Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 137-221] On November 15, 2023, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (licensee) filed an application for a non-capacity amendment at the Tiger Creek regulator dam of the Mokelumne River Hydroelectric Project No. 137. The dam is located on Tiger Creek in Amador County, California. The licensee proposes to construct a new 240-foot-long, 40-foot-wide concrete spillway and plunge pool at the right abutment of the Tiger Creek regulator dam. As part of the proposal, the licensee would construct a spoil area, and a temporary and permanent access road at the dam site which would be closed to the public during construction. The licensee also intends to develop a staging and spoils area on Doakes Ridge approximately 0.7 miles ( printed page 85530) southwest of the dam site and place a staging area and concrete batch plant on state route 88 in Pioneer, California. State route 88 and Tiger Creek Road between Pioneer and the dam site would be used as a haul route. The existing spillway would be abandoned in place. The licensee expects construction to take approximately 2 years. On July 26, 2024, the Commission issued a public notice for the proposed amendment. On August 2, August 5, and August 20, 2024, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the California State Water Resources Control Board, and the U.S. Department of the Interior filed notices of intervention, respectively. This notice identifies Commission s…