California State Water Resources Control Board Notice of Preparation and Scoping Meetings for an Environmental Impact Report for the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric Project Relicensing

California State Water Resources Control Board
Notice of Preparation and Scoping Meetings for an Environmental Impact Report for the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric Project Relicensing

On September 23, 2026, the State Water Resources Control Board released a Notice of Preparation and Scoping Meetings for an Environmental Impact Report for the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric Project Relicensing (NOP).  The NOP is for relicensing Southern California Edison Company’s (SCE) Bishop Creek Hydroelectric Project (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Project No. 1394). The Bishop Creek Hydroelectric Project Relicensing (Proposed Project) scoping meetings are as follows:

Thursday, October 15, 2026
Starting at 12:00 p.m.
Registration Link:
https://waterboards.zoom.us/meeting/register/kduyWzi1SnuLbRSGsGDdcw

Thursday, October 15, 2026
Starting at 5:30 p.m.
Registration Link:
https://waterboards.zoom.us/meeting/register/CKSCS6IoSVaQoAS_c2qphg

Written comments on the NOP are due by 4:00 p.m. on October 30, 2026.  Comments should be emailed to:  [email protected] or mailed to: State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, Water Quality Certification Program, P.O. Box 2000, Sacramento, CA 95812.

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/bishop_creek.html.