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1.0 Introduction

SWRCB submitted a comment letter on October 23, 2017. The comment requests a US Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS) species list and to discuss potential impacts to any federally listed species, and also to
clarify if the Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni) and marsh sandwort (Arenaria paludicola)
have the potential to occur within the Project area. The comment also states, “If [CLWA] decides to pursue
[Clean Water State Revolving Fund] financing for the Project, please provide the State Water Board,
Division of Financial Assistance a copy of the following documents: draft and final MND; resolution

adopting the MND and making CEQA findings; all comments received during the review period and the
Agency’s response to those comments; adopted Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; Notice of
Determination file with the Los Angeles County Clerk and the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research;
and notices of any hearings or meetings regarding environmental review for the Project.”

The Final MND, when combined with the Draft IS, constitutes the complete environmental review

document for the proposed Project to be considered by the CLWA Board of Directors, as the decision-
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making body, before it makes its decision on the proposed Project. State CEQA Guidelines require that
the Lead Agency consider the IS together with any comments received during the public review prior to
approving a project. The decision-making body shall adopt the Final IS/MND only if it finds, on the basis
of the whole record before it (including the IS and any comments received), that no substantial evidence
exists that the proposed Project will have a significant effect on the environment and that the Final

IS/MND reflects the Lead Agency’s independent judgment and analysis.

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Additionally, the State CEQA Guidelines require that the Lead Agency adopt a mitigation monitoring
program for reporting on or monitoring the physical changes of the Project site and mitigating significant
environmental effects.

1.4 ORGANIZATION OF THE FINAL IS/MND

As required by the State CEQA Guidelines, the Final IS/MND consists of the following elements:
x Comments received from reviewing agencies and the public on the Draft IS during the public review
process and responses to those comments (see Section 2.0).

x Changes and revisions made to the Draft IS/MND (see Section 3.0)
x A Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP), which provides a summary of impacts,
mitigation measures, and implementation procedures (see Appendix A).

x The Draft IS (see Appendix B).

A disc containing these documents is also attached to the inside back cover of this Final IS/MND.

4 California Code of Regulations, sec. 15074(b), State CEQA Guidelines.
5 California Code of Regulations, sec. 15074(d), State CEQA Guidelines.

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