California State Water Resources Control Board: Notice of Preparation and Scoping Meetings for an Environmental Impact Report for Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project Surrender and Decommissioning On September 22, 2025, the State Water Resources Control Board released a Notice of Preparation and Scoping Meetings for an Environmental Impact Report for the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project Surrender and Decommissioning (NOP). The NOP is for Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project No. 77) Surrender and Decommissioning (Proposed Project). The Proposed Project involves the surrender (discontinuing Hydroelectric Project operations) and decommissioning (removal) of Hydroelectric Project dams (Scott Dam and Cape Horn Dam) and facilities. The Eel-Russian Project Authority’s (ERPA) proposed New Eel-Russian Facility will be analyzed separately by ERPA. The State Water Board is soliciting comments related only to activities described in PG&E’s July 2025 Final Application for Surrender of License. The Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project Surrender and Decommissioning scoping meetings will be held as follows: October 17, 2025 October 15, 2025 October 15, 2025 (In-person and Virtual) (In-person Only) 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. (In-person Only) 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Byron Sher Auditorium DCJ Hearing Room 1001 I Street, 2nd Floor Ukiah Valley Conference Center, Cabernet 1 and 5550 Skylane Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95814 2 Rooms Suite A and 200 South School Street Santa Rosa, CA Via Zoom: 95403 https://waterboards.zoom.us/j/86984608826 Ukiah, CA 95842 Call in number: +1 669 444 9171 US Meeting ID: 869 8460 8826 Written comments on the NOP are due by 4:00 p.m. on Monday October 3, 2025.Comments should be emailed to: wr401program@waterboards.ca.gov or mailed to: State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, Water Quality Certification Program, Attn: Wilhelmina Chon, 916-319-0745, P.O. Box 2000, Sacramento, CA 95812. Please title your comments as “Potter Valley NOP Comments”. To view the documents online, please visit the State Water Board’s Projects webpage: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/water_quality_cert/potter_ valley_ferc77.html.