Gess Environmental
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2005112007
Lead Agency
Humboldt County
Document Title
Gess Environmental
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
1/9/2006
Present Land Use
GPD: Very Low Density/ Estate Residential/ Open Space in the Arcata 1966 Plan. The ER designation allows 1 unit per acre; Very Low Density allows for 1 unit per 2.5 acres; Open Space allows 1 unit per 20 acres. No subdivision or residential development is proposed.
Z: Limited Industrial (ML).
Document Description
A Conditional Use Permit for a greenwaste recycling and composting operation. The use will occur on 2.5-3 acres within a parcel currently used as a retail landscape materials business. The compost operation will divert +/- 18 tons of greenwaste from Eureka and McKinleyville waste transfer stations per day and is contracted with the Humboldt Waste Management Authority and the City of Arcata for such uses. The products of the operation will be high quality compost and premium castings for sale to retail and wholesale purchasers. Traffic is expected to include +/- 25 residential trips per day and 4 visits per week from a 40 yard dump truck which transfers greenwaste from the Eureka and McKinleyville transfer stations to this site. This use has been in operation at the old Blue Lake Forest Products mill site on Glendale Blvd for the past several years without complaints to the Planning or Building Divisions. All of the subject parcels under the ownership of Mad River Hardwoods are currently in the processing of annexing to the City of Arcata, but the County CUP is required in the interim for GESS to operate. A 40' x 220' (31,680sf) pre-fab structure will house the compost rows to further mitigate potential odor and drainage impacts.
Contact Information
Name
Alyson Hunter
Agency Name
Humboldt County Community Development Services
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Arcata
Counties
Humboldt
Cross Streets
West End Road and Giuntoli Lane
Total Acres
2.5
Parcel #
507-382-04, -05
State Highways
US Highway 299 and 101
Railways
NC RR Authority
Waterways
Mad River
Township
6N
Range
1E
Section
16
Base
HBM
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Humboldt County Planning Commission
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
N/A
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
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