Draft EIS_072312.pdf - Middle Fork American River Project ...

20120723-4002 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 07/23/2012
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. Major statutory and regulatory requirements for the Middle Fork
American River Hydroelectric Project .................................................... 4
Table 3.3.1-1. Average number of days gravel motion is initiated by water year
type ......................................................................................................... 41
Table 3.3.1-2. Proposed and Alternative 1 (in parentheses when different from
proposed) pulse flow schedule for wet and above normal
water years ............................................................................................. 54
Table 3.3.1-3. Proposed and Alternative 1 implementation schedule of pulse flows
and flow measurement locations. Note: Year 1 begins 30 days after
license issuance ...................................................................................... 56
Table 3.3.2-1. Key characteristics of project impoundments related to water
storage .................................................................................................... 64
Table 3.3.2-2. Minimum pool requirements ................................................................. 65
Table 3.3.2-3. Hydrology for selected sites (hydrology nodes) in waters associated
with the Middle Fork Project ................................................................. 69
Table 3.3.2-4. Minimum stream maintenance flow requirements ................................ 75
Table 3.3.2-5. Hydrology for project powerhouses (hydrology nodes) at the Middle
Fork Project ............................................................................................ 78
Table 3.3.2-6. Summary of project area water rights permits ....................................... 80
Table 3.3.2-7. Water quality objectives to support designated beneficial uses in the
project area ............................................................................................. 83
Table 3.3.2-8. Minimum instream flows (cfs) by water year under the proposed
action and Alternative 1 ....................................................................... 104
Table 3.3.2-9. Proposed and Alternative 1 downramping rates proposed following
spills from Hell Hole reservoir dam into Rubicon River and from
French Meadows reservoir dam into Middle Fork American River ... 110
Table 3.3.2-10. Proposed and Alternative 1 up- and downramping rates proposed
for March through October at Oxbow powerhouse ............................. 111
Table 3.3.3-1. Vegetation communities and wildlife habitats in the Middle Fork
Project vicinity ..................................................................................... 132
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