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2.0 COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT IS

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The State CEQA Guidelines require that the decision-making body of the Lead Agency consider the proposed
IS together with any comments received during the public review process prior to approving a project.

The following comment letters were received regarding the Draft IS:
x California State Clearinghouse Office of Planning and Research, dated October 24, 2017

x California State Water Resources Control Board, dated October 23, 2017

Response to California State Clearinghouse Office of Planning and Research

The comment notes that only one State agency, SWRCB, submitted comments on the Draft IS and that
CLWA has complied with the State Clearinghouse review requirements for draft environmental
documents, pursuant to CEQA.

Response to California State Water Resources Control Board

The comment requests a USFWS species list and to discuss the potential impacts of the Project to any
federally listed species in the biological section of the MND, including if the Riverside fairy shrimp
(Streptocephalus woottoni) and marsh sandwort (Arenaria paludicola) have the potential to occur within

the Project area. Appendix B.1, Table 1 of the Draft IS/MND contains a Biological Resources Survey Report
and a Biological Resources Survey Update Memorandum that includes a list of federally endangered and
threatened species. Since the completion of the survey, a review of the USFWS Information for Planning
and Consultation database was conducted to determine the potential for Riverside fairy shrimp or marsh
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sandwort to occur within the Project Area. Both species were identified in the search; however, no critical
habitat was identified as within the Project Area. It should be noted that a search of the CNDDB did not
identify the potential for Riverside fairy shrimp nor the marsh sandwort (see Appendix B.1, Table 1) within
nine quadrangles. Furthermore, the nearest potential location for Riverside fairy shrimp is within the

County of Ventura, near the City of Moorpark, and the coastal area within Los Angeles County. The nearest
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potential location for marsh sandwort is located west of downtown Los Angeles.
As identified in Section 5.4, Biological Resources, of the Draft IS/MND, growth in effluent would occur as
development within CLWA service boundaries increases, which would also increase discharge effluent

6 California Code of Regulations, sec. 15074(b), State CEQA Guidelines.
7 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Information for Planning and Consultation,
https://ecos.fws.gov/ipac/location/ZBHYUG2F4BC7BNDYAPK34MIJBE/resources. Accessed October 2017.
8 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, BIOS, CNDDB, https://map.dfg.ca.gov/bios/?tool=cnddbQuick. Accessed October
2017.

Meridian Consultants 2.0-1 Phase 2A Recycled Water Project
131-001-16 November 2017

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