SOUTHEAST AREA SPECIFIC PLAN DRAFT EIR CITY OF LONG BEACH Appendices Appendix B NOP Comments July 2016 SOUTHEAST AREA SPECIFIC PLAN DRAFT EIR CITY OF LONG BEACH Appendices This page intentionally left blank. PlaceWorks State of California – Natural Resources Agency EDMUND G. BROWN JR., Governor DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE CHARLTON H. BONHAM, Director South Coast Region 3883 Ruffin Road San Diego, CA 92123 (858) 467-4201 www.wildlife.ca.gov November 19, 2015 Mr. Craig Chalfant City of Long Beach 333 West Ocean Boulevard Long Beach, CA 92802 Email:
[email protected] Subject: Comments on the Notice of Preparation of a Draft Program Environmental Impact Report for Southeast Area Specific Plan, Los Angeles County, (SCH# 2015101075). Dear Mr. Chalfant: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (Department) has reviewed the above- referenced Notice of Preparation (NOP) and Initial Study (IS) for the Southeast Area Specific Plan (Project) Draft Program Environmental Impact Report (DPEIR). The Project area is located on the southeast edge of the City of Long Beach (City), California, within Los Angeles County and bordering Orange County. The area encompasses 1,475 acres consisting of the area south of 7th Street, east of Bellflower Boulevard, east of the Long Beach Marine Stadium and Alamitos Bay docks, south of Colorado Street, and north and west of Long Beach’s southern boundary. The Los Cerritos Channel and San Gabriel River run through the Project area toward the Alamitos Bay and Pacific Ocean and are included as part of the Project area. The Project, as approved, will replace the existing 1,475-acre City Planned Development District 1(PD-1) with a new Specific Plan and conventional zoning on a select few parcels.