Thoreson Sand Mine and Reclamation Project (CUP06-014)

Thoreson Sand Mine and Reclamation Project (CUP06-014)

The proposed project for a conditional use permit (Thoreson CUP Application No. 06-014) to remove sand from a 6.9-acre site in Merced County, north of the Merced River on El Capitan Way near the community of Cressey. The site is currently fallow pasture with horse corrals occupying rougly one acre of the site. The proposed project would remove approximately 75,000 cubic yards of sand and/or aggregate from the project site within a five-year period, ending in 2012. The maximum depth of mining activities would be approximately 14 feet below the existing ground surface. The excavation activities, however, would not result in a "pit" or depression but would instead lower an existing "bench" area to approximately the elevation of a lower river terrace. Excavation would be carried out with a single front loader and excavator and would be hauled off-site. No on-site processing of materials is proposed under the requested CUP.

Merced

Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, Resources, Recycling and Recovery, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Mining (Mineral Sand)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife