Diablo Canyon Power Plan Decommissioning Project

2 Documents in Project

Summary

SCH Number
2021100559
Lead Agency
San Luis Obispo County
Document Title
Diablo Canyon Power Plan Decommissioning Project
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
DCPP: Public Facilities, subject to a Combining Designation overlay of Energy/Extractive (EX); PBR: Service Commercial, Planning Area O (Industrial); SMVR-SB: Industrial, M-2 (General Industry)
Document Description
The Proposed Project involves the decommissioning of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP), including Phase 1 decommissioning activities and Phase 2 soil remediation, final status surveys, and site restoration. The Project involves three different sites: (1) the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) site, (2) the Pismo Beach Railyard (PBR), and (3) the Betteravia Industrial Park Santa Maria Valley Railyard Facility site (SMVR-SB). The Osburn Yard in the City of Santa Maria (SMVR-SM) is no longer under consideration and is not part of the Proposed Project. The DCPP site is on the coast of San Luis Obispo County, California, approximately 7 miles northwest of Avila Beach. The DCPP facility comprises a 750-acre high-security zone surrounded by an approximately 12,000-acre area of land owned by either PG&E or Eureka Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of PG&E. The rail sites would be used to transfer decommissioning waste from trucks to rail cars, where the waste would then be transported by rail to out-of-state disposal facilities (Clive, Utah and/or Andrews, Texas). The PBR site is currently used by PG&E for equipment and material storage and transportation needs in support of DCPP operations. The site is located at 800 Price Canyon Road in the City of Pismo Beach in San Luis Obispo County, approximately 13 miles southeast of the DCPP site. This site would be used as a contingency for the transfer of non-radioactive and non-hazardous decommissioning waste. The SMVR-SB site is in the County of Santa Barbara (2820 W. Betteravia Road). PG&E proposes to retain the existing Eastern and Western Breakwaters and Intake Structure as well as other facilities for potential future use by others. The structures that would remain on site related to the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation and Greater than Class C (GTCC) storage facility would continue to be managed by PG&E within a designated owner-controlled area until an off-site interim storage facility or permanent repository is available. Identification of an off-site repository for long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel and GTCC waste is a concern both for DCPP and for nuclear power facilities across the nation and awaits resolution by the federal government.

Contact Information

Name
Susan Strachan
Agency Name
County of San Luis Obispo, Department of Planning & Building
Job Title
Power Plant Decommissioning Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency

Location

Cities
Pismo Beach
Counties
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara
Regions
Countywide, Southern California, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Diablo Canyon Road, Price Canyon Road/Bello Street, Betteravia Road
Zip
Multiple
Total Acres
750, 25.5, 28.4
Parcel #
Multiple
State Highways
1, 101
Railways
Union Pacific Railroad
Schools
Judkins MS, Grover Heights ES
Waterways
Pacific Ocean, Diablo Creek, Guadalupe Lake
Other Location Info
Three sites located near Avila Beach (DCPP), in Pismo Beach (PBR), and near Santa Maria in unincorporated Santa Barbara County (SMVR-SB).

Notice of Completion

State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
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 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 Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), 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), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
Development Types
Other (Decommissioning of a nuclear power plant and use of railyards)
Local Actions
Use Permit, Redevelopment, Coastal Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, 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, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End

Attachments

Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from state reviewing agencies]

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