Desal plant could face yet another delay
Mayors to address issue Thursday in special meeting
By JIM JOHNSON Herald Staff Writer, 01/29/2014 07
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On Monday, a state Public Utilities Commission judge ruled that the release of the draft environmental impact report, which is crucial to the project, would have to be postponed about six months because California American Water had not secured permission to test source water for its proposed desalination plant. The draft EIR, due for release next month, will now be issued in the third quarter of the year.
While the commission continued the request to next month, Cal Am went ahead and filed a permit application Monday. In response, the city set a special planning commission meeting for Feb. 10 to consider it.
He (Delgado) acknowledged the perception that the city's review had been delayed, but he said it's common for applicants to assume the process is taking longer than it should. City staff, he said, had "spent a lot of time and effort moving the ball forward" while dealing with a rushed timeline and an occasional absence of relevant information
ABSTRACT: Re: In the Matter of the Application of California American Water Company (U 210 W) for Approval of the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project and Authorization to Recover All Present and Future Costs in Rates, 019 RULING SETTING FORTH UPDATED SCHEDULE AND ADDRESSING OTHER MATTERS document, including ATTACHMENT 1, is embedded.
IT IS RULED that:
1. The updated schedule for Phase 1 is set forth in this Ruling.
2. No later than February 7, 2014, California-American Water Company shall file and serve a compliance filing that details the impact, if any, on this proceeding of Governor Brown’s proclamation of a drought State of Emergency issued on January 17, 2014. Interested parties may file and serve comments on the compliance filing no later than February 21, 2014.
3. To the extent that the dates set forth in this ruling fall on a weekend or holiday, parties shall adhere to the computation of time requirements set forth in Rule 1.15.
4. The communications and attachments sent to me by Stephen Collins are attached to this Ruling.
5. The motion filed and served by Public Trust Alliance on December 5, 2013 is denied.
Importantly, CEQA Track, 3rd Quarter 2014, DEIR circulated for comment; 45 days after issuance of DEIR, Comments on DEIR due; and 1st Quarter 2015, DEIR published.
Ruling Setting Forth Updated Schedule and Addressing Other Matters 01-27-14
Filing Date 01-27-14
RULING SETTING FORTH UPDATED SCHEDULE AND ADDRESSING OTHER MATTERS
RULING SETTING FORTH UPDATED SCHEDULE AND ADDRESSING OTHER MATTERS
Attachment 1 01-27-14
Filing Date 01-27-14
ATTACHMENT 1
ATTACHMENT 1
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