Hetch Hetchy Communication System Upgrade Project
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2007102014
Lead Agency
City and County of San Francisco
Document Title
Hetch Hetchy Communication System Upgrade Project
Document Type
JD - Joint Document
Received
Present Land Use
Tuolumne and Stanislaus Counties (on City and County of San Francisco extraterritorial lands under the terms of the Raker Act).
Document Description
Hetch Hetchy Water & Power (HHW&P), a subsidiary of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), in cooperation with both the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service (USFS), is proposing a communications system upgrade and replacement project. The communication system is used for the operation of HHW&P's water supply and electric utility system, which includes facilities in the upper Tuolumne River watershed of Yosemite National Park and the Stanislaus National Forest in the Sierra Nevada. The purpose of the proposed project is to: (1) vacate the 2 Gigahertz (GHz) band currently being used, per Federal Communications Commission requirements; (2) replace and upgrade the aging communications system with an improved system; (3) provide the video and radio bandwidth to allow for future installation of voice radio systems, which could expand system coverage in the O'Shaughnessy, Cherry Lake, and Lake Eleanor areas beyond existing coverage; and (4) provide the foundation infrastructure for housing NPS and USFS communications equipment associated with their individual communications systems.
Contact Information
Name
Jamie Dean
Agency Name
City and County of San Francisco
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Oakdale, Sonora
Counties
Stanislaus, Tuolumne
State Highways
120
Waterways
Tuolumne River
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Cal Fire, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), Department of Water Resources
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), Department of Water Resources
Development Types
Other (Communication site upgrades and construction of 3 new sites)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wildfire
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