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1...It is not clear how an exemption can be issued for the
CONTACTS
0201 - PG&E Building & Land Svcs. 415 973 8273 fax or 800...
020101 - Mr. Robert Masuoka, P.L.S.
020102 - Senior Land Project Analyst Room 2027, Mail Code H21A =415 973 8273
0202 - PG&E Proj Mngmnt Transm Sys 415 973 6778 fax 8426
020201 - Ms. Cynthia Chan; Project Analyst =415 973 8828
020202 - Project Management Group
SUBJECTS
Central Coast Aqueduct, PG&E
Meetings: 941005 Sacramento with CDWR, Progress
Notes & Follow Up
Permit from Caltrans for Hwy 33 & 46
Permit to cross Aqueduct, by CDWR
GO 131-D; Implement Plan
CDWR submit "Clean Copy" EIR data for GO
1009 - ..
1010 - Summary/Objective
1011 -
101101 - Followed up work at ref SDS 9 line 45 to review action items and
101102 - meeting notes submitted at ref DIP 4 line 50.
101103 -
101104 - Cynthia and I visited Bob to do this task, so she can see what is
101105 - entailed capturing and verifying the record.
101106 -
101107 - Also want to review Action Item conference call matters submitted
101108 - to Bob at ref SDS 5 line 57 via ref DIP 2 line 28, which is the
101109 - record at ref SDS 4 line 339.
101110 -
101111 - Pending matters from Los Banos meeting at ref SDS 2 line 570.
101112 -
101113 -
101114 - Permits
101115 -
101116 - Aqueduct ref SDS 2 line 566.
101117 -
101118 - Jeff is working on this. It takes 30 days. Bob expects
101119 - to file this oa 941201. We have all the information from
101120 - CDWR we need to do the filing.
101121 -
101122 -
101123 - Caltrans, ref SDS 2 line 587
101124 -
101125 - Jeff is preparing. It just takes a drawing. Will make
101126 - filing oa 941201.
101127 -
101128 -
101129 - GO 131-D, ref SDS 3 line 513.
101130 -
101131 - Did we get "clean copy" of CDWR's EIR report, per Action Item 6 at
101132 - ref SDS 3 line 143, and at ref SDS 3 line 516.
101133 -
101134 - We did not receive this.
101135 -
101136 - Bob now plans to simply cite CDWR's existing and approved EIR,
101137 - as evidence that the project has been adequately evaluated for
101138 - environmental issues. (see also below)
101139 -
101140 -
101141 - Notices
101142 - Segmented Filings
101143 -
101144 - PG&E is preparing Notice of Proposed Construction by end of next
101145 - week (it is close to being finished today -- Bob showed us a draft
101146 - he is marking up). This notice will pertain to only the East side
101147 - of the project.
101148 -
101149 - Separate notices for SLO and Casmalia will be filed after
101150 - engineering is complete on those parts of the work.
101151 -
101152 - After Notices are prepared by Bob, they are submitted to PG&E Law
101153 - Dep, Gov Relations and Communciations in order to review the
101154 - language. Bob feels these should be complete within a few days.
101155 - Therefore the first notice on the East side, should be ready to
101156 - distribute via newspaper and to post at the site of the work, by
101157 - the end of next week, or the end of the following week at the
101158 - latest.
101159 -
101160 - The public will have 30 days to file objections based on the
101161 - Notice. By filing on the East side where PG&E plans to begin
101162 - construction oa 950203, PG&E should have several months to
101163 - address any issues that may arise from the notification
101164 - process. At this time there is nothing apparent in PG&E's
101165 - work or project parameters that would warrant a valid
101166 - objection.
101167 -
101168 - Bob indicated that none of the property owners from Arco to
101169 - Keck's road were notified by CDWR, of PG&E's work in this
101170 - corridor, so there is no record of possible concerns. As a
101171 - result, filing of the GO 131-D notification may result in
101172 - some response from the public.
101173 -
101174 -
101175 -
101176 - Advice Letter
101177 -
101178 - PG&E must file a separate Advice letter to the commission 30 days
101179 - prior to start of construction. This will be a single filing for
101180 - the entire project. Bob expects PG&E will make this filing before
101181 - the end of the month, i.e., 941130.
101182 -
101183 - Bob said PG&E has to do more research on defining the filing
101184 - process. This means determining the format and content of the
101185 - document. PG&E is consulting with CPUC, and other utilities who
101186 - have made filings. He said CDWR is the first filing PG&E has made
101187 - on GO 131-D.
101188 -
101189 - PG&E will cite the original EIR prepared by CDWR to support the
101190 - Advice filing, rather than submit it as part of the Advice filing,
101191 - as contemplated at the Oct 5 meeting, ref SDS 3 line 517. As a
101192 - result PG&E does not need a "clean-copy" of the EIR, indicating
101193 - that Action Item 6 is now moot, per ref SDS 3 line 142.
101194 -
101195 - [It later turned out PG&E needs the "clean copy" for
101196 - placement at public viewing stations, per ref SDS 11 line
101197 - 678, and at ref SDS 11 line 148.]
101198 -
101199 - PUC will issue a GO 131 exemption in advance of construction.
101200 -
101201 - This scenario indicates the GO 131-D exemption will be issued
101202 - within a time frame that will not delay PG&E's construction .
101203 -
101204 - Question
101205 -
101206 - It is not clear how an exemption can be issued for the
101207 - entire project, when the public notice for the work on the
101208 - West side has been finalized. Otherwise there would be no
101209 - reason to go through the exercise of giving notice.
101210 -
101211 -
101212 - GO 131-D Procedures
101213 -
101214 - Bob clarified the basis under which the Coastal Aqueduct project
101215 - qualifies for an exemption, which was discussed discussion with CDWR
101216 - at ref SDS 4 line 339.
101217 -
101218 - He indicated the GO 131-D exemption on the CDWR project is not being
101219 - granted because procedures have not yet been published. Rather the
101220 - exemption arises from the fact that there is a sentence in CDWR's EIR
101221 - that says the project will obtain power from the local utiligy. Even
101222 - though PG&E is not specifically named in CDWR's EIR, the single ref-
101223 - erence is expected to qualify PG&E's work as having been sufficiently
101224 - vetted on environmental issues.
101225 -
101226 -
101227 - I will modify the project schedule to reflect these new
101228 - understandings.
101229 -
101230 -
101231 -
101232 -
1013 -
SUBJECTS
Central Coast Aqueduct, PG&E
Fish & Game opinion on Environmental
1105 - Summary/Objective
1106 -
110601 - Do not need to file anything on Construction practices afterall. The
110602 - original idea was that this could contribute to obtaining the amended
110603 - Fish & Game Biological Opinion, per ref SDS 1 line 523. Fish & Game
110604 - matters appear now to be fully resolved, based on information PG&E has
110605 - filed, per
110606 -
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110608 -
110609 -
110610 -
110611 -
110612 -
110613 - CDWR called Bob yesterday and indicated PG&E there may be a problem
110614 - with getting an eminant domain at Casmailia.
110615 -
110616 -
110617 -
1107 -
SUBJECTS
Environmental Training
1204 - Summary/Objective
1205 -
120501 - Discuss per ref SDS 10 line 30. Received ref DRT 1 line 15 from Bob
120502 - Masuoka, indicating he has contacted Ed Hills about providing
120503 - environmental training to me, Bill and others.
120504 -
120505 - Cynthia said she talked to Bob this morning. They have to bring
120506 - someone up from Fresno or ..., to give the training here. She will
120507 - check with Bill, Mike Emery and Kevin Coffee about getting this.
120508 - Bill, Mike and I want to visit the site next week. Maybe we can meet
120509 - the person down there and get it in advance of visiting the site.
120510 -
120511 - Mike is out today. Cynthia will coordinate with everyone to
120512 - schedule. I indicated Bill and Mike were thinking of visiting the
120513 - site next week.
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