Desert Southwest Transmission Line Project
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2001041105
Lead Agency
Imperial Irrigation District
Document Title
Desert Southwest Transmission Line Project
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Document Description
The IID and the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are preparing to assess the environmental effects of constructing, operating, and maintaining a new, approximately 118 mile long, transmission line from a new substation/switching station located on the north side of Hobsonway, west of the Blythe Power Plant, approximately 4.5 miles west of Blythe, California, to Southern California Edison's Devers Substation, approximately 10 miles north of Palm Springs. The proposed project will operate at either 230-kV or 500-kV and will provide increased transmission line capabilities from the proposed new substation/switching station on Hobsonway to the Devers Substation to meet transmission requests.
Contact Information
Name
Michael D. Remington
Agency Name
Imperial Irrigation District
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Blythe, Indio
Counties
Riverside
Waterways
East Highline Canal/Coachella Canal
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT)
Development Types
Power:Electric Transmission Lines
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Economics/Jobs, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife
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