EA SD 17-01; Conditional Use Permit No. 6, Map No. 236

EA SD 17-01; Conditional Use Permit No. 6, Map No. 236

A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to allow a surface mining operation and development of a reclamation plan in accordance with the reclamation plan for project site disturbance associated with mining activities. As proposed, mining would coincide with contiguous mining operations to the north and east and utilize open pit/multibench/side hill/drill and blast mining techniques. Implementation of the request would annex and supercede a previous mining entitlement known as the "8 West" area permitted under CUP 1, Map 236. Implementation would also overlap a portion of an adjacent mine boundary known as the "104" area permitted under CUP 5, Map 236. However, the affected annexation area of the "104" mine boundary would not supercede any previous mining entitlements since none existed within the area of overlap. The applicant estimates that over 1,000,000 tons of limestone, dolomite, shale and other materials suitable for cement manufacturing would be removed per year, with a total anticipated mineral commodities production of 500,000,000 tons, over the anticipated 150-year life of the project. Maximum depth of excavation would be 600 feet. No phasing is proposed. Method of water supply (for dust control) and sewage disposal would be via existing offsite well and sewage disposal systems, respectively. Access would continue to be by dirt haul roads off a five-mile paved entrance road from State Highway 138.

Kern

Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, 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 6 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality

Mining (limestone, dolomite & shale)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Fiscal Impacts, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife, Other