The Public Website for
the
Relicensing of Nevada
Irrigation District’s
Yuba-Bear
Hydroelectric Project,
FERC Project No. 2266
Welcome to Nevada
Irrigation District’s (NID) Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project Relicensing
Public Website. This is an information resource for parties interested
in the relicensing of NID’s Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Project No. 2266 (Project).
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The Project is located in
Nevada, Placer and Sierra counties, California, and consists of 9 on-stream
reservoirs (Jackson Meadows and Milton reservoirs on the Middle Yuba River;
Jackson Lake on Jackson Creek; French, Faucherie, Sawmill and Bowman lakes on
Canyon Creek; and Dutch Flat Afterbay and Rollins Reservoir on the Bear River),
3 off-stream impoundments (Dutch Flat Forebay, Little York Basin and Chicago
Park Forebay), 2 diversion dams (Texas Creek and Fall Creek), 4 powerhouses
(Bowman, Dutch Flat, Chicago Park and Rollins), one overhead, 60 kilovolt
transmission line (Bowman-Spaulding), and various water conduits, recreation
facilities and appurtent facilities and structures. The combined gross storage
capacity of the Project is about 207,865 acre-feet of water and the installed
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The initial FERC license for
the Project expires April 30, 2013. NID intends to apply to FERC for a new
license (Relicensing) using FERC’s Integrated Licensing Process (ILP), as
described in Title 18 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Subchapter B,
Part 5. Consistent with these regulations, NID intends to file with FERC a
notice of intent to apply for a new license and a Pre-application Document (PAD)
after November 1, 2007 but no later than April 30, 2008. NID plans to file an
application for new license by April 30, 2011.
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NID enters the
Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project Relicensing with the expressed
goal of achieving the Relicensing consistent with NID’s Mission Statement:
“…provide a dependable, quality water supply, strive to be good stewards of the
watershed, and conserve the available resources.” Specifically, NID’s
Relicensing goal is to obtain a new license with minimal adverse impact to
Project economics, while helping to foster NID’s relationship with the
community, resource agencies, and other interested parties. NID desires to
obtain a new license of maximum term for the Project at a minimum cost (both
initially and ongoing) that allows the Project to maximize profits from the
production of electrical power while also meeting irrigation, environmental,
recreational and other non-power requirements and needs. |
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The purposes of this
Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project Relicensing Public Website are to make available
to federal, state and local agencies; non-governmental organizations; and
individual members of the public who may be interested in the Relicensing: 1)
documents and material developed by NID during the Relicensing; and 2)
information regarding the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project Relicensing
proceeding. The index to your left is divided into sections related to the
Relicensing proceeding, and is periodically updated by NID. Click on the item
in which you are interested. Please note that much of the information on this
Public Website is in portable document format (pdf) or similar format, and some
items appear blank until information is completed or published.
For more information on the
Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project Relicensing, please contact NID’s General
Manager at scherzinger@nidwater.com.
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NID and PG&E each own and operate FERC-licensed projects
primarily located on the Middle and South Yuba rivers and the Bear River in
California. These projects include NID's Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project (FERC
2266), PG&E's Drum-Spaulding Project (FERC 2310) and PG&E's Rollins Transmission
Line Project (FERC 2784). The FERC licenses for these three projects all expire
on April 30, 2013. NID and PG&E each intend to apply for new licenses for their
respective projects using FERC’s Integrated Licensing Process. Because these
three projects are located in the same watersheds and have concurrent license
expiration dates, NID and PG&E have decided, to the extent practical, to
cooperate and coordinate on their relicensing efforts. Through this effort, NID
and PG&E hope to: 1) maintain and enhance the overall comprehensive value of the
projects; 2) develop with agencies and other interested parties a comprehensive
plan for the management of resources affected by the projects; 3) streamline the
relicensing process for agencies and other interested parties by coordinating
the release and format of information; and 4) reduce the relicensing costs for
NID, PG&E, agencies and other interested parties by sharing information and
studies related to the projects.
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