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5.7 Biological Resources

Threshold 7-7 Would the project conflict with the provisions of an adopted state,
regional, or local habitat conservation plan?

On-Site Impacts

As discussed previously, the Tejon Ranch Company has received a permit pursuant to
Section 10(a)(1)(B) of FESA (16 USC Sections 1531–1544) for incidental take of the Covered
Species and to meet the requirements for this permit, has developed a multiple species
habitat conservation plan (MSHCP). This MSHCP was approved in April 2013.

The TU MSHCP’s Covered Lands propose to encompass 141,886 acres of the 270,365-acre
Ranch. The TU MSHCP focuses on the California condor and other species of the montane
upland communities. The communities on the Centennial Project site, which is primarily in
a valley area, do not fit into the same criteria for coverage. Regardless, many of the same
species occur in the foothills and lowland areas, including on the Centennial site. These
species will mutually benefit from the MSHCP and the Centennial Mitigation Preserve
Program.

There are no other approved or proposed habitat conservation plans near the site or that
cover the Project site. There would, therefore, be no conflict with the provisions of an
adopted Habitat Conservation Plan, Natural Community Conservation Plan, or other
approved local, regional, or State habitat conservation plan.

Off-Site Impacts

There are no other approved or proposed habitat conservation plans near the site or that
cover the Project site. There would, therefore, be no conflict with the provisions of an
adopted Habitat Conservation Plan, Natural Community Conservation Plan, or other
approved local, regional, or State habitat conservation plan.

Impact Summary: There would be no impact due to habitat conservation plans (HCPs) or
natural community conservation plans (NCCPs) as there are no active
HCPs or NCCPs for the Project site. The Project site is outside the TU
MSHCP boundaries, therefore impacts are not expected to occur.

5.7.7 MITIGATION MEASURES

MM 7-1 Prior to issuance of grading permits in areas of the Project site that may
disturb California androsace, crownscale, round-leaved filaree, Mojave
spineflower, sylvan scorzonella, or adobe yampah populations, focused
surveys of mitigation lands shall have been completed to confirm compliance
with the 2:1 mitigation ratio for the California androsace, crownscale, round-
leaved filaree, Mojave spineflower, sylvan scorzonella, and adobe yampah.
Surveys will be conducted in accordance with current California Native Plant
Society (CNPS) protocol and will occur during the appropriate time of year.
The Survey Report shall be submitted to the County and the California
Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) for their review. In addition to rare

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