Six-Month Operational Test of Well TW-E at Owens Lake
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2021020397
- Lead Agency
- Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
- Document Title
- Six-Month Operational Test of Well TW-E at Owens Lake
- Document Type
- NEG - Negative Declaration
- Received
- Present Land Use
- Inyo County Zoning OS-40, Land Use Designation SFL (State and Federal Lands)
- Document Description
- The proposed project includes equipping TW-E with a pump, conducting the operational test for 6 months, and implementing the monitoring and data collection program. Construction of TW-E was completed in 2018. To gather necessary hydrogeologic information, TW-E would be pumped continuously at an average rate of 3 cubic feet per second (cfs) (approximately 1,350 gallons per minute) for a period of 6 months. The 6-month duration of the test was selected to mimic the duration that potential future pumping for dust mitigation would occur. the duration that potential future pumping for dust mitigation would occur.
- Contact Information
-
James R. Howe
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Lead/Public Agency
111 North Hope Street Room 1044
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone : (213) 367-0414
james.howe@ladwp.com
Location
- Coordinates
- 36°30'23.047"N 117°58'30.925"W
- Counties
- Inyo
- Regions
- Northern California
- Cross Streets
- Owens Lake, on access road at intersection of existing Shallow Flood ponds T36-1W, T36-1E, T36-2
- Zip
- 93545
- Total Acres
- .01
- Parcel #
- 0262500100
- State Highways
- 395, 136
- Waterways
- Owens River, Owens Lake
- Township
- 16S
- Range
- 37E
- Section
- 32
- Other Location Info
- Please see attached map for additional location information.
Notice of Completion
- Review Period Start
- Review Period End
- Development Type
- Other (Data Collection/Pump Test)
- Local Action
- Data Collection
- Project Issues
- Biological Resources Hydrology/Water Quality
- Reviewing Agencies
- California Air Resources Board (ARB) California Department of Conservation (DOC) California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) California Department of Parks and Recreation California Department of Transportation, District 9 (DOT) California Department of Water Resources (DWR) California Highway Patrol (CHP) California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) California Natural Resources Agency California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB) California State Lands Commission (SLC) Office of Historic Preservation Sierra Nevada Conservancy State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW)
Attachments
- Environmental Document
- Appendix A_TW-E 6-Month Operational Testing Plan Part 1 PDF 46600 K Appendix A_TW-E 6-Month Operational Testing Plan Part 2 PDF 48485 K Notice of Intent for Owens Lake TW-E PDF 1519 K Owens Lake TW-E Summary Form PDF 619 K Well TWE IS_ND PDF 19026 K
- NOC
- Owens Lake TW-E_Notice of Completion PDF 298 K
- State Comment Letters [Comments from state reviewing agencies]
- 2021020397_CDFW Comment PDF 325 K
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