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Notice 

# of Determination To:

# X Omce of Planning and Research

For U.S. Mail: P.O. Box 3044 Sacramento, CA 9581 2-3044
Slreef Address: 1400 Tenth Street, Room 121 Sacramento, CA 95814 

# X County Clerk County of lnyo P.O. Drawer F lndependence, CA 93526 From: 

### (PublicAgency) Great Basin Unified Air FòlÊtídn' üLERK

Control

# District KAMMIfO,OTE'CLERK 157

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# Á )r DEPUTY Bishop, CA

### 93514 

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Contact: Phillip L. Kiddoo,Air Pollution Control Officer 

## Phone: (760\872-8211



### Subject: Filing of Notice 

### of Determination in 

### compliance

### with Section 21108 

### o¡ 21152 of 

### the Public Resources Gode. 

### Great Basin Unifìed 

### Air Pollution 

### Control District Rule 433 

### (Controlof Particulate Emissions at Owens Lake) Project 

### Title Mr. Phillip L. Kiddoo 

### (760\ 872-8211 State Glearinghouse Number (lfsubmitted to Clearinghouse) Lead Agency Contact Person Area Code/ Telephone/Extension 

### Owens Lake (bounded by

### S.H. 136, 

### S.H. 190, 

### and U.S. 395), lnyo County, CA Project Location (include county)
2016 Owens 

### Valley PMro 

### Planning Area Demonstration of 

### Attainment State 

### lmplementation Plan Land Use 

### lZoning / General Plan 

### Designations: The dry Owens Lake is primarily owned and operated in trust for the peopleof the State of California by 

### the California 

### State Lands Commission. Although 

### it is not subject 

### to local regulatory authority 

### by lnyo County (County),the County's General Plan recognizes the location of state-owned and federally owned lands

### at Owens Lake.

### The Land 

### Use element 

### of

### the lnyo County General Plan designates

### the project area as Natural Resources and State and Federal Lands. This land use designation "is applied to land or water areasthat are essentially unimproved and planned

### to remain open in character, [and] provides 

### for the preservation of natural resources,

### the managed productionof resources, and recreational uses." The lnyo County Zoning Ordinancedesignates the project area 

### as predominantly OS-40: Open Space Zone, 4O-acre minimum lot size. 

### Project Description: 

### On April 13, 2016, 

### the Governing 

### Board

### of the Great Basin Unified

## Air Pollution Control District (GBUAPCD) adopted and issued 

### (1) District Board Order#160413-01 authorized by California Health & Safety Code Section 42316 for 

### the City 

### of Los Angeles (City) 

### to install, operate and maintain additional dustcontrol measures on the Owens Lake bed, (2) District Rule 433 (Control 

### of Particulate Emissions at Owens Lake), and (3) the final 2016 revision tothe previously-adopted Owens Valley PMro Planning Area Demonstration

### of Attainment 

### State lmplementation 

### Plan (2016 

### SIP) (collectively "Board Actions"). The Board 

### Actions include 

### orders 

### and requirements 

### for the City 

### to construct 

### and operate additional dust 

### control measures (DCMs) 

### on the dry Owens Lake bed 

### at the southern 

### end 

### of Owens 

### Valley 

### in lnyo

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# 16-0001Ø Notice of Determ¡nat¡onCounty, eastern-central California. The project is located approximately 5 miles south of the community 

### of

Lone Pine and approximately 61 miles south 

### ofthe City of Bishop. The primary goal of the project isto continue 

### to reduce dust emissions from the dry Owens Lake bed by implementing all Owens Lake bed 

### fine particulate matter (PMro) control measures

### to achieve

### the National Ambient 

### Air Quality Standards (NAAOS) 

### for PMro.The project is analyzed 

### in detail inthe Environmental lmpact Report for the Owens 

### Lake Dust Mitigation Program

# - Phase

### 9/10 Project (May 

### 2015) 

### (ElR) prepared 

### by the City 

### of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). The LADWP serving as

### the Lead Agency approved 

### its project 

### on June 

### 2,2015 and fìled 

### a Notice 

### of Determination on 

### June 

### 8, 2015, State Clearinghouse Number2014071057. 

### The project 

### site 

### is not identified 

### on

### a list 

### of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant

### to California Government Code Section 65962.5 (Cortese List). No hazardous materialsites are located within 1 mile ofthe project site. This is to advise that the Great 

### Basin Unified 

### Air Pollution Control 

### District has approved the above



# n Lead

## Agency 

# I n-espons'rute ngency described project on

## Ap¡il-!j!.Æ and has made the following determinations regarding the above described project:
The project 

## [f] will

### X will notl have asignificant effect on the environment. 

## I An Environmental lmpact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA. 

## ! A Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant tothe provisions of CEQA. Mitigation measures 

## [[ were 

## E were not] made a condition of the approval of the project. A statement of Overriding Considerations 

## [n was 

## I was not] adopted for this project. Findings 

## [[ were

## n were not] made pursuant tothe provisions of CEQA.



### This 

### is

### to certify 

### that

### the Final 

### ElR, with comments 

### and responses 

### and record 

### of project approval, is available Bi

April 13,2016 Air Pollution Control Offìcer

(Public Agency) Date Title

Date received forfiling at OPR: Revised 2005

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