Draft Environmental Impact Report -  [SCH# 2011031002]
Prepared for Santa Margarita Water District
December 2011

Volume 1

Executive Summary

1.         Introduction

2.         Project Background

3.         Project Description

4.         Environmental Setting, Impacts, and Mitigation Measures

4.1       Aesthetics

4.2       Agriculture and Forestry Resources

4.3       Air Quality

4.4       Biological Resources

4.5       Cultural Resources

4.6       Geology and Soils

4.7       Greenhouse Gas Emissions

4.8       Hazards and Hazardous Materials

4.9       Hydrology and Water Quality

4.10     Land Use and Planning

4.11     Mineral Resources

4.12     Noise

4.13     Public Services and Utilities

4.14     Recreation

4.15     Transportation and Traffic

5.         Cumulative Impacts

6.         Growth-Inducement Potential and Secondary Effects of Growth

7.         Alternatives Analysis

8.         Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitment of Resources

9.         Report Preparers

10.       Acronyms

11.       References

Volume 2

Appendix A:  Scoping Report

Appendix B1: Groundwater Management, Monitoring, and Mitigation Plan

Appendix B2: Groundwater Stewardship Committee October 2011 : Summary of Findings and Recommendations

Appendix C: Pipeline Alignment Map Book

Appendix D: Power Requirements Analysis

Volume 3

Appendix E1: URBEMIS 2007 – Output Sheets

Appendix E2: Fugitive Dust and Effects from Changing Water Table at Bristol and Cadiz Playas

Appendix E3: Emissions Worksheets

Appendix F1: Focused Survey for Desert Tortoise, Habitat Evaluation for Burrowing Owl, and General Biological Resource Assessment

Appendix F2: Streambed Delineation

Appendix F3: Rare Plant Survey Report

Appendix F4: Vegetation, Groundwater – Levels and Potential Impacts from Groundwater Pumping near Bristol and Cadiz Playas

Appendix G1:Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment

Appendix G2: Paleontology Survey and Assessment

Volume 4

Appendix H1A: Cadiz Groundwater Modeling and Impact Analysis – Volume 1

Appendix H1B: Cadiz Groundwater Modeling and Impact Analysis – Volume 2

Appendix H1C: Cadiz Groundwater Modeling and Impact Analysis – Volume 3

Appendix H2: Supplemental Assessment of Pumping Required

Appendix H3: Assessment of Effects of the Cadiz Groundwater Conservation Recovery and Storage Project Operations on Springs

Appendix H4: Springs Fieldwork

Appendix H5: Addendum to September 1, 2011 – Cadiz Groundwater Modeling and Impact Analysis

Appendix I: Economic Impact Report

Appendix J: Significant and Unavoidable Impacts Identified in General Plan EIRs for Counties and Cities within the Water Area of Use