Mercer Fraser Company Cooks Valley Bar Conditional Use/Surface Mining Permits and Reclamation Plan
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2006102063
Lead Agency
Humboldt County
Document Title
Mercer Fraser Company Cooks Valley Bar Conditional Use/Surface Mining Permits and Reclamation Plan
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Surface mining operations have existed since 1969.
Z: Agriculture Exclusive; Timber Production Zone (AE; TPZ)
GP: Timber Production (T); Framework Plan (FRWK)
Document Description
A Conditional Use Permit/Surface Permit and approval of a Reclamation Plan for the continued annual extraction from the South Fork Eel River gravel. Gravel extraction was previously permitted under CUP-21-88. The current project proposes an annual extraction of up to 20,000 cubic yards of river run gravel, and includes the existing processing facility which involves material crushing and/or sorting; onsite storage of material; loading activities; weight and hauling by truck and equipment repairs. Materials from outside sources, including gravel, quarry rock, road and landslide debris and other clean fill materials, are brought to the site for stockpiling, processing and sale as recycled aggregate or backfill materials. The existing hot-mix asphalt plant has been operational since the start of the Mercer Fraser operations in 1969, and is not part of this application. The existing asphalt plant activities are part of an existing environment, and set an existing environmental baseline. The current project does not propose to alter or expand the existing use of the asphalt plant.
Contact Information
Name
Anita Punla
Agency Name
Humboldt County Community Development Services
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Humboldt
Cross Streets
Cooks Valley and Highway 101
Parcel #
033-271-01
State Highways
101
Waterways
South Fork Eel River
Township
5S
Range
3E
Section
24
Base
HM
Other Location Info
City/Nearest Community: Cooks Valley
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, Cal Fire, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 1 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, Resources, Recycling and Recovery, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region 1 (RWQCB)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region 1 (RWQCB)
Development Types
Mining (Mineral Surface)
Local Actions
Use Permit, Surface Mining Permit
Project Issues
Air Quality, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Mineral Resources, Noise, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife
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