Aspen Is Awarded SONGS Decommissioning EIR

Due to our strong energy sector experience, Aspen was recently selected to assist the California State Lands Commission in preparing the EIR for the decommissioning of the offshore cooling water intake and discharge conduits, as well as shoreline riprap and environmental monitoring buoys of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). SONGS, one of the two remaining operating nuclear power plants in California, stopped generating electricity in January 2012, and the permanent retirement of the power plant was announced in June 2013. While the Commission’s jurisdiction is limited to the shoreline and offshore components of SONGS, the EIR will analyze the whole of the action, including the decontamination and demolition of the onshore facilities. The spent nuclear fuel from plant operations will continue to be stored on-site until an off-site repository for long-term storage of spent fuel is approved by the Federal Government.