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Supervisors adopt countywide VMT thresholds for CEQA review over rural baseline option
Summary
By 4–1 vote the board adopted a countywide vehicle‑miles‑traveled (VMT) threshold policy for CEQA, endorsing a 15% threshold and screening criteria to streamline project review; supervisors debated rural impacts and whether to use unincorporated baselines or subregional baselines.
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted Oct. 21 to adopt a county policy for assessing Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), selecting countywide baseline data and a 15% threshold of significance.
Planning staff, led in presentation by Megan Acevedo, explained that SB 743 shifted CEQA transportation metrics from level of service to vehicle miles traveled and that adopting quantitative thresholds would bring consistency to project review. The proposed policy establishes two metrics — VMT per resident and VMT per employee — and identifies screening…
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