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4.2 Agriculture and Forestry Resources SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY RELIABILITY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT 4.2 AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RESOURCES 1 4.2 Agriculture and Forestry Resources 2 3 This section describes the environmental and regulatory settings and discusses potential impacts 4 associated with construction and operation of the proposed project with respect to agriculture and 5 forestry resources. No comments were received regarding agriculture and forestry resources during the 6 scoping period. 7 8 4.2.1 Environmental Setting 9 10 4.2.1.1 Agriculture Lands 11 12 Prior to the 1940s, Orange County was a rural region primarily supported by an agricultural economy. 13 The decline of agricultural production in Orange County started in the mid-1940s and drastically 14 declined in the 1960s and 1970s due to rapid suburbanization (Orange County 2005a). In 2010, 15 approximately 45,000 acres of land within Orange County (9 percent of the county’s land area), were 16 used for agricultural purposes (DOC 2010). Agricultural land within the county primarily produces 17 nursery products, tree fruit, berry crops, and vegetables (Orange County 2012). In 2012, agriculture in 18 Orange County had a gross value of approximately $136 million, and the county was ranked 36th in the 19 State of California based on crop value (CFBF 2014). 20 21 4.2.1.2 Forest and Timber Lands 22 23 The proposed project does not contain any designated areas of forest or timber lands. 24 25 4.2.2 Regulatory Setting 26 27 4.2.2.1 Federal 28 29 No federal regulations specific to agriculture and forestry resources are applicable to the proposed 30 project. 31 32 4.2.2.2 State 33 34 California Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program 35 The California Department of Conservation (DOC) maintains the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring 36 Program (FMMP), which monitors the conversion of farmland to and from agricultural use. FMMP 37 classifications are based on soil quality and irrigation status and are used as part of its neutral reporting 38 program that classifies land based on its suitability for agriculture (DOC n.d.). The classifications differ 39 from general plan and zoning designations in that they are used to evaluate farmland by type and acreage, 40 rather than to designate appropriate sites for particular land uses and regulate use and development. The 41 FMMP mapping system includes the following categories for farmland, based on suitability for 42 agriculture: 43 44 • Prime Farmland has the best combination of physical and chemical characteristics for crop 45 production. When treated and managed, its soil quality, growing season, and irrigation supply 46 produce sustained high crop yields. FEBRUARY 2015 4.2-1 DRAFT EIR SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY RELIABILITY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT 4.2 AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RESOURCES 1 • Farmland of Statewide Importance is land, other than Prime Farmland, that has a good 2 combination of physical and chemical characteristics, including irrigation, for crop production. 3 • Unique Farmland does not meet the criteria for Prime Farmland or Farmland of Statewide 4 Importance, but has produced specific crops with high economic value. 5 • Farmland of Local Importance is either currently producing crops or has the capability to 6 produce, but does not meet the criteria of the categories above. 7 • Grazing Land has vegetation that is suitable for grazing livestock. 8 • Other Lands are lands that do not meet the criteria of any of the other categories. 9 10 Additional categories used in the FMMP mapping system include “urban and built-up lands” and “lands 11 committed to non-agricultural use.” 12 13 Williamson Act 14 The California Land Conservation Act of 1965, also known as the Williamson Act, is the State’s 15 principal agricultural land protection program. It enables local governments to enter into ongoing 16 minimum-10-year contracts with private landowners to restrict specific parcels of land to agricultural or 17 compatible uses. In return, restricted parcels are assessed for property tax purposes at a rate consistent 18 with their actual, farming, and open space uses, as opposed to potential market value. 19 20 Public Resource Codes Section 12220(g) 21 “Forest land” is land that can support 10 percent native tree cover of any species, including hardwoods, 22 under natural conditions, and that allows for management of one or more forest resources, including 23 timber, aesthetics, fish and wildlife, biodiversity, water quality, recreation, and other public benefits. The 24 proposed project would not occur within land used for agriculture or forestry within the Cleveland 25 National Forest, which is approximately 7 miles east of the proposed project. The proposed project 26 would not occur within “forest land.” 27 28 Public Resource Codes Section 4526 29 “Timberland” means land, other than land owned by the federal government and land designated by the 30 board as experimental forest land, which is available for, and capable of, growing a crop of trees of any 31 commercial species used to produce lumber and other forest products, including Christmas trees. 32 Commercial species shall be determined by the board on a district basis after consultation with the 33 district committees and others. The proposed project would not occur within “timberland.” 34 35 Government Code Section 51104(g) 36 A “timberland production zone” is an area that has been zoned pursuant to Section 51112 or 51113 and is 37 devoted to and used for growing and harvesting timber, or for growing and harvesting timber and 38 compatible uses, as defined in 51104(h). 39 40 With respect to the general plans of cities and counties, the term “timberland preserve zone” is 41 synonymous with a timberland production zone. The proposed project would not occur within a 42 timberland production zone. 43 FEBRUARY 2015 4.2-2 DRAFT EIR SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY RELIABILITY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT 4.2 AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RESOURCES 1 4.2.2.3 Regional and Local 2 3 Orange County 4 The policies and programs presented in the Orange County General Plan Resources Element outline a 5 plan to meet the established goals for the development, management, preservation, and conservation of 6 resources necessary to meet Orange County’s existing and future demands (Orange County 2005a). The 7 following policies are applicable to the proposed project: 8 9 • Natural Resources Component Policy 3.2: To encourage, to the extent feasible, the preservation 10 and utilization of agricultural resources as a natural resource and economic asset. 11 • Open Space Policy 3.2: To ensure the wise use of County resources by identifying, planning, or 12 assisting in the planning for, and assuming management responsibility when appropriate for, 13 open space areas used for the managed production of resources including, but not limited to: 14 forest lands, rangeland, agricultural lands, and areas of economic importance for the production 15 of food or fiber; areas required for recharge of groundwater basins; tidelands, beaches, bays, 16 estuaries, marshes, rivers, and streams which are important for the management of commercial 17 fisheries and for beach sand replenishment; and areas containing mineral deposits. 18 19 Section 7-9-55.3 of the Orange County municipal code allows public/private utility buildings and 20 structures, with approval of a site development permit, within land zoned A1 ”General Agricultural” 21 District. Within land zoned A1 by Orange County, the proposed project would be located within existing 22 rights-of-way (ROWs) W (Orange County 2005b, c). 23 24 City San Juan Capistrano 25 The Conservation and Open Space Element of the San Juan Capistrano General Plan focuses on the 26 protection and enhancement of open space and natural resources. The following policy is applicable to 27 the proposed project regarding agricultural resources (City of San Juan Capistrano 1980, 1999). 28 29 • Policy 3.2: Reduce the negative impacts resulting from urban uses and neighboring agricultural 30 uses in close proximity. 31 32 The San Juan Capistrano General Plan or municipal code does not outline any policies regarding forest 33 land applicable to the proposed project. 34 35 City of San Clemente 36 The San Clemente General Plan or municipal code does not outline any policies regarding agriculture or 37 forest land applicable to the proposed project (City of San Clemente 2013, 2014). 38 39 4.2.3 Impact Analysis 40 41 4.2.3.1 Methodology and Significance Criteria 42 43 The environmental impacts analysis presented in this section considers whether the proposed project 44 would result in impacts, in terms of acres temporarily or permanently disturbed, on Prime Farmland, 45 Unique Farmland, Farmland of Statewide Importance, or forest or timberlands. Potential impacts were 46 evaluated according to the significance criteria listed below. The criteria were defined based on the FEBRUARY 2015 4.2-3 DRAFT EIR SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY RELIABILITY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT 4.2 AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RESOURCES 1 checklist items presented in Appendix G of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. 2 The proposed project would cause a significant impact on agricultural or forest resources if it would: 3 4 a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland), as 5 shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the FMMP of the California Resources Agency, to non- 6 agricultural use; 7 b) Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use or a Williamson Act contract; or 8 c) Involve other changes in the existing environment, which, due to their location or nature, could 9 result in conversion of Farmland, to non-agricultural use or conversion of Forest Land to non- 10 forest use. 11 12 Appendix G of CEQA Guidelines identifies two additional checklist items: 13 14 • Conflict with existing zoning for, or cause rezoning of, Forest Land (as defined in Public 15 Resources Code section 12220[g]), or Timberland (as defined by Public Resources Code section 16 4526), or timberland zoned Timberland Production (as defined by Government Code section 17 51104[g]); or 18 • Result in the loss of Forest Land or conversion of Forest Land to non-forest use.
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