Operation and Maintenance of Pacific Gas & Electric’s Pipelines in Southern California Deserts Project

Operation and Maintenance of Pacific Gas & Electric’s Pipelines in Southern California Deserts Project

The project involves Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s (PG&E’s) operation and maintenance (O&M) of approximately 645 miles of pipelines in the Mojave Desert region, which encompasses high-pressure gas pipelines and facilities. The gas transmission system consists of gas pipelines; compressor stations; associated gas transmission and distribution facilities; rights-of-way; areas up to 0.25 miles beyond the rights-of-way, where needed; and their related equipment and facilities. Most of the O&M activities in the O&M program area would result in temporary and short-term impacts to expose the pipeline for inspection or repair, or to access a given facility. The O&M activities proposed would not result in large new permanent disturbance areas. The pipeline system has been in place for more than 70 years, and O&M activities have been conducted since the pipeline system was installed. Since 2001, PG&E has been gathering data on temporary and permanent disturbance resulting from O&M activities. Therefore, the type, number, and frequency of ongoing O&M activities would continue to be a part of the baseline conditions in the O&M program area.

Barstow, Mojave, Needles

Kern, San Bernardino

Countywide, Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (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 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (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 Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 9 (DOT), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 9 (DOT), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB)

Power:Other Power Type (Operation and Maintenance Activities in Mojave Desert)(Megawatts 0.001)

Incidental Take Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, 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, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Forest Land/Fire Hazard, Soil Erosion, Water Supply/Groundwater