Selected Projects

Wildfire Risk Reduction Aspen Environmental Group Wildfire Risk Reduction Aspen Environmental Group

Wildfire Risk Reduction, Reliability, and Asset Protection Project (WRAP)

The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) and the Trinity Public Utilities District (TPUD) are initiating a right-of-way (ROW) expansion and vegetation management Project to reduce fire risk to the surrounding communities and public lands, as well as to increase electrical reliability to maintain critical services in local communities.

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Energy, Wind Aspen Environmental Group Energy, Wind Aspen Environmental Group

Strauss Wind Energy Project

Strauss Wind, LLC, an affiliate of BayWa r.e. Wind, LLC, proposes to construct and operate a 102 megawatt (MW) wind energy project, the Strauss Wind Energy Project (SWEP), south of the City of Lompoc. The Project site is the location of the previously proposed Lompoc Wind Energy Project (LWEP, 06CUP-00000-00009), which was approved by the County in 2009, but never constructed.

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Energy, Nuclear Aspen Environmental Group Energy, Nuclear Aspen Environmental Group

Diablo Canyon Power Plant Decommissioning Project

Under contract with the County of San Luis Obispo, Planning and Building Department (County), Aspen is assisting the County with application review, environmental review, and support with multi-agency coordination for the decommissioning of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP), a nuclear energy power plant off the coast of San Luis Obispo County.

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Energy, Wind Aspen Environmental Group Energy, Wind Aspen Environmental Group

Mesa Wind Repower Project

Aspen conducted the permitting for the 30-MW wind repower project on BLM land in the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource Area of Riverside County, including USFWS Biological Opinion, CDFW Incidental Take Permit (ITP) and Streambed Alteration Agreement, RWQCB Waste Discharge Requirements, and Army Corps determination of no jurisdiction.

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Aspen Environmental Group Aspen Environmental Group

Devers-Palo Verde #2 Transmission Project

The Devers–Palo Verde No. 2 Transmission Line Project is a 230-mile, 500-kilivolt (kV) electric transmission line routed between Devers Substation in California and Harquahala Generating Substation in Arizona, as well as 41.6 miles of new 500-kV transmission line routed between the Devers Substation and the Valley Substation in the Romoland area of Riverside County.

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Energy, Nuclear Aspen Environmental Group Energy, Nuclear Aspen Environmental Group

SONGS Decommissioning Project

Units 2 and 3 of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) were shut down in January 2012. Unit 2 last operated on January 9, 2012, when it was removed from service for a planned refueling and maintenance outage.

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Infrastructure & Public Works, Telecommunications Aspen Environmental Group Infrastructure & Public Works, Telecommunications Aspen Environmental Group

Replace Communications Facilities, Phase V

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) proposed to upgrade existing mountaintop telecommunications towers, vaults, and other supporting infrastructure as required to support the State's Public Safety Microwave Network and continue to provide essential emergency communications linkages for CAL FIRE'S fire protection and emergency response command and control throughout the State. On behalf of California Department of General Services (DGS), the CEQA lead agency, Aspen assisted with the environmental permitting and surveys at the following 7 CAL FIRE communications facilities: Sierra Vista in Calaveras; Mount Oso in Stanislaus; Chalk Mountain in Santa Cruz; Pratt Mountain and Mount Pierce in Humboldt; Bunchgrass in Shasta; and Banner Mountain in Nevada Counties. 

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