SFPUC 2001 Alameda Watershed Management Plan

III. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING AND IMPACTSK. UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICESline, a 22-inch-diameter (500 pound.) line, and a 36-inch-diameter (600-700 pound) line. Thelines are subsurface within the Watershed.The Chevron Pipeline Company operates a refined petroleum-product pipeline that extends fromthe Bethany Pump Station near Tracy to a terminal in San Jose. This pipeline runs through theSan Antonio Reservoir Watershed, runs south parallel to Calaveras Road, and then crossesCalaveras Road and Alameda Creek in Sunol Valley. About 3.3 miles of the pipeline is onSFPUC property in the Watershed. Chevron plans to reroute the pipeline segment that runs eastof the Alameda Creek crossing.2.0 IMPACTS2.1 SIGNIFICANCE CRITERIAThe City has not formally adopted significance standards for utilities and public servicesimpacts. Demand for additional utilities or public services associated with implementation of theAlameda Watershed Management Plan would not in itself be considered a significant physicalenvironmental impact. However, if such demand were to result in the expansion of existingfacilities or construction of new facilities, and if construction or operation of these expanded ornew facilities were to result in a significant effect on the physical environment, implementationof the Management Plan would be considered to have a significant utilities or public servicesimpact.2.2 PROGRAM-LEVEL IMPACTSThis section discusses the potential impacts of implementation of the management actions in theManagement Plan on utilities and public services.Implementation of individual management actions in the Management Plan would not requireexpansion or improvement of the Alameda Watershed system described in Section 1.1, above.Implementation of some actions could require expansion of existing utilities, water supply, orsewerage systems, or could require an increase in SFPUC staff. However, the system expansionsrequired for individual actions are expected to be minimal, and construction and operation ofexpansions would not likely result in significant effects on the physical environment._________________________REFERENCES – Utilities and Public ServicesExcept where indicated, references are on file at the San Francisco Planning Department.E. M. Rose and Associates, prepared for San Francisco Water Department, TechnicalMemorandum No. 9: Utilities and Infrastructure Review, Appendix C-11 of the AlamedaWatershed Management Plan, 1994.NOP 96.223E: Alameda Watershed Management Plan III.K-7 ESA / 930385January 2001