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3.0 Environmental Analysis
Other regional planning documents relevant to planning efforts at the Clay Pit SVRA (e.g. the Butte
County General Plan) have used year 2030 as the end of their planning horizon, so year 2030 was
also selected for analysis purposes in this DEIR. Using a 2030 planning horizon assumes that the
Clay Pit SVRA General Plan would have a lifespan of approximately 20 years, which is a typical
lifespan for a general plan.
The structure of each environmental issue analysis is similar, starting with a discussion of the
existing environmental setting, followed by a programmatic discussion of potentially significant
adverse effects resulting from implementation of the Clay Pit SVRA General Plan, followed by an
assessment of project‐level impacts specific to the headquarters facilities, where applicable.
Each issue analysis includes the following sections:
Existing Setting: This section describes the existing condition of the environmental issue
being analyzed.
Regulatory Setting: This section describes the applicable federal, state, regional and local
regulations related to the environmental issue being analyzed.
Thresholds of Significance: Thresholds for analysis are independently determined by
considering the regional context and the setting. This section presents the guidelines used
to identify how an impact is to be judged for each issue area in this EIR specific to Clay Pit
SVRA.
Environmental Evaluation: This section presents the analysis of each specific
environmental issue area and identifies any potentially significant environmental impacts
that would result or explains why an impact would not occur.
Summary of Significant Impacts: Potentially significant impacts identified in the
Environmental Evaluation are summarized in this section.
Mitigation Measures: This section identifies mitigation measures that would be required
to mitigate each impact found to be significant.
Clay Pit State Vehicular Recreation Area
February 2012 3-2 Draft EIR