El Dorado County Broadband Fiber Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024081255
Lead Agency
El Dorado County
Document Title
El Dorado County Broadband Fiber Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Document Description
The County is proposing to expand access to fiber optic broadband technology throughout the unincorporated and incorporated areas of the County. The proposed Project would install fiber optic lines either underground in buried conduits, overhead on existing or newly constructed utility poles, or in a combination of both. It is anticipated that the depth of excavation for buried conduits would be 5 feet. Additionally, the maximum height of new utility poles would be 100 feet. The majority of future broadband infrastructure would be constructed within the typical roadway cross-section within the unincorporated areas of the County, the incorporated cities of Placerville and South Lake Tahoe, or California Department of Transportation’s (Caltrans’) public rights-of-way (ROW). However, broadband infrastructure could also be constructed on private disturbed land and federal land.
Contact Information
Name
Kyle Zimbelman
Agency Name
El Dorado County
Job Title
Deputy Director, Economic Development and Administration
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Placerville, South Lake Tahoe
Counties
El Dorado
Regions
Citywide, Countywide
State Highways
SR 49; US 50
Other Location Info
Countywide; Citywide
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (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 3 (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, Lahontan South Lake Tahoe Region 6 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), California Tahoe Conservancy, 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, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB)
Development Types
Other (Broadband Infrastructure Planning)
Local Actions
Programmatic EIR
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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