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Devers-Palo Verde No. 2 Transmission Line Project
Devers-Palo Verde No. 2 Transmission Line Project
California SCH #2005101104
EPA OEPC Control No. DES-06-20


To:
All Interested Parties
From:

Billie C. Blanchard, CPUC, and John Kalish, BLM, EIR/EIS Project Managers
Subject: Notice
of
Availability, Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed DeversPalo Verde No. 2 Transmission Line Project
Date: October
24,
2006
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
have prepared the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for
consideration of the Proposed Devers-Palo Verde No. 2 Transmission Line Project. The Final EIR/EIS
has been prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Cali-
fornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and incorporates changes resulting from comments sub-
mitted during the Draft EIR/EIS comment period (May 4, 2006 through August 11, 2006).
As evaluated in the Draft and Final EIR/EIS, SCE proposes to construct a new 230-mile, 500 kV
electric transmission line between Devers Substation in California and Harquahala Generating Sub-
station in Arizona (referred to as Devers-Harquahala) and also to replace 48.2 miles of 230 kV trans-
mission lines in California (referred to as West of Devers). The upgraded lines would connect
directly to the Devers 230 kV bus. The entire project would span 278 miles, with approximately 176
miles in California and 102 miles in Arizona.
Contents of the Final EIR/EIS
The Final EIR/EIS consists of three volumes.
Volumes I and II are completely re-printed from the Draft EIR/EIS, except that most color graphics
are made available on a compact disk and not in printed copies. Changes made to the Draft EIR/EIS
are marked in Volumes I and II: inserted text is underlined and deleted text is shown in strikeout.
Both types of changes are indicated with a vertical line in the margin.
Volume III consists of all comments on the Draft EIR/EIS and responses to those comments. Over
475 pages of comments on the Draft EIR/EIS were submitted to the BLM and the CPUC. This volume
includes transcripts from the July 2006 Public Participation Hearings.
Distribution of the Final EIR/EIS
Copies of the Final EIR/EIS have been mailed to parties of the CPUCs General Proceeding; to Federal,
State, and local government agencies that commented on the Draft EIR/EIS; as well as to some mem-
bers of the public. Copies of the Final EIR/EIS on CD (without detailed tower maps due to SCE
security restrictions) or a separately bound Executive Summary may be requested by phone or fax at
(800) 886-1888 or by e-mail at dpv2@aspeneg.com. There are also a limited number of copies of
the complete Final EIR/EIS document available upon request at the above addresses/numbers. The doc-
ument is also available on the CPUCs project website at:
http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/environment/info/aspen/dpv2/dpv2.htm
Table 1 (next page) lists the public repository sites at which the Final EIR/EIS may be reviewed.
NEPA Process and BLM Record of Decision
The BLM circulates the Final EIS for 30 days prior to making a decision on the proposed action,
and the U.S. EPAs Office of Federal Activities publishes a Notice of Availability of the Final EIS in
the Federal Register. If no changes to the Final EIR/EIS are warranted based on the comments, the
BLM will prepare a Record of Decision (ROD), which documents the selected alternative and spe-
cific mitigation measures. The ROD will not be issued until the 30-day no-action period has lapsed
following the publication of the Notice of Availability in the Federal Register.
CEQA Process and CPUC General Proceeding
CEQA requires that the CPUC provide written responses to public agency comments at least 10 days
prior to certifying the EIR (Public Resource Code 21092.5(a)). This is accomplished by sending the
Final EIR/EIS to all agencies that commented.
The CPUC will determine the adequacy of the Final EIR/EIS, and if adequate, will certify the doc-
ument as compliant with CEQA. The CPUC will issue a decision on the Proposed Project, which
will be announced and published concurrent with a scheduled CPUC Meeting. The final decision is
expected by the end of 2006. Within 30 days after the decision is issued by the CPUC, parties can
apply for rehearing. For further information on the CPUCs decision-making process, call the CPUC
Public Advisor at (866) 849-8390 or (415) 703-2074 or email public.advisor@cpuc.ca.gov.
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Table 1. Repository Sites
Devers to Harquahala - Library Sites
Desert Hot Springs City Public Library
11691 West Drive, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240..................................(760) 329-5926
City of Palm Springs Library
300 S. Sunrise Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262........................................(760) 323-8298
Cathedral City Branch Library
33520 Date Palm Drive, Cathedral City, CA 92234.................................(760) 328-4262
Rancho Mirage City Library
42520 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 ................................(760) 341-7323
Palm Desert City Library
73300 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92260.................................(760) 346-6552
Indio Public Library
200 Civic Center Mall, Indio, CA 92201...................................................(760) 342-0185
Coachella Branch Library
1538 7th Street, Coachella, CA 92236 ....................................................(760) 398-5148
Palo Verde Valley Library District
125 W. Chanslorway, Blythe, CA 92225..................................................(760) 922-5371
Quartzsite Public Library
465 N. Plymouth Ave, Quartzsite, AZ 85346 ...........................................(928) 927-6593
Buckeye Public Library
312 N. 6th St, Buckeye, AZ 85326 ..........................................................(623) 386-2778
Devers to Harquahala - U.S Bureau of Land Management Offices
Palm Springs/South Coast Field Office 690 W. Garnet Avenue, N. Palm Springs, CA 92258 ..............................(760) 251-4800
Phoenix Field Office
21605 N. 7th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85027-2099 .....................................(623) 580-5500
Yuma Field Office
2555 East Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, AZ 85365-2240 ...............................(928) 317-3200
West of Devers - Library Sites
City of Riverside Library
5505 Dewey Avenue, Riverside, CA 92504.............................................(951) 359-3906
San Bernardino County Library
104 W. Fourth Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415 ..................................(909) 387-5723
Colton Public Library
656 N. Ninth Street, Colton, CA 92324....................................................(909) 370-5083
Grand Terrace Library
22795 Barton Road, Grand Terrace, CA 92313 ......................................(909) 783-0147
City of Loma Linda Library
25581 Barton Road, Loma Linda, CA 92354...........................................(909) 796-8621
A.K. Smiley Public Library
125 West Vine Street, Redlands, CA 92373............................................(909) 798-7565
Mentone County Library
1870 Mentone Boulevard, Mentone, CA 92359.......................................(909) 794-2657
Yucaipa Branch Library
12040 5th Street, Yucaipa, CA 92399 .....................................................(909) 790-3146
Calimesa City Library
974 Calimesa Boulevard, Calimesa, CA 92320.......................................(909) 795-9807
Beaumont Library District
125 East 8th Street, Beaumont, CA 92223..............................................(951) 845-1357
Banning Public Library
21 W Nicolet Street, Banning, CA 92220.................................................(951) 849-3192
Morongo Community Library
11581 Potrero Road, Banning, CA 92220 ...............................................(951) 849-5937
West of Devers - U.S Bureau of Land Management Office
California Desert District Office
22835 Calle San Juan Del Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, CA 92553 ..........(951) 697-5200






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