SCE TD1292805 Tapo Canyon Deteriorated Pole Replacement Project (Streambed Alteration Agreement No.1600-2019-0028-R5).

SCH Number: 2019090131
Lead Agency: Fish & Wildlife, Region 4 (Fresno) (Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 4)
Document Title: SCE TD1292805 Tapo Canyon Deteriorated Pole Replacement Project (Streambed Alteration Agreement No.1600-2019-0028-R5).
Document Type: NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received: 9/4/2019
Posted: 9/4/2019
Project Applicant: Southern California Edison

Document Description: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has executed Streambed Alteration Agreement number 1600-2019-0028-R5, pursuant to Section 1602 of the Fish and Game Code to Southern California Edison. The Project includes activities related to removing one 70-foot tall deteriorated wood pole (Pole 4456949E) and replacing it with a new 70-foot tall wood pole on the Saugus-Santa Susana 66kV sub transmission line. The pole will be accessed by truck from an existing unimproved dirt road approximately 50 feet south of the pole.

Contact Information: Laura Peterson-Diaz
Department of Fish and Wildlife
1234 East Shaw Avenue
Fresno, CA 93710
Phone : (559) 243-4017

Counties: Ventura
Other Location Info: The Project is located within a tributary to Arroyo del Tapo approximately 350 feet south of the intersection of Tapo Canyon Road and Lost Canyons Drive, approximately 0.32 miles north of Simi Valley, Ventura County, State of California; Sections 36, Township 3 North, Range 18 West, United States Geological Survey (USGS) 7.5 Minute Quad Map Sim Valley East, MDB&M; Latitude 34.304948° North, Longitude -118.720030° West.

Exempt Status: Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code: 15301
Reasons for Exemption: The Project includes the maintenance of an existing facility of a publicly-owned utility used to provide electric power, natural gas, sewerage, or other public utility services with no expansion of use. No trees will be removed. The Project will not have significant environmental impacts if it is completed under the protective features of Streambed Alteration Agreement No. 1600-2019-0028-R5.