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Kern COG 2007 Destination 2030 Regional Transportation Plan FINAL Environmental Impact Report State Clearing House No. 2006111119 Kern COG 2007 Destination 2030 Regional Transportation Plan MaMayy 2007 Final Program Environmental Impact Report for the Kern COG 2007 Destination 2030 Regional Transportation Plan May 2007 Prepared For: Kern Council of Governments 1401 19th St., Suite 300 Bakersfield, CA 93301 Ph: (661) 861-2191 Fax: (661) 324.8215 Prepared By: VRPA Technologies, Inc. 4630 W. Jennifer, Suite 105 Fresno, CA 93722 Ph: (559) 271-1200 Fax: (559) 271-1269 Kern COG 2007 Revision of the Destination 2030 Regional Transportation Plan DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................. 1-1 1.1 INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................1-1 1.2 FORMAT AND SCOPE ..................................................................................................................1-1 1.3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION.............................................................................................................1-1 1.4 SUMMARY OF IMPACTS, MITIGATION MEASURES, AND LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE ...........1-2 SECTION 2.0 INTRODUCTION/PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS............................................ 2-1 2.1 PURPOSE .....................................................................................................................................2-1 2.2 PROJECT LOCATION ...................................................................................................................2-1 2.3 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS....................................................................................................2-1 2.4 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN PROVISIONS .................................................................2-4 2.5 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PLANS AND PROGRAMS ...........................................................2-49 2.6 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS................................................2-49 2.7 CONTENTS OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN....................................................2-50 2.8 INTENDED EIR USES .................................................................................................................2-50 2.9 APPROVALS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT ......................................................2-52 2.10 EIR DEVELOPMENT/APPROVAL PROCESS ............................................................................2-52 2.11 ORGANIZATION OF THE EIR.....................................................................................................2-53 2.12 EIR AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN AVAILABILITY...............................................2-53 SECTION 3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING, IMPACTS, MITIGATION MEASURES AND LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE ......................................................................... 3-1 3.1 AESTHETICS ................................................................................................................................3-3 3.2 AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES..................................................................................................3-12 3.3 AIR QUALITY...............................................................................................................................3-18 3.4 BIOTIC RESOURCES..................................................................................................................3-37 3.5 CULTURAL RESOURCES...........................................................................................................3-63 3.6 GEOLOGY & SOILS.....................................................................................................................3-75 3.7 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS..........................................................................................................3-90 3.8 HYDROLOGY & WATER QUALITY.............................................................................................3-94 3.9 LAND USE & PLANNING...........................................................................................................3-104 3.10 NOISE........................................................................................................................................3-116 3.11 POPULATION & HOUSING .......................................................................................................3-126 3.12 PUBIC UTILITIES, OTHER UTILITIES, AND SERVICES SYSTEMS........................................3-132 3.13 TRANSPORTATION/TRAFFIC ..................................................................................................3-141 SECTION 4.0 PROJECT ALTERNATIVES ........................................................................ 4-1 4.1 INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................4-1 4.2 OVERVIEW....................................................................................................................................4-1 4.3 ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE..................................................................4-54 VRPA Technologies, Inc. March 2007 i Kern COG 2007 Revision of the Destination 2030 Regional Transportation Plan DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT SECTION 5.0 LONG-TERM EFFECTS............................................................................... 5-1 5.1 SIGNIFICANT UNAVOIDABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES.............................................5-1 5.2 SIGNIFICANT IRREVERSIBLE IMPACTS..............................................................................5-2 5.3 GROWTH INDUCING IMPACTS ............................................................................................5-3 5.4 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ........................................................................................................5-3 SECTION 6.0 LIST OF PREPARERS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND AGENCIES REFERENCED OR CONSULTED ............................................................... 6-1 6.1 LIST OF PREARERS..............................................................................................................6-1 6.1 ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES REFERENCED OR CONSULTED ...............................6-1 APPENDICES A. NOTICE OF PREPARATION ........................................................................................................ A-1 B. NOTICE OF PREPARATION COMMENTS RECEIVED............................................................... B-1 NOP Comment Letters were not received by Kern COG LIST OF FIGURES 2-1 LOCATION OF KERN COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA ........................................................................2-2 2-2 KERN COUNTY REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM ..............................................................2-9 2-3 OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES.................................................................................2-11 2-4 NEAR-TERM PROJECTS IN OUTLYING AREAS (2007-2010)...................................................2-13 2-5 METROPOLITAN BAKERSFIELD NEAR-TERM PROJECTS (2007-2010).................................2-14 2-6 LONG-TERM PROJECTS IN OUTLYING AREAS (2011-2030) ..................................................2-16 2-7 METROPOLITAN BAKERSFIELD LONG-TERM PROJECTS (2011-2030) ................................2-17 2-8 KERN COUNTY CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ....................................................2-46 3-1 KERN COUNTY ELIGIBLE SCENIC HIGHWAYS .........................................................................3-5 3-2 KERN COUNTY 2004 FARMLAND..............................................................................................3-13 3-3 AIR DISTRICTS, BASINS, AND MONITORING STATIONS........................................................3-20 3-4 KERN COUNTY BIOTIC RESOURCES.......................................................................................3-56 3-5 KERN COUNTY CULTURAL RESOURCES................................................................................3-69 3-6 KERN COUNTY GEOLOGICAL PROVINCES.............................................................................3-76 3-7 KERN COUNTY FAULT HAZARD SPECIAL STUDIES...............................................................3-78 3-8 KERN COUNTY HISTORIC EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY ..............................................................3-79 3-9 KERN COUNTY MINING DISTRICTS..........................................................................................3-84 3-10 KERN COUNTY ACTIVE MINES.................................................................................................3-85 3-11 KERN COUNTY DRAINAGE AREAS ..........................................................................................3-98 3-12 KERN COUNTY PUBLIC USE, PRIVATE AND MILITARY AIRPORTS ....................................3-109 3-13 KERN COUNTY MILITARY RESTRICTED AIRSPACE.............................................................3-110 3-14 KERN COUNTY RAILROADS AND SPURLINES......................................................................3-120 3-15 CALIFORNIA PASSENGER TRAIN NETWORK........................................................................3-121 3-16 PACIFIC CREST TRAIL.............................................................................................................3-150 VRPA Technologies, Inc. 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