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Chapter 5.0 – Other CEQA-Required Analysis
5.1 Environmental Effects Eliminated from Further Analysis
5.0 Other CEQA Required Analysis
The following topics were eliminated from full analysis in this DEIR because no potential exists for
significant environmental effects resulting from implementation of the Clay Pit SVRA General Plan,
including construction and operation of the headquarters facilities, related to these issues. A brief
reason for elimination is provided below for each issue area.
5.1.1 Agricultural Resources
As described in Chapter 2, “Project Description,” no farmland exists within Clay Pit SVRA. In
addition, the project site is not zoned for agricultural uses. Implementation of improvements to
existing recreational opportunities at the SVRA would not involve changing or converting any
existing agricultural environment in the project area.
5.1.2 Land Use
The General Plan does not include any changes in land use. As described in Chapter 2, no
residences currently exist within the SVRA. The project site does not currently include any
developed land uses. In addition, the Butte County General Plan identifies the project property for
resource conservation uses, which allows for recreational uses (Butte County 2010:54).
Implementation of improvements to existing recreational opportunities at Clay Pit SVRA would
not involve physically dividing an established community or conflict with any applicable land use
plan.
5.1.3 Minerals
The Agreement for Transfer to Department of Parks and Recreation of the Impervious Materials
Borrow Area at Oroville Division, signed on January 22, 1981, gave State Parks the right to plan,
develop, and administer real and personal property for the site as an OHV park, and the site was
designated as an SVRA. DWR retains the right to inundate the site or remove additional borrow
material if necessary for the Oroville Division of the State Water Project (Oroville Dam); however,
to date, DWR has not exercised these rights or expressed an interest in exercising these rights.
Implementation of the Clay Pit SVRA General Plan, including construction and operation of the
headquarters facilities, would not prevent the future use of the site for borrow material or
otherwise affect mineral resources.
5.1.4 Population and Housing
As described in Chapter 2, no residence currently exists within Clay Pit SVRA. In addition, no
seasonal camp hosts live on‐site. No new housing would be constructed or affected on‐site or off‐
Clay Pit State Vehicular Recreation Area
Draft EIR 5-1 February 2012