Please allow as much public access as possible on these lands, especially for equestrian and hiking use, and especially in the Wild Cherry Canyon. The SLO coast is remarkable and rare, please permit it to be it open for everyone.

Please save this precious piece of the coast for public use, including Multi-use trails for equestrians, biking and hiking. Thank you!

Please separate horse and bike trails from human walking trails, if included in public access. They have destructive, trail-degrading means of locomotion, PLUS both represent a danger to human hikers. I don't view either as being amenable to sharing right of way safely, as BOTH demand right of way over human hikers on foot, and yet are far more dangerous. I worry also about horse manure bringing in non-native, invasive species to these isolated wild lands. It happens everywhere.

Comments dated August 27, 2018 for the SLO County Supervisor Meeting on August 29, 2018 By Simone Malboeuf, Los Osos, CA 93402

Dear PGE Engagement Panel: Thanks for providing this online alternative for leaving public comment, so I don't have to wait in line at the SLO Sups meeting to be told after hours of waiting that time is up and no more comments will be taken. Here are my comments: In January 2017, the CPuC released a new wildfire threat map that outlines areas in the state at an elevated or extreme risk from utility associated wildfires. This map was created usint utility datea from power companies around the state and fire danger information from CalFire and the California State Department of Forestry. The new rules require increased vegetation management in higher risk areas. Each electric investor owned utility will have to file an annual report that has a wildfire fire-prevention/protection plan. Has PG&E filed their plan yet? And what is that plan - how can the public acquire a copy of it? eatall the horrendous wild fires in 2017 and the incredibly destructive California wildfires still burning out of control - SLO county residents need to know there is a plan in place should an uncontrollable wildfire take place in SLO county - which could threaten the homes and lives of its residents. How can I get a copy of the CalFire required wildfire protection plan for DCNPP? How can the residents of SLO county be assured that every precaution is being taken to secure their safety from an unpredictable Wild Fire threat to Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant and subsequent consequences to the public? The CPUC's new Wildfire Threat Map shows large areas of Diablo Canyon and Big Sur areas north of San Luis Obispo, to be in the High to Highest portential Wildfire danger areas. What precautions has PG&E already taken since receiving this information last year? Since the Santa Barbara fires last year, I don't believe anyone in SLO county feels their property should be considered Not at risk - as Cal Fire does not, by its Wildfire Threat map.
In 2017, at one of the many Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee meetings, Dr. Budnitz gave a compelling speech, captured on video, about how he personally was NOT convinced that the personnel issues surrounding the closure of Diablo Canyon NPP (the early departure of the most qualified NPP employees would be the first to leave and secure employment elsewhere leaving the operation of the plant to less qualified, less experienced and less knowledgeable employees ) would leave the DCNPP operating safely in the years between now and when it turns off its nuclear reactor for good. You can find that video on the Mothers for Peace website, mothersforpeace.org. In a nutshell,Dr. Budnitz state he did not believe PGE would have the proper staff needed left to run the plant safely - in spite of their intentions to do so. Another argument for shutting it down sooner then later. (3.5 minute video)
In regards to opening land around the DCNPP for development - residential homes, open space for recreational use or whatever. Please consider this information from Dave Lochbaum of the Union of Concerned Scientists in his email to me on the subject: February 5, 2018

Hello Simone:

Your point about wild fires is a good one.

An early step in the decommissioning process is to conduct thorough surveys of the hazardous materials, both within buildings and in soils around them.

The surveys are intended to confirm the location and quantity of hazardous materials (both radioactive and toxic) so as to enable informed decisions about how to dismantle the facility.

In the past, wild fires have re-released radioactivity "trapped" in vegetation. For example, circa 1999 or 2000, wild fires near the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico caused detectable levels of radiation in the air/smoke. While initially indicative of a current release from Los Alamos, the radiation was attributed to re-release of radiation released over the years as the fire burned shrubbery and trees that had absorbed the radiation in roots.

Thus, wild fires might directly challenge safety at Diablo Canyon and could cause a re-release of radiation. The detailed surveys conducted early in decommissioning will quantify the locations and amounts of radioactivity waiting for a fire for re-release.

Thanks,
Dave Lochbaum
UCS

I am personally in favor of opening these lands to the public- creating a Nature Preserve with limited access to these precious lands. After they have been provided with warnings that anyone entering there is provided with the information that they may be receiving doses of residual radiation left over from the long time operation of a nuclear power plant nearby; including the information that highly radioactive spent fuel rods are stored nearby whose safety cannot be guaranteed.. And that they are taking their own health and life into their hands by being there. Also signing a liability release to that fact, prior to entering those properties. I am not in favor or "developing" the properties (ie: Cherry Canyon) to the building of residential home sites.
Thank you for this opportunity to give you my personal input on these topics. If needed, you can contact me at simonemalboeuf@gmail.com

This flyer was prepared and distributed for the upcoming Lands meeting, by the Friends of Wild Cherry Canyon

Please allow public access on multi use, non-motorized, trails. Including equestrians. In developing the area, consider the staging requirements, and if possible, access to water to drink for the horses, as they have provided at Momtana de Oro. Thank you.

Please preserve as much land as possible for non motorized trails and. CAmping/riding:hiking. Such activities would generate revenue for the county.

Preserve it all - lots of trails for horses / hiking / non-motorized vehicles, and camping. This land should be open to all SLO County residents for their outdoor enjoyment.

Please make open land available for horse riding and rig parking

Power generation in the form of wave, wind and solar technology, clean water generation for the local community from the desalination facility and perhaps fog and atmosphere water capture as well, make it a beacon of clean tech demonstration, education and research... put us on the map!

arrange for trails for equestrians through out this land. Hikers and Bikers also. Keep off road vehicles off keep it nice.

Use the open space for horse trails. Many areas to ride have been developed and growing up here my whole life, I’ve always had plenty of places to spend outside. Our little town isn’t so little any more and our wide open spaces are shrinking. It sure would be nice to have more room to explore the outdoors!

I would love to be able to ride my horse from Montana De Oro to Avila some day.

I would like to be able to ride my horse from MdO to Avalia

New trails and hikes would be wonderful, especially if I can ride my horse on them! Exercise for both me and my animals.

Please consider maintaining the land for public use. I am a mountain biker, hiker and equestrian so I would support trails for non vehicular use. Thank you

The attached email was submitted to fellow Engagement Panel members on August 22, 2018

Good morning. I am a member of several equestrian groups in the area. I am also on the beach patrol; for the State of California in the Oceano Dunes area. I would like to encourage you to keep the Diablo property for public use and recreation purposes. It would be perfect for multi-purpose trails, camping, hiking, etc. There are thousands of visitors who come here numerous times during the year. Even if there is a small charge for usage of the land, it would certainly bring in a good deal of money for the county.

I would really like the area to be made available for non motorized use, such as horse riding, bicycles and camping use.

I am an equestrian and want to have public, non-motorized trails on the land surrounding Diablo Canyon and Wild Cherry Canyon all the way to Montana de Oro State Park. This is a great opportunity to provide the public with much needed recreational use of previously unavailable land. There are many public places for bicyclists and hikers in SLO county but few for equestrians. Multi use trails would be good for everyone. I also think a horse camp would be a wonderful addition and the local equestrian community would pitch in to make that a reality.

The community will be most impacted by Diablo’s closing, so give something back and provide more open space and public trails through these lands.

Attached is the REVISED resolution by the Sierra Club, urging the conservation of all of the Diablo Lands, including Wild Cherry Canyon.

I am concerned about (including conservation and public access such as a 20-mile coastal trail through the Irish Hills) the Diablo Lands, including Wild Cherry Canyon. I would like you to consider setting the 12,000 acres that surround the plant and also the 2400 acre Wild Cherry Canyon property for resource protection and public access. This has been a focus of conservation efforts for many years.

I spoke to two members of the audience at the Lands workshops, who suggested that PG&E might consider offering the north/Field Ranch - since it was purchased with ratepayer dollars - as mitigation for PG&E’s request to the PUC for approx. $2 billion more in the December filing to find decommissioning activities.

consider adding the Pt. Buchon trail to the state park system as part of Montana de Oro SP