Sandridge Irrigation Pipeline Extension Project

Sandridge Irrigation Pipeline Extension Project

The proposed project encompasses a 3.7-mile irrigation water pipeline that would connect to and from existing Sandridge Partners LP (Sandridge) water distribution systems. The project includes segments that are both constructed (approximately 3.2 miles) and yet to be constructed (approximately 0.5 mile); these segments collectively comprise the proposed project (approximately 3.7 total miles of pipeline). New construction would involve the installation of a 48-inch diameter high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipeline approximately 200 feet across the Tulare Lake Canal, owned by Tulare Lake Canal Company (TLCC) and accessed on Sandridge-owned land with a 120-foot right-of-way held by TLCC, and the reconstruction of approximately 0.5 mile of existing canal on Sandridge-owned land and replacement of this section with the HDPE pipeline. The pipeline would have an approximately 10-foot disturbance area on either side for construction activities and would have a total disturbance area of approximately 1.3 acres. The previously constructed sections encompass approximately 2.4 miles of 48-inch diameter HDPE pipeline between Highway 41 and the north side of the Tulare Lake Canal, as well as approximately 0.8 mile of 48-inch diameter HDPE pipeline from the south side of the Tulare Lake Canal to Blakely Canal. It is estimated that the installation of these pipeline sections disturbed a 10-foot area on either side, with a total disturbance area of approximately 7.7 acres. Operation of the proposed project would involve the transport of groundwater and surface water supplies from existing Sandridge sources located north of Stratford to irrigate Sandridge-owned farmlands within Kings County, with residual tailwater discharged into Blakely Canal. During flood events, the pipeline would transport water in the opposite direction, from Blakely Canal to the north, in order to efficiently facilitate the utilization of flood waters.

Stratford (Census Designated Place)

Kings

Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (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, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, 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 Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Water Facilities (Private irrigation pipeline)(Type Pipeline, MGD 20.4)

Easement Grant

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, 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, Mandatory Findings of Significance, 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