Transmission Route Alternative Transmission … Route Alternative 3 e 2 Current Proposed...
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Western Alternative Eastern Alternative Interconnection Substation Desert Center Transmission Route Alternative 2 Transmission Route Alternative 3 Current Proposed Transmission Route Transmission Route Alternative 1A Transmission Route Alternative 1B 177 10 10 Transmission Route Proposed Alternative Water Supply Pipeline (buried) Proposed Interconnection Substation Red Bluff Substation Alternatives Red Bluff Substation Survey Buffer Alternative Transmission Corridors Transmission Route Alternative 1A Transmission Route Alternative 1B Transmission Route Alternative 2 Transmission Route Alternative 3 Water Supply Well Area Project Boundary SOURCE: USDA FSA Aerial Photography Field Office: County image mosaic for Riverside, CA (2009) Eastern Riverside County, California Environmental Impact Report prepared for State Water Resources Control Board by GEI Consultants, Inc. TRANSMISSION ALTERNATIVES, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC BASE June 2010 Figure 4-1 03-Jun-2010 Z:\Projects\080472_EagleMtn_fromDenver\EIR_Figures\Figure_4-1_TransmissionRouteAlts_aerial.mxd SEW 0 5,000 10,000 Feet
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Water Supply Well Area
Project Boundary
SOURCE: USDA FSA Aerial Photography Field Office: County image mosaic for Riverside, CA (2009)
Eastern Riverside County, California
Environmental Impact Reportprepared for State Water Resources Control Board
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BLM/Private OwnershipCurrent Planned Interconnection SubstationSubstation AlternativesTransmission Route
Transmission Route AlternativesAlternate Route 1AAlternate Route 1BAlternate Route 2Alternate Route 3
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Eastern Riverside County, California
Environmental Impact Reportprepared for State Water Resources Control Board
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VISUAL RESOURCESTRANSMISSION LINE
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Ag Lands (2007)Agricultural LandAbandonded
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LAND USETRANSMISSION LINE
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Eagle Crest Energy Company
Eagle Mountain Pumped Storage ProjectEagle Mountain, California
SUBSTATION ALTERNATIVESAND TRANSMISSION
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Eagle Mountain Pumped Storage ProjectEagle Mountain, California
RESULTS OF SPECIALBIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
SURVEYS IN 2008, 2009, 2010:DESERT TORTOISE
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NOTE: Mapping northwest of Access Line is based on aerialphotographs and ground views rather than direct site access.
