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80-06-20-0Z A Ct I3
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USSZON OF ENVIRONMEN` Ar, EVALUATION
This proposal is 'a Ge�reral Ilan Amen�lmont and Rezone for about 30
square ml.les (10,200 acres) in the Paradise Upper Ridge and Lime S'aa`ale
Community Services Arca. Since tho 970 acres in the Lime Saddle area
will be considered separately, the revised proposal, covers about 28.5
square,.miles l
( r 0 s) . The area covered by the proposal Which
iseastoftheWest Branch of the Leather River overlaps the proposed
rezone for the Concow area.
The General, plan Amondirient is from GrazingA Open Land, Timber Mountain,
Low Density Residential, Medium. Density lie sidei-tial-, Commercial and
1
public to the same designations (iit different areas and as °redefined by
the revised Land Us0 8161TIont) plus Agricultural Residential. The
Re Zone, portion of the proposal is from A-2, A-2 Ltd,, AR-MIIiSv R-1 and S -H
to TwiTM-'2, TM -5, 'r Pi -40, LR- , LR. -40, lI=C, ,C -C, C-2, GR -1: 1'.-G, P -Q,
RT -10 MI,jVj AR-hU1-1, AR-MII-3 and A-40,
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beenThe following impacts of potential s gnafcance and concerns have
identified for this proposal.
16: Soil alterations from subs'e-,uent residential and commercial
development:
lc. ' arad;;ng required for (wilding sites"and access roads (or driyeWays};
some potential sites in areas of over 30$ slopes.1
le,f; Moderate to high erosionpotential On mountainous terrain with
possibility of significant siltation to WAter;courses adjoining areas
toL be developed;
Th: exposure of people and property to geologic hazards.
21a;'b:` 1ncioMental reduction of air quality from vehicular emissions,
Use of firoplacoao chemicals (sprays: eto.) used by residents or
businesses:
'Intre
iSb t,m�rovement5aso I,n surface watdr runoff'"with possible need for off»site
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£: >r:tfdcts °tot surface water quality from drainage %Vater containing oilsi
refradtnry egn5titudlitt, chomicals j etd6 Watershed protection is prop
posed vitt 40 at -rd mihimtWiI latld use des39riati0hs in most of the watershe'd„
areas _arouftd the resorvoirs. (Rofore ices. 1) Mfigaiia Reservoir $jatershed w
Limnology and gator tgai; ty Study, April 1073 2) 16ter Qunilty Management:
flan for paradise and Magali.a; M14rdh 1010)
31i: : Availability of grout; ,,,dater tO serve new cldvelopmentl the dffe'ct
of increased demand for water Service oh tlie loafer companies/districts
Appendix p }ia'ge 8 'of 9
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DISCUSSION OI' EN1/IRONi�1GNTA1, 1:VAI.UATIQN (continued)
serving the area. The availability .of domestic water creates a greater
P for
than
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individual
llstesti-mated
that about10$ofthe residences theUpper Ridge receive
Water
from WellL.
3j; &f£ect o£ increased runoff on downstream properties; identification
;j of any problem areas. (Reference: Paradise raster Drainage Plan -
,' McCain Associates, 19,;80) .
4a,b Lass of vegetation acid possible reduction of rare or endangered
1 planlr?{population's. Provision to protect rare plants in the Lime
Saddle area i5 a concern of the I)ep:rtment of; Fish. and Game. The Nimshew
x midge ;Road area 'is' also se'nsiti le for rare plants, Rare or endangered �
plant species in the project circa include Critillaria Castwoodiae
yg welliae and Sidalcon Robusta,
Polygonum Bid '
Sa,d: Reduction of wildlife habitat and displacement of migratory
Timber 1`I.uxltaiti delarnotion tmettt a.f Fish and Game re i
species, The 'California 1)epar commends a
,he DeSabla
with a 20 acre blihimUm zone in t
area, Refer to attached ietter (Appendix A) dated July 11, 1980.
6a: Ind-NW5e in noise levels ,Groin residential and commercial develop
ment (vehicular Wo, machinery operatibn, etc,).
7: Introduction of additional light sources into the project area,
8a,bs Alterations of platttibd land uses in the area V"th possible land '
use conflicts in some instances.
The Town of Paradise is concerned about areas bordering the town `limits
which are proposed for low density residential and may affect public
servicus, particularly police and fled protection.
In reviewing the overall General plan Amendment iii relation to the
existing Paradise Area Land Use h1ap', a fdw atcas are noted which may
Warrant tonsidarataon of -bite Or more alter11ativO5
1) The area lc5igndted. tot ricultural Ite'sidential on either
Ag
side of Jbrdan 11ii1 Itoad Porty (40) dere ininimtam`pdrecls for
new devolopme it may be reasonable due to the terrain,
2) The A ricultural Residential areas to the NJ -N'Hi of the
par�iise and Magdi,ia Reservoirs" Potentialdbvelopmont
of 1 acre parcels ►nay be detrinienttil to the watersheds
for the r6gorvoirsr
The reldtioit of the General Man Abiendificht and Rcz'oning on land,in
the project areas tVith 1U 11ia%toi� Act c'ontra'cts should' be studied brIeflyy
Appoiidix ;� � pagb�'.8a or
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DISCUSSION.4 Or I MRONMEN`1'AL EVALUA'T'ION (continued,)
11: 1Growth inducement, on adjacent land and potential devolopment of up
to 506 Parcels
A review or the dovelopment potential,,i-i' tile: project. area has shown that
Up to 900 parcels could be created subsequent to the rezone,. Assuming
each of the parcels developed tit an average density of 2.3 persons per
household, 2070 people would be added to the area. The terrain is a
key limitill 9 factor to growth -inducement on lands borderitlg the projeo7t
area or for future amendments to laird use dosignations creating a greater
population density.
13a,cidof `[ncrcaso in traffic on existing roads; potential need for
new roads and Circulation patterns,, increased potential for traffic
accidents'.
Up to 6300 vehicular trips per.day could be generated onto roads in the
area at build -stat of tile, parcels for residential uso. The effect of
tile, _proposal oil existing road capacities should be studied further.
Trafic generated by commercial uses would be in addition to `the ;estimated
amiAurtt from land to be zoned for residential use
14a -f.. Increased demand for public services. Police and fire protection
are particular concerns in outlying at'nas. The Town of paradise may be
affected by development near its boundaries,
16aita< T ktetlsion of utilities to new areas of development,, P64h, has
requested consideration by tit, ission'
e llaniiing Comm Of All -(til -1 zoning
(;and an Agricultural Rosidentinl do g, for land on the west side
of Pan,
tz Magalia Highway (west of Kunkle;Aeserveir) .
16cEffects on service capabilities of the subject water company and
two water districts. The Dol Oro JVater 'Company sojrvi�ce area is the
most variable;.
16d, 17a: Pdas 'bility of __septic systents in soils of varying types and
depths, protection i r surface and groundWa.ters froth contam7,nation. Re-
view of soil data is required roe individual parcels to determine whether
or not a septic systc`m 1Vt ll i'unctioli properly
18: Increased salad wc►ste �+p city of the
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county landfill. ,cneratr.on afl=ectxti P tyre ca a
1, Change oi' tate visual cllaractor o£ the area .from trod removal, read
devoiopmenti building construction; etcL
21: Potential for 5igtiiPi:ctiflt atellaoploglcal or flistor.i,c l aites�
Archaentogio�i)./1i stories] surveys 14,11 IjLi required. Lor �tabsequent dis-
cretioliary projects (land 4ivlaions, use permits, annoxatioftsr etc,)
iii the project area. Known areas with cultural resources of gillnilYicaiico
should be ideirti;fiod setlsitive atoag for future urc}taealo};ical Trist�-,rical
surveys should also boi idetr'tified;,
AppbwdlX' . page Alio f'�
80-06-29-02 A £i li
DISCUSSION 01. 1iNVIRONWiNTAL 2VALUATION (continued)
22b: 'The proposal as a whole (Gencra.1 Plan Amendment and Rezone)is an
improvement over the existing Land Use reap for the Paradise Area. The
medium density residential in the Paradise lines area is proposed for a
Low Density Residential and large acreages gear the Magalia
and. "Paradise Reservoirs are proposed for a land use designation of
Pub1it.
Three areas of potoittial Con corn (sec items sa",L'.) are the Jordan Hill
Road area and the ureas to the y.-N.L. of- the two reservoirs. From an
initial evaluation, it is recommended that alternative land use desigations'
(and zoning) be considered in these areas. In relation to the two res-
eVvo"irs, Phil lolly, Manager of l�.l I). commented that efforts had been
made try the Planning Conum,ssioi, proposal to iftsue that the watershed
areas were protected A buffer area designated as Public on the N.E.
side of the Magalia Reservoir and an enlarged area of the Public des' 9-
pati
on on the N.'Ii. side of the ,paradise Reservoir (perhaps up to the
nearby scct:ioii of roitolenc Road) may be a resonable alternative `
22c! The potentially significant impacts ort a cumulative basis are
those marked with a ''maybe" or "yes' response in the checklist.
TI shoulc be noted that each parcel`map,. subdivision Map, use permit,
`+tir other such land use proposal will` be subject to`r.pvietiv by- the--
appropriate Butte County departments and state agd"ncies The effects
of each project will be addressed more clearly with a s`pecifi'c proposal,
available .for revicw� Various :alternatives to hdi"vidual projacts and
mitigation
g measures
r"v. or those ire nets will be discussed more fully at
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tlietmeo>:mCounty iew. 1 �
Population Statistics for paradise
Upper Ridge and Lime Saddle Area
Area 19 'Census 75 Gens us ig 'i'i ure 1976 lw� 108 1978 1p8U
paradise: pines 1017 1048 100 1111 1144 F 1178
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Plagalis 272 280 288 207 306 315
Limei b"adld 145 X4'7 151 156 161 16G.
*Csti"Mates ,for 1 6, 1980 based on an annual growth rate o 3$:
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T)istriot reservoirsa Pat,0(1160 ,,r,db17,Aa,J,tar; .tt�,l!rt,c�t1 on tl.0 wsat(irrtird. '
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ities in the area find soMV(a d,s1,0;til tt, to llct t,,-Qi)t)ipl1shcd by use of
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It is tctommended that:
1, xthe Paradise Irrigation District (PIDconfirm and
refine the hydrologic balance of the Paradise atd M,nGa '
teservoirc to ascertain if large amounts of water are being
,+
lost from storage in Magalia Reservoir. nis could be ac-
complished by utilizing the existing mdasuring weiC above
r
Magalia Reservoir and installing new measuring stations on
(a) Little Butte Greek above and closer to Paradise
voir than the one used for this etudy,, (b) Mosquito (:reek;
and (c) Fir haven Creek;;
VID conduct an operational study of the two reser=
voi.rr� vith the objective of forestalling or lessening the
possibility of Ialgal productivity problems, This study
"
'
should include the effects of installation and use o f
�I
multiple-level outlets on both reservoirs
3 'PID monitor the initrogeh and phosphorus concent,;a-
Of the surface and bottom watet6 the tuo
sbimonthly
on„a
basis during :March,April), and May to deter”
,, .
mine if these� g sir
n�ltrents are i. r.. ;a� sin in the reservoir
%+aters .
4. PID monitor the volamcg of phytoplankton through-
out hter on a
March,�t
`column
Api+ilanrlbia to ii3bloystiurfng
, J' G cal productivity `
in these two reservoirs is increasing.,
PID update and evaluate the basic water duality
�
information in thir, report every 5 yearn, or as soon as the
s
total population on the waterlines reacher the predicted
levels tkpected to cause pr6bloms, 7%1.b would allow the
District to determine bt detect a buildup of adverse condi
tions that Mould 44fect its Nater supply and to initiate
corrective moa-aures before a. problem oacurd,
6. 'Dutte County do"AtinUO to dhPbece regulations re-
quirifi at lct6t. -50 fere; of leash ling r' ;1 °rack bedroom In
a home, and that regUl6t16ha be fiag16kohihiting
the installation of leach fie ;da it "i,;. �'+��d on Mopes '
or more than 90 degrees) (P-) vbquiring ee fetw ible j
a vegetative' t;bniferoUh eover be intiiritti,�„e, �.,�, or within '
�.5 root of each leach field; n..nd (3) reeiu ring an alternate
ad, of leach lines for daeh horneaitey thus permitting occas
niohal resting and reduvenating of each leach field and en-
boring more efficient operation bi the by8tctn,
7, 'When a buildup of either nutrients or phytoplankton
volumea becomes evident In either of the tura rnaervoira�
$utte County prohibit further ddVtl6pmdrit'; requiring dig,
poral of Va-6tes to noptid tanks and leach fields and ini�
d
bate plans W4drd conatructing sewage colldetibn systems
}
and tract' faeiliti-6 for the reaidentb of the area,
,1
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fide oflklliftw,f,itot
GOVERNOR'S OFFIV E
OFFICE OF PLANNING Amb RESEARCH
e C i ti� 1400 T"LWH STFEET
SACRAME-NTD f,SB i d
EDMUND -M BROWN JR.
May 15, 198 ,
Mr•. Earl D, Nelson
Butte County,;;nvironmental
Review Department
93 County ,Center Drive
Oroville,.'CA 95965
sUBJECT SUH#6102,0314 GPA ,LIMBER MOUNTAIN TO L6W DENSITY
Dear Mr. Nelson;
State agencies have; gbmmented on your draft elvironmenta] impact
report (see attached), 'if you would lite, to discuss their concerns
and recommendations, plFase contact the staff from the appropriate
agenc-es,.
When preparinq the final. EI'Rt you must include all comments and
rssporses ((LQA Guidelines, Section 15146),` The certified EiA
must be considered'in the decision-making prccess for the project,
commentsaddition wwetinc- toou to respond directly to the. agencies'
f g Y P
y , , 1hcludihqr the `State Clearinghouse
number on all correspondence.
Section 15002(12) bf the CEQA Guidelines requires that a 'overnmental
agency tape certain actions if an. EIR shows substantial adverse
environmental ir,rpacts could result� tram a project. These? actions
include changiti; the project, imposing conditions on the uroject.,
adaptingplans or ordinances to avoid +-he problem, selecting an
alternative 4,e) the project, or disappro�ting the project. 1n th.e
event that th,e okoject is approved Without adequate mitiga -1 do oy
significant the lead agency must make written findjftgt for
each unmitivated significant eiyect �5ecti6h 1a"088) and it miist
supcort its actions with a w itte t statement of bVerridihq cdtzsiderA
tions (Sectidh 15089)y
If the proyect requi-es discrttioftAry abbroVal L:tom any o'tate'a�,ertcy,
the 14atice of Cete-►ination must be filad ��ith the Secretary far
Aesourcesr As Well as with the County Clerks
'?lease contact Ahna Polvos at {916) 445"05?:3 iJ yoti have ani
�uestioris.
Sincere �y'p
AyY }/ p
r Stephen �4.11I&msoii
t
estate C aringhouso
I
'' Cr E den rell�wrs', GSR ,. ,
.tltt�a. Uf Q�l
GOVERNOR'S OFFII"'!
OF.P,CE OF PLANNING AND RESrzARCH
•I . �1400 TENTH STREET
.,. ." SACRAMENTO 95804 uLt
7
EDMUND G. SHOWN JO, -
May 19, 1081 t i' w Gal Nlh0Rlcj Colin
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'Mr. Dave 14ir;;,nimus
Butte. County BArironmental
'Review Department
47 CoUht'y Center Drive
Oroville'.CA 95965
SUBJECT_: $CH#r 81020322 PAWRAOISE UPPER RIDGE Alq' b r,'IMG SADDLE
COMMUNITY CPA
Dear Mr. Itironimus,
State agencies have commented on yourd;caft ehvironmen`tal impact
report: if you Would like to.discuss their recommendations and
concerns, htact the staff .From the appropriate agencies.
bEPARTMENT OF 1PRAN$P0RTA!PX0N
-The traffic ittt acts Were not Goinplett?l,y assessed ' -Oi ^ .Ung the
tWo-lane portion of State Route 191. The report she .41so
address impacts to the Skyway Interchange at nighwa ..
bHPARTMENT OI' VI'li ,AND CAME
The department.recommeh6b that the proposed mitigation measures
in the repro be adopted as a Condition of county approval.
Wichrns especially emphasized are: the establishment of 20-acre
t4fi mum parco" 1sj a 100-foot stroamside butter nbn-structure zone
established along Waterways, butf'or tones to protect ehdahgered '
or rare plants, and large parcel zoning to be es'tabl'ished int and
at the edge of'canyonsy
When preparing the final -YR„ you must include dofiftelatb and_
responses c Ir OU'deiines! Sedtioh 15146) . The certified `HIA
mu8t be considered in the decision-mnki.ng prdceas for the pro3ect
in addition, we urge you to respond directly to the agencios'
comments ,by Writir►q to them; including the State Clearinghouse
number on all dOtrespohdohce
Section 15002 (f) of the 'U00A 'duidolinds roquiroa that, a govern
Mohtel agency take pertain acL ani3' iC an ial;i2 aliovrs substant7,a1
adverse ehvirormentl impacts could rehult from a projects These
actions ihdl.U,de Changingthe pnjooti imposing conditions on the
"Stotirof California
Business and Trans0ortatlon A®oney
I
Memorandum
i,
To , Ann BarkleY r Chief
patot May 11 1981
Division of Transportation Planning
i
Filo 03 -But -.191
Attention Darrell Huisum
Paradise Upper Ridge/
Lime Saddle Area
GPA,
SCH 81020322 j
From DEPARTMENT OF TIZANSPOR "ATION
District 03
subject:
District W\ a,z s �ctY `` r` .c� the draft E1 R for
the general plan
amendments it! the Upper Ridge and
Lame ;Saddle area.
Thetraffic impacts on k.*.e Puv'°y e.i i >I ,;are
not completely
assessed particularly with xG;�� e�;t4 �: t
two-lane portion
o£ the State highway. The chart on pa,Vie 50. sht�ws that the
Hicrhwa 191 (Clark Road) /Pearson Road inter". ecI,',I0 A c,rnald have 3,
yy
Nvel
a of service of C/D after maximum buildout
0 r. er:. Yo ject
area. This level of service is based on a
four -lane faci,y,ty; '
However, this is only a two -Lane intersection.
7rhe four-l:ari�
section of Clark Road does not begin until
past Bushman Road,`
Appro� imately a quarter -mile ,south' of the intersection_; the - -
too -lane section does not have the ability
to handle the vols- -t
umes as predicted.
The report should also address impacts to the Skyway Interchange
At Highway 99;
LEO J;, TROMBATORt
District Director of Transportation
Skidmore
Chief tra'nch
r
y
g[
X
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. Gnvlronmetttal Review Director s Rosnon�e i Comments
clarifying the traffic conditions and potential impacts
at the intersection of highway 191 (Clark Road) with
Pearson Road are correct. The draft 11IR does i;,pto in
the traffic analysis discussion a„tt Section 4 -1. - "Significant
Adyexsc Impacts and.'Mit a — 1011 (Measures, that levels of
service would be worse than indicated whore road widths
narrow.afid. the angle of curve radii increases (reducing
,w 'sight distancetnet safe travel speer}). Levels oC` service
r mould of course subs tatitxall
y decline for 4 -lane roads
where they narrow to 2 lanes.`
There 'day be project ;impact;, on the Skyway interchange,
since Skyway is,
y y tileprimary tratrjc corridor between Chico
`and the Paradise arca. Howevo'ry a rather deta;,led sis
o'i dostinatiohs and origins would be required to accurately
assess p;+oj'ectimpact's as aliT�opol'ti on Of total, trarrvic
passing throe th the Interchange, b _ _ ge. Dtany residents who. reg
side in'the Paradiso aroa tray choose other routes to reach
State Highway 70 or Orovillc. Sotnc undoubtedly will con-
fine tacit- 'trx is to Paradise sc
i ighway 9 ' xntorsecta ,
} and would neer teach the
'on. 7'he t13t'ection;�1 composition of
'('. Y Y 4 ; would
` Chested by the Itt o,posed, fit o ject w
ne{d �.t'tt,:l�,�'1c" iro�,LllTlo� �
he lif�'3cult tO ascbtta ft without sul stantiTtl resoareh. 'This.
is beyond the scope y_ � 1 or t1tis Unrrironitletttat Impact Report,
!'he preparatioti of a comprehensive circtalcrtiott }ilarl that
addresses Future horwth
and solutions to Potential
Problems
would be' the Io;tcal xiocutiairt acldt`ossi.it}; .slm`ar 'tafic
:oncerl s throlA "hbut Aut"te .County.
BUTTE COUNTY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT
DISTRICT OPPfcs AT 51 17 LARKIN ROAD WILLIAM Rn HA=QLTiMIK. 014A
N W. too"SR OM OROVILLR AIRlORT MAH1�th • sNV1110N1�[N►�LieT
oa LARKIN ROAD /f OAOVILLE, CALWO' NIA 95965
PHOWIZ (0I4 I11lIw0on, lr
IN�t>tw
April 8, 198
Anv(romwi al RavloW W,31.
I
Mr. Earl Nelson
Environmental Review Department'
3 County Center Drive iia �aurh/,
Oroyille, California 95965
Sub�iects EIR Paradise General"plan Region'
ERD T�og',80-66-20-0�. At
Dear Earle
In reviewing this EIR;we felt that it should address the
total ricks to people that follow development 4hd'urbanizat;ion,
While water supply, sewage aiid i,arbage are covered, we did not
see anything on mosgtd'bgs or other arthropod pesta;
I have urged that a public health element be prepared for
the ,general p tangy Tt doas not seem too effioierit to try and write
it',iece by piece in rezoning considerations.
Oiir Specific concern with further urbanization in the
forltlhiil 'areas is the 'high risk of tree hole mosquitos "Aedes ;
u sierrensi.$)''which are naturally present, anti which only bacome
a pest. when people try to Jive near where they breed. Tree hole
mosquito$ aro apparently a very good vector of Dog heartworm;
with our best estimate of dog Wo6tion in the Ptgradise area
about 5* Treatment and prevention of those ttorms'is oostlyj
An,d prevention require)a daily modicatibn at any time mosquitos
I l are present. _
000ds and capacity to control the mosquitos does not,
i'un ,
increase nl3arly�as rapidly as the anticipated demand for service
from 'pe6ple mo"vi<.b into their mouhtain areas, `Heart worm is riot
high risk for humans, ani. we are prepared to"tolerate evel'1 higher,
populations of Aedes irk �,t^ ost to be able to uub our limited
resources o work Oft L „i.,ar lose prevalent species of"
mos upi,tos in this , ocularly
I q
once ►Nil is area whicl>, veotor human disea,su par
let the population whidh is expeoted to come into this aroa
is largely older roUred people, we see an increase risk{ of Saha{
Louis Hncophalitis4 a
disease which asema 'to be more severe on
older people
'
'r
IEnYlronm�plef Rwiow Dept:. '' `
iA
Al'R 2 4 1981
1V
PARADISEIRRIDPON
DISTRICT
..'�" IACIIq N OFIRRIGATION tlJST 11S A53tlCIAi10N OF cAL1FORNiA AND AM iiP:AN WATER WORKS ASSN
��Qy gU11C S7i16w���ARD�S&�µCAIi�CRiVtA gll9` �T416p}ION6= 116} 07 4 71 p�rJiiAii. O %1C1bI01f>iS�iO�� T
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April 23, 1981 -
i.
Butte County Environmental levieW Department
OroVille,California 95965 .
3 County Center Drive
Attention: Dick Molcar
Gentlemen;
This is in response to your invitation for comments on the Paradise Upper Ridge
GeneralbMarafEnvironmentampl Iezone.Reporcoftlents bre organized in the same order
s thePage -2" Water Quality - Impact 1: "An increase in concentration of coliform
indicator Would occur in, storm runoff that passer through developed areas;
pi�r'tirularly during dry months," °storm runoff" and "dry months" are incongruous
and the "statement needs clarification
a�i,,itimpact
ahenustii of this 6ra
µ
grphbegnningwth"theabove impacts" od Endin9 "cosp.nll s correct but
intompiete.
The referenced impacts ,also pose a Serious health hazard to doWn6
"\ stream users of Water obtained from withih the- Magalia Reservoir watershed,'
1( Page -5- Item 2.2 91roiddt Objectives". The five objectives shown do not re
fleet coilitern for effects of land use Upon.Wat�r quality. It is nay understand-
ing than "the effects of land use upon Water quality ifiin fact an oblective of
the General Plan and should therefore be so stated.
Page �-18a Section 3A 'i5urplus Water", the "ast portion of s6 tehce 2 beginning
"Little and Middle" and ending "'Middle Butte Creek" requires, clarificatioh as�it
relates to direct and indirect storm runoffs into various reservoirs, May 1�sug-
gest the sentence be broken into two sentences reading; " Little and Middle Butte
creeks drain much of the runoff from storms in the project area. Paradise and
Magalia Reservoirs receive runoff from Little butte Creek and other, �maller tri-
butaries," It should be noted that no dams are locateu on Middle Butte Creek
Page 4,1 Item 3-a, p second grove of,Macnab Cypressis iodated on PIb and
Forest Service land located in the S y;
Magalia Reservoir.. E lj�°of Section 94near the West shore of
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Environmental Review Director's Response: contents
noted; this information leas been included in revised
portions of the draft Environmental, Impact Report, tinder
Sert ons 1-1, S"Ifilliftrz of 3,S Hydrology (environ
mental Sot; in
g) mi oten �tl Adverse Significant f.
Impacts and ,mitigation moasures,
Specific rosp�nses are included below, .
Y.
Comment 1: "Storm runoff" anti 11d•ry months" 'are not in
congruous, since storms do occasionally occur in the i
summertime, l)roducing runoff. `this runoff genorally
carries i higher concentration of pollutants, since
flushing ;tnd dilution factors have ntuct less effect than
during thL. llwt-t months" or rainy season
Comment 2 t Comment noted . Tie referenced par4graph has
been :deleted.
Comment 3 The concern for effects of land use on water
quality is implicit in the planning work and resultin
pattern of land use category designations for the project
area, but' was not listed here since it was not explicitly
stated by the Planting Commission when they initiated the
project. iiowever, water quality concerns are definitely
aft important planning consideration.
Comment 4 The suJggested change has been bade--,3
tMnmpnt 5 The comment regarding a second grove of rate t
Mcmabe Cypress is noted.
Comment 6 infoririation noted.
The revised SIR text (May- �4elggnsc to comment 1 and 2.
Comte ( pages
( y, l) has addressed on a es
464jB , and 2) direct impacts expected to occur from
devei:oprWrit adjacent to or within the Maga,lia arid, Paradise
itose'evoir watershed, The refordiicod 1973 department of
SVater Resources Limnology 5t'ttrly was utiliteid for this
analysis and mitigation measures :f rom page 7 o.f that
study have been identified. within the text of the, revised
hitt (page 46-A, and B) , .
ComiOnt 8: 'Che Pol.low3hb tere-renCo docu►tient is hereby y
added to the SIR text anti : hould have been included .in �
'tUc list, r reforottees on Phgo 76,
4 til 1. ,; - ,.
Ma alfa ,Ites� r�rx:or_ Wi ter8hed 1Amno o and_ Watev ualk
Stu De �artment, o ; O .: rirrigation. .
gy Q y
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