Technical Conference Regarding the South Feather Power Project No. 2088

Project No. 2088-068

From 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (PST)

The project is located on the South Fork Feather River, Lost Creek, and Slate Creek, in Butte, Yuba, and Plumas Counties, California.  

All local, state, and federal agencies, tribes, non-governmental organizations, and other interested parties and individuals are invited to participate in the site review and/or technical conference. 

The purpose of the technical conference is to discuss potential project effects on federally listed species including the threatened North Feather distinct population of the foothill yellow-legged frog (FYLF).  Discussions to inform staff’s environmental analysis will include the following items:  (1) results of FYLF surveys in project-affected reaches; (2) the timing and magnitude of flow fluctuations resulting from current project operations; (3) potential measures to minimize effects of flow fluctuations during the FYLF reproductive season; (4) the feasibility of implementing potential interim ramping rates with existing infrastructure; and (5) the limitations of any potential ramping rates to protect FYLF populations. 

The technical conference will be recorded by an independent stenographer.  Transcripts of the technical conference will be placed on the public record for the project and will be available to view on the Commission’s website (http://www.ferc.gov), using the “eLibrary” link.

If you are interested in attending or have questions regarding the environmental site review or technical conference, please RSVP Kristen McKillop with SFWPA at kmckillop@southfeather.com or (530) 532-1348 on or before March 14, 2024. 

For questions on procedural matters related to relicensing the South Feather Power Project, you may contact Quinn Emmering, the Commission’s relicensing coordinator for the project, at (202) 502-6382 or Quinn.Emmering@ferc.gov.  

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