Title
Resource Utilization Company Conditional Use Permit,
Surface Mining Permit and Reclamation Plan Renewal
Case Number PLN-2018-15020 (CUP-02-31X/SMP-02-03X/RP-02-03X)
Assessor’s Parcel Number 529-131-011
Orleans Area
Renewal of a 15-year permit term for a previously approved rock quarry surface mining operation which was previously approved in 2003 and allowed 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 assurances 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
Adopt the Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration and make all of the required findings for approval of the Conditional Use Permit, Surface Mining Permit, and Reclamation Plan based on evidence in the staff report, and adopt the Resolution approving the Resource Utilization Company project subject to the recommended conditions.