Laserfiche WebLink
4.2 – Biological Resources <br />Draft Environmental Impact Report February 2021 <br />14800 W. Schulte Road Logistics Center 4.2-1 <br />4.2 Biological Resources <br />This section describes the existing biological resources conditions of the 14800 W. Schulte Road Logistics Center <br />(Project) site and vicinity, identifies associated regulatory requirements, evaluates potential impacts, and identifies <br />mitigation measures related to implementation of the Project. <br />In addition to the documents incorporated by reference (see Section 2.7, Documents Incorporated by Reference, of <br />Chapter 2, Introduction, of this Environmental Impact Report), the following analysis is based, in part, on the Biological <br />Resources Constraints Assessment for the Project prepared by Dudek in November 2020 (Appendix C). The document <br />prepared for the Project site by the San Joaquin Council of Governments, LBA Logistics Center III Project (PA-1900208) <br />SJMSCP Incidental Take Minimization Measures (APN: 209-240-23), was also referenced (SJCOG 2020). <br />4.2.1 Existing Conditions <br />This section describes the existing conditions on the Project site and identifies resources that could be affected by <br />implementation of the Project. <br />The information in this section is based on a review of pertinent literature (including the Biological Resources <br />Constraints Assessment [Appendix C]) and the field survey of the Project site that was conducted on October 8, 2020. <br />The literature review included querying the following sources for special-status species and/or sensitive vegetation <br />communities in the region: California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) California Natural Diversity Database <br />(CNDDB) (CDFW 2020a), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Information for Planning and Consultation online <br />tool (USFWS 2020a), and California Native Plant Society’s Online Inventory of Rare and Endangered Vascular Plants <br />(CNPS 2020). The National Wetlands Inventory online map was reviewed to identify potential aquatic resources <br />(USFWS 2020b). The Web Soil Survey of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA 2020a) was also reviewed <br />to identify potentially occurring special-status plants based on known soil associations. <br />Vegetation Communities and Land Cover Types <br />One terrestrial land cover type was identified on the Project site during the field survey on October 8, 2020: <br />disturbed/developed land. The Project site is also mapped as “Agricultural Habitat” by the San Joaquin Council of <br />Governments (SJCOG 2020). There are no natural vegetation communities, including those considered sensitive by <br />CDFW, within or adjacent to the Project site. <br />Disturbed/developed is a land cover type that represents the entire 37.7-acre Project site and includes dirt or gravel <br />access roads, staging or laydown areas, and dry basins and other areas that no longer support natural vegetation. <br />Much of this cover type is either barren of vegetation or dominated by non -native plant species indicative of <br />disturbed sites, such as Russian thistle (Salsola tragus), shortpod mustard (Hirschfeldia incana), five horn bassia <br />(Bassia hyssopifolia), and invasive annual grasses. <br />Jurisdictional Aquatic Resources and Hydrologic Setting <br />There are no jurisdictional aquatic resources within the Project site. A formal jurisdictional delineation of the Project <br />site was not conducted during the field survey. However, no potentially jurisdictional aquatic resources were <br />identified during the field survey, and the National Wetlands Inventory does not identify any previously mapped <br />wetlands or other waters within the Project site (USFWS 2020b).