ABSTRACT: On Wednesday, December 13, 2017, the California Coastal Commission “concurred” on NOTICE OF PROPOSED IMMATERIAL PERMIT AMENDMENT 9-14-1735-A3 / A-3-MRA-14-0050-A3 Application to amend Coastal Development Permits No. 9-13-1735 / A-3-MRA-14-0050 granted to California American Water Company (“Cal-Am”) for constructing, operating, and decommissioning a test well, along Monterey Bay shoreline, Monterey County. The Energy, Ocean Resources and Federal Consistency Division Deputy Director's Report for December 2017 from Alison Dettmer, Deputy Director and Notice of Proposed Immaterial Amendment: CDP 9-14-1735-A3/A-3-MRA-14-0050-A3 California American Water November 29, 2017 report document copy is embedded. Requested Amendment: On November 2, 2017 Cal-Am submitted an application to the Commission requesting the CDPs be further amended to allow the existing test well to remain in place for an additional year. Special Condition 6 of the current CDPs requires no later than February 28, 2018 that Cal-Am complete its pump test, cut off, cap, and bury the slant well head, and remove all other associated temporary facilities. Cal-Am is now requesting that deadline be changed to February 28, 2019. As part of its request, Cal-Am states that it will discontinue ongoing operations of the test well and will conduct just limited periodic maintenance pumping (i.e., up to a few hours each week) during the one-year extension.
The purpose of the requested extension is to allow the test well facilities to remain in place while Cal-Am completes its ongoing CEQA and NEPA review processes with the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (“MBNMS”). If the CPUC certifies the CEQA document and approves a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Cal-Am’s proposed long-term desalination facility, Cal-Am may then apply for CDPs to make the existing test well part of its proposed permanent desalination facility. Should the CEQA and NEPA review process take longer than currently anticipated, Cal-Am may also request a subsequent extension of these CDPs.
NOTICE OF
PROPOSED IMMATERIAL PERMIT AMENDMENT
9-14-1735-A3 /
A-3-MRA-14-0050-A3
TO: All Interested
Parties
FROM: John
Ainsworth, Executive Director
DATE: November 29,
2017
SUBJECT: Application to
amend Coastal Development Permits No. 9-13-1735 / A-3-MRA-14-0050 granted
to California American Water Company (“Cal-Am”) for constructing, operating,
and decommissioning a test well, along Monterey Bay shoreline, Monterey County.
Energy, Ocean Resources & Federal Consistency
Report by the Deputy Director on permit waivers, emergency permits, immaterial amendments &
Concurred
Briefing on seawater desalination Informational briefing by Commission staff on coastal resource issues and regulatory requirements related to seawater desalination in California. Informational item only; no Commission action. (AD-SF)
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