Stanford Habitat Conservation Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement Revised and Sent August 30, 2010
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FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR INCIDENTAL TAKE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN VOLUME II: COMMENTS AND RESPONSES NOVEMBER 2012 U.S. Fish and Wildlife National Marine Fisheries Service Service FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR INCIDENTAL TAKE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN VOLUME II: COMMENTS AND RESPONSES NOVEMBER 2012 United States Fish and Wildlife Service and National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration/ National Marine Fisheries Service as Co-Lead Agencies Contents i Final Environmental Impact Statement for Authorization for Incidental Take and Implementation of the Stanford University Habitat Conservation Plan Volume II: Comments and Responses TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Acronyms and Abbreviations ........................................................................................... i 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 1-1 1.1 Purpose of Comment and Response Document ........................................................... 1-1 1.2 Organization of Volume II ........................................................................................... 1-1 1.3 List of Public Agencies, Organizations and Individuals Who Submitted Comments . 1-1 1.3.1 Public Agencies ...................................................................................................... 1-1 1.3.2 Organizations .......................................................................................................... 1-2 1.3.3 Individuals............................................................................................................... 1-2 1.4 How to Find the Response to Your Comments ........................................................... 1-2 2.0 Comments Received on the DEIS ............................................................................. 2-1 2.1 Letter 1: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, Kathleen Goforth ...... 2-2 2.2 Letter 2: Beyond Searsville Dam, Matt Stoecker; with comments from Center for Biological Diversity, Jeff Miller (attached). ................................................................ 2-4 2.3 Letter 3: Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration, Gordon Becker (on behalf of Beyond Searsville Dam) ............................................................................. 2-64 2.4 Letter 4: City of Menlo Park, Kathleen Gallagher ..................................................... 2-73 2.5 Letter 5: City of Menlo Park, Kent Steffens .............................................................. 2-74 2.6 Letter 6: City of Palo Alto, Glenn Roberts and Curtis Williams ............................... 2-77 2.7 Letter 7: Committee for Green Foothills, Brian Schmidt .......................................... 2-79 2.8 Letter 8: Committee for Green Foothills, Brian Schmidt and Lennie Roberts .......... 2-82 2.9 Letter 9: County of Santa Clara, Rob Eastwood ........................................................ 2-86 2.10 Letter 10: ESA Biological Resources, Brian Pittman (on behalf of Santa Clara County) ................................................................................................................................... 2-97 2.11 Letter 11: Guadalupe-Coyote Resource Conservation District, Lawrence Johmann ....... ................................................................................................................................. 2-104 2.12 Letter 12: San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority, Len Materman ........... 2-110 2.13 Letter 13: League of Women Voters, Jamie Shepherd ............................................ 2-112 2.14 Letter 14: Shute Mihaly & Weinberger, LLP, Ellison Folk (on behalf of Beyond Searsville Dam) ........................................................................................................ 2-113 2.15 Letter 15: Town of Portola Valley, Stephen Toben ................................................. 2-124 2.16 Letter 16: Trout Unlimited, Kent MacIntosh ........................................................... 2-127 2.17 Letter 17: Representative Form Letter (Services received over 3,000 form letters by email from various individuals) ............................................................................... 2-128 2.18 Letter 18: Susan Culliney ........................................................................................ 2-129 2.19 Letter 19: Pat Haines ................................................................................................ 2-130 2.20 Letter 20: Amos Hausman-Rogers .......................................................................... 2-131 2.21 Letter 21: Steve Kennedy ........................................................................................ 2-132 Authorization for Incidental Take and Implementation FEIS Volume II: Comments and Responses of Stanford University Habitat Conservation Plan November 2012 ii Contents 2.22 Letter 22: Libby Lucas ............................................................................................. 2-133 2.23 Letter 23: Donna Mackowski .................................................................................. 2-139 2.24 Letter 24: Susan McDonough .................................................................................. 2-140 2.25 Letter 25: Jean Public .............................................................................................. 2-141 2.26 Letter 26: Carolyn Rogers ........................................................................................ 2-144 2.27 Letter 27: Marilyn Walter ........................................................................................ 2-145 2.28 Letter 28: California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Chris Shutes ..................... 2-147 2.29 Letter 29: Beyond Searsville Dam, Matt Stoecker .................................................. 2-148 2.30 Letter 30: Center for Biological Diversity, Jeff Miller ............................................ 2-149 3.0 Response to Comments .............................................................................................. 3-1 3.1 Topic Areas .................................................................................................................. 3-1 3.2 Comment Responses .................................................................................................... 3-2 3.2.1 45-day Comment Period Extension ........................................................................ 3-2 3.2.2 Conservation Easements/Mitigation Accounts ....................................................... 3-3 3.2.3 Conservation Program Manager ............................................................................. 3-8 3.2.4 Coordination with Other Laws and Regulations ..................................................... 3-9 3.2.5 Cover Other Species ............................................................................................. 3-11 3.2.6 Covered Species – California Tiger Salamander .................................................. 3-12 3.2.7 Covered Species –Estimating Take/Alternatives to Avoid Take .......................... 3-18 3.2.8 Covered Species – Habitat Information ................................................................ 3-19 3.2.9 Covered Species – San Francisco Garter Snake ................................................... 3-21 3.2.10 Covered Species – Steelhead ................................................................................ 3-22 3.2.11 Covered Species – Western Pond Turtle .............................................................. 3-32 3.2.12 Cumulative Effects Analysis................................................................................. 3-35 3.2.13 Development – General Use Permit (GUP) .......................................................... 3-38 3.2.14 Development – Stanford’s Future Development .................................................. 3-39 3.2.15 Development – Sustainable Development Study .................................................. 3-40 3.2.16 Felt Reservoir ........................................................................................................ 3-42 3.2.17 Foothills Fire Management Plan ........................................................................... 3-43 3.2.18 Form letters and Related Comments Regarding Searsville Dam and Reservoir .. 3-44 3.2.19 General .................................................................................................................. 3-51 3.2.20 Geologic Hazards, Seismicity, Soils ..................................................................... 3-55 3.2.21 Grazing .................................................................................................................. 3-55 3.2.22 Hydrology, Water Quality and Groundwater........................................................ 3-56 3.2.23 Land Trust ............................................................................................................. 3-70 3.2.24 Land Use ............................................................................................................... 3-73 3.2.25 Management Zones ............................................................................................... 3-74 3.2.26 Non-native Species (and Native Revegetation) .................................................... 3-75 3.2.27 Permit Term