Final Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration PG&E’s Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2310) and Lower Drum Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 14531)

The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) has prepared this Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) to provide the public, responsible agencies, and trustee agencies with information about the potential environmental effects of relicensing the two specified Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) hydroelectric projects, collectively referred to as the Proposed Projects:

• • Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project (Proposed Upper Drum-Spaulding Project) – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Project No. 2310; and
  • Lower Drum Hydroelectric Project (Proposed Lower Drum Project) – FERC Project No. 14531.