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DocuSign Envelope ID: 117C5B91-97C1-4BD1-9378-E46B8768498C Mr. Mark Meissner City of Lathrop April 13, 2020 Page 2 of 7 • Operational features, including level of anticipated human presence (describe seasonal or daily peaks in activity, if relevant), artificial lighting/light reflection, noise, traffic generation, and other features • Construction schedule, activities, equipment types and crew sizes Additionally, the SEIR should specify if CDFW is anticipated to be a Responsible Agency that is expected to use the SEIR in its decision making for the Project [CEQA Guidelines, § 15124, subd. (d)(1)(A)]. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING The Project is located in mostly undeveloped and/or agricultural land. There are a few single- family residences and agricultural buildings throughout the site. The Project site contains two wetland areas: the Central Drainage Ditch, a long agricultural ditch which bisects Stewart Tract, and a small pond located near Paradise Cut. The SEIR should provide sufficient information regarding the environmental setting necessary to understand the Project's, and its alternative's (if applicable), potentially significant impacts on the environment (CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15125 and 15360). CDFW recommends that the SEIR provide baseline habitat assessments for special-status fish, wildlife, and plant species potentially affected by the Project including but not limited to the species with the designations listed below. • Threatened, endangered, rare, candidate, or fully protected under state law • Threatened or endangered under federal law • California Rare Plant Rank (CRPR) 1 through 4 (http://www.cnps.org/cnps/rareplants/ranking.php) • California Species of Special Concern (https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/SSC/) • Local or regional rare plants or animals identified in a local or regional plan or policy • Rare, threatened, or endangered pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15380 Special-status species documented to occur, or with the potential to occur, on or near the Project area include, but are not limited to, those listed in the table below. Rare Plant Common Name Scientific Name Status Rank Delta button-celery Er n ium racemosum SE 113.1 Loggerhead shrike Lanius ludovicianus SSC Pallid bat Antrozous pallidus SSC Riparian brush rabbit S lvila us bachmani riparius FE, SE Slough thistle Cirsium crassicaule 1 B.1 Song sparrow "Modesto" population Melospiza melodia SSC Steelhead Central Valle DPS Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus FT