Final Mitigated Negative Declaration and Response to Comments
Final Mitigated Negative Declaration and Response to Comments Final Mitigated Negative Declaration and Response to Comments
X. LAND USE AND PLANNING. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING The project site is located in El Dorado County on the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin. California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) has a Special Use Permit to operate facilities and allow recreation on this in-holding which is leased from California State Lands Commission. The typical land uses surrounding Emerald Bay State Park (SP) are a mixture of recreation and timberland (State or U.S. Forest Service Land). For park units within the California State Parks System, DPR creates general plans, which are broad policy documents that set the direction for park development and management for the next 20 years or more. Not all parks have general plans, but other DPR guidelines and directives help to ensure appropriate operations and management are achieved. Other such guidance documents include the DPR cultural resource management directives and the DPR Operations Manual 0300, Natural Resources. Both of these documents provide DPR policy direction, definitions, processes, and procedures to guide the management of the natural and cultural resources on DPR lands. Emerald Bay SP does not have a general plan but this project is consistent with the DPR cultural resource management directives and the DPR Operations Manual 0300, Natural Resources. The project is also consistent with the El Dorado County General Plan which calls out invasive species as a management concern (El Dorado County 2004). Land use in the area will remain generally the same in the future (10-20 years); small towns surrounded by resource management lands with high quality recreation and a healthy natural environment. WOULD THE PROJECT: a) Physically divide an established community? b) Conflict with the applicable land use plan, policy, or regulation of any agency with jurisdiction over the project (including, but not limited to, a general plan, specific plan, local coastal program, or zoning ordinance) adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect? c) Conflict with any applicable habitat conservation plan or natural community conservation plan? LESS THAN POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT WITH SIGNIFICANT NO IMPACT MITIGATION IMPACT IMPACT Asian Clam Control Project IS/MND Emerald Bay State Park California Department of Parks and Recreation 56
DISCUSSION a) The proposed project area is within the boundary of Emerald Bay SP within the Lake Tahoe Basin, which is used for recreation and contains no residential or commercial development. No impact. b) As noted in the Environmental Setting above, the proposed project site occurs within a state park unit within the Lake Tahoe Basin. No project elements are in conflict with the zoning, regulatory policies, land use plans, conservation plans, or ordinances for this area. All appropriate interagency coordination, consultation and permits would be completed or obtained, in compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal requirements. No impact. c) There are no applicable habitat conservation plans or natural community conservation plans in effect for this park unit. No impact. Asian Clam Control Project IS/MND Emerald Bay State Park California Department of Parks and Recreation 57
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DISCUSSION<br />
a) The proposed project area is within the boundary of Emerald Bay SP within the Lake Tahoe<br />
Basin, which is used for recreation <strong>and</strong> contains no residential or commercial development.<br />
No impact.<br />
b) As noted in the Environmental Setting above, the proposed project site occurs within a state<br />
park unit within the Lake Tahoe Basin. No project elements are in conflict with the zoning,<br />
regula<strong>to</strong>ry policies, l<strong>and</strong> use plans, conservation plans, or ordinances for this area. All<br />
appropriate interagency coordination, consultation <strong>and</strong> permits would be completed or<br />
obtained, in compliance with all applicable local, state, <strong>and</strong> federal requirements. No<br />
impact.<br />
c) There are no applicable habitat conservation plans or natural community conservation<br />
plans in effect for this park unit. No impact.<br />
Asian Clam Control Project IS/MND<br />
Emerald Bay State Park<br />
California Department of Parks <strong>and</strong> Recreation<br />
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