City of Barstow General Plan and Barstow International Gateway Project Draft Environmental Impact Report
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024020501
Lead Agency
City of Barstow
Document Title
City of Barstow General Plan and Barstow International Gateway Project Draft Environmental Impact Report
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Various.
Document Description
The proposed Project includes: 1) a comprehensive update to the City of Barstow General Plan to bring it current with State laws and plan for the City’s overall long-term development and 2) the BIG facility and Specific Plan.
The proposed General Plan updates all of the City’s General Plan Elements except for the Housing Element, which was updated in 2024. During the 25-year planning horizon of the proposed General Plan, the Plan Area could potentially result in a growth of 6,326 households, 6,608 dwelling units, 18,531 residents, 15,341,198 square feet of non-residential uses, and 10,819 jobs by 2048.
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) proposes the new approximately 5,000 acre BIG facility and its Specific Plan to be located partly in incorporated Barstow and partly in an existing unincorporated portion of the County, which the proposed General Plan proposes for concurrent annexation to the City. The BIG Specific Plan proposes a rail yard consisting of an intermodal facility, a “block swap” yard and ancillary rail area, as well as a transload warehouse center and a private utility (i.e., solar farm), and an approximately 680-acre area at the northern boundary of the Specific Plan area that would remain ungraded, a portion of which is proposed to be placed under a conservation easement. Additionally, to serve the proposed rail yard and transload warehouse center, BNSF proposes off-site rail improvements (i.e., lead track extensions) and off-site non-rail improvements (i.e., stormwater drainage, utilities, and circulation/roadways).
Contact Information
Name
Chris Heldreth
Agency Name
City of Barstow
Job Title
Community Development Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Name
Mark Teague
Agency Name
PlaceWorks
Job Title
Principal
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Barstow
Counties
San Bernardino
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Citywide + Sphere of Influence (SOI)
Zip
92311
Total Acres
127,160
Jobs
25235
Parcel #
Citywide
State Highways
I-15, I-40, SR-247, SR-58
Railways
BNSF
Airports
None
Schools
Barstow Unified School District, Charter Schools
Waterways
Mojave River
Township
9N
Range
1W
Section
Many
Base
SBB&M
Other Location Info
Entire City of Barstow and Sphere of Influence.
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 Education, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (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 Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (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 Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 13, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 27, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
Development Types
Other (Complete General Plan Update and Industrial Specific Plan)
Local Actions
General Plan Update, Specific Plan, Prezone, Land Division (Subdivision, etc.), Annexation
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Fiscal Impacts, 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, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian
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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