Title
Mercer Fraser Company, Coastal Development Permit and Conditional Use Permit
Application Number 14047
Case Numbers CDP-17-001M and CUP-17-004M
Assessor Parcel Numbers 517-155-007 and 517-155-008
Big Lagoon area
Modification of a previously approved Coastal Development Permit and Conditional Use Permit for siting a 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 modification requests the siting of the portable asphalt batch plant be extended to keep the plant on-site indefinitely for intermittent use following completion of the Caltrans project to support other regional construction projects. 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. The site will be operated on an as-needed basis as construction work occurs in the vicinity on Highway 101. Although use of the site may increase due to CalTrans work in the area, the plant will be operated, on average, less than 30 days per years. In addition, the plant will typically operate only seasonally during the construction season (June through October).
Recommendation
Move that Humboldt County, as Lead Agency, adopt the Addendum to 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 Modification and Conditional Use Permit Modification 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.