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Appendix C Biological Resources Appendix C Biological Resources Appendix C. Biological Resources C1 Biological Technical Report and Jurisdictional Delineation BIOLOGICAL TECHNICAL REPORT FOR LOS CERRITOS WETLANDS OIL CONSOLIDATION AND RESTORATION PROJECT CITY OF LONG BEACH LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Prepared for: City of Long Beach Development Services, Planning Bureau 333 West Ocean Boulevard, 5th Floor Long Beach, CA 90802 Prepared by: Glenn Lukos Associates, Inc. 29 Orchard Street Lake Forest, California 92630 Contact: Tony Bomkamp or Thienan Pfeiffer Telephone: (949) 837-0404 Fax: (949) 837-5834 June 22, 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Project Location ..............................................................................................................1 1.2 Project Description ..........................................................................................................2 2.0 METHODOLOGY 2.1 Summary of Surveys .......................................................................................................4 2.2 Soil Resources .................................................................................................................7 2.3 Botanical Resources ........................................................................................................8 2.4 Wildlife Resources ..........................................................................................................9 2.5 Jurisdictional Delineation..............................................................................................12 3.0 REGULATORY SETTING 3.1 State and/or Federally Listed Plants and Animals ........................................................13 3.2 Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act ....17 3.3 California Coastal Commission (CCC) .........................................................................19 3.4 Federally Designated Special-Status Species................................................................21 3.5 State Designated Special-Status Species .......................................................................21 3.6 California Rare Plant Rank ...........................................................................................22 3.7 Vegetation Alliance Rankings ......................................................................................23 4.0 RESULTS 4.1 Vegetation Mapping and Surveys .................................................................................23 4.2 Special-Status Plants .....................................................................................................35 4.3 Special-Status Plants Observed .....................................................................................39 4.4 Wildlife Surveys............................................................................................................40 4.5 Special-Status Animals .................................................................................................41 4.6 Special-Status Animals Observed or With the Potential to Occur on Site ....................48 4.7 Special-Status Habitats ..................................................................................................52 4.8 Critical Habitat/Essential Fish Habitat ..........................................................................53 4.9 Jurisdictional Delineation..............................................................................................53 5.0 IMPACT ANALYSIS 5.1 California Environmental Quality Act ..........................................................................61 5.2 Impacts to Vegetation Associations ..............................................................................62 5.3 Impacts to Special-Status Plants ...................................................................................73 5.4 Impacts to Special-Status Animals ...............................................................................75 5.5 Nesting Birds and Migratory Bird Treaty Act Considerations .....................................80 5.6 Impacts to Critical Habitat/Essential Fish Habitat ........................................................80 5.7 Impacts to Corps Jurisdiction, CDFW Jurisdiction, and Coastal Act Wetlands ...........81 6.0 MITIGATION MEASURES 6.1 Synergy Oil Field ..........................................................................................................84 6.2 Pumpkin Patch Site .......................................................................................................88 6.3 LCWA Site ....................................................................................................................89 ii 6.4 City Property Site ..........................................................................................................90 7.0 CERTIFICATION ......................................................................................................90 8.0 REFERENCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY ...........................................................................91 EXHIBITS Exhibit 1 Regional Map Exhibit 2 Vicinity Map Exhibit 3 Project Site Map Exhibit 4A Synergy Oil Field - Vegetation Impact Map Exhibit 4B Pumpkin Patch Site – Vegetation Impact Map Exhibit 4C LCWA Site – Vegetation Impact Map Exhibit 4D City Property Site – Vegetation Impact Map Exhibit 5A Synergy Oil Field – Corps Section 404 Waters & Wetlands/RWQCB Jurisdiction Impact Map Exhibit 5B Synergy Oil Field – CDFW Jurisdiction Impact Map Exhibit 5C Synergy Oil Field – CCC Wetlands Impact Map Exhibit 5D Pumpkin Patch Site – Corps 404 Jurisdictional Delineation Impact Map Exhibit 5E Pumpkin Patch Site – CCC Jurisdictional Delineation Impact Map Exhibit 5F City Property Site – Jurisdictional Delineation Impact Map Exhibit 6A Synergy Oil Field - Special Status Animals Map Exhibit 6B City Property Site – Special Status Animals Map Exhibit 7A Synergy Oil Field - Special Status Plants Map Exhibit 7B Pumpkin Patch Site – Special Status Plants Map Exhibit 7C City Property Site – Special Status Plants Map APPENDICES Appendix A Floral Compendium Appendix B Faunal Compendium Appendix C 2012 Wet-Season Fairy Shrimp Survey (Pumpkin Patch) Appendix D 2013 Wet-Season Fairy Shrimp Survey (Pumpkin Patch) Appendix E Jurisdictional Delineation of the Los Cerritos Wetland Oil Consolidation and Restoration Project Appendix F 2016/2017 Wet-Season Fairy Shrimp Survey (Pumpkin Patch) Appendix G 2017 Belding’s Savannah Sparrow Surveys (Synergy Oil Field) iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Los Cerritos Wetlands Oil Consolidation and Restoration Project (proposed project/project site) would implement a comprehensive wetland restoration and oil consolidation project that will restore a privately-owned oil field in the City of Long Beach through the creation of a mitigation bank on a portion of an existing oil field, consolidation of oil production facilities onto two nearby parcels, and phased removal of existing oil wells. The project is proposed by Beach Oil Minerals Partners (BOMP). The project site consists of four separate properties including 1) the 150-acre Synergy Oil Field, which will be the site of the proposed Upper Los Cerritos Wetlands Mitigation Bank and oil field revegetation, 2) the approximately seven-acre Pumpkin Patch site, 3) the approximately four- acre Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority site, and 4) the City Property consisting of approximately 33 acres. iv 1.0 INTRODUCTION Biologists from Glenn Lukos Associates, Inc. (GLA) conducted biological surveys on the project site between 2010 and 2017. In addition, each site was evaluated for the presence of areas potentially subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the 1899 Rivers and Harbors Act, the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) pursuant to Section 401 of the Clean Water Act and Section 13050 of the Porter Cologne Water Quality Control Act, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) pursuant to Section 1602 of the California Fish and Game Code, and wetlands as defined under the California Coastal Act (CCA). This report includes an analysis of the potential impacts to biological resources associated with the proposed project as it pertains to special-status species and habitats. Potential impacts (direct and/or indirect) to special-status species and habitats are addressed below for purposes of review under the California Coastal Act (CCA). In addition, impacts to species listed as threatened or endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) or their designated Critical Habitat are regulated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and species listed as threatened or endangered by the State of California are regulated by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) pursuant to the State ESA, and are addressed below. For purposes of this report, permanent and temporary impacts are considered for each of the properties which comprise the proposed project. 1.1 Project Location The proposed project is located in the City of Long Beach, in Los Angeles County [Exhibit 1: Regional Map and Exhibit 2: Vicinity Map]. Specifically, the proposed project would be implemented on four properties: the Synergy Oil Field site, Pumpkin Patch site, Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority (LCWA) site, and City-owned Property located in the southeast portion of the City. The proposed project includes the relocation of specific oil facilities currently located on the Synergy Oil Field
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