Specifications include, but are not limited to: The approach to this project will be to prepare a Program EIR that is in compliance with both CEQA and NEPA, with Yuba County serving as the lead environmental agency. The following summarizes the proposed tasks that will be included in a Scope of Work. Contractor will draft a thorough project description in coordination with Yuba County staff and prepare a Program EIR, evaluating the potential environmental impacts of the proposed project based on available existing information, background research, database searches, desktop mapping of existing conditions, and resource surveys that might have been conducted in the proposed project area. It is assumed that project locations will utilize existing Road and Public Utility Easements, or overhead Public Utility Easements of record. Contractor will also prepare and file the required CEQA/NEPA notices; prepare a distribution list in collaboration with County staff and provide copies of the Notice of Availability (NOA) for public distribution and to begin public review of the Program EIR in compliance with State CEQA and Federal NEPA guidelines and statues; and work with County staff to respond to public and agency comments; prepare a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) if necessary; and prepare and file the Notice of Determination (NOD) in compliance with CEQA and NEPA. Contractor will also be responsible for preparing the CEQA/NEPA finding of fact.
