Western Riverside County Weed Abatement Program

Western Riverside County Weed Abatement Program

The Riverside County Fire Department, Hazardous Reduction Office, has conducted an abatement program in western Riverside County or the past two decades. The general location of the 2007 abatement program is the unincorporated area of Western Riverside County and depicted in Exhibit A of the EA and is hereinafter referred to as the Project Area boundaries. The program specifically deals with the removal of materials from properties that would constitute a fire, health, or safety hazard. These materials my consist of weeds, dry grass, dead and/or decaying plants, groves, orchards, brrushwood, or other flammable vegetation. All abatement activities are directed by the Fire Department on a site specific basis with recognition of areas conserved for rare, threatened, and endangered and other environmentally sensitive habitats. Additionally, all abatement activities shall comply with the Fugitive Dust Rule as set forth in South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Rule 403.

Riverside

Countywide, Unincorporated

California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region 9 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control

Department of Toxic Substances Control

Abatement Program

Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hydrology/Water Quality