San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary Sand Mining by Hanson Marine Operations [California Endangered Species Act (CESA) Incidental Take Permit No. 2081-2013-047-03 (I
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Summary
SCH Number
2007072036
Lead Agency
California State Lands Commission
Document Title
San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary Sand Mining by Hanson Marine Operations [California Endangered Species Act (CESA) Incidental Take Permit No. 2081-2013-047-03 (I
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
10/20/2014
Present Land Use
Sand Mining
Document Description
The proposed project involves commercial hydraulic sand mining operations for the next 10 years in central San Francisco Bay, the Middle Ground Island Shoal, and Suisun Channel of Suisun Bay. This operation provides local marine aggregate for use in highway maintenance and construction, new residential complexes, and commercial and public buildings within the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Project activities include hydraulic sand mining and san offloading.
CDFW issued the existing CESA ITP in order to address and authorize, as fully mitigated, the incidental take and related impacts to Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha), Delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus), and longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) and their habitat. Major Amendment No. 1, as approved, modifies the previously issued CESA ITP, by allowing sand mining upstream of the X2 location in the Middle Ground Shoal and Suisun Bay lease areas from December 1 through June 30. Major Amendment No. 1 restricts the volumes of sand depth of sand that can be mined upstream of the X2 locations during that time period and requires the purchase of additional Covered Species credits. In approving Major Amendment No. 1, CDFW determined, among other things, that with the sand volume restrictions, depth restrictions, and additional credit purchase, there would be no substantial increase in the nature or scope of the previous authorization provided by the CESA ITP, and that no new significant or substantially more severe environmental impacts than previously considered and disclosed would occur.
Contact Information
Name
Crystal Spurr
Agency Name
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Oakland, Pittsburg, San Francisco
Counties
Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Solano
Total Acres
3,643
Waterways
Central San Francisco Bay, Suisun Bay, and the Middle Ground Shoals
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
CDFW
Approving Agency Role
Responsible 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
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(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
No
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