RTI Infrastructure, Inc. Eureka Subsea Fiber Optic Cables Project
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2020120205
- Lead Agency
- State Lands Commission, California (California State Lands Commission)
- Document Title
- RTI Infrastructure, Inc. Eureka Subsea Fiber Optic Cables Project
- Document Type
- MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
- Received
- Project Applicant
- RTI Infrastructure, Inc.
- Present Land Use
- The Project is proposed on land in unincorporated community of Samoa and offshore. The existing land uses in the Project vicinity (Samoa) are a mixture of industrial and undeveloped land.
- Document Description
- The California State Lands Commission (CSLC) is the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.) and has prepared this Initial Study (IS)/Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) that analyzes and discloses the environmental effects associated with the proposed RTI Infrastructure, Inc. Eureka Subsea Fiber Optic Cables Project (Project) in the unincorporated community of Samoa, Humboldt County. The Project would authorize RTI Infrastructure, Inc. (Applicant or RTI) to build telecommunication infrastructure on land (terrestrial) and in ocean (marine) areas within and offshore of Samoa. The infrastructure includes transpacific fiber optic cables (cables) that would carry telecommunication data to connect the United States with Asia (e.g., Singapore, Taiwan, and Japan) and Australia (Figure ES-1).
- Contact Information
-
Afifa Awan
California Lands Commission
100 Howe Avenue, Suite 100 South
Sacramento, CA 95825
Phone : (916) 574-1891
Afifa.Awan@slc.ca.gov
Location
- Coordinates
- 40°48'21.83"N 124°11'52"W
- Cities
- Samoa
- Counties
- Humboldt
- Regions
- Northern California Unincorporated
- Cross Streets
- New Navy Base Road and Vance Avenue
- Zip
- 95564
- Total Acres
- 1.01
- Parcel #
- APN 401-112-021
- State Highways
- Highway 101
- Airports
- Samoa Field Airport
- Schools
- Peninsula Union Elementary School
- Waterways
- Pacific Ocean
- Township
- T5N
- Range
- R1W
- Section
- 20
- Base
- MDB
Notice of Completion
- Review Period Start
- Review Period End
- Development Type
- Other (Fiber optic cable Project )
- Local Action
- Local Coastal Permit
- Project Issues
- Aesthetic/Visual Agricultural Land Air Quality Archaeologic-Historic Biological Resources Coastal Zone Drainage/Absorption Economics/Jobs Flood Plain/Flooding Forest Land/Fire Hazard Geologic/Seismic Greenhouse Gas Emissions Minerals Noise Population/Housing Balance Public Services Recreation/Parks Schools/Universities Social Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading Solid Waste Toxic/Hazardous Traffic/Circulation Tribal Cultural Resources Vegetation Water Quality Water Supply Wetland/Riparian Wildlife Land Use Cumulative Effects Other Commercial and Recreational Fishing
- Reviewing Agencies
- California Air Resources Board California Coastal Commission California Department of Conservation California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection California Department of Parks and Recreation California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways California Department of Transportation, District 1 California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning California Department of Water Resources California Energy Commission California Highway Patrol California Native American Heritage Commission California Natural Resources Agency California Public Utilities Commission California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region 1 California State Lands Commission Department of Toxic Substances Control Office of Historic Preservation State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality
Attachments
- Environmental Document
- AppendixA_Regs PDF 500 K AppendixB_AQ_Analysis PDF 329 K AppendixC_TerrestrialMarineBio PDF 1512 K AppendixD_MarineCultural PDF 1838 K Mitigated_Negative_Declaration PDF 6771 K Notice_of_Intent DOCX 641 K
- NOC
- Notice_of_Completion PDF 2079 K
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