MCAG 2026 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS)
Summary
SCH Number
2025030169
Lead Agency
Merced County Association of Governments
Document Title
MCAG 2026 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS)
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Various
Document Description
The project, as defined pursuant to the Public Resources Code, Section 21065, is the preparation of the 2026 RTP/SCS in accordance with Section 65080 et seq., of Chapter 2.5 of the California Government Code, federal guidelines pursuant to new requirements established in the federal surface transportation reauthorization, including the “Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021 or the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) 2021-2026,” Transportation Conformity for the Air Quality Attainment Plan per 40 CFR Part 51 and 40 CFR Part 93, and requirements outlined in Assembly Bill 32, The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, and Senate Bill 375 The Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008. Finally, the CTC has prepared guidelines (most recently adopted by the CTC in 2024) to assist in preparing the RTP/SCS.
Contact Information
Name
Stacie Guzman
Agency Name
Merced County Association of Governments
Job Title
Executive Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Name
Georgiena M. Vivian
Agency Name
VRPA Technologies, Inc.
Job Title
President
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Location
Cities
Atwater, Dos Palos, Gustine, Livingston, Los Banos, Merced
Counties
Merced
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
N/A
Zip
N/A
Total Acres
N/A
Parcel #
N/A
State Highways
SR 99
Railways
UPRR and BNSF
Airports
Merced Regional
Schools
UC Merced
Waterways
San Joaquin River
Township
N/A
Range
N/A
Section
N/A
Base
N/A
Other Location Info
Merced County
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Education, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), California Transportation Commission (CATC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Other (Regional Transportation Plan)
Local Actions
RTP/SCS
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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