Poe Hydroelectric Project

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is receiving an amendment to the water quality certification (certification) for the Poe Hydroelectric Project (Project; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [FERC] Project No. 2107). The amendment allows for temporary changes to minimum instream flows (Condition 1 Minimum Instream Flows) and monitoring requirements (Condition 9 Poe Bypass Reach Biological Monitoring) of the Project certification. Changes to Condition 1 provide flexibility for PG&E to temporarily reduce minimum instream flows to support facility maintenance and repairs. Changes to Condition 9 (1) update the Poe Bypass Reach Fish and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Plan monitoring schedule and (2) remove the required temperature trigger from the Poe Amphibian Monitoring Plan.