CEQA: Reports and comments

These reports are generated in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and can be read or downloaded from this page, in PDF format. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded for free from the Adobe Web site.)

Note: These documents may be large and take a while to download on a dial-up connection. If you cannot access these documents, or to make a comment on any report, please contact Ron Scott, rscott@smud.org, for assistance.

Reports

Solano Wind Project Phase 3

In its continuing commitment to clean renewable power, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) proposes to construct and operate the third phase of the Solano Wind Project. SMUD operates and maintains an existing wind project in Solano County (phases 1 and 2) which has installed 102 megawatts (MWs) of wind energy since 2007. Phase 3 will add an additional maximum of 128 MW, totaling up to 230 MWs of clean renewable power.

The project consists of installing up to 75 wind turbine generators and associated facilities in the Montezuma Hill region of southern Solano County, southwest of the town of Rio Vista.

A public meeting will be held on October 28, 2009 at the Solano County Administrative Center, 675 Texas Street, Fairfield. The meeting will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The SMUD Board of Directors will consider adoption of the final EIR for the project at two meetings at which the public may make verbal comments. These meetings will be held at SMUD on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 (Integrated Resources and Customer Services Commitee) at 5:00 p.m. and Thursday, January 7, 2010 (SMUD Board Meeting) at 6:00 p.m. at the SMUD HCC and Board auditorium respectively, both located at 6201 "S" Street, in Sacramento.

For more information, contact Lonn Maier, Environmental Project Manager, at (916) 732-6566.

View Draft Environmental Impact Report

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Final Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Iron Point Buckingham Distribution Substation Project

SMUD proposes to construct and operate the Iron Point Buckingham Distribution Substation in order to provide a reliable source of electricity to meet the electrical demand of existing and approved development within a 1- to 1.5-mile radius of the proposed substation. The substation site would be a half-acre, located on the south side of Iron Point Road and southwest of Buckingham Way, in Folsom, California. The proposed custation would consist of one 25-MVA transformer, capacitor banks, a backup battery, metal clad switchgear, grounding grid, and a low-profile 69-kV bus structure. Additional improvements include new cement slabs for the equipment and a 10-foot high masonry wall to encompass the footprint of the substation.

The substation would be energized by connecting to an existing 69-kV line in an underground utility corridor adjacent to the south side of Iron Point Road. The substation would receive 69-kV electricity and step it down to 12 kV.

As part of the proposed project, four new underground 12-kV feeders would be added and tie the substation into the existing underground distribution lines on both the north and south sides of Iron Point Road. The 12-kV power would be distributed throughout the near vicinity where existing local transformers would step down the power to household or retail business service voltage levels.

Written comments should be submitted or e-mailed to Kim Crawford, Environmental Project Manager, SMUD, P.O. Box 15830, MS B203, Sacramento, Calif. 95852-1830 before 5 p.m. on July 10, 2009. A public meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, June 22 at the Rancho Cordova Library, 9845 Folsom Blvd., to discuss the draft Initial Study/Mitigated Declaration and to answer questions. Hard copies of the document may be reviewed at the following locations:

• Folsom Public Library, 411 Stafford St., Folsom 95630
• Norman R. Siefkin Public Library, 1970 Broadstone Parkway, Building F, Folsom 95630
• Rancho Cordova Library, 9845 Folsom Blvd., Sacramento 95827
• Sacramento Central Library, 828 I St., Sacramento 95814
• SMUD, 6201 S St., Sacramento 95817
• State Clearinghouse, 1400 Tenth St., Sacramento 95814

The SMUD Board of Directors will consider adoption of the Negative Declaration for the project at two meetings: Aug. 5 (5 p.m.) and Aug. 6 (6 p.m.). Both meetings will be held in the SMUD Headquarters Building, 6201 S St., Sacramento 95814. The public is invited to attend these meetings and make comments.

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Final Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the SMUD Easton 69-kV Subtransmission Line Relocation and Substation Project