CEQA/NEPA and Environmental Site Assessments for the Community Development Block Grant Program - Los Angeles County

Rincon Consultants is currently in the third year of its third consecutive three-year contract to provide as needed CEQA/NEPA documentation and consulting services to the Los Angeles Community Development Commission. During this time period Rincon senior management staff has managed the preparation of over 200 NEPA-and CEQA-required environmental documents for projects proposed under the CDBG Program within unincorporated Los Angeles County and 48 cooperating cities within the county.

Typical projects included small-scale housing, commercial, and industrial development, senior centers, recreational facility upgrades, and improvements to public infrastructure. The environmental assessments followed the U.S. Housing and Urban Development short form methodology, which allowed for rapid assessment of environmental issues and processing of the documents. Under this contract, Rincon also provided on-site staffing for a three and one half month period during the Commissions' recruitment of a new environmental compliance officer.

In addition, Rincon's Environmental Site Assessment and Remediation staff have directed several Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments and provided human health risk assessment and expert review of technical reports for a variety of CDC projects, including those involving reuse of former oil refinery, gas station, mixed use industrial, and chemical factory sites.

Some of the notable projects are listed below:

• Brownfields redevelopment of the Golden Springs refinery- City of Santa Fe Springs
• Redevelopment of a Van Waters and Rogers chemical handling facility parking lot into a proposed community center
• Development of a child care center, City of Santa Clarita
• Development of senior housing, Pasadena