Coolwater-Lugo Transmission Project
Summary
SCH Number
2014081007
Lead Agency
California Public Utilities Commission
(CPUC)
Document Title
Coolwater-Lugo Transmission Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Multipe Land Uses, including BLM, CA State Lands. Crosses San Bernardino County, City of Hesperia, Town of Apple Valley
Document Description
The proposed project includes construction of a new high-voltage (220/500-kV) transmission line extending approximately 63 miles between SCE's existing Coolwater Generating Station Switchyard (Daggett, CA) and SCE's existing Lugo Substation (Hesperia, CA). Approximately 43.6 miles of the transmission line would parallel or be within existing overhead utility rights-of-way. To enable construction of the proposed transmission line, approximately 43.3 miles of existing 220-kV transmission lines would be removed. The project also includes new substation facilities support transmission line termination and new telecommunication facilities between Gale Substation and Pisgah Substation and between Apple Valley Substation and the new Desert View Substation, located southeast of the Town of Apple Valley and west of Lucerne Valley.
Contact Information
Name
Andrew Barnsdale
Agency Name
California Public Utilities Commission
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Barstow, Hesperia
Counties
San Bernardino
Cross Streets
Daggett Yermo Rd/Santa Fe St (Coolwater) to Fuente Ave/Topaz Ave (Lugo Substation)
Zip
Multiple
Parcel #
Multiple
State Highways
Hwy 18, 66, 247
Railways
BNSF, UPRR
Airports
Daggett, Rabbit Rch, Hesperia
Schools
Multiple
Waterways
Mojave River
Other Location Info
Daggett
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Energy Commission, 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, Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), Department of Water Resources, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), Department of Water Resources, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
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