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Since distribution of the December 2009 NOP, the State Public Works Board has authorized the DeWitt Nelson project under the provisions of AB 900. The PWB authorization does not authorize or otherwise approve the project for construction. The project would need to complete all appropriate environmental reviews prior to CDCR considering the project for approval. Therefore, CDCR is distributing the August 2010 Revised NOP to acknowledge the preparation of a combined EIR for the proposed DeWitt Nelson Conversion project and the proposed NCRF project. PROJECT LOCATION NCRF The NCRF project site is located on 134-acres of state-owned property adjacent to the northeast corner of the NCYCC. The site is less than two miles east of SR 99 in unincorporated central San Joaquin County, immediately southeast of the Stockton city limits (see Exhibit 2). It is approximately 6 miles northeast of the cities of Lathrop and Manteca, 21 miles northwest of Modesto, 17 miles northeast of Tracy, and 15 miles south of Lodi. Arch Road provides direct access to the project site and SR 99 provides regional access. The site is immediately north of the 1,734-bed CHCF project (approved October 2009), which is also located on the grounds of the NCYCC. The reentry facility project site was originally the Northern California Women's Facility, a secure adult female inmate prison that closed in 2003. Subsequently, the facility was used as a correctional officer training academy called the Richard A. McGee Correctional Training Center Annex (CTCA), which closed in 2008. With the exception of occasional field training exercises, the site is currently vacant but maintained. The project site includes a hexagonal two-row exterior perimeter fence (12 feet tall topped with razor ribbon). The vacant buildings surrounding the former recreation yard include four former housing units, a former food service building and reception building, and a former control/support/program building. The area south of the former recreation yard includes the former kitchen delivery/service area, plant operations, storage, maintenance, and an abandoned Prison Industry Authority facility that previously operated a laundry, warehouse, and program space. There are no guard towers on the project site. DEWmr NELSON CONVERSION The DeWitt Nelson project site is located on 70 acres directly south of the CHCF project site and is currently accessed from Newcastle Road. The former DeWitt Nelson Youth Correctional Facility originally opened in 1971 as part of the NCYCC, which was operated by CDCR's DJJ. In 1996, at its peak of operation, DeWitt Nelson population was 638 wards, but the ward population declined to an average population of 350 wards by January 2008. The DeWitt Nelson facility was deactivated in July 2008 and has remained unused. The proposed DeWitt Nelson project would potentially renovate or replace the existing housing units and provide for the construction of additional buildings and infrastructure to accommodate a 1,133-bed medical and mental health facility for adult male inmates. The CHCF project site is directly north of the DeWitt Nelson project site. The two site plans have a contiguous boundary. NCRF and DeWitt Nelson Conversion Project Revised Notice of Preparation/Initial Study California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 7 August 2010