Draft Environmental Impact Report - California Off Highway Vehicle ...

State Parks,
California Department of Fish and Game (DFG),
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS),
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE),
Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB),
Butte County, and
Butte County Air Quality Management District.
1.0 Introduction
The approvals required by the OHMVR Division to implement the Clay Pit SVRA General Plan
project are the approval of the General Plan and DEIR and the approval of the headquarters
facilities funding.
1.2 General Plan Process and Public Participation
General plans are broad‐based policy documents that establish long‐range visions, goals, and
guidelines for management and provide direction on future types of improvements, services, and
programs. General planning provides opportunities to assess resource stewardship, facility
development and management, and interpretation to the public. It provides guidelines for future
land use management and designation, including land acquisition and the development of facilities
required to accommodate expected visitation and administrative needs.
The Clay Pit SVRA General Plan provides a comprehensive framework intended to guide
development, ongoing management, and public use at Clay Pit SVRA for many years. Because it is
intended as a long‐term guide, the General Plan must remain flexible, general in its scope, and
consistent in the vision for Clay Pit SVRA’s future. The General Plan must allow for changing
conditions over time and for solving future management problems.
Public and stakeholder input is an important component of State Parks’ general plan process.
Input is sought at the very beginning and throughout the planning process, and it plays an
essential role in the development of the recommendations, goals, and guidelines within the
general plan. A public participation program was implemented during development of the Clay Pit
SVRA General Plan. The goal of this extensive public and stakeholder outreach effort was to
identify the community’s ideas and desires for future management and use of Clay Pit SVRA, and
to understand the community’s concerns about the future of the park. Elements of the public
participation program included an on‐site and online visitor survey, stakeholder interviews,
distribution of fact sheets and newsletters, compilation of project information in working papers,
and three public workshops (see Clay Pit SVRA General Plan Appendix A).
The following is a chronological list of public information materials and opportunities for public
and stakeholder participation and input provided throughout the planning process for
development of the Clay Pit SVRA General Plan:
Clay Pit State Vehicular Recreation Area
Draft EIR 1-5 February 2012