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Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Government Agency Submittal submitted in FERC P-2107-052 by Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, Public Services
Date:Wednesday, September 30, 2026 8:07:38 AM
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On 9/30/2026, the following Filing was submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington D.C.:
Filer: Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, Public Services
Docket(s): P-2107-052
Lead Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Filing Type: Government Agency Submittal
Other External Submittal
Description: The U. S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, Plumas National Forest submits letter to Pacific Gas & Electric Company providing comments
on the draft Poe Hiking Trail 90% Design proposal re the Poe Hydroelectric Project under P-2107.
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File Code: 2770
Date: September 22, 2026
Anna Urias
Hydro License Coordinator I Power Generation
Land Planner, Environmental Management
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
AXUS@PGE.COM
RE: POE HIKING TRAIL 90% DESIGN, (FERC NO. 2107) POE
HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT
Dear Ms. Urias,
The Plumas National Forest (PNF) is providing feedback and comments regarding the draft Poe
Hiking Trail 90% Design proposal located on the Feather River Ranger District, for the Poe
Hydroelectric Project (FERC NO. 2107).
The PNF has reviewed the draft 90% design and proposed route location on National Forest
System (NFS) lands. The proposed route location on NFS land is aligned with initial ground
truthing conducted by PNF staff in April 2024, enabling route sustainability and enhancing
recreational trail opportunities in the lower North Fork Feather River Canyon.
Included below are PNF comments on the 90% design:
•The trail is designed as a class 2 trail. The USFS is not opposed to a higher-class trail for
construction, even if it is maintained as a class 2 trail since the higher-class construction
will likely be more sustainable long term (plan set page 2).
•The plans need to show a typical rolling dip with reverse grade to remove water (plan set
page 4). Link to rolling dip diagram STD 927-01 and 927-02 are available online at
www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/trails/trail-management-tools/trailplans .
•The plans state that the trail will be full-bench construction. Plans do not identify where cut
materials will be placed if not a balanced cut-and-fill section. Identified locations should be
included in the 90% design (General construction notes item 7, plan set page 3).
•In addition to using native rock sourced on or near each site, rock-armored stream crossings
should include option for use of imported rock material as needed, if not available on site
(plan set page 4). Any imported rock material should match what is found in the general
area of the proposed trail.
• A Forest Service site representative, in coordination with a PG&E site representative, should
be included in the ground review and approval of the final project layout (flagging, staking)
and periodic on the ground review during the trail construction phase (plan set page 3).
During trail construction, PG&E should provide the Forest Service and other cooperators
with weekly or bi-weekly construction progress reports (plan set page 3).
• The plans use passive language when providing construction directives. Please
remove passive wording and state what is required. For example, change “spoils
should be mulched” to “mulch spoils”. (General construction notes item 10, plan set
page 3).
• After our comments that the 30 and 60% plans access the river at an identified village site, it
appears that river access is still not included in the 90% plan. This is not an acceptable option
for the Forest Service. If access to the river is not part of the trail as constructed, people will
inevitably create their own access from the trail to the water. This could result in multiple
user-created social paths to the water and impacts to known or unknown cultural resources.
We suggest a clear path accessing the river be included somewhere before the known
resource and somewhere after, so that people are led away from the resource.
• River travelers have used the beach in question without serious impacts for
years. If the trail is designed appropriately, looting, vandalism, and other
impacts to cultural resources can be avoided. Using vegetation design to conceal
the beach from the casual observer may be considered.
• During Forest Service discussions with Konkow Valley Band of Maidu
Indians (KVBMI), river access trails are supported by KVBMI.
• Any vegetation clearance needed during project planning and surveys
should be the minimum needed to complete planning and surveys with no
tree removal, avoiding known sensitive resources, and all cut vegetation
being lopped and scattered.
The PNF looks forward to continuing to work with PG&E in final planning for the proposed
Poe Hiking trail. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Chuck James, Acting
Public Service Staff Officer at (530) 283-7755 or email charles.james@usda.gov .
Sincerely,
WADE McMASTER
Acting Forest Supervisor
cc: Jacqueline Phipps, Kurt Sable, Jason Vermillion, Clay Davis