Narrows Hydroelectric Project No. 1403

Yuba County Water Agency; Notice of Revised Procedural Schedule for Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Project Relicense

This is a procedural notice revising the Environmental Assessment (EA) schedule for the relicense of the 12-megawatt Narrows Hydroelectric Project (FERC Project No. 1403) on the Yuba River near Marysville, Nevada County, California. Yuba County Water Agency filed the relicense application on November 14, 2023. FERC staff, still evaluating relicensing effects, have pushed the EA issuance from November 2025 to May 12, 2026, with public comments on the EA due June 11, 2026. No impact analysis appears in this notice.

Yuba County Water Agency; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the relicense of the 12-megawatt Narrows Hydroelectric Project No. 1403, owned by Yuba County Water Agency, on the Yuba River near Marysville in Nevada County, California. FERC staff determined that licensing the project is not anticipated to constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the human environment, so an EA rather than an EIS will be prepared. The EA is targeted for issuance in November 2025, with a 45-day public comment period to follow.

Spencer Mountain Hydropower, LLC; Notice of Revised Procedural Schedule for Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Project Relicense