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Olympic Cross Cascade Pipeline
Application 96-1 (Revised may 1998) Archive

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SECTION 1.1 DESCRIPTION OF APPLICANT

    1.1.1 APPLICANT

    1.1.2 OLYMPIC PIPE LINE COMPANY

    1.1.3 TEXACO TRADING AND TRANSPORTATION INC

    1.1.4 ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY (ARCO)

    1.1.5 GATX TERMINALS CORPORATION

    1.1.6 POTENTIAL USERS OF CROSS CASCADE PIPELINE PROJECT

 

SECTION 1.2 DESIGNATION OF AGENT

 

SECTION 1.3 ASSURANCES

    1.3.1 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

    1.3.2 INSURANCE

 

SECTION 1.4 MITIGATION MEASURES

    1.4.1 INTRODUCTION

    1.4.2 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION PRACTICES

    1.4.3 PROTECTION FROM NATURAL HAZARDS

    1.4.4 SPILL PREVENTION

    1.4.5 EARTH

    1.4.6 AIR

    1.4.7 WATER

    1.4.8 PLANTS AND ANIMALS

    1.4.9 ENERGY

    1.4.10 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

    1.4.11 LAND AND SHORELINE USE

    1.4.12 TRANSPORTATION

    1.4.13 PUBLIC SERVICES AND UTILITIES

    1.4.14 SOCIOECONOMICS

 

SECTION 1.5 SOURCES OF INFORMATION

    1.5.1 EARTH

    1.5.2 AIR

    1.5.3 WATER

    1.5.4 UPLAND AND WETLAND VEGETATION/WILDLIFE

    1.5.5 FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES

    1.5.6 NOISE

    1.5.7 LAND USE

    1.5.8 AESTHETICS

    1.5.9 CULTURAL RESOURCES

    1.5.10 PUBLIC SERVICES AND UTILITIES

    1.5.11 SOCIOECONOMICS

    1.5.12 EMERGENCY PLANS AND SPILL PREVENTION

 

SECTION 1.6 PERTINENT FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS

    1.6.1 TABLE OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL PERMIT REQUIREMENTS

    1.6.2 FEDERAL PERMITS

    1.6.3STATE PERMITS

    1.6.4 REGIONAL PERMIT

    1.6.5 COUNTY PERMITS

    1.6.6 CITY PERMITS

 

SECTION 2.1 SITE DESCRIPTION

    2.1.1 LOCATION OF PROJECT

    2.1.2 ROUTE DESCRIPTION

    2.1.3 PUMP STATIONS AND TERMINAL

    2.1.4 PROMINENT GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES

    2.1.5 TYPICAL GEOLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS

    2.1.6 LAND USE PLANS AND ZONING ORDINANCES

 

SECTION 2.2 LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND LAND OWNERSHIP INTERESTS

    2.2.1 LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS

    2.2.2 OWNERSHIP INTERESTS

 

SECTION 2.3 CONSTRUCTION ON SITE

    2.3.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION

    2.3.2 PIPELINE DESIGN ELEMENTS

    2.3.3 PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION

    2.3.4 VALVES

    2.3.5 PUMP STATIONS

    2.3.6 TERMINAL FACILITY

    2.3.7 PASCO DELIVERY FACILITY

    2.3.8 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

 

SECTION 2.4 ENERGY TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS

 

SECTION 2.5 WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM

    2.5.1 WATER SUPPLY

    2.5.2 HYDROSTATIC TESTING

 

SECTION 2.6 SYSTEM OF HEAT DISSIPATION

 

SECTION 2.7 CHARACTERISTICS OF AQUATIC DISCHARGE SYSTEMS

    2.7.1 WASTEWATER AND STORM WATER

    2.7.2 HYDROSTATIC TEST WATER

 

SECTION 2.8 WASTEWATER TREATMENT

    2.8.1 WASTEWATER DISCHARGE

 

SECTION 2.9 SPILL PREVENTION AND CONTROL

    2.9.1 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS

    2.9.2 POTENTIAL RISKS FOR LIQUID PIPELINE RELEASES

    2.9.3 OLYMPIC PIPE LINE COMPANY CURRENT OPERATIONS AND SPILL HISTORY

    2.9.4 SPILL PREVENTION

    2.9.5 SPILL DETECTION

 

SECTION 2.10 SURFACE-WATER RUNOFF AND EROSION CONTROL

    2.10.1 INTRODUCTION

    2.10.2 STORMWATER RUNOFF AND EROSION CONTROL DURING CONSTRUCTION

    2.10.3 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION PREVENTION DURING OPERATION

 

SECTION 2.11 EMISSION CONTROL

    2.11.1 INTRODUCTION

    2.11.2 CRITERIA POLLUTANTS

    2.11.3 TOXIC POLLUTANTS

 

SECTION 2.12 CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION ACTIVITIES

    2.12.1 PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AND WORKFORCE

    2.12.2 PUMP STATION AND DELIVERY FACILITY CONSTRUCTION

    2.12.3 KITTITAS TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION

    2.12.4 PIPELINE AND PUMP STATION OPERATION

    2.12.5 KITTITAS TERMINAL OPERATION

 

SECTION 2.13 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

    2.13.1 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT - ORGANIZATION

    2.13.2 QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL

    2.13.3 EQUIPMENT INSPECTION

    2.13.4 SAFETY COMPLIANCE

    2.13.5 QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

 

SECTION 2.14 CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY

    2.14.1 INTRODUCTION

    2.14.2 EQUIPMENT ACCESS AT SENSITIVE AREA CROSSINGS

    2.14.3 STREAM AND RIVER CROSSINGS

    2.14.4 IRRIGATION CANAL CROSSINGS

    2.14.5 WETLAND CROSSINGS

 

SECTION 2.15 PROTECTION FROM NATURAL HAZARDS

    2.15.1 POTENTIAL GEOLOGIC AND NATURAL HAZARD MAPS

    2.15.2 EARTHQUAKE HAZARD

    2.15.3 VOLCANIC HAZARD

    2.15.4 FLOOD, IMPACTS AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES

    2.15.5 TSUNAMI, IMPACTS AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES

    2.15.6 STORMS, IMPACTS AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES

    2.15.7 AVALANCHES OR LANDSLIDES (MASS WASTING)

 

SECTION 2.16 SECURITY CONCERNS

    2.16.1 FACILITY ACCESS

    2.16.2 EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN

 

SECTION 2.17 STUDY SCHEDULES

    2.17.1 BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

    2.17.2 WETLAND AND NAVIGABLE WATER CROSSINGS

    2.17.3 SENSITIVE PLANT STUDY

    2.17.5 BAT SURVEY OF SNOQUALMIE TUNNEL

    2.17.6 GEOTECHNICAL STUDIES

    2.17.7 EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN

    2.17.8 CULTURAL RESOURCES

    2.17.9 TRANSPORTATION PLAN

    2.17.10 ADDITIONAL SUBMITTALS

 

SECTION 2.18 POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE ACTIVITIES AT SITE

 

SECTION 3.1 EARTH

    3.1.1 INTRODUCTION

    3.1.2 HAZARD MAPS

    3.1.3 GEOLOGIC SURVEY

    3.1.4 POTENTIAL SEISMIC ACTIVITY

    3.1.5 SOILS

    3.1.6 TOPOGRAPHY

    3.1.7 UNIQUE PHYSICAL FEATURES

    3.1.8 EROSION/ENLARGEMENT OF LAND AREA (ACCRETION)

 

SECTION 3.2 AIR

    3.2.1 AIR QUALITY

    3.2.2 ODOR

    3.2.3 CLIMATE, VISIBLE PLUMES, AND VISIBILITY IMPAIRMENT

    3.2.4 DUST

    3.2.5 MITIGATION MEASURES

 

SECTION 3.3 WATER

    3.3.1 INTRODUCTION

    3.3.2 SURFACE WATER RESOURCES

    3.3.3 RUNOFF AND ABSORPTION

    3.3.4 FLOODS AND FLOODPLAINS

    3.3.5 GROUND WATER RESOURCES

    3.3.6 PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES

 

SECTION 3.4 PLANTS AND ANIMALS

    3.4.1 UPLAND VEGETATION

    3.4.2 WETLANDS

    3.4.3 HABITAT TYPES AND WILDLIFE USE

    3.4.5 UNIQUE SPECIES

    3.4.6 FISH OR WILDLIFE MIGRATION ROUTES

 

SECTION 3.5 ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

    3.5.1 INTRODUCTION

    3.5.2 ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES REQUIRED

    3.5.3 SOURCE AND AVAILABILITY OF ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

    3.5.4 NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES

    3.5.5 CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE RESOURCES

 

SECTION 4.1 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

    4.1.1 NOISE

    4.1.2 RISK OF FIRE OR EXPLOSION

    4.1.3 RELEASES OR POTENTIAL RELEASES TO THE ENVIRONMENT

    4.1.4 SAFETY STANDARDS COMPLIANCE

    4.1.5 RADIATION LEVELS

 

SECTION 5.1 LAND AND SHORELINE USE

    5.1.1 RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING LAND USE, LAND USE PLANS, AND ESTIMATED POPULATION

    5.1.2 HOUSING

    5.1.3 LIGHT AND GLARE

    5.1.4 AESTHETICS

    5.1.5 RECREATION

    5.1.6 HISTORIC AND CULTURAL FEATURES

    5.1.7 AGRICULTURAL CROPS/ANIMALS

 

SECTION 5.2 TRANSPORTATION

    5.2.1 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS & VEHICULAR TRAFFIC

    5.2.2 WATERBORNE, RAIL, AND AIR TRAFFIC

    5.2.3 PARKING

    5.2.4 MOVEMENT/CIRCULATION OF PEOPLE OR GOODS

    5.2.5 TRAFFIC HAZARDS

 

SECTION 5.3 PUBLIC SERVICES AND UTILITIES

    5.3.1 EXISTING CONDITIONS

    5.3.2 IMPACTS

    5.3.3 MITIGATION MEASURES

 

SECTION 6.1 AIR QUALITY PERMIT REQUIREMENTS

    6.1.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION

    6.1.2 REGULATORY REVIEW

    6.1.3 EXISTING AMBIENT AIR QUALITY CONDITIONS

    6.1.4 CLIMATE AND METEOROLOGY

    6.1.5 ESTIMATED POLLUTANT EMISSIONS

    6.1.6 PROJECTED IMPACTS TO AMBIENT OZONE LEVELS

    6.1.7 SUMMARY OF AIR QUALITY IMPACTS AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

 

SECTION 7.1 NPDES DISCHARGE PERMITS

 

SECTION 7.2 EMERGENCY PLANS

    7.2.1 REGULATORY OVERVIEW

    7.2.2 TRAINING

    7.2.3 SPILL RESPONSE ACTIONS

    7.2.4 FIRE AND/OR EXPLOSION

 

SECTION 7.3 INITIAL SITE RESTORATION PLAN

    7.3.1 INTRODUCTION

    7.3.2 ASSUMPTIONS

    7.3.3 PREPARATION OF FINAL RESTORATION PLAN

    7.3.4 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SURVEY

    7.3.5 DEMOLITION AND SALVAGE

    7.3.6 RESTORATION

 

SECTION 8.1 SOCIOECONOMICS

    8.1.1 EXISTING CONDITIONS

    8.1.2 IMPACTS

    8.1.3 MITIGATION

 

SECTION 8.2 CRITERIA, STANDARDS, AND FACTORS UTILIZED TO DEVELOP TRANSMISSION ROUTE

    8.2.1 CRITERIA FOR SITING PIPELINE CORRIDOR

    8.2.2 CRITERIA FOR SITING PUMP STATIONS

    8.2.3 CRITERIA FOR SITING TERMINAL

    8.2.4 CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE CENTERLINE LOCATIONS

    8.2.5ROUTE SELECTION

 

SECTION 9.1 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES

    9.1.1 INTRODUCTION

    9.1.2 BACKGROUND

    9.1.3 NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE

    9.1.4 CROSS CASCADE ALTERNATIVES

    9.1.5PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL FEASIBILITY OF ALTERNATIVE CORRIDORS

    9.1.6 SUMMARY AND COMPARISON OF CROSS-STATE CORRIDOR ALTERNATIVES

    9.1.7 DESCRIPTION OF ALTERNATIVE PUMP STATION LOCATIONS

    9.1.8 DESCRIPTION OF ALTERNATE SITES FOR THE KITTITAS TERMINAL

    9.1.9 PROPOSED CORRIDOR

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