The County of Monterey, Resource Management Agency, Planning Department (hereinafter referred to as RMA), is seeking to contract with a qualified consultant to prepare an Environmental Impact Report (hereinafter referred to as EIR) to assist in the updating of the existing Moss Landing Community Plan (hereinafter referred to as (MLCP). The County is in the process of updating the MLCP, which is part of the North County Coastal Land Use Plan (hereinafter referred to as NCLUP) adopted by the County on April 28, 1982, and certified by the California Coastal Commission on June 4, 1982, and amended and certified on May 19, 1987.