Title
Resource Utilization Company Conditional Use Permit, Surface Mining Permit, Reclamation Plan Renewal
Record Number PLN-2018-15020 (CUP-02-31X/SMP-02-03X/RP-02-03X)
Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 529-131-011
Orleans Area.
Renewal of a 15-year permit term for a previously approved rock quarry surface mining operation approved in 2003 allowing the quarry to extract, process and stockpile material for a period of 15 years. The project involves a Conditional Use Permit, Surface Mining Permit, Reclamation Plan, and review of financial assurance cost estimates for a surface mining operation involving an upland rock quarry with a proposed total extraction of 300,000 cubic yards (cy) of aggregate material over an expected life of 15 years. Up to 50,000 cy of sand and gravel would be extracted per year. The operation would involve extracting aggregate from the quarry, separating it and then stockpiling it onsite. Usable rock product consists of moderately to loosely consolidated sand and gravel with cobble materials of primarily 8” diameter or less. The quarry operations would involve excavation, processing, loading and hauling. No blasting or drilling would be conducted on site. Heavy equipment to be used on site includes excavators, loaders, and caterpillar tractors, dump trucks. Rock would be hauled by 12 to 14-yard dump trucks. The project includes a caretaker’s residence served by on-site sewage disposal system.
Recommendation
Continue to January 7, 2021, re-noticing of the project to be provided to the public.