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

20120723-4002 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 07/23/2012
class IV boating opportunities in the peaking reach, and table 3.3.5-12 shows the flows
specified for providing class II boating on the Confluence Run.
Table 3.3.5-11. Flow schedule provided in Forest Service condition no. 39 to support
class IV boating opportunities on the peaking reach downstream of
Oxbow powerhouse (Source: Forest Service, 2011).
Water
Year Type
Flow a
(cfs)
Duration
(Time of day)
Weekdays June 1–Labor Day
Wet 1,000 3 hours
(9 a.m.–noon)
Above
normal
Below
normal
1,000 3 hours
(9 a.m.–noon)
1,000 3 hours
(9 a.m.–noon)
Dry 1,000 3 hours
(8 a.m.–11 a.m.)
Critical 1,000 3 hours
(8 a.m.–11 a.m.)
Extremely
critical
Weekends
1,000 3 hours
(8 a.m.–11 a.m.)
Wet 1,000 4 hours
(8 a.m.–noon)
Above
normal
Below
normal
1,000 4 hours
(8 a.m.–noon)
1,000 4 hours
(8 a.m.–noon)
238
5 days per week
(M–F)
5 days per week
(M–F)
4 days per week
(T–F)
3 days per week
(T, W, F) except for
F before Labor Day
2 days per week
(W, F) except for
Memorial Day b
1 day per week
(W)
Saturday before
Memorial Day–
Labor Day
After Labor Day–
September 30
4 days per week
(T–F)
3 days per week
(T, W, F)
3 days per week
(T, W, F)
2 days per week
(W, F)
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After Labor Day–
September 30
Saturdays, Sundays Saturdays, Sundays
Saturdays, Sundays Saturdays, Sundays
Saturdays except
for Western States
100 date
Saturdays, Sundays