National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area California General Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 of 2 Final GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT VOLUME 2 OF 2 Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area ~ California ~ JULY, 2002 United States Department of the Interior – National Park Service T ABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME 2 OF 2 CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION WITH OTHERS . 443 History of Public Involvement . 443 Consultation with the State Historic Preservation Office and Advisory Council on Historic Preservation . 444 Consultation with American Indians. 445 Consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service . 445 Consultation with the California Coastal Commission . 445 List of Agencies and Recipients to Whom Copies Will be Sent . 446 Public Comments and Responses on the Draft General Management Plan / Environmental Impact Statement . 447 Comments and Responses. 465 Issue Statements and Responses by Topic and Comment Category . 449 SMMNRA Resources. 449 Visitor Experience. 454 Land Use and Socioeconomic Environment . 459 Operations . 460 GMP/EIS . 462 APPENDIXES . 581 National Park Service Enabling Legislation – Laws Affecting NPS . 581 Specific Development Projects . 585 MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT PROJECTS INCLUDING THE LAS VIRGENES MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, CALLEGUAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES . 585 LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER (LADWP) . 586 PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS . 587 GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS . 590 Legislation . 590 Appendix of Tables . 590 Table 2 Development of General Agreements with other Agencies . 598 Table 3 National Park Service Planning Documents . 599 Table 4 California State Parks Planning Documents. 602 Table 5 Cultural Landscape Inventory . 603 Table 6 List of Classified Structures . 610 i Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area GMP/EIS Cost Estimates . 590 Actions Common to All Alternatives . 611 No Action Alternative . 611 Preferred Alternative . 612 Preservation Alternative . 612 Education Alternative . 613 Recreation Alternative . 614 Air Quality . 590 Health-Based Ambient Air Quality Standards . 615 Ambient Air Quality Designations. 615 Estimated 2000 Annual Emissions from Stationary Sources . 617 Estimated 2000 Annual Emissions from Area Sources . 617 Estimated 2000 Annual Emissions - Mobile Sources. 617 Coastal Commission / NPS Letters . 618 NPS Letter, March 25, 2002 . 618 NPS Letter, May 8, 2002. 626 Coastal Commission Letter, June 13, 2002. 631 National Marine Fisheries Service Letter of No Effect, June 14, 2002. 632 Biological Assessment for the Southern California Steelhead for the NPS GMP/EIS . 633 Glossary . 687 REFERENCES CITED. 691 Noise . 691 Air Quality . 691 Soils and Geology . 691 Water Resources / Floodplains. 691 Biological Resources. 692 Paleontology. 700 Cultural Resources . 700 Socioeconomics / Land Use / Cumulative. 702 Transportation . 706 LIST OF PREPARERS . 707 INDEX . 709 ii FIGURES & TABLES FIGURES Figure 16: Ventura County Ozone Exceedances Trends 1973-1999 . 616 Figure 17: South Coast Air Basin Ozone Exceedances . 616 TABLES Table 2: General Agreements with Other Agencies . 598 Table 3: National Park Service Planning Documents . 599 Table 4: California State Parks Planning Documents . 602 Table 5: Cultural Landscape Inventory . 603 Table 6: List of Classified Structures. 610 Table 28: Additional Major Water Projects Located Within the SMMNRA or SMMZ . 586 Table 29: Health-Based Ambient Air Quality Standards . 615 Table 30: Ambient Air Quality Designations . 615 Table 31: Estimated 2000 Annual Emissions from Stationary Sources . 617 Table 32: Estimated 2000 Annual Emissions from Area Sources . 617 Table 33: Estimated 2000 Annual Emissions - Mobile Sources . 617 iii Consultation & Coordination Over 70 government and municipal entities share jurisdiction with the National Park Service in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION WITH OTHERS History of Public Involvement This document is the product of an extensive effort to involve the public in defining the.