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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Sunridge Specific Plan Projects, in
Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County,
CA, ID SPK–2009–00511
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AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Sacramento District, (Corps)
will prepare a Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for six residential
development projects in the Sunridge
Specific Plan area in Rancho Cordova,
Sacramento County, California. The EIS
is being prepared for the projects as part
of ongoing litigation concerning
Department of the Army permits issued
by the Corps between 2005 and 2007 for
five of the projects and a pending permit
decision for the sixth. A stay in the
litigation is in place while the Corps
reevaluates the impacts of these projects
through preparation of the EIS.
Collectively the projects would require
the filling of approximately 29.7 acres of
waters of the United States, including
wetlands.
Please send written
comments to Michael Jewell, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District,
1325 J Street, Room 1480, Sacramento,
CA, 95814–2922.
ADDRESSES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the proposed action
and EIS can be answered by Michael
Jewell, (916) 557–6605, e-mail:
michael.s.jewell@usace.army.mil.
The
Sunridge Specific Plan area is a masterplanned area consisting of nine
residential and commercial
developments located in eastern Rancho
Cordova, Sacramento County,
California. The Specific Plan, which
was originally approved by the County
of Sacramento in 2002, is part of a larger
planning effort in the City of Rancho
Cordova called the Sunrise-Douglas
Community Plan. Three of the nine
projects in the Sunridge Specific Plan
area have been built. The proposed
action is the construction of the
remaining six projects in the Specific
Plan area. Collectively, these six
projects are referred to as the Sunridge
Specific Plan Projects.
Between 2005 and 2007, the Corps
completed Environmental Assessments,
made Findings of No Significant Impact,
and issued permits for five of the six
Sunridge Specific Plan Projects. The
permitted projects are Anatolia IV,
Sunridge Village J, Grantline 208,
Douglas Road 98, and Douglas Road
103. A permit decision has not been
rendered for the sixth of the Sunridge
Specific Plan Projects, Arista Del Sol.
1. Anatolia IV (ID SPK–1994–00210):
The permitted project is located on a 25acre site south of Douglas Road and
adjacent to the west side of Jaeger Road.
Approximately 1.36 acres of waters of
the United States, including wetlands,
are to be filled to construct 134 houses,
several roads and other infrastructure.
As compensation for the loss of waters,
the permittee would construct 1.36
acres of wetland habitat. The permittee
for this project is Sunridge, LLC.
2. Sunridge Village J (ID SPK–2001–
00230): The permitted project is located
on a 81.25-acre site in the southwest
corner of the intersection formed by
Douglas Road and Jaeger Road.
Approximately 2.99 acres of waters of
the United States, including wetlands,
are to be filled to construct 369 houses,
several roads and other infrastructure.
As compensation for the loss of waters,
the permittee would construct 3.38
acres of wetland habitat. The permittee
for this project is Cresleigh Homes.
3. Grantline 208 (ID SPK 1994–00365):
The permitted project is located on a
211-acre site in the southeast corner of
the intersection formed by Douglas Road
and Grantline Road. Approximately 5.7
acres of waters of the United States,
including wetlands, are to be filled to
construct 855 houses, several roads and
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other infrastructure. As compensation
for the loss of waters, the permittee
would construct 6.15 acres of wetland
habitat. The permittee for this project is
Grantline Investors, LLC.
4. Douglas Road 98 (ID SPK–2002–
00568): The permitted project is located
on a 105-acre site south of Douglas Road
and adjacent to the west side of
Grantline Road. Approximately 3.9
acres of waters of the United States,
including wetlands, are to be filled to
construct 693 houses, several roads and
other infrastructure. As compensation
for the loss of waters, the permittee
would construct 3.9 acres of wetland
habitat. The permittee for this project is
Woodside Homes.
5. Douglas Road 103 (ID SPK–1997–
00006): The permitted project is located
on a 106-acre site adjacent to the south
side of Douglas Road and west of
Grantline Road. Approximately 2 acres
of waters of the United States, including
wetlands, are to be filled to construct
301 houses, several roads and other
infrastructure. As compensation for the
loss of waters, the permittee would
construct 7.25 acres of wetland habitat.
The permittee for this project is Douglas
Grantline 103 Investors, LLC.
6. Arista Del Sol (ID SPK–2004–
00458): The proposed project is located
on a 210-acre site south of Douglas Road
and adjacent to the west side of
Grantline Road. Approximately 13.9
acres of waters of the United States,
including wetlands, would be filled to
construct 906 houses, several roads and
other infrastructure. As compensation
for the loss of waters, the permittee
proposed to construct 13.9 acres of
wetland habitat. The permit applicant
for this project is Pappas Investments.
The EIS will include an evaluation of
a reasonable range of alternatives.
Currently, the following alternatives are
expected to be analyzed in detail:
(1) The no action alternative, (2) the
proposed action (the applicants
preferred projects), and (3) a reduced
development footprint alternative. The
no action alternative will be limited
development on uplands, while
avoiding all waters of the United States.
A reduced development footprint
alternative will involve less
development with fewer impacts to
waters of the United States.
The Corps’ scoping process for the EIS
includes a public involvement program
with several opportunities to provide
oral and written comments. In addition
to public meetings and notifications in
the Federal Register, the Corps will
issue public notices when the draft and
final EISs are available. Affected federal,
state, and local agencies, Native
American tribes, and other interested
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private organizations and parties are
invited to participate.
Potentially significant issues to be
analyzed in the EIS include, but are not
limited to: Hydrology, water supply,
water quality, cultural resources,
biological resources, traffic and
transportation, and air quality. The
Corps is the lead agency for preparation
of the EIS under the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA). The Corps has requested the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS) serve as cooperating
agencies on the EIS. The Corps will
coordinate with other agencies, such as
the City of Rancho Cordova, in
preparation of the EIS.
Other environmental review and
consultation requirements for the
proposed actions include water quality
certification under Section 401 of the
Clean Water Act from the California
Regional Water Quality Control Board.
All six of the Sunridge Specific Plans
projects have received water quality
certification. In addition, because the
projects may affect federally-listed
endangered species, the Corps was
required to consult with the USFWS in
accordance with Section 7 of the federal
Endangered Species Act. Biological
Opinions were issued by the USFWS for
all six projects.
Two public scoping meetings for the
EIS will be held on July 30, 2009, with
the first from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and the
second from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The
meetings will be held at the Rancho
Cordova City Hall, 2729 Prospect Park
Drive, American River Room—South,
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670. Interested
parties can provide oral and written
comments at the meetings. Scoping
comments should be submitted before
August 31, 2009 but may be submitted
at any time prior to publication of the
Draft EIS.
Interested parties may register for the
Corps’ public notice email notification
lists at: https://www.spk.usace.army.mil/
organizations/cespk-co/regulatory/
pnlist.html.
Dated: July 9, 2009
James A. Porter,
Lt. Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Acting District
Engineer.
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Model Land, and other associated
wetlands and estuarine systems. The
Department of the Army, Corps of
SFWMD anticipates that this proposed
Engineers
project will become an authorized
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration
Notice of Availability of the Final
Plan (CERP) project, and that it will
Environmental Impact Statement for
receive credit for the early construction
the C–111 Spreader Canal Western
of this proposed project as the local
Project Located in Miami-Dade
sponsor. This Final EIS builds upon the
Counties, FL
draft Project Implementation Report
(PIR)/EIS that has already been released
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
to the public under the CERP and the
DoD.
Regulatory program. As such, this EIS
ACTION: Notice of availability.
includes numerous discussions of
compliance with CERP requirements.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE) is issuing this notice While not critical to the Department of
the Army permit decision, this
to advise the public that a Final
information provides more context than
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
a typical EIS and also details about
has been completed and is available for
USACE planning policy.
review and comment.
The C–111 Spreader Canal Western
DATES: In accordance with the National
Project is essential to achieving
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), we
restoration of Taylor Slough and
have filed the Final EIS with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) downstream areas within the affected
areas in the Everglades National Park,
for publication of their notice of
availability in the Federal Register. The the Model Land and the Southern
Glades area, and plays an integral role
EPA notice officially starts the 30-day
in meeting the CERP system-wide
review period for this document. It is
ecosystem restoration goals and
the goal of the USACE to have this
notice published on the same date as the objectives. Structural and operational
changes will be implemented to
EPA notice. However, if that does not
improve the quantity, timing, and
occur, the date of the EPA notice will
distribution of water delivered to
determine the closing date for
Florida Bay via Taylor Slough, as well
comments on the Final EIS. Comments
as improve hydroperiods within the
on the Final EIS must be submitted to
wetlands of the Southern Glades and
the address below under Further
Model Land. Hydroperiods and
Contact Information and must be
hydropatterns within the wetlands of
received no later than 5 p.m. Eastern
the Southern Glades and Model Land
Standard Time, Monday, August 17,
will be improved by the construction of
2009.
a new operable water control structure
ADDRESSES: The Final EIS can be viewed
in the lower C–111 Canal, incremental
online at https://
operational changes at existing structure
www.saj.usace.army.mil/Divisions/
S–18C, changes in operations at the
Regulatory/InterestItems.htm. Copies of existing S–20 structure, construction of
the Final EIS are also available for
a plug at existing structure S–20A, and
review at the following libraries: Miami- the installation of ten earthen plugs in
Dade Public Library, Homestead Branch, the C–110 Canal. As a result of the
700 N. Homestead Blvd., Homestead, FL construction and operation of the C–111
33030. Miami-Dade Public Library,
Spreader Canal Western project,
Main Branch, 101 West Flagler Street,
approximately 200.73 acres (in total) of
Miami, FL 33130.
wetlands and waters of the United
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
States would be permanently impacted
Alisa Zarbo, Project Manager, U.S. Army and 39.98 acres (in total) of wetlands
Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, and waters of the United States would
4400 PGA Boulevard, Suite 500, Palm
be temporarily impacted as a result of
Beach Gardens, Florida 33410,
the placement of fill material,
Telephone: 561–472–3516, Fax: 561–
excavation, and/or flooding. In addition,
626–6971.
approximately 149.26 acres of atypical
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South wetlands (agricultural) would be
impacted by excavation, then inundated
Florida Water Management District
with water. The SFWMD would need to
(SFWMD) proposes to construct the
obtain a U.S. Department of the Army
C–111 Spreader Canal Western Project
permit from the USACE pursuant to
in Miami-Dade County. The project
addresses the need to restore ecosystem Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. This
final Environmental Impact Statement
function in Taylor Slough and Florida
evaluates the environmental effects of
Bay within the Everglades National
seven alternatives, including the
Park, the adjacent Southern Glades, the
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the
Sunridge Specific Plan Projects, in Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County,
CA, ID SPK-2009-00511
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, (Corps)
will prepare a Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for six residential
development projects in the Sunridge Specific Plan area in Rancho
Cordova, Sacramento County, California. The EIS is being prepared for
the projects as part of ongoing litigation concerning Department of the
Army permits issued by the Corps between 2005 and 2007 for five of the
projects and a pending permit decision for the sixth. A stay in the
litigation is in place while the Corps reevaluates the impacts of these
projects through preparation of the EIS. Collectively the projects
would require the filling of approximately 29.7 acres of waters of the
United States, including wetlands.
ADDRESSES: Please send written comments to Michael Jewell, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 1325 J Street, Room 1480,
Sacramento, CA, 95814-2922.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the proposed action
and EIS can be answered by Michael Jewell, (916) 557-6605, e-mail:
michael.s.jewell@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Sunridge Specific Plan area is a master-
planned area consisting of nine residential and commercial developments
located in eastern Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County, California. The
Specific Plan, which was originally approved by the County of
Sacramento in 2002, is part of a larger planning effort in the City of
Rancho Cordova called the Sunrise-Douglas Community Plan. Three of the
nine projects in the Sunridge Specific Plan area have been built. The
proposed action is the construction of the remaining six projects in
the Specific Plan area. Collectively, these six projects are referred
to as the Sunridge Specific Plan Projects.
Between 2005 and 2007, the Corps completed Environmental
Assessments, made Findings of No Significant Impact, and issued permits
for five of the six Sunridge Specific Plan Projects. The permitted
projects are Anatolia IV, Sunridge Village J, Grantline 208, Douglas
Road 98, and Douglas Road 103. A permit decision has not been rendered
for the sixth of the Sunridge Specific Plan Projects, Arista Del Sol.
1. Anatolia IV (ID SPK-1994-00210): The permitted project is
located on a 25-acre site south of Douglas Road and adjacent to the
west side of Jaeger Road. Approximately 1.36 acres of waters of the
United States, including wetlands, are to be filled to construct 134
houses, several roads and other infrastructure. As compensation for the
loss of waters, the permittee would construct 1.36 acres of wetland
habitat. The permittee for this project is Sunridge, LLC.
2. Sunridge Village J (ID SPK-2001-00230): The permitted project is
located on a 81.25-acre site in the southwest corner of the
intersection formed by Douglas Road and Jaeger Road. Approximately 2.99
acres of waters of the United States, including wetlands, are to be
filled to construct 369 houses, several roads and other infrastructure.
As compensation for the loss of waters, the permittee would construct
3.38 acres of wetland habitat. The permittee for this project is
Cresleigh Homes.
3. Grantline 208 (ID SPK 1994-00365): The permitted project is
located on a 211-acre site in the southeast corner of the intersection
formed by Douglas Road and Grantline Road. Approximately 5.7 acres of
waters of the United States, including wetlands, are to be filled to
construct 855 houses, several roads and other infrastructure. As
compensation for the loss of waters, the permittee would construct 6.15
acres of wetland habitat. The permittee for this project is Grantline
Investors, LLC.
4. Douglas Road 98 (ID SPK-2002-00568): The permitted project is
located on a 105-acre site south of Douglas Road and adjacent to the
west side of Grantline Road. Approximately 3.9 acres of waters of the
United States, including wetlands, are to be filled to construct 693
houses, several roads and other infrastructure. As compensation for the
loss of waters, the permittee would construct 3.9 acres of wetland
habitat. The permittee for this project is Woodside Homes.
5. Douglas Road 103 (ID SPK-1997-00006): The permitted project is
located on a 106-acre site adjacent to the south side of Douglas Road
and west of Grantline Road. Approximately 2 acres of waters of the
United States, including wetlands, are to be filled to construct 301
houses, several roads and other infrastructure. As compensation for the
loss of waters, the permittee would construct 7.25 acres of wetland
habitat. The permittee for this project is Douglas Grantline 103
Investors, LLC.
6. Arista Del Sol (ID SPK-2004-00458): The proposed project is
located on a 210-acre site south of Douglas Road and adjacent to the
west side of Grantline Road. Approximately 13.9 acres of waters of the
United States, including wetlands, would be filled to construct 906
houses, several roads and other infrastructure. As compensation for the
loss of waters, the permittee proposed to construct 13.9 acres of
wetland habitat. The permit applicant for this project is Pappas
Investments.
The EIS will include an evaluation of a reasonable range of
alternatives. Currently, the following alternatives are expected to be
analyzed in detail: (1) The no action alternative, (2) the proposed
action (the applicants preferred projects), and (3) a reduced
development footprint alternative. The no action alternative will be
limited development on uplands, while avoiding all waters of the United
States. A reduced development footprint alternative will involve less
development with fewer impacts to waters of the United States.
The Corps' scoping process for the EIS includes a public
involvement program with several opportunities to provide oral and
written comments. In addition to public meetings and notifications in
the Federal Register, the Corps will issue public notices when the
draft and final EISs are available. Affected federal, state, and local
agencies, Native American tribes, and other interested
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private organizations and parties are invited to participate.
Potentially significant issues to be analyzed in the EIS include,
but are not limited to: Hydrology, water supply, water quality,
cultural resources, biological resources, traffic and transportation,
and air quality. The Corps is the lead agency for preparation of the
EIS under the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA). The Corps has requested the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) serve as
cooperating agencies on the EIS. The Corps will coordinate with other
agencies, such as the City of Rancho Cordova, in preparation of the
EIS.
Other environmental review and consultation requirements for the
proposed actions include water quality certification under Section 401
of the Clean Water Act from the California Regional Water Quality
Control Board. All six of the Sunridge Specific Plans projects have
received water quality certification. In addition, because the projects
may affect federally-listed endangered species, the Corps was required
to consult with the USFWS in accordance with Section 7 of the federal
Endangered Species Act. Biological Opinions were issued by the USFWS
for all six projects.
Two public scoping meetings for the EIS will be held on July 30,
2009, with the first from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and the second from 7 p.m.
to 8 p.m. The meetings will be held at the Rancho Cordova City Hall,
2729 Prospect Park Drive, American River Room--South, Rancho Cordova,
CA 95670. Interested parties can provide oral and written comments at
the meetings. Scoping comments should be submitted before August 31,
2009 but may be submitted at any time prior to publication of the Draft
EIS.
Interested parties may register for the Corps' public notice email
notification lists at: https://www.spk.usace.army.mil/organizations/cespk-co/regulatory/pnlist.html.
Dated: July 9, 2009
James A. Porter,
Lt. Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Acting District Engineer.
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