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DDcusign Envelope to:087BA057•B564-41E8.0812-293BOOA80D80 State of California—Natural Resources Agency GAV/N NEWSOM Governor DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE MEGHAN HERTEL,Director North Central Region 1701 Nimbus Road,Suite A Rancho Cordova,CA 95670-4599 916-356-2900 www.wildlife.ca oov March 24, 2026 Jacob Pahule Project Planner San Joaquin County Community Development Department 1810 East Hazelton Avenue Stockton, CA 95205 ipahuleAsiaov.oro Subject: PA-2600014 (C) EARLY CONSULTATION Dear Jacob Pahule: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) received and reviewed the Request for Comments from San Joaquin County Community Development Department (San Joaquin County) for the PA-2600014 (C) (Project) in San Joaquin County pursuant the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) statute and guidelines.' Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments and recommendations regarding those activities involved in the Project that may affect California fish and wildlife. Likewise, we appreciate the opportunity to provide comments regarding those aspects of the Project that CDFW, by law, may need to exercise its own regulatory authority under the Fish and Game Code. CDFW ROLE CDFW is California's Trustee Agency for fish and wildlife resources and holds those resources in trust by statute for all the people of the State. (Fish & G. Code, §§ 711.7, subd. (a) & 1802; Pub. Resources Code, §21070; CEQA Guidelines § 15386, subd. (a).) CDFW, in its trustee capacity, has jurisdiction over the conservation, protection, and management of fish, wildlife, native plants, and habitat necessary for biologically sustainable populations of those species. (Id., § 1802.) Similarly for purposes of CEQA, CDFW provides, as available, biological expertise during public agency environmental review efforts, focusing specifically on Projects and related activities that have the potential to adversely affect fish and wildlife resources. CDFW may also act as a Responsible Agency under CEQA. (Pub. Resources Code, § 21069; CEQA Guidelines, § 15381.)The Project may be subject to CDFW's lake and streambed alteration regulatory authority. (Fish & G. Code, § 1600 at seq.) Likewise, to the I CEQA is codified in the California Public Resources Code In section 21000 at seq.The'CEQA Guidelines' are found in Title 14 of the California Code of Regulatlons,commencing with section 15000.