PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE ROUTE 22 WEST ORANGE COUNTY CONNECTION (WOCC)
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
and
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT/
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (DEIR/EIS)
THE FOLLOWING IS A NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY FOR THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT/ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE PROPOSED STATE ROUTE 22 WEST ORANGE COUNTY CONNECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), District 12, has conducted an environmental review process pursuant to federal and state environmental laws. The result is a document that serves as a Draft Environmental Impact Report and an Environmental Impact Statement (DEIR/EIS). The DEIR/EIS provides descriptions of the environmental conditions, in and around the project study area, the potential environmental impacts of the improvements associated with each alternative, mitigation measures to address potential impacts, and other information required by federal and state environmental laws.
PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT - The DEIR/EIS will be released for public review on August 31, 2001 and will be available for review and comment until October 30, 2001. Written comments will be accepted on the document until 5:00 p.m., October 30, 2001. The comments form will be available at the Public Hearings, through the Caltrans website at at the review locations or by mail to:
Caltrans District 12 Orange County
Attention Division of Planning
c/o Leslie Manderscheid
3337 Michelson Drive, Suite 380
Irvine, CA 92612-8894
The document will be available for review a.t the following locations:
Caltrans District 12 OfficeOrange County Transportation Authority
3347 Michelson Drive Suite 100550 South Main Street
Irvine, CA 92821Orange, CA 92863
(949) 724-2000(714) 560-5422
Santa Ana Public LibraryGarden Grove Regional Library
26 Civic Center Plaza11200 Stanford Avenue
Santa Ana, California 92701 Garden Grove, California 92840
(714) 647-5250(714) 530-0711
The Los Alamitos/Rossmoor Branch Library
12700 Montecito
Seal Beach, CA. 90740
(562) 430-1048
PUBLIC HEARINGS – Two Public Hearings will be held by Caltrans to afford interested parties the opportunity to learn of the proposed project. There will be an opportunity to submit written comments on the DEIR/EIS for the proposed project at these hearings.
Wednesday, September 26, 2001Wednesday, October 03, 2001
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Garden Grove Community CenterOrange County Transportation Authority
11300 Stanford Ave. 600 South Main Street
Garden Grove, CA 92842Orange, CA 92863
The Public Hearings will be held only for the purpose of receiving comments on the DEIR/EIS for the proposed project. Decisions will not be made at these hearings.