VIII. REFERENCES
AESTHETICS
California Department of Transportation California Scenic Highway Mapping System, website:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/LandArch/scenic_highways/index.htm, June 12, 2006.
Town of Mammoth Lakes, Municipal Code, Chapter 17.34, Outdoor Lighting Code.
AIR QUALITY
ARB, Air Quality Analysis Guidance Handbook (Handbook)—Chapter 3 (Basic Air Quality
Information), http://www.aqmd.gov/ceqa/handbook/CH3_rev.doc, accessed July 14, 2006.
Association of Environmental Professionals, Alternative Approaches to Analyzing Greenhouse Gas
Emissions and Global Climate Change in CEQA Documents (Final), June 29, 2007.
Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD). 1996 and revised in 1999. CEQA Guidelines.
California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations.
California Energy Commission (CEC), December 2006, Inventory of California Greenhouse Gas
Emissions and Sinks: 1990 to 2004 Staff Final Report, CEC-600-2006-013-SF.,
http://www.energy.ca.gov/2006publications/CEC-600-2006-013/CEC-600-2006-013-SF.PDF
Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District (GBUAPCD) air quality standards.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2001, Chapter 3.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2005.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 2003.
SCAQMD, Air Toxics Control Plan, http://www.aqmd.gov/aqmp/docs/AirToxicsControlPlan.pdf,
accessed July 14, 2006.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. February 1991. Lodestar Master Plan FEIR - Section 4.7, Air Quality.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. October 2005. General Plan Update EIR.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks:
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Atmospheric Programs, April 2006. The U.S.
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and forestry), http://unfccc.int/ghg_emissions_data/predefined queries/items/3841.php, 2006.
BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
Bombay, H. L., T. M. Ritter, and B. E. Valentine. 2006. A willow flycatcher survey protocol for
California, June 6, 2000.
California Department of Fish and Game. Environmental Services Division (ESD). 1994. A Field Guide
to Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreements, Sections 1600-1607, California Fish and Game Code.
California Department of Fish and Game. 1983. Guidelines for conducting and reporting botanical
inventories for federally listed, proposed and candidate plants. Unpublished information sheet,
revised 2000.
California Department of Fish and Game. 2000. Guidelines for assessing effects of proposed
developments on rare and endangered plants and plant communities. Unpublished information sheet.
California Department of Fish and Game. California Interagency Wildlife Task Group. 2005. California
Wildlife Habitat Relationships version 8.1 personal computer program. Sacramento, California.
Personal Communication. Timothy Taylor, California Department of Fish and Game. December 19, 2006
email to Aindrea Jensen.
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http://www.dfg.ca.gov/whdab/html/cawildlife.html. Accessed December 8, 2006.
California Department of Fish and Game. 2006. California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB)
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Game. Sacramento: California.
California Native Plant Society. 2006. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v706d). California Native Plant Society, Sacramento. Accessed on November 6, 2006 from
http://cnps.org/inventory.
California Natural Diversity Database. Biogeographic Data Branch, Department of Fish and Game.
November 20, 2006.
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CH2MHill/Sacramento. November 2000. Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed Changes in Mammoth Creek Instream Flow Requirements, Change of
Point of Measurement, and Change of Place of Use.
D.R. Sanders and Associates, Inc. June 27, 2002. Identification/Delineation of Wetlands on a Portion of
Snowcreek Resort Property in Mammoth Lakes (Mono County), California.
Denise Duffy & Associates, Inc. October 20, 2005. Snowcreek 7 – Preliminary Biological Assessment.
Denise Duffy & Associates, Inc. October 11, 2006. Snowcreek 8 – Biological Assessment.
Denise Duffy & Associates, Inc. November 16, 2006. Snowcreek 8 – Addendum to Biological
Assessment.
Environmental Laboratory. 1987. Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual, Technical Report Y87-7, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Miss.
Environscientists, Inc., Mammoth Lakes, CA, February 2005. Draft Program EIR Town of Mammoth
Lakes 2005 General Plan Update.
Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. Field Report – Inyo and HumboldtToiyabe National Forests Eastern Sierra Expanded Transit System.
Inyo National Forest. 2003. National Visitor Use Monitoring Results, Inyo National Forest. USDA Forest
Service, Region 5. August 2003.
Jennings, M. R. and M. P. Hayes. 1994. Amphibian and reptile species of special concern in California.
Final Report submitted to the California Department of Fish and Game, Inland Fisheries Division.
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NatureServe. 2006. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. Version 6.1.
NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available at http://www.natureserve.org/explorer. (Accessed:
December 6, 2006 ).
Resource Concepts, Inc. August 2005. Hilltop Site – Snowcreek Area 7 Wetland Delineation Report.
Snowcreek Golf Course Expansion Project FEIS Appeal Response letter from USFS to Sierra Club
Toiyabe Chapter, dated September 26, 1997. Appeal No. 97-05-00-0056-A215, File Code 15701/2430-2.
Sogge, M. R., R. M. Marshall, S. J. Sferra, and T. J. Tibbitts. 1997. A southwester willow flycatcher
natural history summary and survey protocol. Colorado Plateau Research Station, Northern Arizona
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University: Flagstaff, Arizona. National Park Service Technical Report USGS/NAUCPRS/NRTR97/12.
Steele, D. T. 1989. An ecological survey of endemic mountain beavers (Aplodontia rufa) in California,
1979-83. California Department of Fish and Game, Wildlife Management Division, Admin. Rep. No.
89-1. 39pp. + appends.
Thomas, Ronald. D. 1985. Management Plan for the Sherwin Grade Deer Herd. California Department of
Fish and Game. Bishop, California.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. 1987. Town of Mammoth Lakes General Plan.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. 2005. Revised Draft Program Environmental Impact Report for the Town of
Mammoth Lakes 2005 General Plan Update.
Taylor, T. 1993. Snowcreek Ski Area Deer Migration Study. Prepared for Dempsey Construction
Company.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Letter to Chadmar Group, Resource Concepts, Inc. February 1, 2006.
File Number 200600051-BAH.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Letter to Dempsy Construction Corporation. July 8, 2003.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Letter to Dempsy Construction Corporation. October 17, 2002.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 1997. Final Environmental Impact Statement for the
Proposed Snowcreek Golf Course Expansion Project. June 1997.
US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 1990. Final Impact Statement for the Sherwin Ski Area.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. November 6, 2006. Listed, Proposed, and Candidate Species which May
Occur in Mono County. Ventura (CA): Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office. Accessed November 6,
2006. Available from http://www.fws.gov/ventura/esprograms/listing%5Fch/.
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Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region. January 2001.
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Personal Communication: Mike Schlafmann, U.S. Forest Service. July 5, 2006
Personal Communication. Tobi Tyler, Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board. December 6,
2006.
Personal Communication Tim Taylor, California Department of Fish and Game. 2006. Phone
conversation on December 6, 2006 with Aindrea Jensen (CAJA Staff)
Personal Communication. Tim Taylor, California Department of Fish and Game. Phone conversation
December 7, 2006 with Shannon Lucas (CAJA Staff)
Personal Communication, Curtis Milliron, California Department of Fish and Game. December 18, 2006
telephone conversation with Aindrea Jensen.
ADDITIONAL BIOLOGICAL REFERENCES NOT CITED IN TEXT
California Natural Diversity Database. Biogeographic Data Branch, California Department of Fish and
Game. November 20, 2006.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1994. Lahontan cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi,Recovery
Plan. Portland, OR. 147pp.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1998. Owens Basin Wetland and Aquatic Species Recovery Plant, Inyo
and Mono Counties, California. Portland, OR.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2003. Draft Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep. U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service. Portland, OR. xiii+147pp.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2004. Revised Recovery Plan for the Paiute cutthroat trout
(Oncorhynchus clarki seleniris). Portland, OR. ix+105pp.
CULTURAL RESOURCES
Letter received from Charlotte Baker, Chairperson Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony to Jen Daugherty,
Assistant Planner, December 12, 2006.
SWCA Environmental Consultants. November 18, 2006. Peer Review of Cultural Resources Studies for
the Snowcreek VIII Master Plan EIR, Town of Mammoth Lakes, Mono County.
Trans-Sierran Archaeological Research. November 1990. Archaeological Test Excavations at the
Snowcreek Site (CA-MNO-3), Mammoth Lakes, California.
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Trans-Sierran Archaeological Research. May 2006. Excavations at Snowcreek Site, Contributions to
Trans-Sierran Archaeology 58, Mammoth Lakes, California.
Trans-Sierran Archaeological Research. September 5, 2006. Technical and Cost Proposal Archaeological
Studies Snowcreek VIII, Mammoth Lakes, California.
Trans-Sierran Archaeological Research. November 15, 2006. Preliminary Report of Survey and Testing
for the Snowcreek Phase VIII Development, Mammoth Lakes, California.
Trans-Sierran Archaeological Research, December 2006. Cultural Resources Study for the Snowcreek
VIII Master Plan, Mammoth Lakes, California.
GEOLOGY AND SOILS
Sierra Geotechnical Services. October 4, 2006. Snowcreek 8 Development, Mammoth Lakes, California.
Personal correspondence, Joseph Adler, Principal Geologist, Sierra Geotechnical Services, Inc., telephone
conversation CAJA staff, July 10, 2007.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. October 2005. Revised Draft Program EIR - 2005 General Plan Update.
Treadwell & Rollo. January 17, 2007. Geotechnical/Geological Consultation Peer Review for the
Snowcreek Master Plan EIR, Snowcreek 8 Project, Mammoth Lakes, California.
United States Geological Survey, retrieved at http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/caldera.html
on May 8, 2006.
USDA Forest Service. January 28, 2000. Horseshoe Lake and Vicinity CO2 Phenomenon.
HAZARDS & HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
South Coast Air Quality Management District. July 1999. Air Quality Analysis Guidance Handbook,
Figure 4-2.
HYDROLOGY & WATER QUALITY
California Regional Water Quality Control Board. 1994. Water Quality Control Plan, Lahontan Region.
Federal Clean Water Act (CWA). Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 131.38.
Federal CWA is at Chapter 33, United States Code, Section 1251 et seq.; Porter-Cologne Water Quality
Control Act is at California Water Code, Section 13000 et seq.
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Resource Concepts, Inc. August 2005. Hilltop Site – Snowcreek Area 7 Wetland Delineation Report.
Sanders, D.R. and Associates, Inc. June 27, 2002. Identification/Delineation of Wetlands on a Portion of
the Snowcreek Resort Property in Mammoth Lakes (Mono County), California.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. January 17, 2005. Storm Drain Master Plan Update (90% Draft).
Triad Holmes Associates. January 2007. Snowcreek VIII, Mammoth Lakes, Mono County, California
Preliminary Drainage Study.
LAND USE & PLANNING
Mono County Local Transportation Commission Website, retrieved
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5,
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Resource Concepts, Inc. August 2006. Hilltop Site – Snow Creek Area 7 Wetland Delineation Report.
Snowcreek Master Plan. 1974.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. October 1987. General Plan.
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Updated Master Plan for Snowcreek at Mammoth. 1981.
NOISE
California Department of Transportation. February 20, 2002. Transportation Related Earthborne
Vibrations, Technical Advisory Number TAV-02-01-R9601.
Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc. April 1995. Transit Noise Vibration Impact Assessment, Final Report.
Office of Noise Control, California Department of Health Services (DHS).
Town of Mammoth Lakes. October 2005. General Plan Update EIR..
Town of Mammoth Lakes Noise Ordinance, Chapter 8.16.
CAJA Correspondence with Tammy Bennett, Project Engineer, The Chadmar Group, January 4, 2007
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POPULATION AND HOUSING
California Department of Finance. January 1, 2006. Demographic Research Unit, Table 2: E-5
City/County Population and Housing Elements.
Housing Collaborative, Inc. December 2004. Eastern Sierra Housing Needs Assessment.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. December 2003. Housing Element.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. October 2005. 2020 Draft General Plan EIR, Figure 4.9-1.
United States Census Bureau. Census 2000, website: www.census.gov, CAJA staff, March 14, 2006.
PUBLIC SERVICES
California
Department
of
Education
Educational
Demographics
http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/dataquest.asp. CAJA staff, April 9, 2006.
Unit
DataQuest,
Caltrans D-9. Letter correspondence with Gayle Rosander, IGR/CEQA Coordinator. CAJA staff, October
24, 2006.
Criminal
Justice
Statistics
Center.
CAJA
staff
accessed
website:
http://ag.ca.gov/cusc/publications/advrelease/ad/ad05/tabs/AR05_MONO_26.pdf, December 6, 2006.
Mammoth Lakes Fire Protection District. Phone correspondence with Fire Marshal Thom Heller,
December 11, 2006.
Mammoth Lakes Police Department. Letter correspondence with Chief Randy Schienle, December 8,
2006.
Mammoth Lakes Police Department.Telephone correspondence with Chief Randy Schienle. July 9, 2007.
Mammoth Unified School District. Letter correspondence with James Maxey, Business Manager, October
23, 2006.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. http://www.ci.mammoth-lakes.ca.us/General%20Plan/DEIR.htm. CAJA staff,
March 2, April 14, December 7 and 11, 2006.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. Correspondence with Craig Olson, Senior Planner, July 10, 2006.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. http://www.mamothlakesspd.org. CAJA staff, December 6, 2006.
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Town of Mammoth Lakes. Municipal Code Chapter 15.16 §15.16.085 part E. CAJA staff, December 11,
2006.
United States Census Bureau. Census 2000. CAJA staff accessed website: www.census.gov., December
8, 2006.
RECREATION
Inyo National Forest. Phone correspondence with Mike Schlafmann, Winter Recreation Specialist,
January 9, 2007.
Inyo National Forest website, http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/index.shtml, retrieved by CAJA staff on
December 11, 2006.
Inyo National Forest, Town of Mammoth Lakes, & CSP, with assistance from Center for Collaborative
Policy, and California State University, Sacramento. February 2005. Mammoth Lakes Region of the
Inyo National Forest Winter Recreation Needs Assessment Survey, Findings, Working Report,
Retrieved from http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/news/2005/02/winter_needs_assessment.shtml by CAJA
staff on December 11, 2006.
Mammoth Lakes Municipal Code, http://municipalcodes.lexisnexis.com/codes/mammothlks/, retrieve by
CAJA staff on January 16, 2007.
Mammoth Lakes Trail System Plan. May 1991.
Mammoth Lakes Visitors Bureau website, http://www.visitmammoth.com/static/index.cfm?contentID=9,
retrieved by CAJA staff on December 11, 2006.
Mammoth Unified School District. Correspondence with James Maxey, Business Manager, October 23,
2006.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. December 2003. Housing Element.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. Municipal Code Chapter 15.16, CAJA staff, December 11, 2006.
Town of Mammoth Lakes website: http://2www.ci.mammoth-lakes.ca.us/General%20Plan/DEIR.htm,
CAJA staff, December 11, 2006 and January 3, 2007.
United States Census Bureau. Census 2000, website: www.census.gov, CAJA staff, December 8, 2006.
TRANSPORTATION/TRAFFIC
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). 2003. Trip Generation Manual, 7th Edition.
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LSA Associates, Inc. December 2006 and revised in January 2007. Traffic Impact Analysis.
LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. August 2006. Mammoth Lakes Eagle Lodge Traffic Impact
Analysis.
LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. November 2004. General Plan Update Traffic Analysis.
Transportation Research Board. Special Report 209, Highway Capacity Manual.
UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS
2005 General Plan Land Use Designations, CAJA staff accessed website: http://www.ci.mammothlakes.ca.us, December 2006.
Bauer Planning & Environmental Services, Inc. September 2006. Mammoth Community Water District,
Recycled Water Distribution Project, Subsequent Draft EIR.
CH2M Hill. 2000 Draft EIR for the Proposed Changes for Mammoth Creek Instream Flow Requirements,
Point of Measurement, and Place of Use.
Mammoth Community Water District. Multiple email correspondence with Ericka Hegeman, Public
Affairs and Environmental Specialist.
Mammoth Community Water District. Urban Water Management Plan 2005. CAJA staff accessed
website: http://www.mcwd.dst.ca.us/UWMP/UWMP2005.pdf, March 2006 and January 2007.
Mammoth Community Water District. October 2006. Water and Wastewater Generation Rates.
Mammoth Community Water District. September 2006. Study to Determine Revised Water and
Wastewater Connection Fees.
Mammoth Community Water District. January 23, 2006. SB 610 Water Supply Assessment for the 2006
Revised Snowcreek Master Plan.
PCR Services Corporation. September 2006. Eagle Lodge Environmental Assessment/Environmental
Impact Report.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. Correspondence with Jen Daugherty, Assistant Planner. December 2006.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. 1987 General Plan. CAJA staff accessed website: http://www.ci.mammothlakes.ca.us/General%20Plan/General_Plan_Main.htm, March and December 2006.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. General Plan Draft EIR, website:
lakes.ca.us/General%20Plan/DEIR.htm, CAJA staff, December 11, 2006.
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California Regional Quality Control Board. Water Quality Control Plan for the Lahontan Region, North
and South Basins.
USDA Forest Service. Nature Watch Viewing Sites. CAJA staff accessed website:
http://www.fs.fed.us/outdoors/naturewatch/california/Wildlife/laurel-ponds/index.shtml, August 18,
2006.
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Wildermuth Environmental, Inc. November 2003. Investigation of Groundwater Production Impacts on
Surface Water Discharge and Spring Flow.
GENERAL REFERENCES
United States Census Bureau, Census 2000; www.census.gov, CAJA staff, March 14, 2006.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. Correspondence with Jen Daugherty, Assistant Planner. December 12, 2006.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. Correspondence with Bill Taylor, Deputy Community Development Director.
December 15, 2006.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. Municipal Code, Chapter 17.34, Outdoor Lighting Code.
Snowcreek Resort Conceptual Plan. December 2006.
Town of Mammoth Lakes Municipal Code Chapter 15.16 §15.16.085 part E, CAJA staff, April 14, 2006.
Town of Mammoth Lakes. 1987 Adopted General Plan.
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