U.S. Borax, Owens Lake Expansion Project/Conditional Use Permit #02-13/Reclamation Plan #02-1
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Summary
SCH Number
2003041127
Lead Agency
Inyo County
Document Title
U.S. Borax, Owens Lake Expansion Project/Conditional Use Permit #02-13/Reclamation Plan #02-1
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
NR-Natural Resources
OS-40 (Open Space-40 acre minimum)
Document Description
U.S. Borax produces between 30,000 and 50,000 tons per year (tpy) of trona at the Owens Lake location. The upgraded facilities would allow increased production to 144,000 typ, including washed trona, dry sized trona, and calcined trona at 95 percent conversion (i.e., chemically converted through heat). The calcined trona (calcine or soda ash) and a portion of the washed trona would supply U.S. Borax's Boron Operations to reduce the need for purchase from outside sources. The proposed project would also allow Borax to continue selling washed and dried trona directly to commercial customers. Future mining would continue to take place within the existing mining leasehold via the panel-mining method. Project implementation would not increase the area to be mined beyond that already leased.
Contact Information
Name
Jan Larsen
Agency Name
Inyo County Planning Department
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Inyo
Cross Streets
U.S. Highway 395 and Ash Creek Road
Zip
93545
Total Acres
627
State Highways
395, 190
Waterways
Owens Lake (dry), Cottonwood Creek, Ash Creek
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Department of Transportation, District 9 (DOT), California State Lands Commission (SLC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Transportation, District 9 (DOT), California State Lands Commission (SLC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB)
Development Types
Mining (Mineral Trona)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Flood Plain/Flooding, Hydrology/Water Quality, Noise, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife
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