Los Osos Community - Wide Habitat Conservation Plan and Implementing Agreement

Los Osos Community - Wide Habitat Conservation Plan and Implementing Agreement

The purpose of issuing a programmatic incidental take permit is to allow the County to authorize the covered activities while conserving the covered species and their habitats. Implementation of a programmatic, multi-species Habitat Conservation Plan, rather than a species-by-species or project-by-project approach, will maximize the benefits of conservation measures for covered species and eliminate potentially expensive and time-consuming efforts associated with processing individual incidental take permits for each project within the proposed Habitat Conservation Plan area. It is important to note that completion of the Los Osos wastewater treatment plant, rather than adoption of the Habitat Conservation Plan and Issuance of the incidental take permit(s) to the County, is the action that will trigger lifting of the moratorium and allow new or expanded development to proceed subject to receipt of the required permits. Adoption of the Habitat Conservation Plan and issuance of the incidental take permit(s) would facilitate a streamlined permitting process and also provide a cohesive conservation strategy managed by one entity with a single funding source, but is not a requirement for activities covered in the Habitat Conservation Plan to proceed.

San Luis Obispo

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Transportation, Other