George Reed, Inc. Merced Quarry Project and Reclamation Plan

George Reed, Inc. Merced Quarry Project and Reclamation Plan

The project proposed by George Reed, Inc. (Applicant) is an application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for mining below grade on a 103-acre portion of a 152.2-acre parcel of land, and the operation of asphalt concrete (PCC) batch plants. The proposed project is to modify CUP No. 2870 to allow for mining below-grade level, into the perched-water zone (to a depth of approximately 25 feet below grade), to operate an asphalt concrete batch plant and a PCC batch plant, and to change the current reclamation plan's end use from agricultural to open space with wildlife and natural-occurring vegetation. The proposed project would also amend the County General Plan land use designation of an approximately 70-acre portion of the property from Snelling RRC No. 1 (Residential) to Agricultural and to rezone the property from Agricultural Residential (A-R) to General Agricultural (A-1). Proposed mining is expected to be completed in approximately 20 years. Sand and gravel deposits located beneath the previously mined portions of the site would be removed and would be transported to the existing on-site aggregate processing plant on on-site haul roads. After mining is completed, all equipment (including the aggregate processing plant, asphalt concrete plant, and PCC plant) associated with the mining operation would be removed, and the site will be reclaimed to ponds with islands, open space, and wildlife habitat.

Merced

Cal Fire, 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 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, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Mining (Mineral Aggregate), Other (Mine Reclamation Plan)

General Plan Amendment, Rezone, Use Permit, Reclamation Plan

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Public Services, Recreation, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife