Public scoping meeting for environmental impact report on new Public Works Corporate Yard.

CITY OF ONTARIOCEQA SCOPING MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Ontario will be the Lead Agency and will prepare an environmental impact report for the project identified below. The City is requesting input from interested individuals, organizations, and agencies regarding the scope and content of the environmental analysis to be included in the upcoming Draft Environmental Impact Report.
The City of Ontario, as Lead Agency, requests that responsible and trustee agencies respond in a manner consistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15082(b) and Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 21080.4. Interested individuals, organizations, and agencies wanting to provide input must submit any comments in response to this notice during the 30-day public review period. The public review period will commence on April 3, 2026, and will close on May 4, 2026. A copy of the Recirculated NOP can be viewed electronically on the City’s web page at: https://www.ontarioca.gov/government/community-development/planning/environmental-documents/draft-environmental-impact .
Scoping Meeting: The proposed Project is considered a project of statewide, regional, or areawide significance. Pursuant to Section 21083.9(b)(2) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), scoping meetings are required for projects that may result in significant environmental effects on a broader scale. The City of Ontario will hold a virtual public scoping meeting to receive input on the revised scope and content of the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR). The Scoping Meeting information is provided below:
Date and Time : April 15, 2026, at 5:30 p.m.Location (this meeting will be held as a virtual meeting via Zoom). To participate, please email your full name and physical address to the contact person identified below.
Review Period: The 30-day review period for this Notice of Preparation begins on April 3, 2026. Comments will be received until the close of business day on May 4, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. Please send your response to the contact person identified below. Please be sure to include the name of a contact person for your agency.
Contact Person: Thomas Grahn, City of Ontario Planning Department, 303 East B Street, Ontario, CA 91764, Phone: 909-395-2413, Email: tgrahn@ontarioca.gov
Project Location: The Project site is located in the central portion of the City of Ontario, County of San Bernardino. The Project is bound by East Philadelphia Street to the north, the Cucamonga Channel (also known as the Cucamonga Creek) to the east, California State Route 60 (SR-60) to the south, and the Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center to the west. The Project site comprises one Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) totaling 53.94 acres: 0113-281-13.
Project Description: The Project to be addressed in the EIR includes a General Plan Amendment and a Zone Change to allow for the development and operation of a new Public Works Corporate Yard (Project) at 2200 East Philadelphia Street in the City of Ontario. The Project does not include a specific entitlement/design review of proposed developments of the Project site, and as such, is not considered a part of the “CEQA Project” as no discretionary action will occur to approve the plans. However, for the purposes of the environmental analysis provided in the Draft EIR, the development of the proposed uses on site will be analyzed and shall be included. This Recirculated NOP addresses changes to the Project which have occurred since the close of the prior 30-day comment period, which occurred from September 2, 2025, to October 2, 2025.
Cortese List Notice: Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21092.6(a), the Project site is not included on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 (California Department of Toxic Substances Control list of various hazardous sites). [1][1] Department of Toxic Substances Control (N.D.). EnviroStor . https://www.envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov/public/map/ (accessed March 2026).Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - SBPublished: 4/3/26