Department of Housing and Urban Development October 21, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

HUD gives notice to the public, agencies, and Indian tribes that Placer County, CA, intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (EIS/EIR) for development of Cedar Grove Housing located in Tahoe Vista, Placer County, CA. Placer County, acting as the lead agency, will prepare the EIS/EIR acting under its authority as the responsible entity for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 5304(g) and HUD regulations at 24 CFR 58.4, and under its authority as lead agency in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The EIS/EIR will be a joint document under NEPA, CEQA and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) Code of Ordinances. The EIS will satisfy the requirements of NEPA and the TRPA Code of Ordinances. The EIR will satisfy requirements of the CEQA (Public Resources Code 21000 et seq.) and State CEQA Guidelines (14 California Code of Regulations 15000 et seq.), which require that all State and local government agencies consider the environmental consequences of projects over which they have discretionary authority before acting on those projects. The proposed action is subject to compliance with NEPA, because Federal Community Development Block Grant (i.e., CDBG) funds and possible other HUD housing program funds (discussed below) would be used for the development of affordable housing. This notice is given in accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500-1508. All interested Federal, State, and local agencies, Indian tribes, groups, and the public are invited to comment on the scope of the EIS. If you are an agency with jurisdiction by law over natural or other public resources affected by the project, Placer County needs to know what environmental information germane to your statutory responsibilities should be included in the EIS/EIR.