Hollister 115 kV Power Line Reconductoring Project

SCH Number: 2010111065
Lead Agency: Public Utilities Commission (California Public Utilities Commission)
Document Title: Hollister 115 kV Power Line Reconductoring Project
Document Type: MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received: 11/17/2010

Document Description: Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), in its California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) application (A.09-11-016), filed on November 23, 2009, seeks a Permit to Construct the Hollister 115 kV Power Line Reconductoring Project (Proposed Project). PG&E, which currently operates the existing 115 kV overhead electric power line system in Monterey and San Benito Counties, requests to replace structures (e.g., towers and poles) and reconductor the Hollister Tower and Hollister Pole Segments, approximately seven and nine miles long, respectively. The majority of the proposed alignment would be located in an existing PG&E easement on private property; an approximately 1.3-mile section of the 115kV Hollister Pole Segment would be relocated out of the San Benito River floodplain (the existing river alignment) to a new river crossing with structure located on dry banks above the river (the Proposed River Crossing) while the existing distribution and topped poles would remain to serve local users.

Contact Information: Monisha Gangopadhyay
California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102-3298
(415) 703-5484

Review Period Start: 11/17/2010
Review Period End: 12/16/2010
Development Type: Power:Electric Transmission Lines (115 kV Watts)
Local Action: Other Action Other Action: PTC permit
Project Issues: Aesthetic/Visual Agricultural Land Air Quality Archaeologic-Historic Biological Resources Drainage/Absorption Flood Plain/Flooding Forest Land/Fire Hazard Geologic/Seismic Minerals Noise Population/Housing Balance Public Services Recreation/Parks Schools/Universities Septic System Sewer Capacity Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading Solid Waste Toxic/Hazardous Traffic/Circulation Vegetation Water Quality Water Supply Wetland/Riparian Wildlife Growth Inducing Land Use Cumulative Effects
Reviewing Agencies: Cal Fire California Department of Parks and Recreation California Energy Commission California Highway Patrol Caltrans, District 5 Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics Department of Water Resources Native American Heritage Commission Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 3 Resources Agency State Lands Commission Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 4