Southern California Gas Company California Desert Conservation Area Operations and Maintenance Long-Term Incidental Take Permit

Southern California Gas Company California Desert Conservation Area Operations and Maintenance Long-Term Incidental Take Permit

SoCal Gas proposes to pursue a long-term Incidental Take Permit (ITP) and Master Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement (MLSAA) for operation and maintenance (O&M) activities of transmission and distribution pipelines and appurtenant facilities within the California Desert Conservation Area. The ITP would authorize the otherwise prohibited “take” as defined by State law of six state-listed wildlife species incidental to SoCalGas ongoing O&M activities within the CDCA, including Least Bell’s vireo, Southwestern willow flycatcher, Tricolored blackbird, Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard, Desert tortoise, and Mohave ground squirrel. The MLSAA would authorize O&M covered activities within rivers, streams or lakes that have the potential to impact fish and wildlife. CDFW’s issuance of the ITP and MLSAA would not change the nature need or overall extent of the work that will be required within the next 30 years on SoCalGas’s natural gas system in the CDCA. However, the state ITP and MLSAA would provide an enhanced conservation strategy and approach to minimizing impacts to fish and wildlife resources while eliminating the time and expense involved in processing individual state ITPs and LSAAs.

Apple Valley, Banning, Beaumont, Blythe, Brawley, Calexico, California City, Calipatria, Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, El Centro, Hesperia, Imperial, Indian Wells, Lancaster, Needles, Palm Desert, Palmdale, Rancho Mirage, Twentynine Palms, Victorville, Yucca Valley

Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino

Citywide, Countywide, Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy (CVMC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (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 Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 9 (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 Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), 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, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), California Transportation Commission (CATC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Colorado River Board, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC), 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, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Other (pipeline O&M)

Incidental Take Permit and Master Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Noise, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire