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r STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Govemor CALIFORNIA STATE LANDS COMMISSION PAUL D. THAYER, Executive Officer 100 Howe Avenue, Suite 100-South (916) 574-1800 FAX (916) 574-1810 Sacramento, CA 95825-8202 r Relay Service From TDD Phone 1-800-735-2929 a= from Voice Phone 1-800-735-2922 RECIEVED Contact Phone: (916) 574-1814 MAR 2 0 2007 Contact FAX: (916) 574-1885 March 16, 2007 Community Development Dept File Ref: SCH# 2007022083 Ms. Mo Hatef San Joaquin County Community Development Department 1810 East Hazelton Avenue Stockton, CA 95205 Subject: PA-0500224 Nature Preserve Dear Ms. Hatef: Staff of the California State Lands Commission (CSLC) has received the above referenced Negative Declaration. Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the San Joaquin County Community Development Department is the Lead Agency and the CSLC is a Responsible and/or Trustee Agency for any and all projects which could directly or indirectly affect sovereign lands, their accompanying Public Trust resources or uses, and the public easement in navigable waters. The State acquired sovereign ownership of all tidelands and submerged lands and beds of navigable waterways upon its admission to the United States in 1850. The State holds these lands for the benefit of all the people of the State for statewide Public Trust purposes which include waterborne commerce, navigation, fisheries, water-related recreation, habitat preservation, and open space. The landward boundaries of the State's sovereign interests are generally based upon the ordinary high water marks of these waterways as they last naturally existed. Thus, such boundaries may not be readily apparent from present day site inspections. The State's sovereign interests are under the jurisdiction of the CSLC. Environmental Review Staff has reviewed the proposed Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and has found the document to be inadequate to fully evaluate the project under the CEQA.