General Plan Update Environmental Review

Final Program EIR

The County of San Diego Board of Supervisors certified the Final Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the General Plan Update and adopted the update to the General Plan on August 3, 2011.  

The Board of Supervisors adopted the alternative titled "The Recommended Project" as described in Volume IV of the Final Program EIR.  

Towards the bottom of this page, you will find the Draft Program EIR (DEIR) and its documents. 

Please use the following links to access the Final Certified Program EIR.

Final EIR Volume I 

• Cover, Table of Contents, List of Acronyms
• Summary
• Chapter 1: Project Description, Location, and Environmental Setting
• Chapter 2: Environmental Effects of the Proposed Project
  • 2.1 Aesthetics
  • 2.2 Agricultural Resources
  • 2.3 Air Quality
  • 2.4 Biological Resources
  • 2.5 Cultural and Paleontological Resources
  • 2.6 Geology and Soils
  • 2.7 Hazards and Hazardous Materials
  • 2.8 Hydrology and Water Quality (9 mb)
  • 2.9 Land Use
  • 2.10 Mineral Resources
  • 2.11 Noise
  • 2.12 Population and Housing
  • 2.13 Public Services
  • 2.14 Recreation
  • 2.15 Transportation and Traffic
  • 2.16 Utilities and Service Systems
  • 2.17 Global Climate Change
• Chapter 3: Other CEQA Considerations
• Chapter 4: Project Alternatives
• Chapter 5: References
• Chapter 6: Preparers and Persons Contacted
• Chapter 7: Proposed General Plan Update Policies and Mitigation Measures

Final EIR Volume II

• EIR Volume II – Technical Appendices to the EIR
• Appendix A: NOP, Comments Received on the NOP, and Materials from the Scoping Meeting (18 mb)
• Appendix B: Air Quality Technical Report
• Appendix C: Biological Resources Tables
• Appendix D: Groundwater Study (53 mb)
  • Groundwater Study Appendices (10 mb)
• Appendix E: Proposed Road Construction/Widening Table
• Appendix F: Noise Technical Report
• Appendix G: Traffic and Circulation Assessment
• Appendix H: Traffic Impacts to Adjacent City Jurisdiction Report
• Appendix I: Rationale for Accepting Roadways with Level of Service E/F
• Appendix J: Single Year, Normal-Year and Multiple Dry Water Year UWMP Supply and Demand Assessments
• Appendix K: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
• Appendix L: Project Alternatives Areas of Difference (215 mb) 
• Appendix M: Environmentally Superior Map Comparison to Referral Map

Final EIR Volume III

• EIR Volume III – Summary of Changes to the Draft EIR, List of Commenters, Comment Letters and Responses to Comments on the Draft EIR
• Summary of Changes to the Draft EIR

Please use the following links to access the Comment Letters, and Responses to Comments on the Draft EIR:

• Communities
• Interest Group (62 mb)
• Individuals (87 mb)
• Local Agencies (21 mb)
• Organizations (33 mb)
• State Agencies
• Tribes
• Late Letters (20 mb)

Final EIR Volume IV  

• EIR Volume IV – Amendment to the EIR: Description and Analysis of the Recommended Project
• Appendix A: General Plan Update Text, Goals, and Policies Differences Recommended to Proposed Project
• Appendix B: Land Use Map Differences Recommended Project to Proposed Project
• Appendix C: Areas of Difference - Recommended Project (22 mb)
• Appendix D: General Plan Update Mobility Element Road Network Differences - Recommended to Proposed Project
• Appendix E: Technical Memorandum: County General Plan Update - Recommended Project Alternative (Traffic Model Results)
• Appendix F: Impacted Roadway Segments and Supporting Rationale for LOS E/F Level Acceptance

Draft EIR (DEIR)

Public Review of the Draft Program Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the General Plan Update took place from July 1, 2009 through August 31, 2009 and consisted of Volumes 1 and 2. 

Please use the following links to access the draft public-review version of the EIR, which was circulated on July 1, 2009.