Eagle Mountain Pumped Storage Project
7 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2009011010
Lead Agency
State Water Resources Control Board
Document Title
Eagle Mountain Pumped Storage Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Document Description
The proposed project would be a pumped storage project using two existing mining pits near the town of Eagle Mountain, California. Water would be pumped from a lower/pit reservoir to an upper pit/reservoir during periods of low demand to generate peak energy during periods of high demand. To obtain the needed storage volume at the existing upper pit, two dams would be constructed along its perimeter. The lower pit has enough storage volume, so no dams would be needed.
Eagle Crest is proposing to initially fill the reservoirs with either water from wells in the nearby Chuckwalla Basin or from surface water purchased from willing sellers elsewhere and transferred to the project through the Colorado River Aqueduct. Reservoir losses would be replaced by water from the nearby wells.
Contact Information
Name
Camilla Williams
Agency Name
State Water Resources Control Board
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Riverside
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Cal Fire, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Office of Emergency Services, California, Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Department of Water Resources, Colorado River Board, Other - Public Comments
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Department of Water Resources, Colorado River Board, Other - Public Comments
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology/Soils, Land Use/Planning
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