project and for 

contractual water supply deliveries. 

PG&E also comments that the text in the 4th paragraph on page 266 of the draft EIS should be 

corrected to acknowledge that PG&E holds the water rights associated with the Drum-Spaulding 

Project, not PCWA.
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Response: Sections 3.2 and 3.2.2.1.1 of the final EIS has been revised to correctly state that 

PG&E holds the water rights associated with the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Deer 

Creek Projects.

Comment: PG&E clarifies that PCWA’s September 14, 2012 letter regarding Reclamation’s 

recommendations states “Reclamation can assert no claim against PG&E or PCWA to require any 

water deliveries into Folsom Reservoir from the Yuba or Bear Rivers. (Stevens v. Oakdale 

Irrigation District (1939) 13 Cal.2d 343, 348-353.) PG&E notes that Reclamation’s requirements 

under their water rights and regulating BOs for instream flows and temperatures in the Lower 

American River apply only to Reclamation’s Central Valley Project water rights and are not 

conditioned upon or reliant upon the inter-basin transfer of water from the Yuba or Bear Rivers.” 

Response: The final EIS has been revised to clarify that PG&E holds the water rights for 

operation of the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Deer Creek Projects and for 

contractual water supply deliveries.

Comment: PG&E recommends that the draft EIS statement in the 1st paragraph on page 266 of 

the draft EIS should be revised to acknowlege that PG&E delivers water contractually to PCWA 

for consumptive uses. 

Response: Section 3.3.2.3 of the final EIS has been revised to incorporate the text as requested.

Comment: NMFS disagrees with our assessment that the minimum flows proposed for Auburn 

Ravine, Rock Creek, and Dry Creek are outside the scope of section 10(j) and asserts that FERC 

did not provide sufficient justification to conclude that NMFS’s 10(j) recommendation is outside 

the scope of section 10(j) of the FPA.

Response: In the draft EIS we concluded that NMFS flow recommendations for these Western 

Placer County stream reaches are within the scope of 10(j), but did not recommend 

implementation of the NMFS flows due to system operational limitations during canal outages 

and the location of anadromous salmonid populations downstream of the Halsey, Rock Creek and 

Wise and Wise No. 2 developments relative to direct project-affected stream reaches. In sections 

3.3.2.2.2 and 5.1.2.2, the final EIS evaluates the differences between the minimum flow proposals 

of PG&E and NMFS. In both of these sections, we justify our position that the PG&E flows 

provide more protection to and enhance aquatic habitat in the downstream reaches of Auburn 

Ravine, Rock Creek, and Dry Creek. Table 5-2 indicates that our assessment of NMFS’s 

recommendation is within the scope of 10(j); however, we did not adopt the recommendation. 

Comment: NMFS comments that the Commission has not yet initiated formal consultation with 

NMFS under the Magnuson-Stevens Act. NMFS notes that Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) for 

Chinook salmon has been identified, under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, in the upper Yuba River 

(upstream of Englebright Dam), as well as the lower Yuba River and in areas downstream 

(October 15, 2008 73 FR 60987). 

Response: Section 1 of the draft EIS outlines our determination that the projects do not affect 

Pacific salmon EFH upstream of Englebright reservoir; therefore, consultation is not required on 

Pacific salmon EFH upstream of Englebright reservoir. In the final EIS we expand our analysis 

of the cumulative effects of flow diversions in the Middle Yuba River, Canyon Creek, and South 

Yuba River by the Yuba-Bear and Upper Drum-Spaulding Projects on flows and anadromous 

salmonid habitat in the lower Yuba River downstream of Englebright dam. We also provide 

additional analysis in the final EIS of the potential effects of project interbasin water transfers 
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from the upper Yuba watershed on flows and habitat for anadromous salmonids downstream of 

Englebright dambecause flows in the Yuba River below Englebright dam are primarily controlled 

by operations and releases from New Bullards Bar reservoir on North Yuba River. We will 

consult with NMFS on Pacific salmon EFH downstream of Englebright dam under the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act (see section 1.3.7 of this final EIS) 

Comment: NMFS comments that the Commission has not yet initiated formal consultation with 

NMFS under the ESA. However, to facilitate the future consultation, the draft EIS should have, 

but did not, evaluate NMFS’ PM&E measures as preliminary recommendations under the ESA to 

benefit the threatened species and their critical habitats below Englebright dam in the lower Yuba 

River, and in additional areas downstream to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The draft EIS 

did not contain similar evaluations for projects’ influences on ESA-listed species and critical 

habitats in the lower American River or the lower Bear River. NMFS is seeking the description, 

analysis of, and quantification of direct, indirect and cumulative impacts on federally-listed 

endangered and threatened species and designated critical habitats. NMFS comments that for 

ESA and Magnuson-Stevens Act consultation, an effects determination must be made based on 

analysis.

Response: NMFS did not provide specific PM&E measures to benefit listed species and critical 

habitat below Englebright dam. NMFS’ PM&E measures were related to anadromous fish in the 

Yuba River above Englebright dam where no anadromous fish are present. The analysis in the 

draft and final EIS did not discern any appreciable effect of the projects on listed anadromous fish 

or critical habitat in the lower American River and in the lower Bear River. As discussed 

previously, we have expanded our analysis of project-affected flows in the Yuba River

downstream of Englebright dam and will consult with NMFS under ESA and the MagnusonStevens Act (see sections 1.3.3 and 1.3.7 of this final EIS). 

Comment: NMFS states that in section 3.3.2.1.1 of the draft EIS, the brief description of each 

development and comparison of historical to unimpaired flows is not an adequate analysis of the 

baseline hydrologic effects of the projects or subsequent effect on aquatic biota. Additionally, 

NMFS suggests that instead of performing an independent hydrologic analysis, the draft EIS 

merely adopts PG&E and NID’s proposals. Specifically, NMFS states that the draft EIS did not 

include a sufficient analysis of the projects’ alterations of the snowmelt hydrograph, and whether 

there is sufficient protection proposed by PG&E and NID for aquatic species and their habitat in 

all water years, at an appropriate geographic scale, to mitigate for the diminished magnitude in 

the snowmelt hydrograph. In addition, NMFS believes that the DEIS insufficiently analyzed the 

impact of the projects’ on the physical and thermal suitability of migration habitat for upriver 

passing adult anadromous fish and downriver migrating juveniles. According to NMFS, this 

analysis was performed for foothill yellow-legged frog, but was not, and should be conducted for 

anadromous fish. 

NMFS states that the analysis performed for foothill yellow-legged frog was also inadequate in 

the draft EIS because it did not take into consideration the baseline conditions, and they disagree 

with the Commission’s overall conclusion that foothill yellow-legged frog would be harmed by 

the projects.

Lastly, NMFS believes that the Commission should have verified the hydraulic models developed 

by PG&E and NID because the models contain many issues as a result of oversimplification of 

complex hydraulic interactions. Specifically, the models use depth-averaged velocity rather than 

using near-bed velocities, which can impact foothill yellow-legged frog masses and tadpoles. 
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Additionally, NMFS feels that the topographic data points at either 0.5 to 2 meter intervals was 

too coarse to adequately capture foothill yellow-legged frog microhabitats. 

Response: Flows in the project watersheds are dominated by snow pack accumulation during 

winter and melt during spring and early summer; project and non-project dams and diversions and 

reservoir storage result in modification and manipulation of the natural seasonal hydrograph 

reducing peak spring flows and extending summer flows. The analysis of cumulative effects and 

ESA-listed species has been expanded to include the effect of the interbasin transfer of water on 

water quantity and the potential effects on anadromous fish habitat in the lower Yuba River 

below Englebright dam. At this time flows in the lower Yuba River are managed by releases 

from the non-project Narrows I and Narrows II powerhouses at Englebright dam (Narrows II 

powerhouse is part of the Yuba River Project No. 2246 that is also involved in relicensing). 

Flows to support downstream aquatic habitat and fish passage are presently determined primarily 

through operations at New Bullards Bar reservoir and flows from the North Yuba River. 

Our analysis of project effects on aquatic habitat associated with alternative proposals for flow 

modifications in project-affected reaches focused on balancing the competing thermal 

requirements for resident rainbow trout and early life stage development of foothill yellow-legged 

frog. Consistent with the Commission’s baseline policy, existing conditions, including 

documented locations of foothill yellow-legged frog populations, provide the baseline for this 

analysis with consideration of the effects of increased minimum streamflows and spill cessation 

measures and Forest Service’s Supplemental Flow condition and California Fish and Wildlife’s 

Block Flow recommendations. Although the models and modeling results developed and 

submitted by the licensees as part of the relicensing studies simplify complex hydraulic processes 

(as any such model would), they provide a useful tool for comparison of water temperature 

conditions at key stream locations under a range of flow conditions. As such, the model results 

provide an appropriate basis for our analysis of aquatic habitat conditions and alternative flow 

proposals. 

Comment: NMFS states that deficiencies exist in the draft EIS’ treatment of the projects’ effects 

on LWD supply, storage, and transport, specifically regarding the Commission’s adoption of 

PG&E and NID’s analysis of the projects’ effects on LWD. NMFS believes that we should have 

performed an independent analysis of LWD supply, storage, and transport. 

Response: The final EIS reevaluates NMFS’s comments regarding the calculation of LWD that 

would exist in the South Yuba River and provides sufficient justification to support our 

determination in the final EIS. Final Forest Service and BLM conditions address the 

implementation of a LWD plan including survey of existing conditions and development and 

implementation of a plan to ensure passage of LWD below project dams.

Comment: NMFS states that deficiencies exist in the draft EIS’ treatment of the projects’ effects 

on stream temperatures. NMFS disagrees with the draft EIS analysis of only the Forest Service 

and California Fish and Wildlife summertime water temperature management proposals for the 

Middle and South Yuba Rivers. Additionally, NMFS states that the draft EIS does not include a 

comparinson of NMFS’ water temperature management measure against the baseline. NMFS 

believes we should perform an independent analysis of the appropriateness of the temperature 

thresholds used in the draft EIS, and the optimal target location for achieving those thresholds. 

Lastly, NMFS believes the draft EIS analysis should have taken into consideration the effects of 

climate change during the next license term.
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Response: As in the draft EIS, section 3.3.2.2.7 of the final EIS includes our independent 

analysis of the effect of incremental flows on stream temperature in the South and Middle Yuba 

Rivers. Under existing conditions anadromous salmonid access to project-affected stream 

reaches of the Middle and South Yuba Rivers is blocked by Englebright dam; the recent 

Biological Opinion on the Corps’ operations and maintenance at Englebright dam does not 

address passage at Englebright dam. Flows and water temperatures in the Yuba River 

downstream of Englebright dam are managed and dominated by flows and operations at the New 

Bullards Bar dam and the Narrows I and Narrows II powerhouses. 

We determined that PG&E and NID’s proposed minimum flows would maintain stream 

temperatures at or below 20°C at target management locations and would enhance aquatic habitat 

for resident trout. Based on the incremental flow analysis, we determined that the California Fish 

and Wildlife and Foothills Water Network Block Flow recommendation would provide water 

temperatures several degrees cooler than the Forest Service Supplemental Flow condition in key 

project-affected stream reaches, which would further enhance aquatic habitat for resident trout 

farther downstream, but would have the potential to adversely affect foothill yellow-legged frog 

early development and abundance. NMFS did not provide a specific water temperature 

management measure related to resident aquatic species similar to the Supplemental Flow 

measure or the Block Flow measure, NMFS recommended minimum streamflows are associated 

with a plan for reintroduction of spring-run Chinook salmon and Central Valley steelhead to the 

upper Yuba River upstream of Englebright dam, including the South Yuba River and Middle 

Yuba River. Given the uncertain schedule and progress toward reintroduction of anadromous 

salmonids in this watershed, it is premature to determine appropriate flows related to habitat and 

water temperature to support reintroduction of anadromous salmonids for future implementation 

as recommended by NMFS.

Comment: NMFS comments that the draft EIS fails to analyze the benefits of NMFS’ proposed 

flows, or their potential effect on spring-run Chinook salmon or steelhead. NMFS disagrees that 

its recommendations concerning salmon habitat are outside the scope of section 10(j) of the FPA 

simply because the recommendations contemplate future, but reasonably foreseeable, actions.

Response: NMFS’s recommendations concerning salmon habitat are outside the scope of section 

10(j) of the FPA because a firm schedule and process for reintroduction of anadromous species 

above Englebright dam has not been developed at this time. Although a specific reintroduction 

plan would be subject to analysis under FPA, a conceptual plan for eventual reintroduction of 

these species is not within the scope of our required analysis. Therefore, given the uncertain 

schedule and progress toward reintroduction of anadromous salmonids in this watershed and 

ongoing studies in the watershed, it is premature to determine appropriate flows to support 

reintroduction of anadromous salmonids for future implementation as recommended by NMFS. 

Instead, the final EIS analysis focuses on effects of proposed flows on water temperature and 

aquatic habitat for resident species; our analysis found that higher flows and rapid increase in 

flow proposed by NMFS could result in a reduction in habitat for resident rainbow trout and 

adversely affect development of early lifestages of foothill yellow-legged frog. Our analysis of 

direct, indirect, and cumulative effects has been expanded in the final EIS to include effects of 

project flows and operations including the interbasin transfer of water on water quantity and 

water temperature in the Lower Yuba River below Englebright dam and the resulting uncertain 

effects on anadromous fish habitat. Proposed monitoring for fish populations, foothill yellowlegged frog, water temperature and stage, and channel morphology in the Middle and South Yuba 

Rivers would provide considerable additional information to evaluate the need or benefit of 

higher flows for resident fish and in the future for anadromous fish, if and when they are 

reintroduced to the upper Yuba River. In sections 5.1.4.1 and 5.5.4.1 of this final EIS, we 
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provide further explanation why the NMFS recommendations are outside the scope of section 

10(j). 

Comment: California Fish and Wildlife states the draft EIS does not recognize that the reach of 

the South Yuba River between Spaulding reservoir and Englebright reservoir is listed as 

temperature impaired under Clean Water Act section 303(d) with a Total Maximum Daily Limit 

completion date of 2021. The California Water Board comments that the draft EIS did not 

discuss the 303(d) listings that the state of California has submitted to EPA. Both mercury and 

temperature listings are in this project area.

Response: Section 3.3.2.1.2 of the final EIS has been revised to include additional discussion of 

this issue including differences in beneficial use designation within the Sierra Nevada region. 

The additional discussion does not affect our analysis of water quality effects of the projects. 

On the basis of this analysis, we find the proposed flow measures would maintain and enhance 

water temperatures within project-affected stream reaches for cold water habitat. Lower reaches 

of the South Yuba River where temperature impairment occurs are cumulatively affectedby 

additional non-project factors and would be appropriately addressed under the TMDL process. 

Pending the outcome of the TMDL for the South Yuba River the licenses for the Upper DrumSpaulding and Yuba-Bear Projects could be reopened to incorporate new conditions and a revised 

section 401 certification.

Project operations have not caused, nor are they expected to alter the source of mercury 

contamination from historical mining operations for which this reach is listed. 

Comment: California Fish and Wildlife recommends that Forest Service condition 27 (Erosion 

and Sediment Control and Management) should apply to all public trust resources, and not only 

those that occur on Forest Service land.

Response: Section 3.3.1.2.1 of the final EIS has been revised to include lands managed by the 

State in addition to those managed by Forest Service and BLM. 

Comment: California Fish and Wildlife requests clarification on what exactly we recommend 

for the measure “Minimum Streamflow Requirements in the Bear River below Bear River Canal 

Diversion Dam at Gage YB-196.” 

Response: Section 3.3.2.2.2 of the final EIS has been modified to clarify the measure “Minimum 

Streamflow Requirements in the Bear River below Bear River Canal Diversion Dam at Gage YB196.” The condition specifically recomends that when flows measured at YB-196 are not in 

compliance with the specified flow for that month and water year, the licensee of the Lower 

Drum Project cannot divert water to the Bear River canal below Rollins dam until compliance at 

YB-196 is achieved.

Comment: California Fish and Wildlife recommends that the Bear River Management through 

Bear Valley monitoring/mitigation plans should apply not only where the Forest Service has 

authority, but on other parts of the Bear Valley land affected by the project. 

Response: Section 5.1.2.2 has been revised to clarify that we are recommending a Bear River 

Management Plan for Forest Service Land (Forest Service condition 50) as well as management 

measures for non-federal public lands, which is consistent with Forest Service 10(a) 

recommendation 7 and included in staff recommendations. 
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Comment: California Fish and Wildlife disagrees that no source of water is available for PG&E 

to augment flows in Auburn Ravine. 

Response: Section 3.3.2.2.2 of the final EIS has been modified to clarify that no source of water 

originating from within the project is available for PG&E to augment flows in Auburn Ravine. 

Sources of water outside of the project and not controlled by the licensee are not within the 

Commission’s regulatory jurisdiction and cannot be included as a license condition. 

Comment: California Fish and Wildlife notes that migration barriers to Chinook salmon and 

steelhead throughout Auburn Ravine are being or have been modified to provide passage. 

Response: The final EIS notes the efforts to provide upstream access to anadromous species in 

Auburn Ravine, but also indicates that Ophir Cataract (RM 26.6) is designated as the upstream 

natural barrier to migration and steelhead critical habitat. This barrier is about 0.9 mile below 

PG&E’s discharge from South canal and immediately upstream of PCWA’s Auburn Tunnel 

dishcarge. 

Comment: California Fish and Wildlife recommends specific monitoring in Auburn Ravine that 

should be included in the license.

Response: Section 3.3.2.2.8 of the final EIS has been revised to evaluate the November 2013 

Fish Population Monitoring Plan filed by PG&E, which is consistent with the California Fish and 

Wildlife monitoring recommendations for Auburn Ravine. We recommend implementation of 

the Fish Population Monitoring Plan filed with the Commission on November 21, 2013, which 

includes the reach of Auburn Ravine downstream from PG&E’s release point from South canal to 

monitor the condition of resident fish populations in the project-affected reach. The monitoring 

plan would provide a mechanism for evaluating the benefit of the minimum flow releases and 

assess if they are accomplishing the intended objectives predicted by the habitat and operations 

models used to inform the selection of those minimum streamflows.

Comment: California Fish and Wildlife comments that including an additional back-to-back, 

extreme critically dry year flow would reduce flows even further and would not adequately 

protect the resources in the Middle Yuba River below Milton diversion dam, Canyon Creek 

below Bowman dam, Bear River below Rollins dam, and North Fork of the North Fork American 

River. California Fish and Wildlife’s notes that it only accepted the back to back year concept for 

the flows in South Yuba River below Spaulding reservoir. 

Response: The final EIS evaluation of California Fish and Wildlife minimum flow requirements 

(section 3.3.2.2.1) has been modified to clarify the recommendation of California Fish and 

Wildlife, but we continue to recommend implementation of the Forest Service and BLM 

conditions which affect South Yuba River below Spaulding dam, Bear River below Rollins dam, 

North Fork of the North Fork American River below Lake Valley reservoir dam, and North Fork 

of the North Fork American River below Lake Valley canal diversion dam because we determine 

that this modification of the water year type under these rare conditions would not result in 

adverse affects to these aquatic communities. The implementation of this condition in the 

project-affected reaches of the Middle Yuba River and Canyon Creek would balance the 

competing resources needs during extreme and infrequent drought conditions. Monitoring 

surveys for resident fish populations, foothill yellow-legged frog, aquatic benthic 

macroinvertebrates, and water temperature and stage in these reaches would provide information 
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to assess the effects of implementing the back-to-back critically dry water year measure on these 

resources and aquatic habitat during extreme drought.

Comment: PCWA requests the minimum flows table for the South Yuba River below Lake 

Spaulding dam be corrected for September to be 10/20 cfs.

Response: Table 3-121 in the final EIS has been corrected. 

Comment: PCWA comments that the draft EIS should be corrected to reflect the most accurate 

information on the distribution of hardhead in the South Yuba River. It notes that hardhead are 

present in the South Yuba River. It also notes that based on PCWA surveys conducted in summer 

2012, hardhead were definitively identified in the survey reach from RM 8 to as far upstream as 

RM 20.2 near Humbug Creek; potential hardhead (small mixed minnows) were observed as far 

upstream as Scotchman Creek (RM 30.6).

Response: Section 3.3.2.2.8 of the final EIS has been modified to incorporate this new 

information into the final evaluation of proposed measures to protect steelhead in the South Yuba 

River, however our analysis is not affected.

Comment: PCWA comments that the draft EIS incorrectly states that PCWA releases 50 cfs and 

up to 150 cfs during the irrigation season into Auburn Ravine at the Auburn tunnel. It notes that 

the correct amount is 50 cfs or less due to a commitment made by PCWA to restrict releases to 

historical levels.

Response: Section 3.3.4.2.1 of the final EIS has been revised to reflect this clarification; 

however, our analysis is not affected.

Comment: California Water Board recommends revising the language in section 1.3.2 to better 

explain the regulatory process as it relates to the Clean Water Act and the Board’s role for the 

projects’ Water Quality Certification.

Response: We believe that Section 1.3.2 of the final EIS adequately explains the role of 

California Water Board in issuing certifications and the regulatory deadlines. 

Comment: California Water Board supports the Fish Entrainment Protection Plan, but feels that 

the amount and method of diversion of water at Milton diversion dam is not currently protective 

of resident rainbow trout. 

Response: We recommend the Fish Entrainment Protection Plan, which includes construction of 

an intake screening device that meet guidelines of California Fish and Wildlife and NMFS to 

reduce entrainment as well as monitoring of fish entrainment. Construction and operation of the 

proposed fish screen would result in a significant reduction of the number of resident trout 

juveniles diverted from the Middle Yuba River into the Milto-Bowman diversion conduit. 

Contrary to the Water Board’s belief, we conclude that this plan provides adequate protection for 

resident rainbow trout by reducing entrainment of juvenile trout into the Milton-Bowman 

diversion conduit. 

Comment: California Water Board requests that FERC reconsider the benefits of an Ecological 

Group for the management of the Drum-Spaulding and Yuba-Bear Projects.
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Foothills Water Network disagrees that the Ecological Group as proposed by the agencies would 

have more far reaching responsibilities than necessary or that effective review can be 

accomplished within the annual consultation process by work groups composed of the most 

appropriate stakeholders and resource experts and managers for individual affected resources. It 

notes that PG&E, the resource agencies, and Foothills Water Network have reached agreement on 

a “Consultation Group” that would meet up to four times a year in addition to the annual 

consultation meeting.

Response: We agree that input on implementation and work groups can be conducted within the 

scope of the annual consultation. A condition proposed by Forest Service and the licensees 

would require establishment of a Consultation Group specific to each project to review and 

evaluate results of implementation of new license conditions affecting aquatic resources and 

results of monitoring programs. The Consultation Group would be involved in the routine 

evaluation of monitoring data to assess the effectiveness of environmental measures in river 

reaches affected by the projects, similar to that envisioned by an Ecological Group. Participants 

in the annual consultation meeting would be involved in project-wide review of operations and 

maintenance, and implementation of license conditions for protection and enhancement of 

project-affected resources. 

Comment: BLM comments that the modification to the water year type definition for the 

minimum flows in the Middle Yuba River proposed by NID in their Alternative Conditions and 

recommended by FERC in the draft EIS is less protective of the aquatic species in the Middle 

Yuba River. 

Response: As in the draft EIS, in section 3.3.2.2.1 of the final EIS, we stated that NID’s 

proposed back-to-back water year condition would apply to the Yuba- Bear Project only in Bear 

River below Rollins reservoir for the Yuba-Bear Project and not to the Middle Yuba River 

which was not clearly stated in the draft EIS.

Comment: Reclamation notes that their Yuba-Bear section 10(a) recommendations [which were 

identical to the Drum-Spaulding 10(a) recommendations] were not evaluated in the draft EIS, and 

are relevant to flows for both the Yuba-Bear Project and the Drum-Spaulding Project. 

Response: Contrary to Reclamation’s comment, the draft EIS evaluated Reclamation’s 

recommendation for both projects; however, the EIS notes that Reclamation’s recommendations 

for minimum streamflows directly affect releases from only the Lower Drum Project’s Newcastle 

development to Mormon Ravine. Reclamation’s recommendations for the Upper DrumSpaulding Project were evaluated in the context of cumulative effects. 

Comment: The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance comments that the draft EIS is 

deficient because we did not analyze project effects on anadromous fish in Auburn Ravine and 

could have recommended an anadromous fish reintroduction alternative. Foothills Water 

Network has sought to determine what habitat is available for reintroduction of anadromous fish 

to the Middle and South Yuba Rivers, determine what flows would be needed to support 

reintroduction of Chinook salmon to these rivers, and determine a minimum flow in Auburn 

Ravine that would protect salmon and steelhead. 

Dry Creek Conservancy agrees with the Foothills Water Network's position, specifically, that 

most of the water that flows in Auburn Ravine is, on average, delivered through the PG&E 

project facility. It notes that these flows are not consistently provided and the operation of project 

facilities has an impact on the fishery. It believes that a minimum flow is needed in the Auburn 
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Ravine Creek at all times, especially during periods of canal outages. Water temperature is a big 

issue at low flows and migrating salmon and steelhead can be stranded by low flows. 

Response: The final EIS analyzes available data on the relationship between flow and aquatic 

habitat for resident species as predicted by the metric WUA in project-affected stream reaches 

including Middle and South Yuba rivers and Auburn Ravine. The reintroduction of Chinook 

salmon and steelhead to the upper Yuba River above Englebright dam is currently being 

evaluated by regional stakeholders but was not a provision of the ESA consultation completed 

between NMFS and the Corps, which operates Englebright dam. Discussion in the final EIS has 

been expanded to evaluate the potential effects of flows and out of basin water transfers by the 

Yuba-Bear, Upper Drum-Spaulding, and Lower Drum Projects on flows and water temeratures 

and aquatic habitat below Englebright dam. Proposed new license conditions would provide 

increased flows in Middle and South Yuba Rivers particularly during critical summer months and 

improve habitat for resident aquatic resources. Monitoring plans required under the new licenses 

would provide additional information about the populations and habitat conditions that can be 

used to evaluate conditions for anadromous salmonid reintroduction at such time as a schedule for 

reintroduction is developed. 

As stated in the final EIS, during outages of the upstream canal system that delivers Bear River 

water through the Wise and Wise No. 2 Development to the South canal, no source of project 

water is available for PG&E to augment flows in Auburn Ravine. The Commission does not 

have regulatory jurisdiction over non-project water sources that may be available. The 

Commission believes that the minimum flows proposed by the licensees and resource agencies 

would provide sufficient protection for aquatic resources in Auburn Ravine outside of the short 

period of scheduled annual maintenance outages in the fall. During this outage period of about 2 

weeks when PG&E would have no other water source under their control to deliver flows to 

Auburn Ravine, the minimum streamflow in Auburn Ravine would be the the natural flow in 

Auburn Ravine above PG&E’s release channel from South canal. 

Critical habitat for steelhead and EFH for salmon in Auburn Ravine occur downstream of the 

project-affected reach and are cumulatively-affected by numerous non-project water diversion 

and consumptive water use which are also discussed in the final EIS. The cumulative effects 

section discuses the relationship between operations of the Lower Drum Project and flows in 

downstream reaches of Auburn Ravine.

Comment: Mr. Gary Reedy of the South Yuba River Citizens League commented that among 

the 11 rivers in California that are designated wild and scenic, the South Yuba River is the one 

that is the most hydrologically impaired due to flow management and these projects. He believes 

that the draft EIS recommendations have initiated rebalancing of the resources in the Yuba River 

watershed that would lead to the restoration and enhancement of river courses in this area. Mr. 

Reedy also comments that the restoration enhancement of the greatest value is the increased 

minimum streamflows to many stream reaches, specifically the South Yuba River area, Lower 

Yuba River. Additionally, Mr. Reedy comments that the spill cessation measures would restore 

many ecological values and consequently have an economic benefit in the form of enhanced 

fisheries. 

Response: Section 3 of the final EIS provides our analysis of the various flow measures for 

South Yuba River under the new license for the Yuba-Bear and Upper Drum-Spaulding Projects 

including higher minimum flows, Supplemental Flows for water temperature management, and 

spill cessation flow schedules. It is our conclusion that these measures together balance 
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operational and aquatic resource requirements and would protect and enhance aquatic habitat and 

resources under the new license.

Comment: Mr. Reedy comments that there is a general opinion that the algal blooms need to be 

reduced, the water quality needs to be improved, and the Block Flow measures would improve 

water quality and enhance recreational use. 

Ms. Rorie Gotham of the South Yuba River Citizens League notes warm summer water 

temperatures do not adequately support or sustain healthy aquatic habitat but results in abundant 

algae. 

Mr. Mike Connor of the Gold County Fly Fishers notes that the algal blooms in the Yuba River 

and South Yuba River, presumably due to low flows and high water temperatures, seem to be 

increasing in recent years and now are extending below Englebright dam. 

Response: The issue of algal blooms was not identified in scoping, pre-licensing documents, or 

evaluated during relicensing studies. A relationship between algal blooms and project operations 

has not been determined and is not discussed in the final EIS. We have recommended

implementaiton of the Forest Service Supplemental Flow condition as preferable to the Block 

Flow proposal. Our analysis finds that the supplemental Flow measure would improve habitat 

and water temperatures in South Yuba River for resident rainbow trout while protecting foothill 

yellow-legged frog populations. Recommended monitoring plans would provide data necessary 

to evaluate the effectiveness of these measures for improving water quality and aquatic habitat.

Comment: Mr. Reedy requests that FERC makes sure that extreme flow fluctuations are 

prevented. He does not see how recent flow fluctuations would be prevented by the proposed 

license terms.

Response: The licensees and resource agencies have proposed various measures, such as 

increasing minimum streamflows, decreasing the rate of spill recession from peak flows, and 

release of seasonal supplemental flows at project facilities, as described in the final EIS to prevent 

extreme flow fluctuations. The final EIS recommends adopting many of these agreed upon 

recommendations including spill cessation measures. 

Comment: Mr. Reedy requests that the final EIS address any risk of delayed implementation of 

flow measures, specifically spill cessation measures and minimum flows, so that implementation 

of those flow measures is not delayed due to some unrecognized operational constraint or other 

impediment. 

Response: The license conditions would specify the deadlines for implementation of flow 

measures required under any new licenses issued for the projects. 

Comment: Dry Creek Conservancy comments that during the irrigation season additional flows 

may not be necessary because there is usually sufficient water in Auburn Ravine; however, there 

is a lot of return water going back into the streams, causing a high buildup of nutrients, which 

causes algae blooms and shifts in dissolved oxygen and pH.

Response: The quality of water returned to Auburn Ravine associated with non-project uses 

(e.g., irrigation) is not within the Commission’s regulatory jurisdiction. 
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Comment: Ms. Rorie Gotham of the South Yuba River Citizens League believes that water 

temperatures need to be better managed. He comments that there is a growing interest in 

restoring a future natural salmon habitat in the Yuba River, which would only be successful if 

there is sufficient cold water allocated downstream of the reservoirs. 

Mr. Connor also notes that efforts to reintroduce salmon above Englebright Reservoir into the 

Yuba River would not be as effective if there is not more flow in Middle and South Yuba Rivers. 

Mr. Peter Burns of the South Yuba River Citizens League comments that at a minimum, all 

project-affected waters need to be considered and when the entire watershed area of the Yuba, 

North Fork, Middle Fork, South Fork, Auburn Ravine, North Fork of the American River, and 

other affected waters are considered, there is a substantial set of issues for salmon and steelhead.

Response: The final EIS analyzes and recomends several flow and operational conditions that 

would increase minimum streaflows and provide Supplemental Flows during the summer to 

improve water temperature management in South Yuba River below Spaulding dam. Proposed 

increases in minimum streamflows in Auburn Ravine would also benefit resident and anadromous 

species. Proposed monitoring plans would provide data to assess the benefit of these flow and 

operational conditions to resident species and and in the future for anadromous fish, if they are 

ever reintroduced to the upper Yuba River above Englebright dam.

Comment: Ms. Gotham notes that last year wild salmon returned to spawn in areas of the 

Auburn Ravine that had not seen salmon in 30 years, which the local community is extremely 

excited about. He believes that the issues considered in the draft EIS have a direct effect on 

anadromous fish in Auburn Ravine. 

Response: The final EIS evaluates the cumulative effects of project operations in association 

with consumptive water diversions on anadromous species and habitat in Auburn Ravine below 

Auburn tunnel, downstream of the project-affected stream reach.

Comment: Mr. Connor indicates that his organization’s members (Gold Country Fly Fishers) 

spend a lot of time in the Yuba watershed, both above and below the many diversions of the 

streams and would like to see more discussion of improved flows in some of the small streams in 

the Bear and Yuba River watersheds. Mr. Connor did not identify specifically which streams 

these may be, but presumably they would include the smaller streams in the upper and lower 

portions of the projects, such as Texas Creek, Fall Creek, Rucker Creek, Lake Creek, Dry Creek, 

Rock Creek, etc. 

Response: Our analysis examined the flow-habitat relationship data generated as part of the 

relicensing instream flow studies and finds that the proposed minimum streamflows provide a 

good balance to protect and enhance aquatic resources compared to the existing license, while 

ensuring ongoing efficient operation of the projects. 

Comment: Mr. Frank Rinella of the Northern California Federation of Fly Fishers comments 

that as fishermen and recreational users, the Northern California Council Federation of Fly 

Fishers wants cold water. He believes that the proposals to move cold water down through the 

creek system would also help the South Yuba River and its summer warm flows.

Response: The final EIS analyzes the effect of incremental flows from 10 to 60 cfs on stream 

temperature in the South Yuba River below Lake Spaulding. We determined that PG&E’s 

proposed minimum flow combined with the Forest Service Supplemental Flow, which would 
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provide a total of 30 cfs, would maintain stream temperatures at the confluence of Canyon Creek 

at or below 20°C and would enhance aquatic habitat for resident trout. Based on the incremental 

flow analysis, we determined that the California Fish and Wildlife and Foothills Water Network 

Block Flow recommendation would provide water temperatures several degrees cooler than the 

Forest Service Supplemental Flow condition, which would further enhance aquatic habitat for 

resident trout farther downstream, but would have the potential to adversely affect foothill 

yellow-legged frog development and abundance. The proposed monitoring plan would provide 

information to assess (through the proposed Consultation Group) the effectiveness of these flow 

measures for enhancement of these resources.

Comment: Mr. David Ryland comments that there have been several incidents where the 

drawdowns and the rapidity of the drawdowns have adversely impacted the fishery and 

macroinvertebrates. He is concerned about the staging of flow reduction to allow migration by all 

affected species. He disagrees that the reintroduction of Chinook salmon and steelhead is 

speculative.

Response: The licensees and resource agencies have proposed various measures including spill 

cessation to prevent extreme flow fluctuations which are discussed and analyzed in the final EIS. 

The final EIS recommends that we adopt many of these agreed upon recommendations and 

include them in the license conditions. The monitoring plans proposed for fish, foothill yellowlegged frog, western pond turtle, benthic macroinvertebrates, channel morphology, and water 

temperature and stage would provide additional data to evaluate the benefits of new conditions 

affecting flows in project-affected reaches. These data would also be valuable for determining 

the status of aquatic habitat at such time as reintroductin of anadromous species is implemented. 

No final plans has been dveloped for the reintroduction of anadromous fish upstream of 

Englebright dam. When a schedule for reintroduction of these species is developed, the 

Commission’s process for reopening the license of these projects can be used to evaluate 

additional measures that might be necessary to support the reintroduction at that time. 

Comment: Mr. Ryland notes that an extensive Didymo (“rock snot”) bloom occurred in 2011. 

There were no signs notifying recreationists who had the potential to spread this invasive species 

to other waters. Mr. Ryland asks how to ensure that NID and PG&E partner in helping to prevent 

further spread of invasive species. 

Response: In the final EIS, we adopt and recommend a license conditions for an Aquatic 

Invasive Species Management Plan that would help prevent further spread of invasive species 

including monitoring, user education, and signage. 

TERRESTRIAL RESOURCES

Comment: The Forest Service and BLM comment that on July 3, 2013, the Regional Forester, 

Pacific Southwest Region, of the Forest Service updated the sensitive species list in Region 5. 

The Forest Service provides a table listing the species that are not addressed in the draft EIS and 

are now considered sensitive to the Forest Service. 

Response: Section 3.3.3.1.2 of the final EIS has been updated to reflect the Forest Service’s 

updated sensitive species list.

Comment: The Forest Service and BLM comment that page 305 of the draft EIS states that 6 of 

the 7 riparian and wetland habitat sites examined within the project were found to be functioning 
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properly. The agencies believe that this contradicts the affected environment section that states 

that 5 of the 7 riparian areas are properly functioning. 

Response: Section 3.3.3.2.1 of the final EIS has been modified to consistently identify the 

number of riparian sites that are properly functioning. 

Comment: The Forest Service and BLM comment that the next to last paragraph on page 314 of 

the draft EIS should be revised to acknowledge that collisions and electrocutions still may occur, 

and there would be a time-period (possibly quite long) before all facilities are retrofitted to 

comply with Avian Protection on Poweline Interaction Committee guidelines. 

Response: Sections 3.3.3.1.2 and 3.3.3.2.2 of the final EIS have been modified to further discuss 

and more accurately indicate that collisions and electrocutions may continue until and after all 

facilities are retrofitted to comply with Avian Protection on Powerline Interaction Committee 

guidelines.

Comment: The Forest Service and BLM note that the Proposed Rule to list the Sierra Nevada 

yellow-legged frog as endangered under the ESA was published on April 25, 2013, initiating a 

12-month status review. Proposed critical habitat was also published at the same time, which 

overlaps with portions of the projects. The agencies recommend that this information be included 

in the final EIS.

Response: On April 29, 2014, FWS listed the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog as endangered 

but has not finalized the critical habitat designation. Section 3.3.4. of the final EIS has been 

updated to reflect the listing of the frog and proposed designation of critical habitat. Section 

3.3.4.2 of the final EIS concludes that issuing new licneses for these projects will not adversely 

affect the species or the suitability of the critical habitat for the frog.

Comment: PG&E and NID request that the staff recommendation for PG&E and NID to modify 

their Integrated Vegetation Management Plans to take into consideration culturally significant 

plants be deleted or modified to recommend that PG&E and NID consult with the tribes to 

identify culturally significant plant species within 60 days of license issuance and to include a list 

of culturally significant plants in the Integrated Vegetation Management Plan. EPA Region 9 

comments that the management plans for these projects do not elaborate on how culturally 

important species would be addressed and managed. It recommends that the final EIS should 

discuss the status of consultation with tribes affected by the proposed project operations and 

maintenance.

Response: Section 3.3.3.2.1 and section 5 of the final EIS have been modified such that we now 

recommend that the licensees modify and expand the Integrated Vegetation Management Plan to 

include a list of culturally significant plant species that occur in the project area, developed in 

consultation after the tribes, and specific provisions to protect and preserve the culturally 

significant species or their habitats within the project boundary. 

Comment: PG&E notes that the draft EIS incorrectly includes the Bowman-Spaulding 

transmission line as part of PG&E’s Drum-Spaulding Project, instead of NID’s Yuba-Bear 

Hydroelectric Project.

Response: The final EIS has been modified throughout to correctly identify the BowmanSpaulding transmission line as part of the Yuba-Bear Project.
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Comment: EPA Region 9 comments that the final EIS should list the names, uses, formulations 

and application protocols for all pesticides anticipated to be used in the project area. The 

document should also specify that pesticide labels would be followed. The likely impacts, 

including both beneficial and adverse effect of the proposed treatments should be discussed and 

compared to existing conditions in the project area.

Response: The final EIS has been modified to recommend implementation of the proposed 

Integrated Vegetation Management Plans developed for each project. These plans include 

provisions for pesticide use at the projects and represent agreement between applicants and 

agencies on which pesticides are approved for use on federal lands.

RECREATION RESOURCES

Comment: Several entities commented on issues related to the Bear River Trail. Mr. Wollan of 

the American Rivers Watershed Institute comments that riverine recreation has not been 

addressed in the negotiations to date. He provided copies of letters supporting the Bear River 

Trail proposal from Jennifer Montgomery, the District 5 Supervisor for Placer County, Fish and 

Game Commission, County Parks Commission, and the Weimar Applegate Municipal Advisory 

Committee or Council. He comments that the draft EIS does not include information from 

Foothills Water Network's filing describing the trail and project nexus. He notes that the Bear 

River Trail has been an informal trail for decades that runs essentially on both sides of the river. 

Mr. Wollan comments that the draft EIS does not adequately address the nexus of the Bear River 

Trail Project to the Drum-Spaulding Project. He believes that the draft EIS should reconsider the 

Bear River Trail. He also notes that the draft EIS did not include riverine recreational elements in 

Placer County along the Bear River.

Foothills Water Network comments that the draft EIS fails to address the need for riverine 

recreation. It notes that while the draft EIS, on page 601, acknowledges that “...there is a 

demonstrated demand for trail use by project visitors,” there is a clear demand for access for 

riverine recreation by boaters, fishers, gold panners, and others, as well as by hikers. It believes 

that the demand for trail access is demonstrated by submittals of interests by intervenors 

including five fishing groups, historical groups such as the Placer Sierra Railroad Heritage 

Society and the Grace Hubley Foundation, hikers and bikers as well as other interests, including 

property owners in the affected reaches. Foothills Water Network goes on to note that FERC 

should re-evaluate its response to Forest Service condition 41, California Fish and Wildlife 

measure 16 and BLM recommendation 1 and include an analysis of the information provided in 

Foothills Water Networl comments. Finally, Foothills Water Network states that the draft EIS’s 

conclusions about the Bear River Trail improperly exclude recreation as a “project purpose,” fail 

to consider substantial evidence of the need for riverine recreation, and inaccurately characterizes 

land ownership of the proposed trail. Foothills Water Network concludes that the draft EIS 

should incorporate the trail elements listed by Foothills Water Network that occur within the 

Commission boundaries or are directly affected by project operations with nexus issues.

BLM requests that FERC incorporate Foothills Water Network’s comments on the Bear River 

Trail Project and provide analysis of the Bear River Trail Project in the final EIS.

The Forest Service and California Fish and Wildlife request that FERC provide analysis of Bear 

River Trail in the final EIS. The Forest Service notes a correction regarding the land ownership 

of the Bear River Trail on page 665 of the draft EIS. Both agencies understand that the Bear 

River Trail would traverse the following land ownerships: approximately 15.5 miles of the trail 

would be on PG&E property, 6 miles on NID property, 4.9 miles on National Forest System 
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(NFS) lands, 4.4 miles on BLM lands, 2.7 miles on Placer County lands (Bear River 

Campground), and 3 miles on private lands--thus the majority of the trail would occur on a 

combination of NID and PG&E lands. 

Mr. Shutes, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, comments that the final EIS should look 

more carefully at potential sections of the Bear River Trail that would be appropriate for inclusion 

in one or the other of the licenses. 

Mr. Reedy, South Yuba River Citizens League, notes that recreational enhancements are 

important to the community and South Yuba River Citizens League supports the Bear River Trail 

development. 

Mr. Rinella, Northern California Council Federation of Fly Fishers and Foothills Water Network, 

notes that as fishermen and recreational users, the Northern California Council Federation of Fly 

Fishers and Foothills Water Network want access to trails, and that the Bear River Trail is 

something that fishermen and others need and would use. 

Roger Staab of the Placer Sierra Railroad Heritage Society states that his organization is 

interested in the history of the Donner Pass region, primarily railroad history. He notes that the 

region is historically significant, especially the corridor from the Drum Forebay down to the Bear 

River. He comments that his organization would welcome the opportunity to be able to take 

people into that area through an interpretive trail. He supports the concept of the Bear River Trail 

and more access into these areas where this history took place. He notes that the Towle brothers 

operated a historic railroad in the region from about 1876 to 1902; prior to their operation, there 

were a couple of major wagon roads that went through the area. 

Response: The Bear River Trail is a proposed trail intended to provide riverine access from Bear 

Valley Meadow at the headwaters of the watershed (near the intersection of Highway 20 and 

Interstate 80) to NID’s Combie reservoir (near Highway 49). While the development of such a 

trail would provide benefit to recreation users within the region, the majority of the proposed 

Bear River Trail segments is located outside the project boundaries and has little or no nexus to 

the projects. The proposed trail route would coincide or intersect the project boundaries at 

various canals and diversions; however, the trail would not provide access to or between project 

recreation facilities, except for the proposed segment along Rollins reservoir shoreline that would 

provide access to the Long Ravine recreation complex and the Rollins reservoir 

shoreline. Further, the proposed trail would pass through certain areas of the projects that are 

closed to the public due to concerns over public safety. 

In their comments on the draft EIS, Foothills Water Network and others state that the projects are 

impacting the proposed trail and existing segments of an informal trail along the proposed route. 

However, we do not consider the proposed trail as a baseline condition since the trail has yet to be 

constructed. We recognize informal trails exist within the vicinity of the projects that would 

coincide or intersect the project boundaries, but we do not find these trails are needed for access 

to the projects. There are numerous existing trails and proposed new trails within the project 

boundaries that would provide adequate access to the project reservoirs and recreation facilities. 

While we agree that the proposed trail segment along Rollins reservoir shoreline is necessary for 

access to the Yuba-Bear Project, we do not find the rest of the proposed Bear River Trail, 

including the existing informal trail segments, necessary for project purposes. Therefore, we 

have modified sections 3.3.5.2, 5.1.2.2, and 5.5.2.2 of the final EIS, to include additional analysis 

of the proposed Bear River Trail. We encourage NID to cooperate with trail planners on the 

development of the proposed segment of the trail along Rollins reservoir shoreline. 
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Comment: Mr. Ryland comments that page 377 of the draft EIS makes flow recommendations 

for a variety of recreational activities but fishing is conspicuously absent. Mr. Ryland cites 

anecdotal evidence that he has caught and released hundreds of trout in the waters below Rollins 

dam.

Response: Table 3-222 on page 377 of the draft EIS specifically notes angling as a recreational 

activity. 

Comment: Mr. Ryland comments that the draft EIS should not consider adding six additional 

campsites to the Rucker Lake campground because it would harm the camping experience at the 

lake. He recommends adding the campsites to the eastern portion of the lake, which is farther 

from the parking area but would maintain the camping experience at the lake. He opposes 

converting the campground into a 20-unit drive-in campground and is concerned that the addition 

of signage at Rucker and Blue Lakes would also degrade the camping experience at Rucker Lake.

Response: At Rucker Lake campground, both PG&E and the Forest Service agree to adding 6 

campsites at the existing campground and to converting the campground to a 20-unit campground 

within 10 years. The September 2013 Recreation Plan agreed to by PG&E and the Forest Service 

proposes to expand the campground to the east, developing the campsites sites at least 100 feet 

from the shoreline. In 2009, the walk-in campground peak season occupancy was 33 percent for 

the season and 68 percent on weekends, and by 2050, it is projected to reach 50 and 105 percent, 

respectively. The proposed recreation measures at Rucker Lake would help meet recreation 

demand in the near term and ensure that the facility meets projected future recreation demand. 

Blue Lake is about a mile from Rucker Lake on Rucker Lake Road and currently provides 10 

primitive campsites that provides a similar primitive camping experience to the existing Rucker 

Lake campground. Regarding signage, PG&E’s Recreation Use study found that most visitors 

learned of the Rucker Lake campground through word of mouth. Providing signage at Rucker 

Lake would allow all recreationists to utilize this facility. 

Comment: Mr. Ryland comments that a portable toilet should be installed at Blue Lake 

campground. 

Response: Blue Lake provides dispersed, undeveloped camping areas that provide primitive 

camping opportunities. Restroom facilities are not proposed in the September 2013 Recreation 

Plan to maintain the primitive camping experience. However, the proposed September 2013 

Recreation Plan includes a measure to provide educational information regarding proper human 

waste disposal on the information board at Blue Lake’s parking area. Additionally, the 

September 2013 Recreation Plan includes a recreation monitoring component that will include 

information on the percent of users seeing evidence of human waste and user perceptions on the 

need for toilet facilities. Recreation monitoring would provide the means for PG&E to continue 

to monitor this issue. Therefore, we are not recommending the installation of a restroom facility 

at Blue Lake. 

Comment: Foothills Water Network comments that the licensees should provide streamflow 

information for 11 selected locations (see Foothills Water Network comments for specific 

locations) at the existing year-round levels and on the existing 15-minute frequency. 

Similarly, Mr. Reedy comments that the final EIS should state that PG&E and NID should make 

flow data publicly available, in accordance with the current standard flow reporting of 15-minute 

or hourly data. 
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Mr. Rinella comments that as fishermen and recreational users, the Northern California Council 

Federation of Fly Fishers and Foothills Water Network wants consistent water flow; public 

posting of water flows, if they are known in advance; and maintenance of safe flows for 

fishermen and the boaters.

Response: As discussed in sections 3.3.5.2, 5.1.2.2, and 5.5.2.2, we recommend that 

year-round flow information be provided to the public. The final EIS has been modified 

recommend that the existing 15-minute reporting interval be continued. 

Comment: Foothills Water Network comments that the new license should require trails and 

toilets at Edwards Crossing and Purdon Crossing. Foothills Water Network disagrees with the 

draft EIS determination that there is no nexus at Edwards and Purdon Crossings. Foothills Water 

Network recommends the Commission adopt BLM’s recommendation for facilities at these 

recreational sites and that the new license require PG&E to provide $30,000 annually for 

operation, maintenance, law enforcement patrolling, and administration of these areas. 

Foothills Water Network comments that there is limited recreation access to much of the South 

Yuba and that Edwards Crossing (RM 16) and Purdon Crossing (RM 12) are two of the very few 

places where access is possible. Foothills Water Network comments that that these two locations 

are extremely popular for a number of recreational activities including boating, hiking, fishing 

and general river enjoyment. Foothills Water Network notes that both existing use and the likely 

increase in future use warrant improvement of facilities at these two locations and that the DrumSpaulding Project would increase the frequency of days in spring and early summer where lowflow conditions occur, increasing the recreational use of these areas for activities other than 

whitewater boating, such as swimming. 

Response: As discussed in section 3.3.5.2, the Edwards Crossing and Purdon Crossing areas are 

located outside the project boundary over 25 miles downstream of the project and do not serve a 

project purpose nor do they provide access to project facilities. Although providing facilities at 

Edwards Crossing and Purdon Crossing would provide benefits to recreation users downstream, 

we maintain that there is no apparent nexus between these areas and the proposed projects as 

Foothills Water Network has provided no new information that would indicate otherwise. 

We note that since this comment was filed, BLM is no longer specifically recommending 

facilities at the Edwards Crossing and Purdons Crossing areas.

Comment: Foothills Water Network comments that the draft EIS does not analyze the economic 

benefit to the local community of an enhanced trout fishery in the South Yuba River. 

Response: We recognize that enhancing the existing trout fishery can influence the economy 

within the surrounding communities. However, it is not our practice to use cost benefit studies to 

quantify any potential change in environmental resource values in dollars. For environmental 

resources, such as enhancing aquatic habitat, our approach is to describe the effects of an 

applicant’s proposal, or an alternative, to both the environmental resource and, for significant 

changes, to the local community. 

Comment: The Forest Service comments that in the Recreation Facility Construction and 

Modification section of the Environmental Effects section of the draft EIS, the list of new 

recreational facilities that PG&E proposes to construct omitted Lindsey Creek campground. 

Response: Section 3.3.5.2 of the final EIS has been modified to include Lindsey Creek 

campground. 
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Comment: The Forest Service notes that the statement regarding Rucker Lake in the draft EIS 

page 392 should be clarified to state that Forest Service condition 41 specifies rehabilitating the 

existing Rucker Lake campground features, adding six additional campsites within 1 year of 

relicensing, and converting the campground to a 20-unit drive-in campground within 10 years. 

Response: Since this comment was filed, PG&E and the Forest Service reached agreement on 

the September 2013 Recreation Plan. Table 3-223 and section 3.3.5.2 of the final EIS have been 

modified to clarify the final Rucker Lake recreation measures included in the September 2013 

Recreation Plan. 

Comment: The Forest Service notes (pages 392 and 393) that the draft EIS addresses PG&E’s 

proposal to eventually consolidate camping into developed and designated primitive campsites. 

However, the Forest Service states that the draft EIS does not address the inconsistency in 

camping policies between PG&E lands and Forest Service lands in certain areas. For example, 

PG&E’s Recreation Facilities Plan proposed limiting camping on all PG&E project lands to 

designated sites only. However, Forest Service’s preliminary 4(e) conditions allow camping in 

designated sites only at the following lakes: Fordyce, Rucker, Blue, Lower Lindsey, Carr, 

Meadow, Kelly, Kidd, Peak and Lake Valley Lakes, with Fuller Lake remaining a “No Camping” 

lake. Forest Service believes that these inconsistencies in camping policies for the Grouse Area 

project lakes east of Lower Lindsey Lake and White Rock Lake would likely confuse 

backcountry campers due to the mixed PG&E/NFS land ownership. 

Response: Since this comment was filed, PG&E and the Forest Service reached agreement on 

the September 2013 Recreation Plan, which includes language related to a designated camping 

policy on PG&E lands and National Forest Service lands that resolves this issue. Section 3.3.5.2 

of the final EIS has been modified to reflect the agreement that PG&E and the Forest Service 

reached in the September 2013 Recreation Plan related to a designated camping policy on PG&E 

lands and National Forest Service lands. 

Comment: The Forest Service notes that the measure to limit designated primitive campsites to 

only three at each of the Grouse Area project lakes and Sterling Lake would result in insufficient 

campsites during peak season weekend/holidays to meet demand through the new license term. 

Response: In the draft EIS, we recommended that the number of campsites constructed at Lake 

Sterling be based on future recreation monitoring, as well as resource protection, and not 

necessarily limited to three campsites. Since this comment was filed, PG&E and the Forest 

Service reached agreement on the September 2013 Recreation Plan, which includes measures to 

limit camping at Sterling Lake to the three primitive campsites and to provide a minimum of three 

campsites per each reservoir at Middle Lindsey, Culbertson, Lower Rock, and Upper Rock Lakes 

(Grouse Area lakes). In the final EIS, we continue to recommend that the number of campsites 

constructed at Lake Sterling be based on future recreation monitoring, as well as resource 

protection, and not necessarily limited to three campsites. Further, we agree with the proposed 

measure to provide a minimum of three campsites per each reservoir at Middle Lindsey, 

Culbertson, Lower Rock, and Upper Rock Lakes (Grouse Area lakes). The proposed recreation 

monitoring would help evaluate whether additional designated primitive campsites are needed at 

these project reservoirs in the future. 

Comment: The Forest Service comments that the draft EIS does not address the fact that within 

the Bowman Recreation Corridor, NID’s proposal would result in 17 percent less total camping 

capacity than what currently exists in developed and user created dispersed campsites. This 
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reduction in overall camping capacity under NID’s proposal would be problematic once the 

policies to restrict camping to designated sites only on NID and Forest Service lands are 

implemented in and around the project areas. 

Response: Our recommendations for camping are based on 2009 recreational use data presented 

in Technical Memorandum 8-2b. The reduction in camping capacities presented in the Forest 

Service’s comments are due to NID’s proposal to consolidate camping to designated sites and 

dismantle dispersed campsites. In its calculations of camping capacity, the Forest Service 

included Canyon Creek dispersed campsites and the Jackson Creek campground, which are 

located on NFS land outside the project boundary, do not serve a project purpose, and are not 

recommended for inclusion in the project boundary. We do not agree that camping capacity 

calculations for project campgrounds should include non-project recreation campgrounds. As 

new camping policies are implemented, the recreation monitoring proposed by NID in the 

proposed Recreation Plan includes a recreation monitoring component that would include 

collection of facility occupancy information annually and recreation observations that would be 

included in a report every 6 years. The annual recreation coordination meeting would afford 

NID, the Forest Service, and other resource agencies the opportunity to discuss whether camping 

capacities remain sufficient as new camping policies are implemented. 

Comment: The Forest Service comments that in the section 3 of the draft EIS, based on data 

provided by NID, we characterize the use levels of the facilities at Jackson Meadows as low to 

moderate and conclude that reconstruction of the facilities is not justified. Forest Service 

contends that we are mistaken in characterizing the occupancy levels at Jackson Meadows 

Recreation Complex as low to moderate, based on NID’s 2011 revised and erroneous version of 

the Technical Memorandum 8-2b. The Forest Service comments that according to NID’s 

Technical Memorandum 8-2b (NID 2010), the average seasonal occupancy at Jackson Meadows 

was 42.6 percent from Memorial Day to the end of September (NID, 2010). The Forest Service 

notes that NID subsequently changed the conclusions of occupancy rates in the September 2011 

version of Technical Memorandum 8-2b (NID, 2011). The Forest Service states that the 

occupancy rates contained in the September 2011 version of the Technical Memorandum are 

incorrect and provides occupancy percentages from the concessionaire from opening through 

Labor Day. Forest Service believes that these facilities experience moderate to high occupancy 

rates and the need for new and reconstructed facilities has been a long standing need at Jackson 

Meadows.

The Forest Service contends that we mistakenly characterized the occupancy levels of Findley 

campground as low to moderate and comments that Findley and the other recreational facilities in 

the Jackson Meadows recreation complex experience moderate to high occupancy rates.

Response: The data presented in Technical Memorandum 8-2b were collected under a study plan 

developed in consultation with the resource agencies and approved by the Commission. 

According to NID’s September 23, 2011 transmittal of the September 2011 version of Technical 

Memorandum 8-2b, the major difference between the September 2011 version and the September 

2010 version is that the 2011 version presents facility occupancy information based on the 

recreation season length recommended by the Forest Service and other resource agencies. The 

Forest Service provides no specific information that would lead us to believe that the data 

presented in the Technical Memo are inaccurate. Further, the Forest Service did not raise this 

issue until it filed its comments and preliminary conditions in response to our Notice of Ready for 

Environmental Analysis, well after the recreation use study was completed and the September 

2011 version of Technical Memorandum 8-2b was filed with the Commission. Section 5.5.2.2 of 

the final EIS recommends that the Recreation Plan be modified to include provisions for a 
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campground or appropriate camping facilities in the Jackson Meadows area. The annual 

recreation coordination meeting would afford NID, the Forest Service, and other resource 

agencies the opportunity to discuss whether camping facilities in the Jackson Meadows area are 

sufficient through the new license term based on monitoring results. 

Comment: The Forest Service presents information that it believes substantiates the fact that 

Jackson Creek campground predominately serves project-related recreationists and should be a 

project facility. The Forest Service notes that in an effort to quantify the project-related use by 

recreationists camping at Jackson Creek campground, it surveyed ten groups that stayed at 

Jackson Creek campground over eight different dates (including both weekends and weekdays) 

spanning 2012 and 2013. The Forest Service comments that 100 percent of the groups surveyed 

indicated that they recreated or planned to recreate at one or more of the three project lakes within 

the Bowman Recreation Corridor (Bowman, Sawmill, or Faucherie) during their stay. 

The Forest Service notes that on page 439, the draft EIS states that upgrades to the Jackson Creek 

campground “would not meet recreational needs at the Project.” The Forest Service points out 

two problems with the draft EIS statement: (1) Jackson Creek campground is a Development 

Scale 3 Campground with restrooms, cement tables, fire rings, and food storage lockers, not an 

undeveloped campground; (2) based on Forest Service’s decades of experience managing Jackson 

Creek campground, it clearly recognizes that the campground is used heavily by recreationists 

that have come to the area to visit and enjoy the nearby project lakes during the day, and utilize 

the campground’s developed facilities for their overnight accommodations. It notes that the draft 

EIS presents data gathered by NID during its 2009 recreation surveys and describes the use at the 

campground as low, but the Forest Service believes this information is in error. 

Response: Section 3.3.5.2 and 5.5.2.2 of the final EIS have been modified to correct the 

erroneous statement that Jackson Creek campground is undeveloped. Despite the Forest 

Service’s conclusions that the Jackson Creek campground should be a project facility, it does not 

qualify because it does not provide direct access to the project lands or waters. 

Comment: The Forest Service presents information that it believes substantiates the fact that 

Canyon Creek dispersed campsites predominately serve project-related recreationists and should 

be a project facility. The Forest Service comments that concerning the Canyon Creek dispersed 

camping sites, the draft EIS states on pages 439 and 440 that these campsites are located outside 

the project boundary and a need has not been demonstrated for camping in this area; however, 

based on surveys of visitors at Faucherie Lake, NID’s Technical Memorandum 8-2B (NID 2011) 

acknowledges the connection between Canyon Creek dispersed site campers and visitation at 

Faucherie Lake. 

Response: There is already an existing campground at Canyon Creek located inside the project 

boundary that provides 16 campsites with picnic tables and fire rings; 2 vault restrooms; and 

parking. The Canyon Creek dispersed campsites do not provide direct access to the project lands 

or waters, although the campsites appear to provide access to the general area of the project. 

NID’s Technical Memorandum 8-2b reports that the top three primary activities from the visitor 

use surveys received from visitors along Canyon Creek (in the same area where the Forest 

Service proposes the Canyon Creek dispersed campsites) were camping, fishing, and off-highway 

vehicle (OHV) use. All three of these activities are not project-specific since camping occurs 

throughout the area and quality stream fishing opportunities exist all along Canyon Creek while 

OHV use is not project-related. 
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Comment: The Forest Service comments that campground hosts would provide a consistent 

management or authoritative presence by NID, or their agent, during the peak recreation season at 

the National Forest facilities is the foundational issue. The Forest Service believes that host sites 

with desired amenities would help this endeavor. The Forest Service also believes that the 

services provided by, and overnight presence of, hosts are essential to meeting the recreational 

needs of project recreationists and to act as a deterrent to vandalism to project recreational 

facilities and environmental damage to project areas.

Response: The Commission cannot ensure that a host is present at every campground, or that 

public safety would be improved as a result of providing host sites. The proposed upgrades of 

host sites may be useful for attracting hosts, but the Commission has no way to ensure that the 

presence of a host would accomplish a project purpose or improve a project effect. 

Comment: The Forest Service points out that each of the two trail proposals (with options) 

within the Bowman Recreation Corridor would directly connect two project reservoirs, and thus, 

should be considered necessary for project purposes, given the lack of existing trail facilities and 

the documented demand for hiking opportunities. 

Response: Section 3.3.5.2 and table 3-227 of the final EIS have been modified to include this 

information in the analysis of the Forest Service’s specifications for trails within the Bowman 

Recreation Corridor. Our recommendations in the EIS accomplish the Forest Service’s objective 

of connecting two project reservoirs. In section 5.5.2.2, while we do not recommend that the 

Recreation Plan include construction of the trails at Sawmill Lake or French Lake, we do 

recommend a walkway across the Sawmill spillway and a primitive trail from Faucherie Lake to 

Sawmill Lake, which would connect two project reservoirs within the Bowman Recreation 

Corridor. 

Comment: The Forest Service believes that a functioning and accessible sanitary dump station is 

needed to mitigate project-related recreational impacts. The Forest Service notes that a self-pay 

station was installed by the Forest Service and its concessionaire for the 2013 season to allow the 

facility to remain open 24 hours a day, which would improve the efficiency and use of the 

facility.

Response: Section 3.3.5.2 of the final EIS has been modified to analyze the provision in the 

revised modified Forest Service condition 57 for this facility and this information regarding 

updated efforts to improve the efficiency and use of the facility. Although the existing dump 

station does not feature the most up-to-date facilities, measures recently implemented to improve 

the efficiency of the dump site appear reasonable. Future use monitoring at this site would ensure 

that information would be available to evaluate the continued need and efficiency for this site 

during the term of the new license.

Comment: The Forest Service comments that on page 453 of the draft EIS, we mischaracterize 

the use of the Jackson Meadow administrative site, which is used for operating the project 

recreation sites (except for the vacant barracks). 

Response: Section 3.3.5.2 of the final EIS has been modified to correctly characterize the use of 

the Jackson Meadow administrative site facilities. Since this facility does not serve as a 

recreation facility and does not provide a direct benefit to visitors at the project and it is currently 

used by the Forest Service, the Commission has no way of knowing or ensuring that the facility 

would not be used for other, non-project purposes. The facility does not appear to be necessary 

for project purposes. 
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Comment: The Forest Service comments that we did not recommend expansion of the 

Bowman campground by 20 sites (draft EIS, page 664). It believes that NID’s Amended 

Recreation Plan proposal to restrict camping to designated sites combined with NID’s plans for 

only limited camping facilities development would lead to a shortage of camping capacity in the 

Bowman Recreation Corridor (generally 1⁄4 mile each side of the main access roads from Bowman 

to Faucherie) shortly after implementing the camping restriction policies on both NID and NFS 

lands. The Forest Service notes that once it implements the proposed camping restriction policy 

on NFS lands in the Bowman Recreation Corridor, overnight camping would only be allowed on 

NFS lands at facilities that have sanitation facilities. 

Response: Current use at the Bowman campground is generally low and we do not see a 

demonstrated need for additional campsites. Although dispersed camping is an established use at 

Bowman Lake, improving some of the dispersed primitive campsites and eliminating some, but 

not all, would consolidate camping use in areas most suited for camping and reduce human 

effects. Consolidation of camping/campsites into designated campground areas would also 

reduce shoreline impacts associated with dispersed camping at undesignated and unimproved 

sites, such as vegetation impacts and shoreline erosion.

Comment: The Forest Service points out inconsistencies in the draft EIS related to trail 

development on page 665 (where we do not recommend construction of the trails at Sawmill 

Lake or French Lake, except for a walkway across the Sawmill spillway and a primitive trail from 

Faucherie Lake to Sawmill Lake) and page 662 (where we recommend that the Recreation Plan 

include provisions for additional project-related trails at Sawmill Lake and the addition of 

project-related trails at Faucherie Lake and French Lake). 

Response: Section 3.3.5.2 and table 3-227 of the final EIS have been modified to clarify 

additional information from the Forest Service and the rationale behind staff’s recommendations 

related to the Forest Service’s specifications for trail proposals within the Bowman Recreation 

Corridor. We are recommending the walkway across the Sawmill spillway because we have 

determined, based on the information provided, that it is project-related and would provide a safe 

means for recreation users to cross the spillway. 

Comment: California Fish and Wildlife recommends that the initial 17 project reservoirs to be 

stocked be included in a fish stocking plan and agrees that a periodic review of angling use levels 

over the term of the new license would help inform potential modifications to stocking levels in 

each reservoir. California Fish and Wildlife also recommends that Sawmill and French reservoirs 

be included in the recommended fish stocking plan because aerial stocking is fairly inexpensive. 

California Fish and Wildlife provides information showing on the potential low cost of aerial 

stocking. 

The Forest Service and BLM support California Fish and Wildlife’s recommendation regarding 

fish stocking.

Response: Based on the additional information received and discussions during the 10(j) 

meeting held on November 12, 2013, sections 3.3.5.2, 5.1.2.2 and 5.2.2.2 of the final EIS have 

been revised to include additional analysis and to further clarify and revise our recommendations 

for the fish stocking plan. The final EIS now recommends the inclusion of both Sawmill and 

French reservoirs in the plan with stocking in Sawmill Lake every other year until the first Form 

80 reporting year after implementation of the plan, and provisions for stocking fish in additional 

project reservoirs (French Lake) based on changes in recreational use, collected from recreation 
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use monitoring, and angling pressure over the term of the new license. Sawmill Lake would 

benefit from our recommendation for regular periodic fish stocking because it received a 

moderate level of recreational use. Since French Lake received very low recreational use, 

periodic review of angling use levels and recreational use data at French Lake over the term of 

the new license would help inform whether French Lake would benefit from fish stocking. 

Comment: NID requests that the recommendation to replace the toilets at Milton diversion 

impoundment primitive campsites with accessible toilets be removed from section 5.2.2.2. 

Response: Section 5.5.2.2 of the final EIS has been modified to remove this additional 

recommendation because the toilet building is already accessible and NID is already proposing an 

accessible parking space and route to the toilet that is recommended by staff.

Comment: NID requests that the recommendation in section 5.2.2.2 to include provisions for 

project-related pedestrian trails at Fir Top campground, a walkway across the Sawmill spillway, 

and a primitive trail from Faucherie Lake to Sawmill Lake, which would connect two project 

reservoirs, be removed. NIID comments that the Woodcamp Complex trail system that was 

proposed by NID and recommended in the draft EIS would include project-related trails at Fir 

Top campground. Additionally, NID comments that the walkway across the spillway at Sawmill 

Lake would connect directly to a non-project Forest Service trail (Grouse Ridge Trail) and the 

adjoining Grouse Ridge trail network (all non-project trails) while the primitive trail from 

Faucherie Lake to Sawmill Lake would connect two Project reservoirs but the terminus of the 

trail at Sawmill Lake would not connect to any project recreation facilities.

 

Response: Section 3.3.5.2 and table 3-227 of the final EIS have been modified to clarify 

additional information from the Forest Service and the rationale behind staff’s recommendations 

related to the Forest Service’s specifications for trail proposals within the Bowman Recreation 

Corridor. We maintain our recommendations for the primitive trail from Faucherie Lake to 

Sawmill Lake and the walkway across the spillway at Sawmill Lake. The primitive trail from 

Faucherie Lake to Sawmill Lake would connect two Project reservoirs and provide access to the 

shorelines of both reservoirs. The walkway across the spillway at Sawmill Lake would provide a 

safe means for recreation users to cross the spillway to access to the south shoreline of Sawmill 

Lake. Sections 3.3.5.2 and 5.5.2.2 have been modified to remove the redundant Fir Top trail 

recommendation because it is already included in our recommendation for NID’s proposed 

Woodcamp Complex trail system. 

Comment: BLM notes that on page 604 of the draft EIS, we recommend that PG&E develop 

additional recreational facilities at Edwards and Purdon Crossings. BLM disagrees with our 

recommendation that PG&E should not provide annual funding of $30,000 for facilities related to 

the area because of a lack of nexus to the project. BLM comments that the public lands have 

greatly been impacted by thousands of recreational users using the public lands and waters 

because of the impaired water diversions from Lake Spaulding. 

Response: Page 604 of the draft EIS inadvertently stated that we recommend that PG&E 

develop additional recreational facilities at Edwards Crossing and Purdons Crossing while the 

justification and context of this same paragraph would suggest that we do not recommend it. 

We do not recommend that PG&E develop additional recreational facilities at Edwards Crossing 

and Purdons Crossing and section 5.1.2.2 of the final EIS has been modified to clarify our 

recommendation. 
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Comment: BLM notes that on page 413 of the draft EIS, we incorrectly state that BLM does not 

have a condition for developing a Recreation Plan. 

Response: Section 3.3.5.2 of the final EIS has been modified to reflect revised modified BLM 

condition 25 that requires NID to develop a Recreation Plan. 

Comment: BLM comments that on page 443 of the draft EIS, we incorrectly indicate that BLM 

condition 31 specifies the upgrades for host sites. 

Response: Section 3.3.5.2 of the final EIS has been modified to remove this statement and to 

reflect the revised modified condition.

Comment: BLM comments that in section 5.2.4.2 of the draft EIS, we indicate that development 

of a day use area at Dutch Flat afterbay would be developed if suitable land can be identified 

along the shoreline. BLM clarifies that Condition No. 33 requires construction of the Day Use 

Facility that would include parking for 6 vehicles, 6 picnic tables, kiosk sign, restroom facility, 

and access trails to the shoreline.

Response: Section 3.3.5.2 of the final EIS has been modified to discuss BLM’s revised modified 

condition for Dutch Flat afterbay; however, this does not affect our conclusions recommending a 

day use area at Dutch Flat afterbay. 

Comment: Ms. Gotham of the South Yuba River Citizens League comments that in summer, 

people come to a variety of places in Nevada County and to the riverside campgrounds and the 

day use parks in the Town of Washington along the South Yuba River to enjoy the refreshing 

swimming holes. She notes that the temperatures in the South Yuba River reach into the 70s, 

with high measurements during heat storms of 82 degrees, warmer than most swimming pools. 

Response: Given the proposed minimum streamflows and Forest Service Supplemental Flow

revised modified 4(e) condition, water temperature modeling data generated during the 

relicensing studies indicate that water temperatures in the vicinity of Washington and Edwards 

and Purdon’s Crossings on the South Yuba River would be in the range of 70-78 degrees 

Fahrenheit during the warmest part of the summer in late July. During a heat storm, water 

temperatures could increase more depending on the length of the period. 

Comment: Ms. Gotham asks that we consider local values and economic interest in balancing 

resource uses. 

Response: We have recommended a number of measures that would enhance recreational 

opportunities at the projects. These recommended measures would provide facilities that would 

accommodate projected future recreational use and a means for monitoring future recreation use 

to meet changing recreation needs at the project. The increased recreational use would likely 

generate economic return as visitors from outside the project area visit the project area. 

CULTURAL RESOURCES

Comment: Forest Service and BLM note that according to section 4.4.2 of NID’s Historic 

Properties Management Plan (HPMP) (pages 4-17), there are 12 and possibly 14 (not eight) 

affected sites that still need evaluation (for all land ownerships within the Yuba-Bear Project). 

They note that perhaps table 5-6 is referencing only affected sites on Forest Service-administered 
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land and believe section 5.2.2.1 on page 652 and table 5-6 on page 695 should be consistent with 

section 4.4.2 of the HPMP. 

Response: The correct number of unevaluated archeological sites and historic-era resources 

experiencing project-related effects at the Yuba-Bear Project in the FEIS table 5-6 should be 12. 

The reference to 14 sites by the Forest Service and BLM included two sites that have evaluated 

since the comment. The two sites that have since been evaluated are CA-NEV-2016H (P-29-

3947) and CA-NEV-2019/H (P-29-3953). 

Comment: EPA Region 9 comments that the final EIS should discuss the status of consultation 

with tribes affected by the proposed project operations and maintenance. 

Response: The final EIS has been modified such that it discusses the status of consultation with 

tribes affected by the proposed projects. 

Comment: PG&E comments that since the filing of their license application, additional 

archeological work has been conducted at P-31-4293 and P-31-4375 in response to the United 

Auburn Indian Community and Nisenan Maidu’s concerns and as stated in the draft EIS. 

According to PG&E, the review did not result in additional information or indications that these 

sites functioned as anything other than milling stations; furthermore, PG&E states that these sites 

were not identified during the ethnographic and Traditional Cultural Property study as rock art or 

places of past, present, or ceremonial use. As a result, PG&E does not believe these sites warrant 

additional National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) evaluations and proposes to retain the 

management measures included in the HPMP. 

Response: In the final HPMP, PG&E filed with the Commission in September 2013, sites P-31-

4293 and P-31-4375 have been recategorized as unassessed. PG&E’s final HPMP proposes to 

leave these sites as unevaluated and to monitor potential effects during the term of the new 

license. If effects are identified, then PG&E would evaluate these sites and mitigate adverse 

effects, if needed. The final EIS states that PG&E’s final HPMP would be implemented upon 

license issuance, and as a result, these sites, although unevaluated, would be monitored for 

adverse effects, and would be evaluated for NRHP if adverse effects are found. 

Comment: NID comments that under condition 43 in table 5-6 in section 5.2.4.2, Land 

Management 4(e) Conditions, FERC staff states "Yes, but recommend NID implement the final 

HPMP filed on October 5, 2012, with modification involving eight cultural resource sites that 

need to be evaluated and protected/mitigated from project-related effects.” NID proposes FERC 

staff delete the reference to the eight cultural resource sites.

Response: A review of this comment found that the eight cultural resource sites referred to in 

table 5-6 in the DEIS applies to PG&E’s Drum-Spaulding Project. The final EIS has been 

modified, and the reference to the eight cultural resources that are associated with the DrumSpaulding Project has been removed from the recommendations for NID’s Yuba-Bear Project.

LAND USE AND AESTHETICS

Comment: BLM questions the removal of the mineral survey area south of Dutch Flat afterbay 

and asks about the size of this area. 
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Response: As discussed in section 3.3.7.2, the mineral survey area south of the Dutch Flat 

afterbay is not necessary for continued project operations. Additional information about the 

location and size of the area is not available in NID’s application materials. 

Comment: BLM comments that 22 acres of BLM land is affected by project works in Township 

17 North, Range 10 East, and Section 34. BLM does not discuss how the lands are affected. 

Response: Although these lands may have been withdrawn for project purposes in 1965, PG&E 

states that these lands are currently not being used for project purposes. The proposed project 

boundaries would continue to encompass all facilities and features necessary for the operation of 

the project.

Comment: BLM does not support our recommendation to remove Chicago Park forebay road 

(YBCPF_002) from the current project road system. BLM notes that this section of the Chicago 

Park forebay road is in a state of disrepair from slides and continued erosion occurring from the 

road cut, nonfunctioning culverts and unstable soils. BLM believes that until such time that NID 

rehabilitates the road to BLM approved standards, this segment of road needs to remain as an 

existing project road. BLM comments that it might support NID’s request to remove the road 

from the project after NID rehabilitates the road.

Response: The Chicago Park forebay road from mile marker 0.0 to 0.58 (YBCPF002) was 

abandoned in the late 1970s and is not currently used or needed to support project operations or to 

provide access to the project. Therefore, this road segment was not listed as a primary project 

road in table 3-252. NID has recommended decommissioning of the road in its Amended 

Transportation Management Plan (August 2012). Decommissioning could include excavating 

stream crossings with culverts, outsloping the road surface, installing hardened drainage features, 

and implementing erosion control measures. The final EIS recommends implementation of the 

Transportation Management Plan. 

Comment: Ms. Gotham comments that given the designation of the South Fork of the Yuba 

River as a wild and scenic river, it is important to maintain its natural quality.

Response: Section 3.3.7.1 recognizes that the South Yuba River is designated as a California 

Wild and Scenic river and states that the river adds to the visual quality of the area.