Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Power Plant 1 and Power Plant 2 Transmission Line Conversion Project

The City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has prepared a Notice of Preparation (NOP) to notify agencies and interested parties that, as the lead agency, LAWDP will prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the proposed Power Plant 1 and Power Plant 2 Transmission Line Conversion Project (proposed project). The proposed project would be located within a linear alignment in northwestern Los Angeles County that generally extends from Haskell Canyon to the community of Sylmar, located south of the City of Santa Clarita. The project would involve demolishing an existing 12-mile segment of a 115 kilovolt (kV) transmission line, and replacing it with a new 230 kV transmission line. The new transmission line would be located generally adjacent to the existing 115 kV line. The purpose of the proposed project is to increase the transmission capacity between Haskell Canyon Switching Station and Sylmar Switching Station so additional renewable energy supplies can be transmitted to the Los Angeles basin. LADWP will hold a scoping meeting to share information regarding the proposed project and environmental review process, and to receive written comments about the scope and content of the environmental analysis to be addressed in the EIR. The scoping meeting will be held at The Centre in Santa Clarita, 20880 Centre Pointe Parkway, Santa Clarita, CA 91351 at 6:00PM on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. The public review period for the NOP and the Initial Study will commence on January 24, 2018 and conclude on March 9, 2018. During this review period, written comments regarding the scope and content of the environmental analysis to be addressed in the EIR and concerning the adequacy of the Initial Study may be submitted. The Initial Study is available for review at http://www.ladwp.com/envnotices and at the following locations: LADWP – 111 N. Hope Street, Room 1044, Los Angeles, CA 90012; Old Town Newhall Library – 24500 Main Street, Santa Clarita, CA 91321; and Sylmar Branch Library – 14561 Polk Street, Sylmar, CA 91342. Please submit your comments to the attention of Mr. Eduardo Cuevas, LADWP, 111 N. Hope Street, Room 1044, Los Angeles, CA 90012, or to Eduardo.Cuevas@ladwp.com, by March 9, 2018. As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Department of Water and Power does not discriminate on the basis of disability and, upon request, will provide reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access to its programs, services and activities.