Pursuant to Division 6, Title 14, Chapter 3, Article 6, Sections 15070 and 15071 of the California Administrative Code and pursuant to LAFCO Procedures for Preparation and Processing of CEQA reviews adopted through Resolution No. ____________, the Environmental Coordinator of LAFCO of Mendocino County, State of California, does prepare, make, declare, publish, and cause to be filed with the County Clerk of Mendocino County, State of California, this Negative Declaration for the proposed project described as follows:

Title, LAFCO No. and short description: (From the Initial Study) _______________________

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Location of Project: (From Initial Study) _________________________________________

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Assessor’s Parcel Number/s: ________________________________________________

Project Applicant: _________________________________________________________

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Said project will not have a significant effect on the environment for the following reasons:

1. It will not have the potential to degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory.
2. It will not have the potential to achieve short-term, to the disadvantage of long-term, environmental goals.
3. It will not have impacts which are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable.
4. It will not have environmental effects which will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly.
5. As a result thereof, the preparation of an environmental impact report pursuant to the Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 of the Public Resources Code of the State of California) is not required.
6. The attached Initial Study has been performed by the Environmental Coordinator for LAFCO in support of this Negative Declaration. Further information may be obtained by contacting the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) of Mendocino County, 200 S. School St. Suite 2, Ukiah, CA 95482, 707 463 4470

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Frank McMichael
Environmental Coordinator
Local Agency Formation Commission of Mendocino County
State of California