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Interesting Action by the TCA and the County of Orange

How can the TCA administratively exempt itself from CEQA and build a Toll Road on CUSD property without a protective barrier? In

The Oso Bridge Project and the Oso Bridge Gap closure project are separate projects that each require a "Different" CEQA... a different environmental review.

The 401 Waste Water Discharge permit was granted to the Ranch (a private entity to build F Street aka Los Patrones Parkway as a FREE arterial road). It also allowed the Ranch to build on and off ramps onto Oso Parkway.

Certification Number R9-2014-0144 expressly states:

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"F" Street is not the Tesoro Extension of SR-241 that was denied waste water discharge requirements by the San Diego Water Board in 2013 (proceeding on Tentative Order R9-2013-0007) or a facility related to SR-241 and the Tesoro Extension is not covered by this Certification. "F" Street will be operated by the County of Orange as a free road."

Knowing this... look at the action the TCA Board of Directors took on December 17, 2018 (Documents below)
December 14, 2017 Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency Agenda Item #14

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Clearly, the TCA was denied a 401 Wastewater Discharge Permit to build a "Direct Connection" between Los Patrones (a FREE Road) and the 241 Toll Road at Tesoro.

The County of Orange and TCA/CalTrans committed a fraud upon the public with the administrative action taken December 14, 2017.

A new environmental review must be opened prior to any construction of the Oso Bridge Gap Closure Project.

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