FERC - "Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Petition for Reconsideration of the Water Quality Certification for the Kilarc-Cow Creek Hydroelectric Project License Surrender, FERC Project No. P-606."

Title: Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Petition for Reconsideration of the Water Quality Certification for the Kilarc-Cow Creek Hydroelectric Project License Surrender, FERC Project No. P-606. Source: FERC Data/Action: ALJ Initial Decisions Date: 12/26/2019 Text Preview: ...Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") administers the CWA and recently issued new guidance to States clarifying the scope of Section 401 certification review and conditions. EPA explained that the State Water Board's review should be "limited to an evaluation of potential water quality impacts" in order to certify that a discharge to navigable waters will comply "with the enumerated provisions of the CWA and other appropriate state and tribal water quality requirements." See CWA Section 401 Guidance for Federal Agencies, States and Authorized Tribes, issued June 7, 2019, pg. 4 (emphasis added). EPA... ...respective regions, subject to State Water Board and United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) approval, as appropriate. (Wat. Code, § 13240... ...to measure turbidity, provided the meter uses a United States Environmental Protection Agency-approved algorithm/method and is calibrated and maintained in accordance...