Published on February 28, 2025
The County of El Dorado (acting as the Lead Agency) previously released a Notice of Preparation on August 23, 2021 (2021 NOP) for the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed EDH-52 Commercial Center located in unincorporated El Dorado County (County). Since release of the 2021 NOP, the project has been revised and now includes a new Costco Wholesale Member Warehouse retail store, Costco Wholesale fuel facility, and associated site improvements on Silva Valley Parkway (collectively referred to as the Costco Wholesale project), just north of US Route 50 (US 50) in El Dorado County. Additionally, the project name has been changed from “EDH-52” to “EDH Costco.” As a result, the County of El Dorado is releasing this Revised NOP to re-initiate the environmental scoping process in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public Resources Code Section 21080.4) and CEQA Guidelines (14 California Code of Regulations [CCR] Section 15082). The purpose of an NOP is to provide sufficient information about the proposed project and its potential environmental effects to allow public agencies, organizations, tribes, and interested members of the public the opportunity to provide a meaningful response related to the scope and content of the EIR, including feasible mitigation measures and project alternatives that should be considered in the EIR (CEQA Guidelines, 14 CCR Section 15082[b]). The proposed project and location are briefly in the PDF shown on the right column of this page.