El Dorado Cloud Seeding Program Expansion Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration Addendum
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Summary
- SCH Number
- 2017052041
- Lead Agency
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District
- Document Title
- El Dorado Cloud Seeding Program Expansion Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration Addendum
- Document Type
- NOD - Notice of Determination
- Received
- Posted
- 9/15/2020
- Project Applicant
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
- Document Description
- The SMUD Board of Directors adopted an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) (State Clearinghouse No. 2017052041) and approved the El Dorado Cloud Seeding Program Expansion Project (Project) on October 19, 2017. The Project increased the cloud seeding area from 190 square miles to 444 square miles, and expanded the mix of techniques used to disperse silver iodide nuclei. The cloud seeding techniques included a combination of stationary ground-based units, aircraft, and mobile units transported to selected sites. For using aircrafts, the IS/MND only evaluated the use of wing-mounted burn-in-place flare racks that allowed silver iodide flares to be burned in any quantity throughout the flight. Since adoption of the IS/MND, the use of silver iodide ejectable flares as a supplemental method for aerial cloud seeding has been proposed for the Project. As a result, the Addendum discusses only those impacts which have the potential to be affected by the proposed use of ejectable flares. The Addendum does not affect the remainder of the IS/MND and the IS/MND continues to serve as the appropriate document addressing the environmental impacts of the Project pursuant to CEQA.
- Contact Information
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Jerry Park
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
P.O. Box 15830, MS B209
Sacramento, CA 95852-1830
Phone : (916) 732-7406
Location
- Counties
- Alpine Amador El Dorado Placer Sacramento
- Other Location Info
- The existing 444-square-mile cloud seeding area is located primarily in El Dorado County. California. east of Sacramento County and west of the Tahoe Basin, but includes small portions of Placer, Amador, and Alpine counties.
Notice of Determination
- Approving Agency
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District
- Approving Agency Role
- Lead Agency
- Approved On
- Final Environmental Document Available at
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District, 6201 S Street, Sacramento, CA 95817-1899
Determinations
- (1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
- No
- (2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
- No
- (2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
- No
- (2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
- Yes (Addendum to a previously adopted MND)
- (3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
- No
- (4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
- Yes
- (5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
- No
- (6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
- Yes
Attachments
- Notice of Determination
- 2017052041_El Dorado NOD PDF 161 K
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