To: Zoning Administrator
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Bear Buttes Quarry renewal of SMARA/Conditional Use Permit, Reclamation Plan
and Financial Assurance Cost Estimate
Assessor's Parcel Number (APN): 212-043-001
Record Nos.: PLN-2022-18004 / (CUP-61-912XMXX/SMP-11-912XMXX) (CA Mine ID #91-12-0016)
Miranda area
Renewal of Conditional Use Permit, Surface Mining Permit, Reclamation Plan, review of financial assurance cost estimates, and an Addendum to a previously adopted Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration, for an existing surface mining operation known as the Bear Buttes Quarry. The current project allows an average annual extraction of up to 30,000 cubic yards with the total amount of extraction not to exceed 50,000 cubic yards in any given year provided the average annual rate is not exceeded over a five-year period. There are no proposed changes to the permitted operations. The permit term is 15 years and if approved, would expire February 5, 2038.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:
1. Adopt the resolution (Resolution 24-__). (Attachment 1) which does the following:
a. Finds the Zoning Administrator has considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration previously adopted for the Bear Buttes Quarry SMARA/Conditional Use Permits, Reclamation Plan and the Addendum that was prepared for the Bear Buttes Quarry SMARA Permit Renewal (Attachment 2.A); and
b. Finds the proposed project complies with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and
c. Approves the Renewal of the Bear Buttes Quarry SMARA/Conditional Use Permits, Reclamation Plan subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachment 1.A) and adopts the Addendum to the SMND.
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DISCUSSION:
Project Location:
The project is located in Humboldt County, in the Miranda area, approximately 0.2 miles south of Bear Butte Road on a private logging road, approximately 1.9 miles southwest from the inter...
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