The County of Orange has prepared the Southern Subregion Natural Community Conservation Plan/Master Streambed Alteration Agreement/Habitat Conservation Plan (NCCP/MSAA/HCP), Draft Implementation Agreement (IA) and associated Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS). The Draft NCCP/MSAA/HCP sets forth a proposed Conservation Strategy that would be implemented by the County of Orange in cooperation with state and federal agencies and Participating Landowners in southern Orange County. The proposed Conservation Strategy focuses on long-term protection and management of multiple natural communities that provide habitat essential to the survival of a broad array of wildlife and plant species. In summary, the Conservation Strategy consists of the following elements:

• Creation of a permanent Habitat Reserve consisting of 11,950 acres owned by the County of Orange and contained within three existing County regional and wilderness parks (O'Neill Regional Park, Riley Wilderness Park and Caspers Wilderness Park) and 20,868 acres owned by Rancho Mission Viejo (RMV), at no cost to the public;
  
  
• Formulation and implementation of a Habitat Reserve Management Program (HRMP);
  
  
• Receipt of State and Federal regulatory coverage and provisions for the impacts of proposed Covered Activities on proposed Covered Species and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) Jurisdictional Areas; and
  
  
• Execution of an Implementation Agreement (IA) and identification of funding necessary to implement the HRMP.

For more information regarding the scope of the project, please review the Notice of Availability.

Public Meeting Notices
Contains the Public Meeting Notices regarding the Southern Subregion Natural Community Conservation Plan. This includes current and past meeting notices. All meetings of the Southern Subregion Natural Community Conservation Plan are noticed and open to the public. The public may testify before the Southern Subregion Natural Community Conservation Plan on any agenda item.

Meeting Information
Contains the Current and Past Agendas and Approved Minutes regarding the Southern Subregion Natural Community Conservation Plan. All Southern Subregion Natural Community Conservation Plan meetings are noticed and open to the public.

Documents

Southern Subregion NCCP/HCP Plan
The Southern Subregion Study Area consists of 132,000 acres. This includes 40,000 acres within the Cleveland National Forest and 92,000 acres within the Planning Area. The purpose of the proposed Southern Subregion Natural Community Conservation Plan and Habitat Conservation Plan is to protect designated open space and conserve multiple species and their habitats. This would be accomplished by providing for the long-term management of the natural communities that provide habitat essential to the survival of a broad array of wildlife and plant species

   IWMD Planning Commission Presentation
This SSCCP slide show at the September 6, 2006 Planning Commission briefing was presented by Integrated Waste Management Department staff and provides information related to the Prima Deshecha Landfill and La Pata Avenue extension. It provides information on County Reserve participation and benefits, other Subregion benefits, mitigation and other County obligations.

   Rancho Mission Viejo Planning Commission Presentation
This SSCCP slide show at the September 6, 2006 Planning Commission briefing was presented by Rancho Mission Viejo. It provides information related to SSNCCP participants, the coordinated planning process, study area, alternatives, vegetation communities and covered species.

   Implementation Agreement
Agreement among the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, California Fish & Game, County of Orange, RMV Community /development LLC, and Santa Margarita Water District, which defines the roles and responsibilities and provides a common understanding of the actions to be undertaken to implement the SSNCCP/HCP.

EIR/EIS - Environmental Document
This joint environmental document addresses the environmental considerations arising from combined local, State and Federal actions associated with the approval and implementation of the proposed SSNCCP/HCP/MSAA Conservation Strategy and Plan.

EIS Response to Comments and Clarification
The purpose of this document is to present the Federal responses to comments and clarifications/revisions to the EIR/EIS Environmental Document.

Technical Appendices
The Appendices are bound separately and includes various studies, analysis and associated information in support of the joint environmental document. These appendices cover both the EIR/EIS and the Plan.

Response to Comments Document
The purpose of this document is to present public comments and responses to comments received on the Draft Environmental Impact Report No. 584 for the proposed Southern Subregion Natural Community Conservation Plan/Master Streambed Alteration Agreement/Habitat Conservation Plan.

Maps & Exhibits
All maps are bound separately in the Draft NCCP/MSAA/HCP and Programmatic Joint EIR/EIS Map Book. Included are maps associated with every aspect of the Plan.

If there are any questions regarding the details of a document, or to obtain a hard copy or other alternative formats of the original document, or to have a document read to you, please contact the PDS offices, Monday through Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm PST, at 300 N. Flower Street, Santa Ana, CA, 92703, by email at ssnccp@rdmd.ocgov.com, or by phone at (714) 834-2626.