Sacramento Municipal Utility District Operations, Maintenance and New Construction Habitat Conservation Plan
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2018092030
Lead Agency
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Document Title
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Operations, Maintenance and New Construction Habitat Conservation Plan
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
6/27/2022
Document Description
SMUD has prepared a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) to support issuance of the requested endangered species act permitting. The HCP is a 30-year plan designed to protect and contribute to the recovery of Covered Species and natural communities in the HCP Plan Area, as mitigation for impacts expected to occur from SMUD’s various operation, maintenance, and new construction activities. The HCP is intended to support and inform the issuance of take authorizations from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The EIR evaluates the impacts associated with implementation by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District of the Operations, Maintenance, and New Construction Habitat Conservation Plan, subject to state and federal endangered species take authorizations, and the impacts of the issuance of those authorizations. The EIR assesses and discloses the potential environmental effects not only of SMUD’s discretionary application for and implementation of the take authorizations and implementation of the HCP, but also its broader consideration and approval of the whole of the action under CEQA, which includes the direct and reasonably foreseeable indirect effects caused by the HCP Covered Activities that will result with issuance of the take authorizations, and the HCP Conservation Strategy covered by the take authorizations and HCP. In combination, these activities constitute the proposed “Project” for purposes of CEQA.
Contact Information
Name
Kimberly Crawford
Agency Name
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Job Title
Environmental Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, Galt, Rancho Cordova, Rancho Murieta, Roseville, Sacramento, West Sacramento, Winters
Counties
Amador, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Yolo
Regions
Countywide
Other Location Info
The Permit Area includes approximately 577,554 acres within Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, Amador, and San Joaquin Counties. The Permit Area primarily consists of SMUD’s service territory in Sacramento County.
Other Information
The Plan Area is the area within which SMUD would implement conservation measures to mitigate potential impacts on Covered Species resulting from Covered Activities. The Plan Area includes the Permit Area and the following conservation/mitigation banks and other HCP Plan Areas that SMUD may partner with to accomplish the Conservation Strategy - Nicholas Ranch VELB Conservation Bank,
River Ranch VELB Conservation Bank, French Camp VELB Conservation Bank, Bryte Ranch Conservation Bank, Clay Station Mitigation Bank, Yolo HCP/NCCP Plan Area ,Western Placer HCP/NCCP Plan Area, and Natomas Basin HCP Plan Area.
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerks
Amador, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Yolo
Final Environmental Document Available at
www.smud/ceqa
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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