Environmental Documents for Public ReviewThe environmental documents listed below have been prepared and are now available for public review. The public review period ends at 5:00 p.m. on the last day of the Review Period. All comments should be provided in writing to the Case Planner, and received by staff before the end of the public review period. Written comments should be sent to the Case Planner either by fax to (805) 654-2509, to the e-mail address listed, or via mail to:
PROJECTS FOR WHICH THE COUNTY OF VENTURA IS THE LEAD AGENCY A Lead Agency is the public agency that has the principal responsibility for carrying out or approving a project that is subject to CEQA. In general, a local government agency with jurisdiction over general land uses is the preferred public agency serving as lead agency. The lead agency is responsible for determining the appropriate environmental document, as well as its preparation. The following links include projects currently in process for which the County of Ventura is the Lead Agency. |
| ► View Current Notices of Preparation for Environmental Impact Reports |
| A Notice of Preparation is a brief notice sent by a Lead Agency to notify the Responsible Agencies, Trustee Agencies, and other public or federal agencies that the Lead Agency plans to prepare an EIR for the project. The purpose of the notice is to solicit guidance from those agencies as to the scope and content of the environmental information to be included in the EIR. |
| ► View Current Draft Environmental Impact Reports |
| If the Lead Agency finds that the project may have a significant impact on the environment and that there are no obvious measures the applicant can take to mitigate potential problems, an EIR will be required. An EIR may also be required if further study is needed to provide information necessary in determining whether or not the project could have a significant impact. |
| ► View Current Negative Declarations |
| If the Lead Agency finds that the project will not have an impact on the environment, the Lead Agency will prepare a Negative Declaration (ND). A ND is a legal statement that either describes the reasons why a proposed project will not have a significant adverse effect on the environment or that compliance with specific Federal, State or County regulations would avoid a significant impact, and thus does not require an Environmental Impact Report. |
| ► View Current Mitigated Negative Declarations |
| If the Lead Agency finds that the project has the potential to have an impact on the environment, but certain “mitigation measures” will be required as part of the project to ensure that no significant impacts will occur, the Lead Agency will prepare a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND). These mitigation measures can be changes in the project design or operation and must be agreed to by the applicant. An MND further requires that a mitigation monitoring and reporting program be adopted to ensure that applicants follow through on the mitigation measures required by the Lead Agency. |
PROJECTS FOR WHICH THE COUNTY OF VENTURA IS THE RESPONSIBLE AGENCY Responsible agencies are those which have discretionary approval power over a project, such as the granting of a permit, lease or other approval, or approval of funding. The responsible agency’s power is more limited than that of the lead agency, but it may require changes in a project to lessen or avoid the environmental effects of that part of the project which the responsible agency will be called on to carry out or approve. The following links include projects currently in process for which the County of Ventura is the Responsible Agency. Please note that in some cases, the public review period for the project-related environmental document may have already concluded. |
| ► View Current Draft Environmental Impact Reports |
| ► View Current Negative Declarations |
| ► View Current Mitigated Negative Declarations |
| All environmental documents that are closed for public review can be accessed through this link for a period of one year. |
| ► View Archived Environmental Documents |
