Granite Capay Mining and Reclamation Permit Amendment

Granite Capay Mining and Reclamation Permit Amendment

Granite Construction Company owns and operates a permitted sand and gravel mine known as the Granite Capay Operation (State Mine Identification Number 91-57-0014). The Yolo County Board of Supervisors approved the project on November 25, 1996, allowing for off-channel mining on 359 acres over a 30-year period (expiration January 1, 2028) and operation of an on-site processing facility, with reclamation of the site to permanent lakes, habitat, and agriculture uses following the completion of mining activities. The Yolo County Board of Supervisors certified a project-level EIR in support of this approval (1996 Granite Capay EIR SCH #96012035). Subsequently, the County approved a major amendment to the Granite Capay approval on December 3, 2002, allowing for deeper off-channel mining on 312 acres on portions of three parcels over the same 30-year Mining Permit term with revised phasing. The Yolo County Board of Supervisors certified a Supplemental EIR (SEIR SCH#2002062034) in support of this approval (2002 Granite Capay SEIR). A maximum of 32.26 million tons can be mined and a maximum of 30.0 million tons can be sold from the Granite Capay operation over the term of the Mining Permit. On October 20, 2023, Granite submitted an application requesting a 10-year extension to the current Mining Permit ("Project"). Specifically, the applicant requested modification to the text of Condition of Approval #5 of the Mining Permit to change the mining permit length from thirty (30) years to forty (40) years to account for the time anticipated to mine the remaining aggregate reserves at the site. The request extends the life of the permit, which is set to expire on January 1, 2028, by 10 years, to January 1, 2038, consistent with the original Permit's conditions of approval and Yolo County Code Section 10-4.426 (Permit Life).

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