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What happens when an EIR is completed? - 2010/01/20 08:58
The State Clearinghouse http://www.opr.ca.gov/index.php?a=sch/sch.html coordinates the distribution of environmental documents prepared under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to State agencies for their review and comment. These environmental documents include Negative Declarations (ND), Mitigated Negative Declarations (MND), Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs) and various notices.
For more information about the requirements and the filing process, refer to the CEQA Guidelines http://ceres.ca.gov/ceqa/guidelines/ and the State Clearinghouse Handbook.
http://opr.ca.gov/planning/publications/SCH_Handbook_2009.pdf
Once a draft EIR comments are responded to & the EIR is revised, the Lead Agency (DFG) files a Notice of Completion (NOC) which informs the reviewers that a Draft EIR is complete (CEQA Guidelines, Section 15085). Then is referred to as the "Final EIR" or the EIR.
Within 5 working days of approving a project for which an EIR was prepared, a local Lead Agency (like DFG) must file a Notice of Determination with the county clerk of the county or counties where the project will be located. If the project requires discretionary approval from a state agency, the Notice of Determination must also be filed with the State Clearinghouse. State Lead Agencies must file the Notice of Determination with the State Clearinghouse. (CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15075 and 15094).
The Department of Fish and Game Hatchery EIR/EIS
State Clearinghouse number is 2008082025.
DFG filed the Notice of Determination on January 11, 2010. See http://www.ceqanet.ca.gov/NODdescription.asp?DocPK=639435
Project Description
The Project includes operation of 14 trout hatcheries owned by DFG, 2 anadromous hatcheries owned by DFG, 8 andromous hatcheries owned by others and operated by DFG, including stocking of fish from these hatcheries. The project also includes the Classroom Aquarium Education Program, the Fishing in the City Program, the issuance of private stocking permits, and elements of CFGC section 13007.
If citizens feel the EIR should not have been approved, or that the mitigation measures are inadequate, then usually there is a 30-day window to challenge the approved EIR via a lawsuit.
Eventually, a court hearing is held, or a settlement agreement is worked out before the court date. In the case of the hearing, once the judge has rendered a decision, there is a 30-day window to appeal the decision.
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