AT&T Japan-U.S. Cable Network Decommissioning (JUS S8 and JUS S9 Cables) Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026041109
Lead Agency
California State Lands Commission
(SLC)
Document Title
AT&T Japan-U.S. Cable Network Decommissioning (JUS S8 and JUS S9 Cables) Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Recreation
Document Description
AT&T Enterprises, LLC proposes to remove two fiber optic cable segments from the seafloor (JUS S8 and JUS S9) that are no longer in-service, and are offshore of San Luis Obispo and Mendocino Counties. The cables would be removed using a dive team to expose and cut the cables at the conduit exit points on the seafloor, and the cable would then be recovered by a cable recovery vessel (CRV) that would store and transport the cable for recycling. The conduit cable connected to the utility access point in Montaña de Oro State Park would also be cut by an onshore work crew and pulled from the conduit using a tugboat and later removed by the CRV. The conduit cables connected to the cable landing station in Manchester would remain inside the conduits.
Contact Information
Name
Robin M Tuohy
Agency Name
California State Lands Commission
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Michelle Ogburn
Agency Name
Dudek (CEQA Consultant)
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Email
Name
Jim Murray
Agency Name
AT&T Enterprises, LLC
Job Title
Project Coordinator
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Mendocino: Manchester and SLO: Los Osos
Counties
Mendocino, San Luis Obispo
Regions
Northern California, Southern California
Cross Streets
SLO: Sandspit Road/Pecho Valley Road; Mendocino: Kinney Road/Biaggi Road
Zip
93402
Total Acres
0.3
Parcel #
n/a
State Highways
n/a
Railways
n/a
Airports
n/a
Schools
Monarch Grove Elementary and Manchester Elementary
Waterways
SLO: Morro Bay, Pacific Ocean; Mendocino: Pacific Ocean
Other Location Info
Onshore in the Sandspit parking lot of Montaña de Oro State Park, in the Pacific Ocean offshore Montaña de Oro State Park, San Luis Obispo County; and in the Pacific Ocean offshore Manchester State Park, Mendocino County.
Coordinates (Mendocino): 35°59' 38.3676"N, 123°43' 39.4206"W
Zip code (Mendocino): 95459; Total Acres (Mendocino): 0.08
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 1 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region 1 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 3, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 6, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance
Development Types
Other (Removal of subsea fiber optic cable)
Local Actions
Right-of-Way Use
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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