Pacific Gas and Electric Company Bay Area Operations & Maintenance Environmental Impact Report

Pacific Gas and Electric Company Bay Area Operations & Maintenance Environmental Impact Report

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has filed an application for an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) under Section 2081 of the California Endangered Species Act (CESA) with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). The ITP would cover PG&E’s San Francisco Bay Area (Bay Area) Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and minor new construction activities for its natural gas and electric lines, and establish a comprehensive approach to avoid, minimize, and fully mitigate impacts on covered species and habitat (collectively “covered activities”).The ITP will provide incidental take coverage for three species, the California tiger salamander, Alameda whipsnake, and California freshwater shrimp (covered species), in the Bay Area for the next 30 years. The geographic scope of the proposed Project encompasses Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and Solano Counties. Within those nine counties, the Permit Area consists of PG&E gas and electric transmission and distribution facilities, rights-of-way (ROWs plus standard buffers), lands owned or obtained by PG&E or subject to PG&E easements, access routes, and conservation areas acquired to provide compensatory mitigation for impacts resulting from covered activities.

Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma

Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (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 Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Department of Parks and Recreation

California Department of Parks and Recreation

Other (ITP for PG&E's operations/maintenance and minor new construction)

Other

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Social, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife