Final Environmental Impact Report
Project Description: Forest Lawn Memorial-Park Association, the Applicant, seeks approval to construct approximately 22,500 square feet of floor area for new structures and approximately 1,100,000 square feet of non-occupied floor area (for such uses as burial garden structures, wall crypts, and columbaria). In addition, the Project includes approximately 200,000 new interment sites within currently undeveloped areas of the Project Site. Approximately 7,000 new interment spaces and additional ground spaces would also be constructed within existing developed areas of the Project Site. The Project also includes the development and maintenance of debris basins within the Project Site and at the edge of the property boundary with Griffith Park. It is estimated that over a 15-year construction period, implementation of the proposed Project would require approximately 1,728,000 cubic yards of cut and approximately 1,015,000 cubic yards of fill, for a net export amount of approximately 713,000 cubic yards. It is estimated that construction of the new structures would occur over an approximately 40-year period, from approximately 2011 to 2050.
The Applicant is requesting the following discretionary approvals from the City of Los Angeles as part of the proposed Project: a Public Benefit approval; Development Agreement; Site Plan Review findings; grading and stockpiling permits; haul route approvals and related land use and building permits as required for the Project including a Protected Trees Removal permit and any additional actions that may be determined necessary. In addition, regulatory permits requested include an Individual 404(b) Permit from the United States Army Corps of Engineers, a 401 Water Quality Certification from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, and a Streambed Alteration Agreement from the California Department of Fish and Game.
