Scoping and agency notification
Summary
The applicant and we agreed to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS). We issued a scoping notification on March 14, 2022, inviting the public and agencies to submit comments by April 12, 2022.
Description
On March 14, 2022, we issued a determination of significance and a scoping notification, after agreeing with the applicant there was a need for an environmental impact statement.
The scoping notice identified wildlife/habitat as the environmental element for discussion and identified another 12 environmental elements as requiring additional information before determining the level of analysis. These 12 environmental elements were: visual/aesthetics, land use, air, water (wetlands, water quality, and water resources), plants, energy and natural resources, environmental health, noise, light and glare, cultural resources, historic resources, and socioeconomics.
The public and agencies had 30 days (until April 12, 2022) to submit comments on the scoping notice.