Tule River Tribe Fee-to-Trust and Eagle Mountain Casino Relocation

SCH Number: 2016124002
Lead Agency: Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs)
Document Title: Tule River Tribe Fee-to-Trust and Eagle Mountain Casino Relocation
Document Type: FIN - Final Document
Received: 5/31/2019
Project Applicant: Tu!e River Tribe
Present Land Use: Industrial/Airport Industrial (IA)/industrial

Document Description: Note: review per lead The proposed action is the acquisition of approximately 40 acres of fee land intrust by the United States upon which the Tule River Tribe would construct a casino resort. The facility would include an approximately 105,000-square foot casino 250-room hotel, food, and beverage facilities, administrative space, a multi-purpose events center, a conference center and associated parking and infrastructure. The new facility would replace the Tribes existing casino and the existing casino buildings would be converted to tribal government or service uses. The proposed trust property includes 17 parcels bound by West Street on the west an off-highway vehicle park (OHV) owned by the City of Porterville to the north and east and a photovoltaic power station (solar farm) to the south. The Assessors parcel number for the property is 302-400-001 through 302-400-017

Contact Information: Chad Broussard
Bureau of Indian Affairs
2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2820
Sacramento, CA 95825
Phone : (916) 978-6165

Review Period Start: 5/31/2019
Review Period End: 7/1/2019
Development Type: Other (Casino Resort)
Local Action: Other Action Fee-to-Trust
Project Issues: Aesthetic/Visual Agricultural Land Air Quality Archaeologic-Historic Biological Resources Drainage/Absorption Economics/Jobs Fiscal Impacts Flood Plain/Flooding Forest Land/Fire Hazard Geologic/Seismic Noise Population/Housing Balance Schools/Universities Sewer Capacity Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading Solid Waste Toxic/Hazardous Traffic/Circulation Vegetation Water Quality Water Supply Wetland/Riparian Growth Inducing Land Use Cumulative Effects
Reviewing Agencies: Air Resources Board Cal Fire California Department of Justice, Attorney General's Office California Department of Parks and Recreation California Energy Commission California Highway Patrol California Public Utilities Commission Caltrans, District 6 Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics Central Valley Flood Protection Board Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 4 Department of Water Resources Native American Heritage Commission Office of Emergency Services, California Office of Historic Preservation Regional Water Quality Control Bd., Region 5 (Fresno) Resources Agency State Lands Commission State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality

Environmental Document: Executive Summary PDF 246 K Final EIS PDF 43310 K Final EIS_NOA PDF 188 K
NOC: notice of completion PDF 589 K