Title
Jack Noble, Conditional Use and Surface Mining Permits and Reclamation Plan Re-Issuance
Application Number 9832
Case Numbers SMP-15-002X, CUP-15-013X, RP-15-003X
Assessor Parcel Number (APN) 204-041-019 et al
Hydesville Area
Project Description: Re-issuance for a 15-year term of a previously approved Conditional Use Permit, Surface Mining Permit and Reclamation Plan for the extraction of instream river-run aggregate from exposed gravel bars located in 14 parcels along the Van Duzen River at the mouth of Yager Creek. The original permits approved the following: “the annual extraction of up to 100,000 cubic yards (yd3) of river-run sand and gravel aggregate products from a three-mile stretch of the Van Duzen River near its confluence with Yager Creek. The extraction method will be “bar-skimming” --- where the upper portion of exposed point bar materials is scraped horizontally to a depth no less than one foot above the elevation of the live stream. Mined materials will be transported to five stockpiling sites where they await further transport to other sites for processing. No on-site processing (e.g., washing, size-sorting and crushing) is proposed for on-site. Stockpiled material will transit the site either by railcar along the Northcoast Railroad Authority’s Eel River Canyon line, or by truck over one of three routes --- River Bar Road, South Fisher Road, or Odd Fellows Park Road --- onto State Highway 36.
Recommendation
Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and make the required findings for approval of the Re-issuance of the Conditional Use Permit, Surface Mining Permit and Reclamation Plan based on evidence in the staff report, and adopt the Resolution approving the Jack Noble project subject to the recommended conditions.