NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN
PROJECT TITLE	2002 Riverside County General Plan (General Plan), Comprehensive General Plan Amendment No. 00618
PROJECT LOCATION	County of Riverside, California
DESCRIPTION OF NATURE, PURPOSE, AND BENEFICIARIES OF PROJECT	The action evaluated by the Environmental Impact Report (EIR No. 441) is the adoption of the General Plan, which is the comprehensive planning document that provides guidelines for growth and land-use related decisions made by the County, expresses the community’s goals with respect to both the human-made and natural environment, and sets forth the policies and implementation measures to ensure the safety and welfare of those who live, work, and do business in Riverside County.
SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECT	With implementation of the General Plan, significant aesthetic, air quality, loss of prime farmland, biological resources, water supply, and transportation effects that cannot be avoided will occur.
LEAD AGENCY	County of Riverside, California
DATE WHEN PROJECT NOTICED TO PUBLIC	August 20, 2002
ADDRESS WHERE COPY OF THE EIR AND ALL DOCUMENTS REFERENCED ARE AVAILABLE	Transportation and Land Management Agency 4080 Lemon Street Planning Department, 9th Floor Public Counter, 2nd Floor Riverside, California 92502		Copies of the Draft EIR Document for the General Plan are available on CD upon request by contacting the Planning Department contact listed below. Hard copy documents are also available at libraries and at Riverside County offices. CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF LOCATIONS
LOCATIONS TO PURCHASE A HARD COPY OF THE EIR DOCUMENT	Hard copies of the Riverside County General Plan Draft Program EIR are available for purchase at the following reproduction companies:
	Riverside Blueprint Mario Machuca 4295 Main Street Riverside, CA 92501 909-686-0530		Kinko's John MacLeod 72795 Highway 111 Palm Desert, CA 92260 760-779-0315
REVIEW PERIOD	August 20, 2002 through October 4, 2002
DATE, TIME AND LOCATION OF PUBLIC HEARING	The public is invited to participate in the public hearings. The location and time of the public hearing to be scheduled during October will be announced in the local news media and are not included in this Notice of Availability.
POINTS OF CONTACT	County of Riverside, California Transportation and Land Management Agency Planning Department Mr. Jerry Jolliffe Post Office Box 1409 4080 Lemon Street, 9th Floor Riverside, California 92502 Phone: (909) 955-3200 Fax: (909) 955-3157		Project information is also available on the Planning Department Internet site at the following address: http://www.co.riverside.ca.us. Click on the Blueprint for Tomorrow button on the left of the screen. Documents on the web site that are pertinent to the General Plan EIR are as follows: Riverside County General Plan, Hearing Draft, Volumes I - III
Please submit your written comments on the Draft EIR to Mr. Jerry Jolliffe at the above address no later than October 4, 2002. Comments on the adequacy of the analysis and the appropriateness of the project may be made in writing, indicating the section of concern. Comments may include additional or alternative mitigation measures to those proposed in the document.
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