Regulatory Documents

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ)

Draft 401 Hydropower Certification

• Public Notice
• Draft Evaluation and Findings Report
• Draft water quality certification
• Environmental Impact Statement (U.S. Department of Interior and California Department of Fish & Game)
• Klamath Detailed Plan For Dam Removal, 2011 (U.S. Department of Interior)
• Klamath River Renewal Project Technical Support Document, 2017 (submitted by Klamath River Renewal Corporation)

State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)

Lower Klamath Project’s Water Quality Certification Application Process

• Notice and Draft Water Quality Certification for the Lower Klamath Project – June 7, 2018
• Klamath River Renewal Corporation’s Updated Project Information – January 3, 2018
• Klamath River Renewal Corporation’s Response to State Water Board Information Request – September 30, 2017
• State Water Board Staff’s Information Request – August 25, 2017
• Klamath River Renewal Corporation Lower Klamath Project Description Additional Information – June 1, 2017
• Amended Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement – November 30, 2016
• State Water Board’s Acceptance of the Water Quality Certification Application – October 21, 2016
• Water Quality Certification Application – September 23, 2016
• Detailed Plan Part 1 – September 23, 2016
• Detailed Plan Part 2 – September 23, 2016

California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

• Scoping Report for Lower Klamath Project Notice of Preparation Comment Period – April 28, 2017
  • Appendix A – Notice of Preparation
  • Appendix B – Scoping Meeting Materials
  • Appendix C – Scoping Meeting Transcripts, Oral, and Written Comments Submitted at Scoping Meetings
  • Appendix D – Written Comments
• Notice of Preparation Scoping Meeting Transcripts:
  • Arcata (January 12, 2017)
  • Sacramento (January 20, 2017)
  • Yreka (January 26, 2017)
• Scoping Meeting Presentation: color | black and white
• Notice of Preparation and Scoping Meetings – December 22, 2016 (Yreka Scoping Meeting details updated January 10, 2017)

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

KRRC & PacifiCorp’s Hydroelectric License Transfer Application

• PacifiCorp/KRRC License Transfer Application to FERC including Exhibits (September 23, 2016)
• FERC Additional Information Request for License Transfer (April 24, 2017)
• PacifiCorp/KRRC Response to FERC’s 4/24/17 Additional Information Request (Joint Cover Letter) (June 23, 2017)
  • Exhibit A KRRC Response
  • Exhibit B PacifiCorp Response
• FERC Notice of Application for Amendment and Transfer of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Protests (October 5, 2017)
• FERC Additional Information Request (October 5, 2017)
  • KRRC Response to FERC’s 10/5/17 Additional Information Request (December 5, 2017)
  • KRRC Supplemental Response to FERC’s 10/5/17 Additional Information Request (March 22, 2018)
• FERC Letter Requiring KRRC and PacifiCorp to convene an Independent Board of Consultants (October 5, 2017)
  • KRRC Response to 10/5/17 Directive to Convene an Independent Board of Consultants (March 22, 2018)
  • FERC’s Letter Approving KRRC’s Proposed Board of Consultants (May 22, 2018)
• FERC Order Amending License and Deferring Consideration of Transfer Application (March 15, 2018)

KRRC’s Hydroelectric License Surrender Application

• KRRC License Surrender Application to FERC including Exhibits (September 23, 2016)
• FERC Additional Information Request (July 14, 2017)
  • KRRC Response to FERC’s 7/14/17 Additional Information Request (December 29, 2017)
• FERC Extension Approval (December 14, 2017)

Other Resources

• Detailed Plan for Dam Removal Part 1
• Detailed Plan for Dam Removal Part 2
• Klamath Dam Removal Overview Report for the Secretary of the Interior
• Department of Interior Klamath Restoration Website
• 2012 Environmental Impact Statement