Environmental assessment available for Klamath Hydroelectric Project decommissioning.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICAFEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
PacifiCorpProject No. 2082-074
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
(April 15, 2026)
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (Commission or FERC) regulations, 18 C.F.R. Part 380, Commission staff reviewed PacifiCorp’s non-capacity amendment application for Klamath Hydroelectric Project No. 2082 and have prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the project. [1] The licensee proposes to decommission and administratively remove the Fall Creek development from the project license to facilitate conveyance of the decommissioned infrastructure and lands to the City of Yreka, California. The project is located on the Klamath River and Fall Creek in Klamath County, Oregon and Siskiyou County, California. The project occupies federal lands managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation.The EA contains Commission staff’s analysis of the potential environmental effects of the proposed amendment, alternatives to the proposed action, and concludes that the proposed administrative removal of the Fall Creek development from the project license would not constitute a major federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the human environment.The EA may be viewed on the Commission’s website at http://www.ferc.gov using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number (P-2082) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
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All comments must be filed May 15, 2026, 5:00 pm Eastern Time.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments using the Commission’s eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support. In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket number P-2082-074.
For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, contact the Office of Public Participation at (202) 502-6595 or OPP@ferc.gov.
For further information, contact Diana Shannon at 202-502-6136 or diana.shannon@ferc.gov [diana.shannon@ferc.gov].
(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,Secretary.[1] The unique identification number for documents relating to this environmental review is EAXX-019-20-000-1769181375.Publication Dates: 04/21/2026