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12.0 LITERATURE CITED

SECTION 2.0 PURPOSE OF ACTION AND NEED FOR POWER

California Energy Commission (CEC). 2000. The latest California Energy Commission electricity system assessment is the 2002-2012 Electricity Outlook Report (Docket # 01-EOR-1). Available at: http://www.energy.ca.gov/reports/2002-06-10_700-01-004F.PDF.

California System Independent Operator (Cal-ISO). 2006. Emergency Declarations available at http://www.caiso.com.

SECTION 3.0 PROPOSED ACTION AND ALTERNATIVES

Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 2000. Initial Information Package (IIP). In SCE’s Amended Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (APDEA) for the Big Creek Alternative Licensing Process (ALP) (Mammoth Pool Project (FERC Project No. 2085), Big Creek Nos. 1 and 2 (FERC Project No. 2175), Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood (FERC Project No. 67), and Big Creek No. 3 (FERC Project No. 120)). February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-A (Books 6 and 21)).

SCE. 2005. Historic Properties Management Plan (HPMP). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-I, Book 27).

SCE. 2006a. SCE Response to FERC's Schedule B, Additional Information Request (AIR) No. 14, Estimated Costs of Agency Recommendations not Included in Alternative 1, for the Mammoth Pool Hydroelectric Project (FERC Project No. 2085). June 28, 2006.

SCE. 2006b. Endangered Species Alert Program Manual; Species Accounts and Procedures. Environmental Affairs Division. In SCE’s SCE Response to FERC’s Additional Information Request (AIR) No. 6 (Schedule B). August 2006.

SCE. 2006c. Northern Hydro Special-Status Species Information Program. Environmental Affairs Division. In SCE’s SCE Response to FERC’s AIR No. 6 (Schedule B). August 2006.

SCE. 2007a. Management and Monitoring Plans/License Articles. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-G, Books 19 and 24).

SCE. 2007b. Biological Assessment/Biological Evaluation (BE/BE). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-F (Books 18 and 24)).

SCE. 2007c. Settlement Agreement. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-H (Books 20 and 25)).




SECTION 4.0 CONSULTATION

Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 2006. Final Inventory and Evaluation of Cultural Resources, SCE Big Creek Hydroelectric System Relicensing (FERC Project Nos. 67, 120, 2085, 2175) in SCE’s Responses to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) Additional Information Request (AIR), Schedule B, No. 12. May 2006.

SCE. 2000. Initial Information Package (IIP). In SCE’s Amended Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (APDEA) for the Big Creek Alternative Licensing Process (ALP) (Mammoth Pool Project (FERC Project No. 2085), Big Creek Nos. 1 and 2 (FERC Project No. 2175), Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood (FERC Project No. 67), and Big Creek No. 3 (FERC Project No. 120)). February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-A (Books 6 and 21)).

SCE. 2001. Final Technical Study Plan Package (FTSPP). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-B (Books 6 and 21)).

SCE. 2003. 2002 Final Technical Study Report Package (FTSRP). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-C (Books 6-10, 21 and 22)).

SCE. 2004a. 2003 Final Technical Study Report Package (FTSRP). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-D (Books 11-17, and 23)).

SCE. 2004b. 2004 Final Technical Study Reports. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-E (Books 18 and 24)).

SCE. 2005a. 2005 Supplemental Reports. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-E (Books 18 and 24)).

SCE. 2005b. Historic Properties Management Plan (HPMP). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-I (Book 27)).

SCE. 2007a. 2007 Supplemental Reports. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-G (Books 18 and 24)).

SCE. 2007b. Settlement Agreement. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-H (Books 20 and 25)).

SCE. 2007c. Biological Assessment/Biological Evaluation (BA/BE). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-F (Books 18 and 24)).

SCE. 2007d. Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle Management Plan. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-G (Books 19 and 24)).

SECTION 5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF PROPOSED ACTION




California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board). 1998. Basin Plan. The Water Quality Control Plan (Basin Plan) for the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, Fourth Edition, The Sacramento River Basin and the San Joaquin River Basin. Sacramento, California.

Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 2004. CAWG 5, Water Temperature Monitoring Report, 2003 Technical Study Report Package. In the Amended Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (APDEA) for the Big Creek ALP; Mammoth Pool (FERC Project No. 2085), Big Creek Nos. 1 and 2 (FERC Project No. 2175), Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood (FERC Project No. 67) and Big Creek No. 3 (FERC Project No. 120). February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-D (Books 12 and 23).

SCE. 2005. Historic Properties Management Plan (HPMP), Big Creek Hydroelectric System. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-I (Book 27)).

SCE 2007a. Sediment Management Prescriptions. Settlement Agreement (Appendix J). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-H (Book 20)).

SCE 2007b. Management and Monitoring Plans. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-G (Books 19 and 24)).

SECTION 5.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BIG CREEK BASIN

Bateman, P.C. and D.R. Wones. 1972. Geologic Map of the Huntington Lake Quadrangle, Central Sierra Nevada, California. Scale 1:62,500. U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-987.

California Division of Mines and Geology (CDMG). 2000. GIS Data for the Geologic Map of California, CD-ROM 2000-007.

Ellsworth, W.L. 1990. Earthquake History, 1769-1989. Chapter 6 in the San Andreas Fault System, California, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1515. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 283 pp.

ESA. 1985. Upper San Joaquin Basin Cumulative Impact Study for Hydroelectric Development.

Ewell, D.M., R.G. Flocchini, and L.O. Myrup. 1989. Aerosol transport in the southern Sierra Nevada.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Office of Electric Power Regulation. 1982. Balsam Meadow Development of Big Creek Project No. 67. Final Environmental Impact Statement, No. 0022. Journal of Applied Meteorology 28: 112-125.




Feth, J.H., C.E. Roberson, and W.L. Polzer. 1964. Sources of Mineral Constituents in Granitic Rocks, Sierra Nevada, California and Nevada. U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 1535-I. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

Fresno County. 2000. Fresno County General Plan. Department of Public Works and Planning, Fresno County. October 2000.

Huber, N.K. 1981. Amount and Timing of Late Cenozoic Uplift and Tilt of the Central Sierra Nevada, California – Evidence from the Upper San Joaquin River Basin. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1197.

Lockwood, J.P. and P.C. Bateman. 1976. Geologic map of the Shaver Lake quadrangle, central Sierra Nevada, California. U.S. Geological Survey. Reston, Virginia.

Madera County. 1995. Madera County General Plan. Department of Planning and Development, Madera County. October 24, 1995.

SCE. 2000. Initial Information Package (IIP). In SCE’s Amended Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (APDEA) for the Big Creek Alternative Licensing Process (ALP) (Mammoth Pool Project (FERC Project No. 2085), Big Creek Nos. 1 and 2 (FERC Project No. 2175), Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood (FERC Project No. 67), and Big Creek No. 3 (FERC Project No. 120)). February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-A (Books 6 and 21)).

SCE. 2003. CAWG 2, Geomorphology. 2002 Final Technical Study Report Package (FTSRP). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-C (Books 7 and 21)).

United States Forest Service (USDA-FS). 1983. Soil Survey of Sierra Nevada National Forest Area, California. Prepared in cooperation with USDA Soil Conservation Service and the Regents of the University of California (Agricultural Experiment Station).

USDA-FS. 1991. Final Environmental Impact Statement, Sierra National Forest. Prepared by USDA-FS, Pacific Southwest Region.

USDA-FS. 1995. Soil Survey, High Sierra Area, California. Prepared by the USDA-FS, Pacific Southwest Region, in cooperation with USDA Soil Conservation Service and the Regents of the University of California (Agricultural Experiment Station).

Wahrhaftig, C. 1965. Stepped Topography of the Southern Sierra Nevada, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin v. 76.




SECTION 5.2.1 WATER USE

Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 2001. Final Technical Study Plan Package for the Big Creek Alternative Licensing Process. In SCE’s Amended Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (APDEA) for the Big Creek Alternative Licensing Process (ALP) (Mammoth Pool Project (FERC Project No. 2085), Big Creek Nos. 1 and 2 (FERC Project No. 2175), Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood (FERC Project No. 67), and Big Creek No. 3 (FERC Project No. 120)). February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-B (Books 6 and 21)).

SCE. 2003. CAWG 2, Geomorphology, 2002 Technical Study Report (TSR). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-C (Books 7 and 21)).

SCE. 2004a. CAWG 6, Hydrology, 2003 TSR. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-D (Books 13 and 23)).

SCE. 2004b. CAWG 2, Geomorphology, 2003 TSR. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-D (Books 11 and 23)).

SCE. 2007a. Settlement Agreement. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-H (Book 20)).

SCE. 2007b. Flow Monitoring and Reservoir Water Level Measurement Plan. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-G (Book 19)).

SCE. 2007c. Small Diversions Decommissioning Plan. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-G, (Book 19)).

SECTION 5.2.2 WATER QUALITY

California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board). 1998. Basin Plan. The Water Quality Control Plan (Basin Plan) for the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, Fourth Edition, The Sacramento River Basin and the San Joaquin River Basin. Sacramento, California.

Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 2001. Final Technical Study Plan Package (FTSPP). In SCE’s Amended Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (APDEA) for the Big Creek Alternative Licensing Process (ALP) (Mammoth Pool Project (FERC Project No. 2085), Big Creek Nos. 1 and 2 (FERC Project No. 2175), Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood (FERC Project No. 67), and Big Creek No. 3 (FERC Project No. 120)). February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-B (Books 6 and 21)).





SCE. 2004a. 2003 Final Technical Study Report Package (FTSRP). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-D (Books 11-17 and 23)).


SCE. 2007. Sediment Management Prescriptions. Settlement Agreement (Appendix J). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-H (Book 20)).

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). 1976. Quality Criteria for Water. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

Wetzel, R.G. 2001. Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems. Third Edition. Academic Press, San Francisco, CA. 1006 pp.

SECTION 5.2.3 GEOMORPHOLOGY

Kondolf, G.M. 2000. Assessing salmonid spawning gravel quality. Transactions American Fisheries Society, 129:262-281.

Montgomery, David R. and John M. Buffington, 1997. Channel-reach morphology in mountain drainage basins. Geological Society of America Bulletin, May 1997 Vol. 109, No.5 p. 596-611.

Rosgen, Dave 1996. Applied river morphology. Wildland Hydrology, Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 2003. CAWG-2, Geomorphology. 2002 Final Technical Study Report (FTSR). In SCE’s Amended Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (APDEA) for the Big Creek Alternative Licensing Process (ALP) (Mammoth Pool Project (FERC Project No. 2085), Big Creek Nos. 1 and 2 (FERC Project No. 2175), Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood (FERC Project No. 67), and Big Creek No. 3 (FERC Project No. 120)). February 2007 (Volume 4, Supporting Document (SD)-C (Books 7 and 21)).

SCE. 2004. CAWG-2, Geomorphology. 2003 FTSR. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-D (Books 11 and 23)).

SCE. 2005. North Fork Stevenson Creek Gravel Mobility Study, Jackass Meadow Inundation Study, and Mono Creek Sediment Transport & Floodplain Connectivity Study, 2005 Supplemental Reports. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-E (Books 19 and 24)).




SCE. 2007a. Mono Creek Sediment Studies. 2007 Supplemental Reports. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-E (Books 19 and 24)).

SCE. 2007b. Sediment Management Prescriptions. Settlement Agreement (Appendix J). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-H (Book 20)).

SCE. 2007c. Large Wood Debris Management License Article. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-G (Book 19)).

SCE. 2007d. Mono Creek Channel Riparian Maintenance Flow Plan. Appendix D, Settlement Agreement. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-H (Book 20)).

SECTION 5.2.4 AQUATIC RESOURCES

Armour, C.L. 1990. Guidance for evaluating and recommending temperature regimes to protect fish. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fort Collins. Biological Report 90(22). 13 pp.

Armour, C.L. 1994. Evaluating temperature regimes for protection of brown trout. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Biological Survey Resource Publication 201. Washington, D.C.

Bartholomew, P. and W. Loudermilk. 1985. San Joaquin River 1984 to 1985 Fisheries Data collection reports below Mammoth Pool Dam.

Bjornn, T.C. and D.W. Reiser. 1991. Habitat requirements of salmonids in streams. In Influences of Forest and Rangeland Management on Salmonid Fishes and their Habitats. Edited by W.R. Meehan. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 19: 83-138.

Bovee, K.D. 1982. A Guide to Stream Habitat Analysis using the Instream Flow Incremental Methodology. Instream Flow Paper No. 12. US Fish Wildl. Serv. FWS/OBS-78-33. 130 pp.

California RWQCB, Central Valley Region (CVRWQCB). 1998. Basin Plan. The Water Quality Control Plan (Basin Plan) for the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, Fourth Edition, 1998, the Sacramento River Basin and the San Joaquin River Basin. Sacramento, California.

Cherry, D.S., K.L. Dickson, and J. Cairns Jr. 1977. Preferred, avoided and lethal temperatures of fish during rising temperature conditions. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 34:239-246.

Coutant, C.C. 1977. Compilation of temperature preference data. Journal of Fisheries Research Board of Canada 34:739-745.




Currie, R.J., W.A. Bennett, and T.L. Beitinger. 1998. Critical thermal minima and maxima of three freshwater game-fish species acclimated to constant temperatures. Environmental Biology of Fishes 51:187-200.

DeVries, P. 1997. Riverine Salmonid Egg Burial Depths: Review of Published Data and Implications for Scour Studies. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. Volume 54, pgs. 1685-1698.

Eaton, J.G., J.H. McCormick, B.E. Goodno, D.G. O’Brien, H.G. Stefany, M. Hondzo, and R.M. Scheller. 1995. A field information-based system for estimating fish temperature tolerances. Fisheries 20(4):10-18.

Entrix, Inc (ENTRIX). 2001. Fisheries reconnaissance of North Fork Stevenson Creek, October 2000. Entrix, Inc, Walnut Creek, California.

ENTRIX. 2002. North Fork Stevenson Creek fish population monitoring. Entrix, Inc, Walnut Creek, California.

Gerstung, E. 1973. Fish Population and Yield Estimates from California Trout Streams. Cal-Neva Wildlife.

Lohr, S. C. 1993. Wetted Stream Channel, Fish-Food Organisms and Trout Relative to The Wetted Perimeter Inflection Point Instream Flow Method. Doctoral Thesis. Montana State University. Bozeman, Montana.

Milhous, R., M. Updike and D. Schneider. 1989. Computer Reference Manual for the Physical Habitat Simulation System (PHASIM) – Version II. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Instream Flow Information Paper No. 26. Biological Report 89(16).

Mills, T. 1974. Kern River, Section 2; Summary of Fish Sampling, December 1973. CDFG File Memorandum. Fresno, California.

Moyle, P.B. 1976. Inland fishes of California. University of California Press. Berkeley, California. 405 pp.

Moyle, P. B. 2002. Inland fishes of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.

Moyle, P.B. and R. Nichols. 1973. Ecology of some native and introduced fishes of the Sierra Nevada foothills in central California. Copeia 1973(3):478-490.

Moyle, P.B., M. P. Marchetti, J. Baldrige and T.L. Taylor. 1998. Fish health and diversity: Justifying flows for a California stream. Fisheries 23(7):6-15.

Moyle, P., R. M. Yoshiyama, J. E. Williams, and E. D. Wikramanayake. 1995. Fish Species of Special Concern in California. Second Edition. CDFG. Sacramento. California.




Myrick, C.A. and J.J. Cech Jr. 2000. Temperature influences on California rainbow trout physiological performance. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 22:245-254.

Myrick, C.A. and J.J. Cech Jr. 2001. Temperature effects on Chinook salmon and steelhead: a review focusing on California's Central Valley populations. Davis, California: University of California Press.

Ojanguren, A.F., F.G. Reyes-Gavilán and F. Braña. 2001. Thermal sensitivity of growth, food intake and activity of juvenile brown trout. Journal of Thermal Biology 26:165-170.

Raleigh, R.F., T. Hickman, R.C. Solomon, and P.C. Nelson. 1984. Habitat Suitability Information: Rainbow Trout. FWS/OBS-81/10.60. WELUT. USFWS. Washington, D.C.

Reimers, N. 1963. Body condition, water temperature, and over-winter survival of hatchery-reared trout in Convict Creek, California. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 92(1):39-45.

Southern California Edison (SCE). 1997. Big Creek No. 4 Water Power Project (FERC Project No. 2017), Application for New Licensee for Major Project - Existing Dam, Volume 2, Exhibit E. Rosemead, California.

SCE. 2001. Final Technical Study Plan Package (FTSPP). In SCE’s Amended Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (APDEA) for the Big Creek Alternative Licensing Process (ALP) (Mammoth Pool Project (FERC Project No. 2085), Big Creek Nos. 1 and 2 (FERC Project No. 2175), Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood (FERC Project No. 67), and Big Creek No. 3 (FERC Project No. 120)). February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-B (Books 6 and 21)).




SCE. 2005. Balsam Meadow Pumpback Additional Monitoring Report. SCE, Big Creek, California.

SCE. 2007a. Management and Monitoring Plans/License Articles. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-H (Books 19 and 24)).




SCE. 2007b. Sediment Management Prescriptions. Settlement Agreement (Appendix J). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-H (Book 20)).

State Fish and Game Commission Biennial Reports 1913-14, 1915-16, 1919-20.

Stickney, R.R. 1991. Culture of Salmonid Fishes. CRC Press. Boca Raton, Florida.

Theurer, D., K. A. Voos, and W. J. Miller. 1984. Instream Water Temperature Model. Instream Flow Information Paper 16 Cooperative Instream Flow and Aquatic System Group, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Fort Collins, Colorado.

Thompson, K. 1972. Determining Stream Flows for Fish Life. In Proceedings, Instream Flow Requirements Workshop, Pacific Northwest River Basin Comm., Vancouver, WA. Pgs. 31-50.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 1976. Draft 316(a) Technical Guidance Manual.

U.S. Department of Agriculture-Forest Service (USDA-FS). 1998. Sensitive Species List. June 10, 1998.

USDA-FS. 2004. Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Record of Decision. United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region. January 2004.

Yoshiyama R.M., E.R. Gerstung, F.W. Fisher, and P.B. Moyle. 1996. Historical and Present Distribution of Chinook Salmon in the Central Valley Drainage of California. Sierra natural Ecosystems Project: Final Report to Congress, Vol. III. Assessments, Commissioned Reports, and Background Information. Davis: University of California Centers for Water and Wildland Resources.

SECTION 5.2.5 TERRESTRIAL RESOURCES

Bradford, D.F. 1984. Temperature modulation in a high-elevation amphibian, Rana muscosa. Copeia 1984: 966-976.

Byrd, Stephen, Wildlife Biologist. Southern California Edison, Shaver Lake, CA. October 14, 2005—e-mail to Sara Gillespie of RBI regarding status of Shaver Lake bald eagle nest.

California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG). 2002. California Wildlife Habitat Relationships System. www.dfg.ca.gov.

CDFG. 2004. Sacramento River Spring-run Chinook Salmon. 2002–2003 Biennial Report. California Department of Fish and Game, Habitat Conservation Division, Native Anadromous Fish and Watershed Branch. June 2004.




CDFG. 2005. California Natural Diversity Database. RareFind 3.0.5. California Department of Fish and Game, Rancho Cordova, California. Updated August 5, 2005.

Camp, C.L. 1916. Descriptions of Bufo canorus, a new toad from the Yosemite National Park. University of California Publications in Zoology 17(6): 59-62.

Holl, S.A., H. Salwasser, and B. Browning. 1979. The Diet Composition and Energy Reserves of California Mule Deer During Pregnancy. California Fish and Game 65(2): 68-79.

Karlstrom, E.L. 1962. The toad genus Bufo in the Sierra Nevada of California. University of California Publications in Zoology 62(1): 1-104.

Karlstrom, E.L. and R.L. Livezey. 1955. The eggs and larvae of the Yosemite toad Bufo canorus Camp. Herpetologica 11: 221-227.

Loft, E.R., R.C. Bertram, and D.L. Bowman. 1989. Migration Patterns of Mule Deer in the Central Sierra Nevada. California Fish and Game 75(1): 11-19.

Mullally, D.P. 1956. The relationships of the Yosemite and western toads. Herpetologica 12: 133-135.

Mullally, D.P. and J.D. Cunningham. 1956. Ecological relations of Rana muscosa at high elevations in the Sierra Nevada. Herpetologica 12(3): 189-198.

Peabody, E.A., W.W. Stewart, P.W. Shields, and N. Alstot. 1978. Deer Migration and the Mammoth Pool Reservoir in Fresno and Madera Counties. California Department of Fish and Game, Region 4.

Strand, P. Personal Communication. U.S. Forest Service. Fisheries Program Manager, Sierra National Forest.

Sherman, C.K. and M. L. Morton. 1993. Population declines of Yosemite toads in the eastern Sierra Nevada of California. Journal of Herpetology 27(2): 186-198.

Sorini-Wilson, Kim, Wildlife Biologist. High Sierra Ranger District, Sierra National Forest, Prather, CA. October 14, 2005—e-mail to Janelle Nolan-Summers of RBI regarding status of Huntington Lake bald eagle nest.








SCE. 2007. Management and Monitoring Plans/License Articles. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-G (Books 19 and 24)).

Storer, T.I. 1925. A synopsis of the amphibia of California. University of California Publications in Zoology 27: 1-342.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 1980. Listing the Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle as a Threatened Species with Critical Habitat. Federal Register, 45:52803-52807.

USFWS. 1986. Recovery Plan for the Pacific Bald Eagle. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon. 160pp.

USFWS. 1999. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Final Rule To Remove the American Peregrine Falcon From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, and To Remove the Similarity of Appearance Provision for Free-Flying Peregrines in the Conterminous United States; Final Rule. Volume 64(164): 46541-46558.

USFWS. 2001. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants, final determinations of critical habitat for the California red-legged frog, final rule. March 13, 2001.

USFWS. 2002. Recovery Plan for the California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon. viii + 173 pp.

United States Forest Service (USDA-FS). 2001. Threatened, endangered, and Forest Service Sensitive species database for the terrestrial species of the SNF. Electronic database.

Wild, J. 2001. Wildlife Biologist, Endangered Species Division, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Personal Communication.




5.2.6 RIPARIAN RESOURCES

Borman, M., and L. Larson. 2002. Cottonwood establishment, survival, and stand characteristics. Oregon State University.

Philpot, W. 1995. High Sierra Pack Station Environmental Assessment for Florence Allotment #5341.

Shafroth, P.B., J.C. Stromberg, and D.T. Patten. 2000. Woody riparian vegetation response to different alluvial water table regimes. Western North American Naturalist 60:66-76.

Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 2003. 2002 Final Technical Study Report Package (FTSRP). In SCE’s Amended Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (APDEA) for the Big Creek Alternative Licensing Process (ALP) (Mammoth Pool Project (FERC Project No. 2085), Big Creek Nos. 1 and 2 (FERC Project No. 2175), Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood (FERC Project No. 67), and Big Creek No. 3 (FERC Project No. 120)). February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-C (Books 7-10, 21 and 22)).

SCE. 2004. 2003 FTSRP. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-D (Books 11-17 and 23)).

SCE. 2005a. Jackass Meadow Inundation Study. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-E (Books 19 and 24)).

SCE. 2005b. Mono Creek Sediment Transport and Floodplain Connectivity Study. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-E (Books 19 and 24)).

SCE. 2007a. Jackass Meadow Inundation Study Summary. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-E (Books 19 and 24)).

SCE. 2007b. Riparian Monitoring Plan. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-G (Books 19 and 24)).

SCE. 2007c. Mono Creek Channel Riparian Maintenance Flow Plan. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-G (Book 19)).

United States Forest Service (USDA-FS). 1944. Notes to accompany range allotment summary for Mono Allotment.

USDA-FS. 1960. Hot Spring Allotment.

USDA-FS. 2004. Botanical and Ecological Characteristics of Alnus incana spp. tenuifolia, at:




http://www.fs.fed.us/databse/feis/plants/tree/alninct/botanical_and_ecological_characteristics.html.

USDA-FS. 2005. Trail and Commercial Pack Stock Management in the Ansel Adams and John Muir Wildernesses. Final Environmental Impact Statement. R5-MB-099. December 2005.

SECTION 5.2.7 AESTHETICS

Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 2001. Final Technical Study Plan Package for the Big Creek Alternative Licensing Process. In SCE’s Amended Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (APDEA) for the Big Creek Alternative Licensing Process (ALP) (Mammoth Pool Project (FERC Project No. 2085), Big Creek Nos. 1 and 2 (FERC Project No. 2175), Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood (FERC Project No. 67), and Big Creek No. 3 (FERC Project No. 120)). February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-B (Books 6 and 21)).

SCE. 2003. LAND 9, Visual Quality Assessment. 2002 Final Technical Study Report Package (FTSRP). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-C (Books 9 and 21)).

SCE. 2004. LAND 9, Visual Quality Assessment. 2003 Final Technical Study Report Package (FTSRP). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-D (Book 15)).

SCE. 2007. Visual Resources Plan. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-G (Books 19 and 24)).

SECTION 5.2.8 CULTURAL RESOURCES

Archaeological Consulting and Research Services, Inc. (ACRS). 1983. Final Report of Archaeological Test Excavations, Mammoth Pool Hydroelectric Project, Mammoth Pool Reservoir, Madera and Fresno Counties, California. Submitted to Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, California.

Goldberg S.K., and M.J. Moratto, with contributions by O.K. Davis, T.L. Jackson, T.M. Origer, F.C. Munday, and J. Allen-Wheeler. 1984. Archaeological Investigations at Balsam Meadow, Fresno County, California: Data Recovery from Sites 04-FRE-811, 04-FRE-812, and 04-FRE-818. Report to Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, California.

Jackson, T.L. 1989. Archaeological Test Excavations at CA-FRE-291, CA-FRE-2037, and CA-FRE-2039, Fresno County, California. Submitted to Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, California.




Jackson, T.L., D. DeJoseph, and C. Morgan. 2001. Inventory, Evaluation, and Management Plan for Cultural Resources—Vermilion Valley Reservoir Project (FERC Project No. 2086). Report to Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, California.

Jackson, T.L. and H. McCarthy. 1987. Prehistoric and Ethno archaeological Investigations at CA-FRE-341, Big Creek Expansion Project, Powerhouse 3, Fresno County, California. Report to Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, California.

Moratto, M.J. and L.M. Riley. 1980. Balsam Meadow: Archaeological Testing at Six Sites in Eastern Fresno County, California. Report to Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, California.

Morgan, C.T. and T.L. Jackson. 2004. Cultural Resources Significance Evaluation and Assessment of Effects for the Portal Project, Sierra National Forest, Fresno County, California (Vermilion Valley Hydroelectric Project (FERC Project No. 2086)).

Nave, T. 2001. Eligibility Determination for the Florence Lake Work Camp, Big Creek Hydroelectric System, Fresno County, California. Report to Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, California.

O'Brien, S. 1981. Balsam Meadow II: Archaeological testing at Three Sites in Eastern Fresno County, California. Report to Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, California.

Shoup, L.H., with C. Blount, V. Diamond and D. Seldner. 1988. The Hardest Working Water in the World: A History and Significance Evaluation of the Big Creek Hydroelectric System. Prepared by Archaeological/Historic Consultants. Prepared for and submitted to Southern California Edison Company.

Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 2005. Historic Properties Management Plan (HPMP), Big Creek Hydroelectric System. In the Amended Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (APDEA) for the Big Creek ALP; Mammoth Pool (FERC Project No. 2085), Big Creek Nos. 1 and 2 (FERC Project No. 2175), Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood (FERC Project No. 67) and Big Creek No. 3 (FERC Project No. 120). February 2007. (Volume 4, SD-I (Book 27)).

SCE. 2006. Final Inventory and Evaluation of Cultural Resources, SCE Big Creek Hydroelectric System Relicensing (FERC Project Nos. 67, 120, 2085, 2175). In SCE’s Responses to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) Additional Information Request (AIR), Schedule B, No. 12. May 2006.

Taylor, T.T. 1981. Report of an Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Vermilion Dam to Portal Forebay and Siphon Substation to Balsam Meadow Powerhouse Transmission Line Projects. Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, California.




SECTION 5.2.9 RECREATION RESOURCES

Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 2006. SCE’s Response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) License Application Deficiency No. 4 (Schedule A). August 2006.

SCE. 2001. Final Technical Study Plan Package (FTSPP). In SCE’s Amended Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (APDEA) for the Big Creek Alternative Licensing Process (ALP) (Mammoth Pool Project (FERC Project No. 2085), Big Creek Nos. 1 and 2 (FERC Project No. 2175), Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood (FERC Project No. 67), and Big Creek No. 3 (FERC Project No. 120)). February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-B (Books 6 and 21)).

SCE. 2003. 2002 Final Technical Study Report Package (FTSRP). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-C (Books 7-10, 21 and 22) and SD-D (Books 16, 21 and 23)).



SCE. 2005a. 2005 Supplemental Reports. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-E (Books 19 and 24)).

SCE. 2005b. Historic Properties Management Plan (HPMP). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-I (Book 27)).

SCE. 2007a. Recreation Use Report In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-E (Books 19 and 24)).

SCE. 2007b. Recreation Management Plan. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-G (Books 19 and 24)).

United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service (USDA-FS). 1991. Final Environmental Impact Statement, Sierra National Forest. Prepared by USDA-FS, Pacific Southwest Region.

USDA-FS. 1995. Transportation System Maintenance Handbook (FSH 7709.58, Sec 12.3).

USDA-FS. 2005. National Trail Management Classes (Updated 1/31/2005). Available at: http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/measures/Inventory/trails%20files/Trail_Class_Matrix_1_31_2005.doc.




SECTION 5.2.10 LAND MANAGEMENT AND SOCIOECONOMICS

Fresno County. 2000. Fresno County General Plan Policy Document. General Plan Update. October 3, 2000.

Madera County. 1995. Madera County General Plan: Policy Document. October 1995.

Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 2003. In SCE’s Amended Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (APDEA) for the Big Creek Alternative Licensing Process (ALP) (Mammoth Pool Project (FERC Project No. 2085), Big Creek Nos. 1 and 2 (FERC Project No. 2175), Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood (FERC Project No. 67), and Big Creek No. 3 (FERC Project No. 120)). Collaborative Combined Aquatics Working (CAWG) Group Study Plans. CAWG 2, Geomorphology. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-C (Books 11 and 23)).

SCE. 2004. CAWG 11, Riparian. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-D (Books 14 and 23)).

SCE. 2007. Management and Monitoring Plans. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-G (Book 19)).

USDA-FS. 1992. Forest Land and Resource Management Plan: SNF. U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. USDA-FS, Pacific Southwest Region.

USDA-FS. 2001. Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment. Final Environmental Impact Statement. U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. USDA-FS, Pacific Southwest Region. January 2001.

SECTION 5.3 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ANALYSIS

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). 2002. Big Creek No. 4 Project, California (FERC Project No. 2017). Final Environmental Impact Statement (FERC/FEIS-0138F). FERC, Office of Energy Projects, Washington D.C. February 2002.

FERC. 2004. Environmental Assessment for Hydropower License, Vermilion Valley Hydroelectric Project (FERC Project No. 2086-035). California. May 2004.

FERC. 2006. Draft Environmental Assessment for Hydropower License, Portal Hydroelectric Project (FERC Project No. 2174). California. August 2005.

Morgan, C.T. and T.L. Jackson. 2004. Cultural Resources Significance Evaluation and Assessment of Effects for the Portal Project, Sierra National Forest, Fresno County, California (FERC Project No. 2086).




Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 2004. CAWG 6, Hydrology. 2003 Final Technical Study Report Package (FTSRP). In SCE’s Amended Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (APDEA) for the Big Creek Alternative Licensing Process (ALP) (Mammoth Pool Project (FERC Project No. 2085), Big Creek Nos. 1 and 2 (FERC Project No. 2175), Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood (FERC Project No. 67), and Big Creek No. 3 (FERC Project No. 120)). February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-D (Books 13 and 23)).

SCE. 2005. Historic Properties Management Plan (HPMP). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-I (Book 27)).

SCE. 2007a. Settlement Agreement. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-H (Book 20)).

SCE. 2007b. Transportation System Management Plan. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-G (Books 19 and 24)).

SCE. 2007c. Recreation Management Plan. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-G (Book 19)).

Varner, D.M. 1983. Applied Archeology on the San Joaquin River: The Kerckhoff Project, Madera County, California. Submitted to Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco.

SECTION 6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF OTHER ALTERNATIVES

California RWQCB, Central Valley Region (CVRWQCB). 1998. Basin Plan. The Water Quality Control Plan (Basin Plan) for the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, Fourth Edition, 1998, the Sacramento River Basin and the San Joaquin River Basin. Sacramento, California.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). 2004. Vermilion Valley Hydroelectric Project, Environmental Assessment (FERC Project No. 2086). FERC, Office of Energy Projects, Washington D.C. May 4, 2004.

Gerstung, E.R. 1973. Fish population and yield estimates from California trout streams. Cal-Neva Wildlife 1973:9-19.

Moyle, P. B. 2002. Inland fishes of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.








SCE. 2005. Balsam Meadow Pumpback Additional Monitoring Report. SCE, Big Creek, California.

SCE. 2006. Southern California Edison Company Response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Additional Information Request (AIR), Schedule B, on the Mammoth Pool (FERC Project No. 2085), Application for New License. AIR No. 14, Estimated Costs of Agency Recommendations not Included in Alternative 1. August 2006.

SCE. 2007a. Sediment Management Prescriptions. Settlement Agreement (Appendix J). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-H (Book 20)).

SCE. 2007b. Management and Monitoring Plans/License Articles. In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-H (Books 19, 20 and 24) and SD-G (Books 19 and 24)).

SECTION 10.0 CONSISTENCY WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLANS

California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG). 1993. Restoring Central Valley Streams: A Plan for Action. November 1993.

CDFG. 1996. Steelhead Restoration and Management Plan for California. February 1996.

California Department of Parks and Recreation (CDPR). 1980. Recreation Outlook in Planning District 3. An Element of the California Outdoor Recreation Resources Plan. Sacramento, California.

CDPR. 1983. Recreation Needs in California.

CDPR. 1998. Public Opinions and Attitudes on Outdoor Recreation in California in 1997. An Element of the California Outdoor Recreation Planning Program. March 1998.

CDPR. 2002. Public Opinions and Attitudes on Outdoor Recreation in California. December 2003.




California Department of Water Resources (DWR). 1983. The California Water Plan: Projected Use and Available Water Supplies to 2010. Bulletin 160-83. Sacramento, California.

DWR. 1994. The California Water Plan Update: Bulletin 160-98. 1998.

DWR. 2005. California Water Plan Update: Bulletin 160-05. Sacramento, California.

DWR. 2006. The California Water Plan Update: 2005. Accessed 2006 at:

http://www.waterplan.water.ca.gov/cwpu2005/index.cfm.

California Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB). 1998. Water Quality Control Plan – Central Valley Region, the Sacramento River Basin and San Joaquin River Basin.

California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board). 1995. Water Quality Control Plan Report. Sacramento, California. Nine volumes.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). 2002. Big Creek No. 4 Project, California (FERC Project No. 2017). Final Environmental Impact Statement (FERC/FEIS-0138F). FERC, Office of Energy Projects, Washington D.C. February 2002.

FERC. 2004. Environmental Assessment for Hydropower License, Vermilion Valley Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2086-035, California. May 2004.

FERC. 2005. Draft Environmental Assessment for Hydropower License, Portal Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2174, California. August 2005.

FERC. 2006. List of Comprehensive Plans. Revised September 2006, Office of Energy Projects. Washington D.C. Available at:

http://www.ferc.gov/industries/hydropower/gen-info/licensing/complan.pdf.

McEwan, D. and T.A. Jackson. 1996. Steelhead Restoration and Management Plan for California. Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game.

National Park Service (NPS). 1982. The Nationwide Rivers Inventory.

NPS. 2006. The Nationwide Rivers Inventory: NPS Website Report.




Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 2003. 2002 Final Technical Study Report Package (FTSRP). In SCE’s Amended Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (APDEA) for the Big Creek Alternative Licensing Process (ALP) (Mammoth Pool Project (FERC Project No. 2085), Big Creek Nos. 1 and 2 (FERC Project No. 2175), Big Creek Nos. 2A, 8 and Eastwood (FERC Project No. 67), and Big Creek No. 3 (FERC Project No. 120)). February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-C (Books 6-10, 21 and 22)).

SCE. 2004. 2003 Final Technical Study Report Package (FTSRP). In SCE’s APDEA for the Big Creek ALP. February 2007 (Volume 4, SD-D (Books 11-17, and 23)).

United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service (USDA-FS). 1992. Forest Land and Resource Management Plan: Sierra National Forest. Pacific Southwest Region.

USDA-FS. 2001. Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment. Final Environmental Impact Statement. Pacific Southwest Region. January 2001.

USDA-FS. 2004. Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment, Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 1976. Draft 316(a) Technical Guidance Manual.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Undated. Fisheries USA: The Recreational Fisheries Policy of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Wetzel, R.G. 2001. Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems. Third Edition. Academic Press, San Francisco, CA. 1006 pp.

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