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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:

(Public Agency)

Great Basin Unified Air FòlÊtídn' üLERK

Control District KAMMIfO,OTE'CLERK

157 short streeBY Á )r DEPUTY

Bishop, CA 93514 :'r84*"

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

(lf submitted 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 people of 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 areas that are essentially unimproved and planned to remain open in character, [and] provides for

the preservation of natural resources, the managed production of resources, and recreational uses." The

lnyo County Zoning Ordinance designates 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

dust control measures on the Owens Lake bed, (2) District Rule 433 (Control of Particulate Emissions at

Owens Lake), and (3) the final 2016 revision to the 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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County, eastern-central California. The project is located approximately 5 miles south of the community of

Lone Pine and approximately 61 miles south of the City of Bishop. The primary goal of the project is to

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 in the 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

Number 2014071057.

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 material sites are located within 1 mile

of the 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 a significant 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 to the 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 to the provisions of CEQA.

This is to certify that the Final ElR, with comments and responses and record of project approval, is

available

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April 13,2016 Air Pollution Control Offìcer

(Public Agency) Date Title

Date received for filing at OPR:

Revised 2005

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