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capability to serve the Project with implementation of necessary infrastructure, no CATV
Provider has been confirmed for the Project site at this time. Due to the magnitude of the
Project’s CATV demand, any company wishing to provide service to the Project site would
need to provide sufficient evidence regarding its ability to serve the Project before that
service provider would be selected. Regardless, the upgrade and/or retrofitting of the off-
site fiber optic connections and necessary extensions are typically the responsibility of the
Service Provider and would occur within easements owned by the Service Provider. The only
other cable television company in the vicinity is Time Warner Cable, whose facilities stop
near Castaic; and “currently does not have any plans to expand facilities any further north”
(BJ Palmer 2015).

The analysis in this section focuses on the projected demand for dry utility services and the
facilities necessary to meet this demand. The physical environmental impacts related to the
implementation of necessary utility infrastructure are addressed as part of the Project
analysis provided throughout this EIR.

Section Format

As described in Section 5.0, Environmental Setting, Impacts, and Mitigation, and in
accordance with State CEQA Guidelines Article 9 (Contents of Environmental Impact
Reports), each topical environmental analysis includes a description of the existing setting;
identification of thresholds of significance; analysis of potential Project effects and
identification of significant impacts; identification of mitigation measures, if required, to
reduce significant impacts; and level of significance after mitigation. This information is
presented in the following format (please refer to Section 2.0, Introduction, and Section 5.0,
Environmental Setting, Impacts, and Mitigation, for descriptions of each of these topics):

• Introduction
o Purpose
o Summary
o Section Format
o References
• Electricity
o Relevant Plans, Policies, and Regulations
o Environmental Setting
o Project Design Features
o Threshold Criteria
o Environmental Impacts—A separate analysis is provided for each of the
following categories of potential impacts:
 On-Site Impacts
 Off-Site Impacts
o Mitigation Measures
o Level of Significance After Mitigation
• Fossil Fuels (Natural Gas and Petroleum)
o Relevant Plans, Policies, and Regulations
o Environmental Setting

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