Final Tribal Environmental Impact Report for the Fire Mountain Casino Music Venue Project

Final Tribal Environmental Impact Report for the Fire Mountain Casino Music Venue Project

The Resort opened in October of 2019 and was the subject of an exhaustive Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) approved by federal agencies in 2011. The Resort currently includes approximately 1,600 gaming devices, table games, five dining locations, a 170-room hotel, other entertainment amenities, and associated parking. The Proposed Project includes the construction of an approximately 75,000 square feet (sf) indoor live music amphitheater and the expansion of the Resort’s back of house space (BOH) by up to approximately 20,000 sf, for a total of up to 95,000 sf of new building space at the northeast (back) side of the existing Resort building. The proposed live music amphitheater (live music venue) will be used for entertainment on a regular basis and not just for special events. The new BOH area would be used for expanded offices, warehouse facilities, and to house the Tribal Gaming Agency offices which are currently located in a modular unit on the Project Site. The Proposed Project would be built on existing paved areas. The height of the new facilities would be generally consistent with or similar to the height of the existing Resort buildings, and the Proposed Project would feature the same architectural style as the existing buildings. Water supply and wastewater treatment for the Proposed Project would be provided by the Tribe’s existing on-site systems.

Wheatland

Yuba

Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Justice, Attorney General's Office, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water

Other (Live music venue, back-of-house warehouse and office space)

Tribal Evaluation of Off-Site Impacts of Music Venue

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire