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Lake i3roville Area. Public Utility DistrICt Sphere of influence Update I~Irrr~cc~~urr
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Draft IJrivironrr~el~tal llxipact Report
LEAD AGENCY $~ CONSULT`ANT ~ ~ ~~
Stephen Lucas, Executive Officer Steve McMurtry ~~V~CALIFfl~IA
Butte Local Agency Formation Carssmission De Navn Planning Group
1453 Downer Street, Suite C 3590 Falkirl~ Way
Oraville, CA 95965-4950 EI Dorado bills, Ca 95762
(530) 538-7784 (926] 580-981.8
PROJECT TITLE: Lake Oraville Area .Public Utility District
Sphere of Influence Update
PROJECT LOCATION: Oroville,l3utte County
PROJECT DESCRII'Tlo~l:
The proposed project consists of a request initiated.by the Lake Oroville Area Pub].ie Utility District
[LOAPUD) to the Butte Lnca] Agency Formation Camrnissian [LAFCo) to aziaend their Sphere of
lnfluuence (SOI]. The proposed project would modify the District's existing SOI boundary by adding
additional area to the SOI that is reflective of the County`s recent 20.20 General Plan Update and
corresponding land use designations for future growth. The proposed project would support Butte
LAIaCo's mandated review of the 1istrict's SOI. LOAI?UD proposes to add 1.,956 parcels tatalirtg
approximately 10,643 acres to the SOI, which represents a dnt~bling of LOAFUD's current SOI. The
parcels proposed to be added to the SOI are located in five separate geographical areas, The SOI
addition areas are generally to the west, south, and east of the. current LOAPUI~ SO1 and include the
proposed Rio D' Oro Specific Plan area along SR 7fl sairth of Oroville, the Power Haase Hill
Road/Caste Tree Road area, the future South Ophir Specific Plan area, the unincorporated
community of Palcrrnn and surrounding- area, the Miners Ranch Road area, and the Stringtown
Mountain Specific Plan area. A full project description is available for review at the Butte LAFCo
website [http://buttelafco.org/).
SIGNIT'1CANT ENVIRONMENTAL EFI~F:CTS:
The Draft EIR has identified the follawing environntesttal issue' areas as having potentially
significant environmental impacts from implementation of the project: Agt°icultural, Air Quality,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change, Land IJse and Popsalation, Utilities and Service
Systems, and Cumulative.
PUBLIC REVIEW PER10D:
A 45-day public review period for the T~raft E[R will corrasnence on May 9, 2013 and end on June 24,
2013. Any written casnmerzts on the Draft EIR must he received by Butte LAFCo within the public
review period: On Thursday, Juste &, 2{1.1:3,. Butte LAFCo will hold a public. l~earizt.g to review and
accept cnrrtrnents on the Draft EIR, but will not take any formal action nn it. Adoption of the Final
C[R by tl~e Commission is anticipated to occur at the Commission's July 1.0, 201.3 meeting: The June
6 meeting will beheld at 9:00 a.m, in the 13tte County Board of Supervisors Chambers, ZS County
Center Drive, Oroville, CA.
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Copies of the Draft ElR are available for review at the LACiCo office in Oraville, at the LOAPUI) Office
(19b0 Elgin St, Oroville), and at the Oraville Branch of the Sotte County Library (182Q Mitchell
Ave.). The Draft EIR also may he reviewed at the F3utte LAFCa web site at http://buttelafco.org/. [f
we do not receive a response from your agency ar organization, wE will presurne that your agency
,.~ or'organization has no response to make.
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