LOS BANOS GRAVEL GROUP (CUA # 3466)
Summary
SCH Number
1990020253
Lead Agency
Merced County
Document Title
LOS BANOS GRAVEL GROUP (CUA # 3466)
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Document Description
THE SITE CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF PREVIOUSLY AND CURRENTLY EXCAVATED LAND (APPROX. 500 ACRES) AND APPROX. 100 ACRES OF FARMLAND INVOLVING BOTH ROW CROPS AND ORCHARDS. THE CURRENT ZONING IS A-1 (GEN. AG.) AND THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION IS AG. TO CONSOILIDATE VARIOUS PREVIOUSLY VESTED SURFACE MINING OPERATIONS WITH SOME ADDITIONAL TER- RITORY IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL EXCAVATION TO 50' ELEVATION MEAN SEA LEVEL, OR 75' BELOW THE LEVEL PRESENTLY AUTHORIZED FOR THOSE VESTED AREAS. THE PROJECT INCLUDES A RECLAMATION PLAN WHICH WOULD PLACE THE SITE INTO WILDLIFE HABITAT CONSISTING OF VALLEY GRASSLAND, RIPARTIAN AND WETLAND HABITAT TYPES OVER THE NEXT 27-37 YEARS.
Contact Information
Name
WILLIAM NICHOLSON
Agency Name
MERCED COUNTY PLANNING DEPT.
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Los Banos
Counties
Merced
Cross Streets
SUNSET AVE. & CREEK RD.
Total Acres
606
State Highways
152
Waterways
LOS BANOS CREEK
Township
10
Range
10
Section
5,6
Base
MDB,M
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Cal Trans 0, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of Water Resources, Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 5, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality
Development Types
Mining (gravel)
Local Actions
Use Permit, Other
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Public Services, Transportation, Vegetation, Wildlife
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