FERC is preparing an Environmental Assessment for Puget Sound Energy's proposed Upper Baker Dam Spillway Stability Improvements and Tailrace Channel Rock Debris Removal Project at the Baker River Hydroelectric Project (No. 2150) in Skagit and Whatcom counties, Washington. The project would excavate rockfall debris from the tailrace channel and create a concrete rock buttress to stabilize the Upper Baker Dam spillway slope, which has been identified as a potential failure mode. NMFS concurred that the project is not likely to adversely affect ESA-listed species or EFH; FWS filed a Biological Opinion in November 2023. FERC staff plans to issue the EA by March 7, 2025.12