Port of Sacramento Regional Petroleum Terminal Project

Environmental Impact Report. In August 2008, MBA completed the public Draft EIR for the SacPort Regional Petroleum Terminal Project. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15367, the City is the CEQA Lead Agency and the Sacramento-Yolo Port District is a Responsible Agency. The Project proposes to construct a new 1.8-mile pipeline connection to existing pipelines operated by Chevron USA and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. (Kinder Morgan) that originate in the San Francisco Bay area and transport most of the petroleum product requirements for the Greater Sacramento Metropolitan Area. Design of the SacPort Regional Terminal would accommodate up to three grades of gasoline, two grades of diesel, and ethanol; accommodate rail tank car unloading; and include additional storage for ethanol and additives. The construction of the proposed Project would also include the consolidation of 49 existing petroleum storage tanks to approximately 17 new tanks at the Port of Sacramento site, as the Project would replace the operations of up to four older existing terminals operated by BP/Arco Products North America, Chevron USA, Shell Oil Company, and ConocoPhillips Co., which are situated along both banks of the Sacramento River just south of the US50 Pioneer Bridge. Today, the terminals are incompatible with long-standing planning goals and policies of the City and the City of Sacramento to develop both sides of the Sacramento River as a mixed use urban waterfront. The facilities owned by BP/Arco Products North America and Shell Oil Company are located in a redevelopment area and constitute non-conforming uses under the City’s General Plan and Zoning Ordinance. Noteworthy issues addressed in the Draft EIR include biological resources, air quality, traffic/circulation, and hydrology/water quality. The Draft EIR evaluated project impacts on seven special-status fish species, western pond turtle and giant garter snake; several species of migratory songbirds and raptors, including Swainson's hawk and tricolored blackbird; and three special-status bat species. The project also required avoidance of valley oak riparian habitat along the Sacramento River. As part of the air quality analysis, MBA developed criteria and greenhouse gas inventories related to the elimination of four petroleum tank farms and relocating the product to a new tank farm at the Port of Sacramento; calculated emissions from petroleum tanks, stationary sources, and mobile vehicles using emissions factors from the ARB, the EPA, and the IPCCC; and generated a 1990 level and proposed level of greenhouse gases to compare with AB-32 reduction strategies. The traffic analysis discussed the project exceedance of a level-of-service standard established by the county congestion management agency for designated roads or highways (significant and unavoidable) and potential operation-related violations of water-quality standards and/or waste discharge requirements (significant and unavoidable).

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