Notice of Preparation of Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for China Shipping Container Terminal Project

The City of Los Angeles Harbor Department (LAHD) has prepared a Notice of Preparation (NOP) of a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the following project in the Port of Los Angeles: Berths 97-109 [China Shipping] Container Terminal Project. The LAHD has prepared, as part of the NOP, an Environmental Checklist in accordance with current City of Los Angeles Guidelines for the Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) of 1970, Article I; the State CEQA Guidelines, Article 7, Sections 15086-15087; and the California Public Resources Code Section 21153.

Availability: The NOP is being circulated for a period of 30 days for public review and comment starting on Sept. 18, 2015 and ending on Oct. 19, 2015. The NOP is available for review at:

• Port of Los Angeles Environmental Management Division, 222 W. 6th Street, Suite 900, San Pedro, CA 90731;
• Los Angeles City Library, Central Branch, 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071;
• Los Angeles City Library, San Pedro Branch, 931 S. Gaffey Street, San Pedro, CA 90731;
• Los Angeles City Library, Wilmington Branch, 1300 N. Avalon Blvd., Wilmington, CA 90744.

The NOP is also available on the Port’s web site: http://www.portoflosangeles.org under the Environmental tab. Public Meeting: A scoping meeting will be held on Oct. 7, 2015, at 6 p.m. in the Board Room at the Harbor Department Administration Building, 425 S. Palos Verdes Street, San Pedro, CA 90731.

The meeting will be conducted in both English and Spanish.