2026 Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy
5 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2021100331
Lead Agency
Kings County Association of Governments
(KCAG)
Document Title
2026 Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
multiple
Document Description
The proposed project is the 2026 KCAG RTP/SCS, which will be an update to the 2022 RTP/SCS. KCAG, by state and federal mandate, is required to develop a comprehensive minimum 20-year plan for the region’s transportation system. The 2026 RTP/SCS will cover the planning period through the year 2049. The EIR is intended to comply with CEQA. It will also require coordination with or reference to: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act the Federal Clean Air Act; the California Clean Air Act; California SB 375; California SB 743; California Assembly Bill 32, and California Senate Bill 32. The EIR will consider the 2026 RTP/SCS programmed projects and preferred SCS scenario, a No Project alternative, the SCS alternative scenarios carried forward, and any alternatives to address identified significant impacts. The EIR will evaluate the potential impacts of implementing the policies and programs in the RTP in accordance with CEQA and will concentrate on the long-term environmental impacts of the RTP/SCS that extend to the 2049 planning horizon.
Contact Information
Name
Julio Gonzalez
Agency Name
Kings County Association of Governments
Job Title
Regional Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Eric VonBerg
Agency Name
Rincon Consultants, Inc.
Job Title
Supervising Planner
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Location
Cities
Avenal, Corcoran, Hanford, Lemoore
Counties
Kings
Regions
Citywide, Countywide, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Project covers entire geographic region of Kings County
Parcel #
County-wide
State Highways
Multiple state highways
Railways
Multiple
Airports
Multiple
Schools
Multiple
Waterways
Multiple throughout Kings County
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Other (RTP/SCS)
Local Actions
RTP/SCS
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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