El Rio Substation Project
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2023090056
Lead Agency
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Document Title
El Rio Substation Project
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
11/6/2024
Document Description
The proposed modification analyzed in this Addendum would add 0.9 acre to the substation footprint. The perimeter fence would encompass the additional area and the area would be graveled consistent with the rest of the substation. As a result, consistent with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), SMUD (as a lead agency) has conducted additional review of the proposed modifications to determine whether the proposed changes would result in new or substantially more severe environmental impacts than those previously described in the El Rio Substation Project ISMND. SMUD is proposing to construct and operate a new 230-115-69 kilovolt (kV) substation that would replace the existing Elverta Substation located south of Elverta Road and just west of El Rio Avenue in Elverta, California. The El Rio Substation is proposed to be constructed on a portion of the existing Elverta Substation as well as on the property immediately east of the Elverta Substation. The proposed El Rio substation would include new transformers and circuit breakers, a substation control building, paved access, fencing, lighting, stormwater drainage and utilities. North of the substation, two existing electrical towers carrying 230- kV transmission lines would be replaced with two or three steel monopoles (also known as steel tubular poles) on a new alignment to tie the proposed substation into the existing grid. A stormwater retention basin would be constructed south of the existing Elverta Substation. Following the energization of the proposed El Rio Substation, the existing Elverta Substation would be decommissioned and outdated substation equipment dismantled and removed from the site.
Contact Information
Name
Ammon Rice
Agency Name
SMUD
Job Title
Supervisor, Environmental Services
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Sacramento
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Elverta Road and El Rio Avenue
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Sacramento
Final Environmental Document Available at
https://www.smud.org/ceqa
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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