Title
MERCER FRASER COMPANY Coastal Development Permit and Conditional Use Permit
Case Numbers CDP-17-001 and CUP-17-004
Assessor Parcel Numbers 517-155-007 and 517-155-008
Big Lagoon Area
The applicant requests a Coastal Development Permit and Conditional Use Permit for siting a temporary portable asphalt plant on property owned by Green Diamond Company near Big Lagoon in support of a regionally important Caltrans construction project on Highway 101. The proposed location is industrially zoned and has historically been used for heavy industrial activities, including a lumber mill site. The asphalt plant and ancillary equipment includes storage bins, storage piles, and will involve support vehicles such as a loader, water truck, and material transport haul trucks. A one year permit is requested from March 2017 to March 2018 to facilitate completion of the Caltrans paving project within the construction schedule.
Recommendation
Move that Humboldt County, as Lead Agency, adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and exercising independent judgement finds the project’s impacts are adequately addressed and to make all of the required findings for approval of the Coastal Development Permit and Conditional Use Permit based on evidence in the staff report and any public testimony, and adopt the Resolution approving the proposed Mercer Fraser Big Lagoon project subject to the recommended conditions.