Conditional Use Permit Application No. 01010-Mid-Valley Agricultural Services
Summary
SCH Number
2001081031
Lead Agency
Merced County
Document Title
Conditional Use Permit Application No. 01010-Mid-Valley Agricultural Services
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Document Description
The application proposes to legalize an agricultural chemical service and sales facility in operation without a County land use permit for over fourteen years. Mid Valley has owned and operated the facility since November of 2000. The company has a store, office, shop, warehouse, chemical storage tanks, propane tanks and fueling station at the Livingston location. The warehouse and storage tanks contain various toxic materials including liquid and dry pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers. Only one material at the facility is deadly to humans in small doses, methyl-bromide, a gas which is kept in liquid form and contains tear gas as a release indicator. The company owns four trucks to deliver the materials to growers and portable dispensing equipment including wagons and trailers used to spread the materials in the fields. Large trucks fill the tanks with liquid chemicals and unload dry chemicals on pallets using the company forklift. Mid Valley employs two forklift operators and three drivers. A spill kit containing first aid supplies and clean up materials is kept in the warehouse. Mid Valley contracts with Wright Environmental (Exhibit A), a company that specializes in urgent response for chemical accidents, to provide emergency response in the event of a spill or leak. Chemical transports are covered by CHEMTREC - the Chemical Transportation Emergency Center (Exhibit B), an emergency response service provided by the Chemical Manufacturers Association.
Contact Information
Name
Greg Forest
Agency Name
Merced County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Cities
Livingston
Counties
Merced
Cross Streets
Sultana
Total Acres
8
Parcel #
143-020-006
Township
6
Range
12E
Section
19
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency
Development Types
Commercial
Local Actions
Conditional Use Application
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Transportation
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