Project Type: Energy

Aspen provided a comprehensive public participation program for the EIS/Subsequent EIR on the revised route of the Pacific Pipeline Project for California Public Utilities Commission and Angeles National Forest. The proposed project and its alternatives traversed five counties and 30 cities and passed through both rural and densely populated urban areas. This EIS/SEIR involved extensive public outreach efforts to further CEQA and NEPA compliance. Four public scoping meetings, six informational workshops and five public hearings were held, which included simultaneous translation and preparation of all meeting handouts in several languages. Aspen prepared meeting notices for newspaper publication, including Chinese and Spanish language publications. Four newsletters were distributed to a 4,000-name mailing list including government agencies, elected officials, community organizations, and citizens. Aspen established a 24-hour, English/Spanish telephone information hotline, and project documents were placed in over 50 libraries and on the Internet.