Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration

Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration
Notice is hereby give by the Imperial Irrigation District of the availability for public review of a Draft
Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Path 42 Upgrade Project.
The Project consists of upgrading the existing 35 miles of Path 42 230kV transmission lines between IID’s Coachella
Valley Substation, located southeast of the City of Coachella, California, and SCE’s Devers Substation, near North
Palm Springs, California, from single to double conductor per phase; this involves reconductoring 20.3 miles of IID’s
KN/KS transmission lines between Coachella Valley and Ramon/Mirage Substations and the 0.27 mile RamonMirage transmission line and 15 miles of SCE’s Devers-Mirage 230kV transmission line between Devers Substation
and Ramon Substation. Reinforcements to the steel lattice structures and foundations will be required to
accommodate the upgrades to the Path 42 transmission lines. Two new steel pole structures are also proposed
within IID’s portion and three replacement lattice structures are proposed within SCE’s portion. Associated
upgrades to the IID Coachella Valley, and SCE Mirage and Devers substations will also be implemented.
The Path 42 Transmission Upgrade Project is located within Coachella Valley in California. The 35-mile-long linear
corridor has a northwestern terminus at SCE’s Devers Substation in North Palm Springs, California, and a
southeastern terminus at IID’s Coachella Valley Substation in Coachella, California. The following table identifies
the legal description of the lands encumbered by the Path 42 Project:
Township/Range (All within the San
Bernardino Meridian)
T. 3 S., R. 4 E.
T. 3 S., R. 5 E.
T. 4 S., R. 5 E.
T. 4 S. R. 6 E.
Section
Subdivision
3
4
9
10
11
13
14
24
19
20
28
29
30
32
33
34
1
2
3
12
7
8
9
14
15
S½;
SW¼, S½SE;
N½N½NW¼;
NE¼NE¼;
W½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, NE¼SW¼, W½SE¼, SE¼SE¼;
W½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, NE¼SW¼, W½SE¼, SE¼SE¼;
NE¼NE¼;
NE¼NE¼.
W½NW¼, SE¼NW¼ NE¼SW¼, W½SE¼, SE¼SE¼;
SW¼SW¼SW¼;
SW¼SW¼SW¼;
SW¼NE¼, NW¼, NE¼SW¼, SE¼;
NE¼NE¼NE¼;
NE¼NE¼NE¼;
SE¼NE¼, E½NW¼, NW¼NW¼, N½SE¼, SE¼SE¼;
W½SW¼, SE¼SW¼.
SW¼SW¼;
S½NW¼, NE¼SW¼, N½SE¼, SE¼SE¼;
E½NE¼, NW¼NE¼, NE¼NW¼;
N½N½, S½NE¼.
SW¼NE¼, S½NW¼, N½SE¼;
N½SW¼, SE¼SW¼ S½SE¼;
SW¼SW¼SW¼;
W½SW¼, SE¼SW¼, SW¼SE¼;
SE¼NE¼, S½NW¼, NE¼SW¼, N½SE¼;
T. 4 S., R. 7 E.
T. 5 S., R. 7 E.
T. 5 S., R 8 E.
T. 6 S., R. 8 E.
16
17
20
21
23
24
19
28
29
30
33
34
35
1
2
12
7
8
16
17
21
27
28
34
35
2
NE¼, NE¼NW¼, W½W½;
E½E½;
NE¼NE¼NE¼;
N½N½NW¼;
N½NE¼, SE¼NE¼, NE¼NW¼;
S½NW¼, NE¼SW¼, N½SE¼, SE¼SE¼.
S½SW¼;
SW¼SW¼;
S½NW¼, N½SW¼, W½SE¼, SE¼SE¼;
E½NE¼, NW¼NE¼, N½NW¼;
W½NE¼, SE¼NE¼, N½NW¼, NE¼SE¼;
SW¼NW¼, N½SW¼, SE¼SW¼, S½SE¼;
SW¼SW¼SW¼.
E½SW¼, NW¼SW¼, S½SE¼;
S½NE¼, E½NW¼, NW¼NW¼, N½SE¼;
N½NE¼.
SE¼NE¼, NW¼, N½SE¼, SE¼SE¼;
W½SW¼, SE¼SW¼, SW¼SE¼;
W½W½, SE¼SW¼;
E½NE¼, NW¼NE¼, NE¼NW¼;
SW¼NE¼, E½NW¼, NW¼NW¼, W½SE¼ SE¼SE¼;
W½NW¼, N½SW¼, SE¼SW¼, SW¼SE¼;
E½NE¼;
E½NE¼, NW¼NE¼;
SW¼NW¼, SW¼.
NE¼, NE¼NW¼, NE¼SE¼, S½SE¼.
PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD: The Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration will be available for public review and comment
for 30 days (from August 21, 2013 through September 19, 2013). Discussion of potential impacts is included in the
Environmental Assessment/Initial Study. No significant immitigable impacts were identified for the Project. There
is a potential for significant impacts to air quality and biological and cultural resources. These potentially significant
impacts and the mitigation measures to reduce these impacts to less than significant are addressed in the
Environmental Assessment/Initial Study and a Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared and is
recommended for approval. Copies of the Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration and the Environmental
Assessment/Initial Study are on file at Riverside County libraries in Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs,
Indio, La Quinta, Mecca, Palm Desert and Thousand Palms; at the Bureau of Land Management (the Project’s NEPA
Lead Agency) Palm Springs Field Office, 1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, California 92262, the BLM website:
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/palmsprings.html and at the Environmental Services Office of the Imperial
Irrigation District located at 1653 West Main Street, El Centro, California [hours: 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday
thru Thursday (and alternating Fridays)] and on the Imperial Irrigation District’s website – www.iid.com. All
comments concerning this environmental document must be submitted in writing to:
Imperial Irrigation District
Attn: Donald Vargas, Environmental Analyst
P.O. Box 937
Imperial, CA 92251
Phone: (760) 482-3609
Fax: (760) 482-3603
E-mail: dvargas@iid.com
All comments must be received prior to the close of the business day on September 19, 2013. The Imperial
Irrigation District is required to consider all written comments received during the noticed public review period
prior to approving the project.