Beaumont Avenue Recharge Facility and Pipeline ProjectSan Gorgonio Pass Water Agency

Public Scoping MeetingDecember 3, 2012

Outline of Scoping Meeting

Purpose of the Scoping Meeting Description of the Proposed Project CEQA Document Potential Environmental Issues CEQA Process Schedule

Purpose of Scoping Meeting

Describe Project Explain CEQA Process Identify Environmental Issues Record Public Comments

Project Background

The Beaumont Basin presently experiences an overdraft condition

The estimated safe yield for Beaumont Basin is 6,100 afy, while the current overdraft is approximately 7,369 afy

The Agency can presently import a maximum of 12,000 afy of their 17,300 afy annual allotment with their existing infrastructure

The proposed Project, along with increased capacity following completion of Phase II of the SWP EBX (estimated 2014), would enable the Agency to obtain its full allotment of SWP Water

Proposed Project

The proposed project includes three primary onsite components: Recharge Facility Underground Pipeline Service Connection Facility

The proposed project also includes an offsite parcel to be potentially used for a temporary staging area and/or excess soil disposal site

The Proposed Project

Recharge Facility

Recharge Facility

44-acre parcel at the southwest corner of Beaumont Avenue and Brookside Avenue

Consisting of a series of five tiers, separated by berms

Raised embankments along the perimeter would be a maximum of eight feet above existing surrounding grade

The basins would be unlined to allow groundwater replenishment

Recharge Facility

Pipeline

24-inch underground pipeline extending north along Beaumont Avenue from the recharge facility and west along Orchard Street toward the service connection facility

Approximately 7,000 linear feet in length and would extend under Noble Creek and Mountain View Channel

Proposed for the western side of the Beaumont Avenue centerline and the southern side of the Orchard Street centerline

Would transfer raw, imported water from the service connection site to the recharge facility

Service Connection Facility

Service Connection Facility

3.5-acre parcel south of Orchard Street and west of Mountain View Channel

Up to half of the parcel would be disturbed due to construction, staging, and soil distribution activities

Would connect to the existing 36-inch EBX pipeline located at the intersection of Orchard Street and Mountain View Avenue

Would consist of a 120 foot by 110 foot project site that includes the service connection facility control building control various below- and above-grade pipelines and ancillary infrastructure

Offsite Staging Area/Soil Discharge Location

Offsite Staging Area/Soil Discharge Location

3.4-acre triangular parcel located south of Brookside Avenue, north of Noble Creek, and east of the Mountain View Channel

Could potentially be used, along with three other locations, as a staging area during construction of the proposed project.

Additionally, this parcel could potentially be used for depositing excess excavated soil as a result of excavation of the pipeline.

CEQA Document

Project-Level Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Evaluates the potential environmental

effects of a specific development project

Focuses primarily on the changes in the environment that would result from development of a project

Examine all phases of the project, including construction and operation

CEQA Document

Initial Study An Initial Study was prepared and

circulated for the 30-day public review period starting November 13, 2012

Includes a preliminary environmental review of the proposed project designed to focus the scope of environmental review and to determine the environmental issues that will and will not require further evaluation in the EIR

Potential Environmental Issues

Air Quality Biological Resources Cultural Resources Geology and Soils Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hazards and Hazardous Materials Hydrology and Water Quality Population and Housing Noise Transportation and Traffic

Potential Environmental Issues

Air Quality Short-term Emissions Long-term Emissions Conflict with Applicable Plans Sensitive Receptors Odors

Potential Environmental Issues

Biological Resources Sensitive Plant Species Sensitive Wildlife Species Migratory Species Sensitive Habitats Wetlands Western Riverside MSHCP

Potential Environmental Issues

Cultural Resources Historical Archaeological Paleontological Burials

Potential Environmental Issues

Geology and Soils Seismic Ground Shaking Seismic-Related Ground Failure

Potential Environmental Issues

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Short-Term Emissions Long-Term Emissions Conflict with Applicable Plans

Potential Environmental Issues

Hazards and Hazardous Materials Reasonable Foreseeable Upset

and Accident Conditions Handling Hazardous Material

within One-Quarter Mile of Existing or Proposed Schools

Hazardous Materials Sites

Potential Environmental Issues

Hydrology and Water Quality 100-Year Flood Hazard Areas Flooding

Noise Short-term Stationary Noise Long-term Stationary Noise Long-term Mobile Noise Groundborne Vibration

Potential Environmental Issues

Population and Housing Inducement of Population Growth

Transportation/Traffic Increase in Construction Traffic

CEQA Process

Scoping Notice of Preparation Public Scoping Meeting

Draft EIR Public Review and Comment

Period Final EIR

Public Review Agency Board Meeting

Decision on EIR

CEQA Schedule

Beaumont Avenue Recharge Facility and Pipeline Project EIR

Scoping November 2012 – December 2012

Draft EIR Preparation October 2012 – February 2013

Public Review of Draft EIR

February 2013 – March 2013

Final EIR Preparation March 2013 – April 2013

Public Review of Final EIR

May 2013

Agency Board Meeting May 2013

Public Comments on Scopeof the EIR

Fill Out Comment Card Write Letter to Jeff Davis, P.E., at

the SGPWA, 1210 Beaumont Avenue, Beaumont, CA 92223

Send E-Mail to Jeff Davis at JDavis@sgpwa.com