No Name Substation to Firehouse Switchyard 69-kilovolt Transmission Line and Development of the City Well No. 16 Project

No Name Substation to Firehouse Switchyard 69-kilovolt Transmission Line and Development of the City Well No. 16 Project

The Subsequent Negative Declaration has been prepared as part of the previous No Name Substation to Firehouse Switchyard 69-kilovolt Transmission Line Environmental Assessment (Department of Energy EA-1577) and Negative Declaration (State Clearinghouse No. 2007021032) (“EA/ND”) for the No Name Substation to Firehouse Switchyard 69-kilovolt Transmission Line and Development of The City Well No. 16 Project (“Proposed Action”) to address changes in the Proposed Action and the related environmental effects of those changes. Well No. 16 is anticipated to be developed based on a preliminary well design of an 18- inch inside diameter well casing. The depth of the well will be dependent upon test drilling results and be determined during preliminary design. The well would be equipped with a submersible pump for groundwater extraction. Facilities would also include a 320 square-foot pump station house (or steel shade structure) approximately 10 feet in height to be placed near the developed well on a concrete pad. Groundwater produced from the well would be distributed into the City’s existing water system from the pump to a new 16-inch pipeline constructed within the Project Site and connecting to a 16” distribution line in the right-of-way of Needles Highway. Should any treatment be required to meet drinking water standards after the well is equipped and test pumped, the City would provide an on-site package treatment plant within the existing footprint evaluated herein that would tie into the existing electrical grid.

Needles

San Bernardino

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW)

Water Facilities (N/A)(Type Domestic well, MGD 3.6)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Economics/Jobs, Hydrology/Water Quality