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South Industrial Priority Area Specific Plan Draft EIR 9-3 ———. 2015c. Update to District’s Risk Management Policy to Address OEHHA’s Revised Risk Assessment Guidance Document. Available: https://www.valleyair.org/notices/Docs/2015/3-18-15_risk/final-draft-risk-policy-sr.pdf.
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———. 2016. 2016 Plan for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard. Available: http://valleyair.org/Air_Quality_Plans/Ozone- Plan-2016/m.pdf. Accessed September 27, 2023.
———. 2018. APR 1906 Framework for Performing Health Risk Assessments . Available:
http://www.valleyair.org/policies_per/Policies/APR-1906-7-1-18.pdf. Accessed September 27, 2023.
SCAQMD. See South Coast Air Quality Management District.
Seinfeld, J. H., and S. N. Pandis. 1996. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change . John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ.
SJVAPCD. See San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control Board.
SMAQMD. See Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District.
South Coast Air Quality Management District. 2015. Application of the South Coast Air Quality Management District for Leave to File Brief of Amicus Curiae in Support of Neither Party and Proposed Brief of Amicus Curiae.
Available: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/9-s219783-ac-south-coast-air-quality-mgt-dist-041315.pdf.
Accessed September 27, 2023.
TJKM. 2022. South Central Specific Plan Preliminary Environmental Analysis Memo, City of Fresno, California . ———. 2023. Transportation Impact Analysis for the South Central Specific Plan, City of Fresno, California .
US Environmental Protection Agency. 2023. EPA Greenbook. Available: https://www.epa.gov/green-book. Accessed September 27, 2023.
Western Regional Climate Center. 2002. Prevailing Wind Direction. Available:
https://wrcc.dri.edu/Climate/comp_table_show.php?stype=wind_dir_avg. Accessed September 27, 2023. ———. 2016. Period of Record Monthly Climate Summary. Available: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi- bin/cliMAIN.pl?ca7630. Accessed September 27, 2023.
WRCC. See Western Regional Climate Center.
Zhu, Y., W. C. Hinds, S. Kim, S. Shen, and C. Sioutas. 2002. Study of Ultrafine Particles Near a Major Highway with Heavy-Duty Diesel Traffic. Atmospheric Environment 36:4323–4335.
Section 4.4 Biological Resources
Biogeographic Information and Observation System. 2014. San Joaquin Kit Fox Connectivity Modeling for the California Bay Area Linkage Network. California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Sacramento. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
———. 2017a (August). Glossy Snake Predicted Habitat – CWHR R056. California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Sacramento. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
———. 2017b (February). Kit Fox Range – CWHR M148. California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Sacramento.
Retrieved May 1, 2023.
———. 2023 (April). Spotted Bat Range – CWHR M036. California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Sacramento.
Retrieved May 1, 2023.
CAL FIRE. See California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
California Department of Fish and Game. 2012. Staff Report on Burrowing Owl Mitigation. Available:
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=83843. Accessed May 1, 2023.
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9-4 South Industrial Priority Area Specific Plan Draft EIR California Department of Fish and Wildlife. 2018. Protocols for Surveying and Evaluating Impacts to Special Status Native Plant Populations and Sensitive Natural Communities. Available:
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=18959&inline.
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 2017. Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP) Vegetation mapping. 715 P Street Sacramento, CA 95814. Available: https://www.fire.ca.gov/what -we-do/fire- resource-assessment-program. Accessed May 1, 2023.
California Native Plant Society. 2023. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants of California (online edition, v3 -03
0.39). Available: http://www.rareplants.cnps.org. Accessed May 1, 2023.
California Natural Diversity Database. 2023. Results of electronic records search. Sacramento: California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Biogeographic Data Branch. Accessed May 1, 2023.
CDFG. See California Department of Fish and Game.
CDFW. See California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
City of Fresno. 2014. Master Environmental Impact Report General Plan and Development Code Update City of Fresno, Fresno County, California. Prepared by First Carbon Solutions, Fresno, CA.
CNDDB. See California Natural Diversity Database.
CNPS. See California Native Plant Society.
Environmental Laboratory. 1987 (January). Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual. Wetlands Research Program Technical Report Y-87-1. Available:
https://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Portals/57/docs/regulatory/Website%20Organization/Corps%20of%20Engi neers%20Wetlands%20Delineation%20Manual%20(1987).pdf. Accessed May 10, 2023.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company. 2007 (November). PG&E San Joaquin Valley Operation & Maintenance Habitat Conservation Plan.
PG&E. See Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Reese, D. A., and H. H. Welsh. 1997. Use of Terrestrial Habitat by Western Pond Turtles, Clemmys marmorata :
Implications for Management. Proceedings: Conservation, Restoration, and Management of Tortoises and Turtles. An International Conference held by the New York Turtle and Tortoise Society, pp. 352 -357. Accessed May 1, 2023.
Sawyer, J. O., T. Keeler-Wolf, and J. M. Evens. 2009. A Manual of California Vegetation. Second edition. California Native Plant Society Press, Sacramento, California, USA.
Spencer, W. D., P. Beier, K. Penrod, K. Winters, C. Paulman, H. Rustigian -Romsos, J. Strittholt, M. Parisi, and A. Pettler. 2010. California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project: A Strategy for Conserving a Connected California .
Available: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=18366. Accessed May 2, 2023.
State Water Resources Control Board. 2021. State Wetland Definition and Procedures for Discharges of Dredged or Fill Material to Waters of the State. Available:
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/cwa401/docs/2021/procedures.pdf .
Accessed May 8, 2023.
SWRCB. See State Water Resources Control Board.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 2008 (September). Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Arid West Region (Version 2.0). Wetlands Regulatory Assistance Program. Available:
https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p266001coll1/id/7627. Accessed May 10, 2023.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2019 (April 1). National Wetlands Inventory, Wetlands Mapper. Available:
https://fwsprimary.wim.usgs.gov/wetlands/apps/wetlands-mapper/. Accessed April 23, 2023.
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South Industrial Priority Area Specific Plan Draft EIR 9-5 ———. 2020b. Species Status Assessment Report for the San Joaquin Kit Fox ( Vulpes macrotis mutica). Available:
https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/DownloadFile/185116. Accessed April 23, 2023. ———. 2021. Species Profile for the valley elderberry longhorn beetle (Desmocerus californicus dimorphus).
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS). Available: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/7850 .
Retrieved May 1, 2023.
———. 2023. Information for Planning and Consultation electronic records search. Available:
https://ecos.fws.gov/ipac/. Accessed April 23, 2023. USFWS. See U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
USFWS. See U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. 2018. A Petition to the State of California Fish and Game Commission to List the Crotch Bumble Bee (Bombus crotchii), Franklin’s Bumble Bee (Bombus franklini), Suckley Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus suckleyi), and Western Bumble Bee (Bombus occidentalis occidentalis) as Endangered Under the California Endangered Species Act. Available:
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=161902&inline. Accessed July 21, 2021.
Section 4.5 Cultural and Tribal Cultural Resources
City of Fresno. 2014. Fresno General Plan. Prepared by Development and Resource Management Department, Dyett and Bhatia Urban and Regional Planners. City of Fresno. ———. 2020. Fresno General Plan. Prepared by the Development and Resource Management Department, Dyett and Bhatia Urban and Regional Planners. Oakland, CA.
———. 2024. A Guide to Historic Architecture in Fresno, California. Available at:
https://historicfresno.org/lrhr/index.htm Accessed on February 27, 2024.
National Park Service. 2017. The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings . Washington, DC.
Natural Investigations Company. 2021 (November). Cultural and Paleontological Resources Assessment for the Costco Commercial Center Development Project in the City of Fresno, Fresno County, California . Prepared for Ascent Environmental. Sacramento, CA.
NIC. See Natural Investigations Company.
NPS. See National Park Service.
Section 4.6 Energy
AFDC. See Alternative Fuels Data Center.
Alternative Fuels Data Center. 2023. California Transportation Data for Alternative Fuels and Vehicles. Available:
https://www.afdc.energy.gov/states/ca. Accessed September 8, 2023.
California Air Resources Board. 2022. 2022 Scoping Plan for Achieving Carbon Neutrality . Available:
https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2023-04/2022-sp.pdf. Accessed: September 15, 2023.
California Department of Transportation. 2008 (May). 2007 California Motor Vehicle Stock, Travel and Fuel Forecast .
Available: http://cruz511.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/California-Motor-Vehicle-Stock-2007.pdf.
Accessed: September 8, 2023.
California Energy Commission. 2019. 2019 California Energy Efficiency Action Plan. Available:
https://www.energy.ca.gov/filebrowser/download/1900. Accessed: September 5, 2023. ———. 2022a. 2021 Integrated Energy Policy Report. Available: https://www.energy.ca.gov/data - reports/reports/integrated-energy-policy-report/2021-integrated-energy-policy-report.
Accessed: September 8, 2023.
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9-6 South Industrial Priority Area Specific Plan Draft EIR ———. 2022b. 2022 Single-Family Residential Compliance Manual for the 2022 Building Energy Efficiency Standards .
Available: https://www.energy.ca.gov/publications/2022/2022-single-family-residential-compliance-manual- 2022-building-energy-efficiency. Accessed: September 8, 2023. ———. 2023. 2010-2022 CEC-A15 Results and Analysis. Available: https://www.energy.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2023- 08/2010-2022%20CEC-A15%20Results%20and%20Analysis%20ADA.xlsx. Accessed: October 1, 2023.
California Energy Commission and California Air Resources Board. 2003 (August). Reducing California’s Petroleum Dependence. Joint Agency Report by California Energy Commission and California Air Resources Board.
Available: https://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/carefinery/ab2076final.pdf. Accessed July 25, 2017.
Caltrans. See California Department of Transportation.
CARB. See California Air Resources Board.
CEC. See California Energy Commission.
EIA. See US Energy Information Administration.
Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, California Energy Commission, and California Natural Resources Agency. 2018. California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment. Available:
https://www.energy.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2019-11/Statewide_Reports-SUM-CCCA4-2018- 013_Statewide_Summary_Report_ADA.pdf. Accessed March 4, 2022.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2014. Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report, Summary for Policymakers. Geneva, Switzerland. Available: https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment - report/ar5/syr/AR5_SYR_FINAL_SPM.pdf. Accessed January 3, 2017.
IPCC. See Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company. 2022. 2021 Power Content Label. Available: https://www.pge.com/pge_global/ common/pdfs/your-account/your-bill/understand-your-bill/bill-inserts/2022/1022-Power-Content-Label.pdf.
Accessed: October 1, 2023.
PG&E. See Pacific Gas and Electric Company
OPR et al. See Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, California Energy Commission, and California Natural Resources Agency.
TJKM. 2023. South Central Specific Plan Transportation Impact Analysis. Fresno, CA. Prepared for the City of Fresno.
US Energy Information Administration. 2017. Annual Energy Outlook 2017. Available:
https://www.eia.gov/pressroom/presentations/sieminski_01052017.pdf. Accessed: October 1, 2023. ———. 2023a. California State Energy Profile. Available: https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=CA#tabs-2. Accessed:
October 1, 2023.
———. 2023b. Monthly Energy Review. Available: https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/#consumption .
Accessed: October 1, 2023.
Section 4.7 Geology and Soils
Bryant, W. A., and E. W. Hart. 2007, Fault Rupture Hazard Zones in California, Alquist -Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act with Index to Earthquake Fault Zones Maps. Interim Revision. California Geological Survey Special Publications 42.
California Division of Mines & Geology. 1986. Mineral Land Classification of Aggregate Resources in the Fresno P -C Region. Retrieved from: https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/informationwarehouse/index.html?map=mlc.
Accessed April 24, 2023.
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South Industrial Priority Area Specific Plan Draft EIR 9-7 California Geological Survey. 2002 (December). Note 36, California Geomorphic Provinces. Available:
https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/Documents/Publications/CGS-Notes/CGS-Note-36.pdf. Accessed April 24, 2022.
———. 2015. Geologic Map of California. Available: https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/gmc/.
Accessed April 24, 2023.
———. 2021 (September). Earthquake Zones of Required Investigation. Retrieved from:
https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/EQZApp/app/. Accessed April 24, 2023.
CGS. See California Geological Survey.
City of Fresno. 2020 (March). Fresno General Plan Public Review Draft Program Environmental Impact Report. ———. 2022. Fresno General Plan. Available: https://www.fresno.gov/planning/general-plan-development- code/#general-plan. Adopted December 2014; reflects updates through October 2022. Accessed April 24, 2023.
Fresno County. 2018 (May). Fresno County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan. Available:
https://www.fresnocountyca.gov/files/sharedassets/county/v/1/public-health/fresno-county-hmp-final.pdf.
Accessed April 24, 2023.
Natural Resources Conservation Service. n.d. Official Soil Series Descriptions. Retrieved from:
https://soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/osdname.aspx. Accessed April 27, 2023.
Section 4.8 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
California Air Resources Board. 2012. Cap-and-Trade Regulation Instructional Guidance, Chapter 1. Available:
https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/cap-and-trade/guidance/chapter1.pdf. Accessed September 28, 2023.
———. 2018a. Proposed Update to Senate Bill 385 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets Resolution 18 -12.
Available: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2020- 06/SB375_Final_Target_Staff_Report_%202018_Resolution_18-12.pdf. Accessed September 28, 2023. ———. 2018b. 2018 ZEV Action Plan. Available: https://business.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2018-ZEV- Action-Plan-Priorities-Update.pdf. Accessed September 28, 2023. ———. 2019. Technical Evaluation of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Quantification for Fresno Council of Governments’ SB 375 2018 Sustainable Communities Strategy. Available:
https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2020-
06/Technical_Evaluation_of_the_GHG_Emissions_Reduction_Quantification_for_the_FCOG_SB_375_SCS_Septe mber_2019.pdf. Accessed September 28, 2023.
———. 2022a. (October 26). California Greenhouse Gas Emission for 2000 to 2020: Trends of Emissions and Other Indicators. Available: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/classic/cc/inventory/2000 - 2020_ghg_inventory_trends.pdf. Accessed September 28, 2023. ———. 2022b. 2022 Scoping Plan for Achieving Carbon Neutrality. Available:
https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2023-04/2022-sp.pdf. Accessed September 28, 2023.
California Energy Commission. 2021. 2022 Building Energy Efficiency Standards. Available:
https://www.energy.ca.gov/programs-and-topics/programs/building-energy-efficiency-standards/2022- building-energy-
efficiency#:~:text=The%202022%20Energy%20Code%20encourages,strengthens%20ventilation%20standard s%2C%20and%20more. Accessed September 28, 2023.
California Natural Resources Agency. 2018. Safeguarding California Plan: 2018 Update. Available:
http://resources.ca.gov/docs/climate/safeguarding/update2018/safeguarding-california-plan-2018- update.pdf. Accessed September 28, 2023.
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9-8 South Industrial Priority Area Specific Plan Draft EIR CARB. See California Air Resources Board.
CEC. See California Energy Commission.
City of Fresno. 2020. City of Fresno Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan. Available: https://www.fresno.gov/wp- content/uploads/2023/03/Link4AppendixGGHGRPUpdate.pdf. Accessed September 28, 2023. ———. 2022. Fresno General Plan. Originally adopted December 18, 2014. Last amended October 13, 2022. Available:
https://www.fresno.gov/darm/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/upload_temp_Consolidated-GP-10-13- 2022.pdf. Accessed April 6, 2023.
CNRA. See California Natural Resources Agency.
EPA. See U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Gould, S., and K. Dervin. 2012. Climate Action for Health: Integrating Public Health into Climate Action Planning .
California Department of Public Health.
Governor's Office of Planning and Research, California Energy Commission, and California Natural Resources Agency. 2018 (August). California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment Statewide Summary Report . Available:
https://www.energy.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2019-11/Statewide_Reports-SUM-CCCA4-2018- 013_Statewide_Summary_Report_ADA.pdf. Accessed September 28, 2023.
Governor's Office of Planning and Research. 2017 (November). Technical Advisory on Evaluating Transportation Impacts in CEQA. Available: http://www.opr.ca.gov/docs/20171127_Transportation_Analysis_TA_Nov_2017.pdf.
Accessed September 28, 2023.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2014. Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report: Summary for Policymakers .
Available: https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/syr/AR5_SYR_FINAL_SPM.pdf. Accessed September 28, 2023.
IPCC. See Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
McMichael, A. J., and E. Lindgren. 2011. Climate Change: Present and Future Risks to Health, and Necessary Responses. Journal of Internal Medicine 270(5): 401–413.
OPR. See Governor’s Office of Planning and Research.
Ostro, Bart, Stephen Rauch, and Shelley Green. 2011. Quantifying the Health Impacts of Future Changes in Temperature in California. Available: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/ S001393511100212X. Accessed September 28, 2023.
Pierce, D. W., J. F Kalansky, and D. R. Cayan. 2018. Climate, Drought, and Sea Level Rise Scenarios for California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment. California Energy Commission. Available: https://www.energy.ca.gov/ sites/default/files/2019-11/Projections_CCCA4-CEC-2018-006_ADA.pdf. Accessed September 28, 2023.
Polade, S. D., A. Gershunov, D. R. Cayan, M. D. Dettinger, and D. W. Pierce. 2017. Precipitation in a Warming World:
Assessing Projected Hydro-Climate Changes in California and Other Mediterranean Climate Regions.
Scientific Reports 7, article number 10783. Available: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598 -017-11285-y.
Accessed September 28, 2023.
United Nations. 2015. Paris Agreement. Available: https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/english_paris_agreement.pdf .
Accessed September 28, 2023.
US Global Change Research Program. 2016. The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment.
Wade, Samuel. Branch chief. Transportation Fuels Branch, Industrial Strategies Division, California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, CA. June 30, 2017―e-mail to Austin Kerr of Ascent Environmental regarding whether the Low Carbon Fuel Standard applies to fuels used by off-road construction equipment.
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South Industrial Priority Area Specific Plan Draft EIR 9-9 Section 4.9 Hazards and Hazardous Materials
Cal EPA. See California Environmental Protection Agency.
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. 2023. Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps. Available:
https://osfm.fire.ca.gov/divisions/community-wildfire-preparedness-and-mitigation/wildfire- preparedness/fire-hazard-severity-zones/fire-hazard-severity-zones-map/. Accessed April 26, 2023.
California Department of Toxic Substances Control. 2023. EnviroStor Data Management System. Available:
https://www.envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov/public/. Accessed April 26, 2023.
California Environmental Protection Agency. 2019. Cortese List Data Resources. Available:
https://calepa.ca.gov/sitecleanup/corteselist/. Accessed April 26, 2023.
City of Fresno. 2014 (December 18). City of Fresno General Plan. Available at: https://www.fresno.gov/darm/general - plan-development-code/. Adopted December 18, 2014.
———. 2020 (March). Fresno General Plan Public Review Draft Program Environmental Impact Report . Available:
https://www.fresno.gov/darm/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Fresno-GP-Public-Review-Draft- Program-EIR.pdf.
———. 2022a (February). West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report. Available:
6w0RMJUrOK3KYybKvUY_cxzcFnzlk-FZQWk1JZuVtpXJdGyGmi3SIocnW0Zt1ukGiG8hqjyfIVcst-4s0 (ca.gov). ———. 2022b (October 13). Fresno General Plan. Originally adopted December 18, 2014. Last amended October 13, 2022. Available: https://www.fresno.gov/darm/general-plan-development-code/. ———. 2023. Municipal Code of Ordinances. Available:
https://library.municode.com/ca/fresno/codes/code_of_ordinances.
County of Fresno. 2018. Fresno County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. Available:
https://www.co.fresno.ca.us/home/showdocument?id=24743.
DTSC. See California Department of Toxic Substances Control.
Fresno County Airport Land Use Commission. 2018. Fresno County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan. December 2018. Available: https://www.fresnocog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/fresno-draft-ALUCP-12-04-17c.pdf.
State Water Resources Control Board. 2023. GeoTracker. Available: https://geotracker.waterboards.ca.gov/ . Accessed April 26, 2023.
Section 4.10 Hydrology and Water Quality
California Department of Water Resources. 2021 (March). California’s Groundwater Update 2020. Available:
https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/calgw2020_chapters1_6.pdf.
City of Fresno. 2020 (March). Fresno General Plan Public Review Draft Program Environmental Impact Report.
Available: https://www.fresno.gov/darm/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Fresno-GP-Public-Review- Draft-Program-EIR.pdf.
———. 2021 (June). 2020 Urban Water Management Plan. Available: https://www.fresno.gov/publicutilities/wp - content/uploads/sites/16/2021/06/Fresno-2020-UWMP_Public-Draft_2021-06-29.pdf. ———.2022a (February). West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report. Available:
6w0RMJUrOK3KYybKvUY_cxzcFnzlk-FZQWk1JZuVtpXJdGyGmi3SIocnW0Zt1ukGiG8hqjyfIVcst-4s0 (ca.gov). ———. 2022b (October 13). Fresno General Plan. Originally adopted December 18, 2014. Last amended October 13, 2022. Available: https://www.fresno.gov/darm/general-plan-development-code/. DWR. See California Department of Water Resources.
Federal Emergency Management Agency. 2023. National Flood Hazard Layer Viewer. Available: https://hazards- fema.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=8b0adb51996444d4879338b5529aa9cd .
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9-10 South Industrial Priority Area Specific Plan Draft EIR FEMA. See Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Fresno County. 2003 (March 6). Fresno County General Plan Policy Document. Originally adopted October 3, 2000.
Last amended March 6, 2003.
———. 2018. Fresno County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. Available:
https://www.co.fresno.ca.us/home/showdocument?id=24743.
Fresno Irrigation District, 2006. Fresno Area Regional Groundwater Management Plan. Available:
https://www.fresno.gov/publicutilities/wp-
content/uploads/sites/16/2016/11/AppendixERegionalGMPFinalReport.pdf.
Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District. 2017. FMFC District Map. Available:
https://www.fresnolafco.org/documents/maps/FMFC%20District%20Map.pdf. ———. 2019. Big Dry Creek Dam Failure Scenario Index Map. Available: https://fresnometroh2o.com/dams/big-dry- creek-dam/.
———. 2020a. Fancher Creek Dam Failure Scenario Index Map. Available:
https://fresnometroh2o.com/dams/fancher-creek-dam/.
———. 2020b. Fancher Creek Detention Basin Dam Failure Scenario Index Map. Available:
https://fresnometroh2o.com/dams/fancher-creek-detention-basin/.
North Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency. 2023. Groundwater Sustainability Plan. Available:
https://northkingsgsa.org/groundwater-sustainability-plan/. Accessed: October 2023.
Recharge Fresno. 2023. Frequently Asked Questions. Available: http://rechargefresno.wpengine.com/faqs/ .
West Yost Associates. 2023 (April). South Central Specific Plan Water Supply Assessment.
Section 4.11 Land Use and Planning
City of Fresno. 2022 (October 13). Fresno General Plan. Originally adopted December 18, 2014. Last amended October 13, 2022. Prepared by City of Fresno Development and Resource Management Department and Dyett & Bhatia. Available: https://www.fresno.gov/darm/wp-
content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/upload_temp_Consolidated-GP-10-13-2022.pdf. Accessed June 19, 2023.
Fresno County. 2003 (March 6). Fresno County General Plan Policy Document. Originally adopted October 3, 2000.
Last amended March 6, 2003.
Section 4.12 Noise
California Department of Transportation. 2013 (September). Technical Noise Supplement to the Traffic Noise Analysis Protocol. Division of Environmental Analysis. Sacramento, CA. Prepared by ICF Jones & Stokes. ———. 2020 (September). Transportation and Construction Vibration Guidance Manual. Sacramento, CA: Noise, Division of Environmental Analysis. Sacramento, CA.
Caltrans. See California Department of Transportation
City of Fresno. 2014. City of Fresno General Plan Noise Element.
EPA. See US Environmental Protection Agency.
Federal Highway Administration. 2004. Traffic Noise Model, Version 2.5. Available for download at https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/noise/traffic_noise_model/purchasing_tnm/. Accessed April 4, 2017. ———. 2006 (January). Roadway Construction Noise Model User’s Guide. Washington, DC. Prepared by the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Cambridge, MA.
Federal Interagency Committee on Noise. 1992. Federal Agency Review on Selected Airport Noise Analysis Issues.
Available:
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South Industrial Priority Area Specific Plan Draft EIR 9-11 http://www.gsweventcenter.com/Draft_SEIR_References/1992_08_Federal_Interagency_Committee_on_Noise. pdf. Accessed February 2023.
Federal Transit Administration. 2018. Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment Manual. Washington, DC.
Available: https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/docs/research-innovation/118131/transit-noise- and-vibration-impact-assessment-manual-fta-report-no-0123_0.pdf. Accessed September 5, 2023.
FHWA. See Federal Highway Administration.
FICON. See Federal Interagency Committee on Noise.
FTA. See Federal Transit Administration.
Governor’s Office of Planning and Research. 2017. State of California General Plan Guidelines. Sacramento, CA.
OPR. See Governor’s Office of Planning and Research.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company. 2010. Pacific Gas and Electric Company. 2010 (April). Windsor Substation Project:
Proponent’s Environmental Assessment. Prepared by TRC Solutions, Half Moon Bay, CA.
PG&E. See Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
US Environmental Protection Agency. 1971 (December). Noise from Construction Equipment and Operations, Building Equipment, and Home Appliances. Washington, DC. Prepared by Bolt Baranek and Newman.
Section 4.14 Population, Employment, and Housing
California Department of Finance. 2010a. Population Estimates (E-4 Reports). ———. 2010b. Historical Housing Estimates (E-8 Reports).
California Employment Development Department. 2023 (September 15). Labor Market Data, City of Fresno. Available:
https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Flabormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov%2Ffile%2Flf month%2Ffresnsub.xls&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK. Accessed on October 5, 2023.
City of Fresno. 2017. Fresno General Plan: 2015-2023 Housing Element. Adopted April 13, 2017. Available:
https://www.fresno.gov/darm/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/FresnoHEAdoptedApril2017smallfile.pdf .
Accessed April 11, 2023.
City of Fresno. 2024. City of Fresno South Central Specific Plan. https://www.fresno.gov/planning/plans -projects- under-review/#south-central-specific-plan-scsp. Available June 2024 DOF. See California Department of Finance.
Fresno Council of Governments. 2022 (November). Fresno Council of Governments, Regional Housing Needs Allocation Plan. Available: Microsoft Word - FCOG_RHNP_Public_Review_Draft_July_2022 (fresnocog.wpenginepowered.com). Accessed on October 5, 2023.
Section 4.14 Public Services and Recreation
City of Fresno. 2017 (December 14). Fresno Parks Master Plan. Available: https://www.fresno.gov/planning/general- plan-development-code/#park-masters-plan. Accessed: August 2023.
Economic & Planning Systems, Inc. 2022 (April). Report: Police Development Impact Fee Program Nexus Study Update - 2022. Available: https://appdev.fresno.gov/kiosk_clerk/admin/upload/1654529664_cityclerk.pdf .
Accessed July 2023.
EPS. See Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
FCFD. See Fresno City Fire Department.
Fresno City Fire Department. 2023a (January). 2022 Annual Report. Available: https://www.fresno.gov/fire/wp - content/uploads/sites/6/2023/01/2022-Annual-Report.pdf. Accessed April 2023.
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9-12 South Industrial Priority Area Specific Plan Draft EIR ———. 2023b. Fire Department Station Locations. Available: https://www.fresno.gov/fire/station -locations/. Accessed April 24, 2023.
Fresno Police Department. 2021. Fresno Police Department 2021 Annual Report . Available:
https://www.fresno.gov/police/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/07/2021-Annual-Report.pdf. Accessed April 2023.
Gross, Don. Police Captain. Fresno Police Department, Fresno, CA. April 27, 2023 — email correspondence with Marianne Lowenthal of Ascent Environmental regarding City of Fresno Police Infrastructure Needs. National Center for Education Statistics. 2023. Search for Public School Districts. Common Core Data. Available:
https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/index.asp. Accessed June 2023.
Odell Planning & Research. 2022. Fresno Unified School District Development Fee Justification Study. Available:
https://facilities.fresnounified.org/wp-content/uploads/FUSD-Fee-Study-5-18-2022.pdf. Accessed June 2023.
Semonious, Theodore. Deputy Chief. Training Division. Fresno City Fire Department, Fresno, CA. April 27, 2023 — email correspondence with Marianne Lowenthal of Ascent Environmental regarding City of Fresno Fire Infrastructure Needs.
Section 4.15 Transportation and Circulation
California Department of Transportation. 2020 (May). Vehicle Miles Traveled-Focused Transportation Impact Study Guide. Available: https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/transportation-planning/documents/sb- 743/2020-05-20-approved-vmt-focused-tisg-a11y.pdf. Accessed September 10, 2023.
Caltrans. See California Department of Transportation.
City of Fresno. 2014. General Plan: Mobility and Transportation Element. Available: https://www.fresno.gov/darm/wp- content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/General-Plan-4-Mobility-and-Transportation-7-19.pdf. ———. 2016 (December). Active Transportation Plan. Prepared by Fehr & Peers. Fresno, CA. Available:
https://www.fresno.gov/wp-
content/uploads/2023/07/170022FresnoATPFinal2017Amended042022_compressed -1.pdf. Accessed February 16, 2022.
———. 2019a (September). Complete Streets Policy. Policy Number 240.3. Department of Public Works. Available:
https://www.fresno.gov/publicworks/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2019/10/Complete-Streets-091119.pdf.
Accessed February 16, 2022.
———. 2019b (June). Policy Number 210.01: Traffic Control Policies and Procedures. Available:
https://www.fresno.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Policy-210.01-Traffic-Control-Policies-and- Procedures.pdf.
———. 2019c (March). Policy Number: 210.1: Conditions for Roadway Closures and Lane Closures. Available:
https://www.fresno.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Road-Closure-Policy.pdf. ———. 2020 (June). CEQA Guidelines for VMT Thresholds. Available: https://www.fresno.gov/wp- content/uploads/2023/03/CEQA-Guidelines-for-Vehicle-Miles-Traveled-Final-Adopted-Version.pdf.
FCOG. See Fresno Council of Governments.
Fresno Council of Governments. 2018 (January). Fresno County Regional Active Transportation Plan. Available:
https://fresnocog.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Cover-Chapter-1-rev.pdf. Accessed September 10, 2021.
———. 2019 (March). Fresno County Regional Long-Range Transit Plan 2019-2050. Available:
https://www.fresnocog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Fresno-County-Regional-Long-Range-Transit-Plan- 031319-hg-32.pdf. Accessed September 10, 2021.
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South Industrial Priority Area Specific Plan Draft EIR 9-13 ———. 2021a (January). Fresno County SB 743 Implementation Regional Guidelines. Prepared by LSA. Available:
https://fresnocog.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Fresno-COG-VMT-Report_01-08- 2021.pdf. Accessed September 12, 2023.
———. 2021b (December). Regional Safety Plan. Prepared by Kittelson & Associates, Sacramento, CA, and Toole Design, Oakland, CA. Prepared for Fresno Council of Governments, Fresno, CA. Available:
https://fresnocog.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FresnoRSP_Final.pdf. Accessed September 12, 2023.
———. 2022 (July). Regional Transportation Plan & Sustainable Communities Strategy. Available:
https://www.planfresno.com/planfresno/uploads/2022/06/RTP-SCS-Cover-and-Introduction-pages.pdf.
Governor’s Office of Planning and Research. 2018 (December). Technical Advisory on Evaluating Transportation Impacts in CEQA. Available: https://opr.ca.gov/docs/20190122-743_Technical_Advisory.pdf. Accessed September 12, 2023.
OPR. See Governor’s Office of Planning and Research.
TJKM. 2023 (August 11). Transportation Impact Analysis: South Central Specific Plan.
Section 4.16 Utilities and Service Systems
Akel Engineering Group, Inc. 2022. South Central Specific Plan Water and Sewer Hydraulic Analysis Technical Memorandum. Prepared for City of Fresno. Fresno, CA.
Akel. See Akel. Engineering Group, Inc.
California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. 2019. Estimated Solid Waste Generation Rates. Available:
https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/WasteCharacterization/General/Rates. Accessed June 2023. ———. 2023. Solid Waste Information System Search. Available:
https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/SolidWaste/Site/Search. Accessed: October 2023.
CalRecycle. See California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
City of Fresno. 2006. Wastewater Collection System Master Plan. Available: https://www.fresno.gov/publicutilities/wp - content/uploads/sites/16/2016/11/Collection-System-Master-Plan.pdf. Accessed June 2023. ———. 2020. Fresno General Plan Public Review Draft Program Environmental Impact Report . State Clearinghouse Number 2019050005. Available: https://www.fresno.gov/darm/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Fresno- GP-Public-Review-Draft-Program-EIR.pdf. Accessed May 2023. ———. 2021. 2020 Urban Water Management Plan. Available: https://www.fresno.gov/publicutilities/wp- content/uploads/sites/16/2021/06/Fresno-2020-UWMP_Public-Draft_2021-06-29.pdf. Accessed June 2023. ———. 2022. Fresno General Plan. Available: https://www.fresno.gov/planning/general -plan-development- code/#general-plan. Adopted December 2014; reflects updates through October 2022. Accessed April 24, 2023.
———. 2023. South Central Specific Plan Water Supply Assessment. Prepared by West Yost.
EPA. See US Environmental Protection Agency.
FMFCD. See Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District.
Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District. 2017. 2016 District Services Plan. Available:
https://www.fresnofloodcontrol.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2016-District-Services-Plan-Final.pdf.
Accessed June 2023.
US Environmental Protection Agency. 2023. RecycleMania Volume-To-Weight Conversion Chart. Available:
https://archive.epa.gov/wastes/conserve/tools/rogo/web/pdf/volume-weight-conversions.pdf. Accessed September 2023.
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City of Fresno. 2020. Fresno General Plan Public Review Draft Program Environmental Impact Report. State Clearinghouse Number 2019050005. Available: https://www.fresno.gov/darm/wp- content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Fresno-GP-Public-Review-Draft-Program-EIR.pdf. Accessed May 2023. ———. 2021. 2020 Urban Water Management Plan. Available: https://www.fresno.gov/publicutilities/wp- content/uploads/sites/16/2021/06/Fresno-2020-UWMP_Public-Draft_2021-06-29.pdf. Accessed June 2023. ———. 2023. South Central Specific Plan Water Supply Assessment. Prepared by West Yost. ———. 2024. City of Fresno South Central Specific Plan. https://www.fresno.gov/planning/plans-projects-under- review/#south-central-specific-plan-scsp. Available June 2024.
Governor’s Office of Planning and Research. 2018 (December). Technical Advisory on Evaluating Transportation Impacts in CEQA. Available: https://opr.ca.gov/docs/20190122-743_Technical_Advisory.pdf. Accessed September 12, 2023.
OPR. See Governor’s Office of Planning and Research.
Chapter 6 Alternatives
Akel Engineering Group, Inc. 2022. South Central Specific Plan Water and Sewer Hydraulic Analysis Technical Memorandum. Prepared for City of Fresno. Fresno, CA.
City of Fresno. 2023. South Central Specific Plan Water Supply Assessment . Prepared by West Yost.
TJKM. 2023a (August 11). Transportation Impact Analysis: South Central Specific Plan. ———. 2023b (August 7). Transportation Impact Analysis – Supplemental Report, South Central Specific Plan Alternatives Analysis.
Chapter 7 Other CEQA Sections
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