Surface Mining Permit No. 213/Liberty Quarry
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2007061104
Lead Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Surface Mining Permit No. 213/Liberty Quarry
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Vacant Land and Surface Mining Operations/ Rural Residential/ Rural Mountainous
Document Description
Granite Construction Company (Granite) is requesting a Surface Mining Permit (SMP) for the 414 acre Liberty Quarry site located in southwestern Riverside County. An application for a Change of Zone on 110 acres in the middle of the site is also included. The site is located in the Santa Ana Mountains three miles south of the City of Temecula to the west of Interstate 15 (I-15). The site is accessed via the Rainbow Valley Boulevard intersection with I-15, which is also used to access the adjacent California Highway Patrol (CHP) weigh station on the southbound side of I-15. A private access road to be constructed from the off ramp to the project site is located, in part, within a 2.5 acre parcel that lies in San Diego County.
Contact Information
Name
David Jones/ Virginia Viado
Agency Name
Riverside County Planning Department
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Temecula
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
West of I-15, adjacent to San Diego County line, approx. 3 miles south of City of Temecula
Total Acres
414
State Highways
I-15, 395
Schools
Murrieta Valley, Temecula Valley & Vallecitos School Districts
Waterways
Santa Margarita River and its local tributaries
Township
8S
Range
3W
Section
36
Base
SBB&M
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Loans and Grants, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT)
Development Types
Mining (Mineral HardRock Granite)
Local Actions
Use Permit, Redevelopment
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Transportation
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