County of Tuolumne Broadband Infrastructure Environmental Impact Report

County of Tuolumne Broadband Infrastructure Environmental Impact Report

As the Lead Agency, the County is proposing to expand access to broadband technology throughout County, including the unincorporated areas of the County and the one incorporated City of Sonora. Location and installation of fiber optic cable by a variety of potential methods (e.g., underground, and aerial installation) would be evaluated at a programmatic level in the EIR for the County as a whole. The Countywide program would install fiber optic conduit either underground in buried conduits, overhead on pole lines, or in a combination of both. In some circumstances, fiber optic conduit could be installed under roadways where space is limited alongside the roadways. Where topography or underground substrate would prohibit or impede construction of subsurface fiber optic cables, projects would install aboveground fiber optic cables that would utilize existing or newly constructed utility poles.

Tuolumne

Citywide, Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), California Department of Education, 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, 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, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, 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 Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

Other (Broadband Infrastructure Planning)

Programmatic EIR/EA

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation