Replacement of Overhead and Underground Distribution Line, Feeder D1

Replacement of Overhead and Underground Distribution Line, Feeder D1

The United States Air Force (Air Force) has prepared a Final Draft Environmental Assessment (EA), and Final Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), for the replacement of an aging overhead electrical distribution line, Feeder D1, on Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB). These replacements are needed because existing conditions do not provide a reliable power source required by Vandenberg AFB’s launch and range mission. As a result, many mission critical facilities are vulnerable to interruption of the main power supply or catastrophic powerline failure, which could result in a delay or cancellation of national defense missions. Resources analyzed in the Final Draft EA include air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and earth resources, land use and coastal zone resources, noise, public health and safety, and water resources. The Final Draft EA and Final Draft FONSI conclude that there will be no significant environmental impacts resulting from the Proposed Action.

Vandenberg AFB

Santa Barbara

Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, 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 Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality

Power:Electric Transmission Lines (12 Kv)

Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife