Sacramento Municipal Utility District Operations, Maintenance and New Construction Habitat Conservation Plan EIR
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Summary
SCH Number
2018092030
Lead Agency
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Document Title
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Operations, Maintenance and New Construction Habitat Conservation Plan EIR
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Document Description
In accordance with California Environmental Quality Act requirements, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) that evaluates the impacts associated with the proposed Project, which include:
• SMUD’s implementation of the proposed Operations, Maintenance, and New Construction Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP), which provides a Conservation Strategy for avoiding, minimizing, and mitigating potential impacts on Covered Species resulting from SMUD’s various operations, maintenance, and new construction activities (Covered Activities);
• Application for issuance and implementation of incidental take permits (ITPs) by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which authorize take of Covered Species potentially occurring during implementation of the Covered Activities. The ITPs will provide incidental take coverage for seven Covered Species—California tiger salamander, giant garter snake, slender Orcutt grass, Sacramento Orcutt grass, valley elderberry longhorn beetle, vernal pool fairy shrimp, and vernal pool tadpole shrimp—for the next 30 years; and
• The direct and reasonably foreseeable indirect effects caused by the implementation of Covered Activities that will result from issuance of the ITPs.
SMUD’s lead agency approval of the proposed Project would authorize implementation of the proposed HCP and ITPs, but would not confer or imply discretionary approval by SMUD of any specific Covered Activity. Implementation of the proposed Project, instead, will condition how SMUD implements Covered Activities when the Covered Species are or may be present.
The EIR is intended to serve as an informational document for the public agency decision makers and the general public regarding the characteristics and objectives of the proposed Project, potential environmental impacts, recommended mitigation measures and feasible alternatives to the proposed Project.
Contact Information
Name
Kim Crawford
Agency Name
SMUD
Job Title
Environmental Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, Galt, Rancho Cordova, Rancho Murieta, Roseville, Sacramento, Winters
Counties
Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Yolo
Regions
Countywide
Other Location Info
Implementation of the proposed HCP would entail a Permit Area and Plan Area. The Permit Area is where SMUD would implement the Covered Activities described in the proposed HCP. The Permit Area consists of SMUD’s service territory in Sacramento and Placer counties, SMUD’s natural gas pipeline in Yolo County, and small portions in Amador and San Joaquin counties which are located adjacent to Sacramento County. The Permit Area is 577,554 acres. The Plan Area is the area within which SMUD would implement the Conservation Strategy to mitigate potential impacts on Covered Species resulting from Covered Activities. The Plan Area includes the Permit Area and conservation/mitigation banks and other HCP Plan Areas outside the Permit Area that SMUD may partner with to accomplish the HCP mitigation requirements. Figures of the Permit Area and Plan Area are available for review on SMUD’s web page at: smud.org/CEQA.
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights
Development Types
Other (Proposed Project includes a direct action at a mitigation bank)
Local Actions
HCP implementation, application for issuance and implementation of incidental take permits
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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