PUBLIC
COMMENT

The San Juan Watershed Project is a long-term project that is built on decades of research. Below are the Public Comments received to date. These comments, and the agency’s responses to them, will be part of the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR).

FEDERAL

COMMENTER

DATE

EIR CHAPTER OR SECTION

COMMENT

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

February 2, 2017

Section 3.4: Biological Resources
Chapter 5: Alternatives

National Marine Fisheries Service

January 17, 2017

Section 3.4: Biological Resources
Chapter 5: Alternatives

STATE

COMMENTER

DATE

EIR CHAPTER OR SECTION

COMMENT

California Department of Toxic Substance Control

January 7, 2017

Section 3.8: Hazards and Hazardous Materials
Section 3.9: Hydrology and Water Quality

California Office of Planning and Research

December 1, 2016

N/A

Native American Heritage Commission

December 9, 2016

Section 3.10: Land Use and Planning
Section 3.15: Transportation and Traffic

Southern California Association of Governments

February 2, 2017

Section 3.5: Cultural Resources

LOCAL

COMMENTER

DATE

EIR CHAPTER OR SECTION

COMMENT

City of San Juan Capistrano

February 1, 2017

Section 3.16: Utilities and Service Systems

Orange County Public Works

January 31, 2017

Section 2: Project Description
Section 3.9: Hydrology and Water Quality
Section 3.14: Recreation
Section 3.14: Transportation and Traffic
Chapter 4.0: Cumulative Impacts

Orange County Transportation Authority

January 30, 2017

Section 2: Biological Resources
Section 3.9: Hydrology and Water Quality
Chapter 4.0: Cumulative Impacts

South Coast Air Quality Management District

January 20, 2017

Section 3.2: Air Quality

South Coast Water District

December 12, 2016 and
January 12, 2017

Chapter 2: Project Description
Section 3.9: Hydrology and Water Quality
Section 3.16: Utilities and Service Systems
Chapter 4.0: Cumulative Impacts

ORGANIZATIONS

COMMENTER

DATE

EIR CHAPTER OR SECTION

COMMENT

California Native Plant Society

February 2, 2017

Section 3.4: Biological Resources

California Trout

February 1, 2017

Section 3.4: Biological Resources
Section 3.9: Hydrology and Water Quality

Clean Water Now

January 30, 2017

Chapter 2: Project Description
Section 3.1: Aesthetic Resources
Section 3.2: Air Quality
Section 3.6: Geology and Soils
Section 3.7: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Section 3.8: Hazards and Hazardous Materials
Section 3.9: Hydrology and Water Quality
Section 3.11: Noise and Vibration
Section 3.16: Utilities and Service Systems

Orange County Coast Keeper and Sierra Club

January 27, 2017

Section 3.4: Biological Resources
Section 3.9: Hydrology and Water Quality

Trout Unlimited

February 2, 2017

Section 3.4: Biological Resources

INDIVIDUALS

COMMENTER

DATE

EIR CHAPTER OR SECTION

COMMENT

Richard Gardner

February 6, 2017

Section 3.9: Hydrology and Water Quality