Conditional Use Permit Case No. 32, Map No. 214; Blue Eagle Lode Mine Company (PP11249)
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2014081100
Lead Agency
Kern County
Document Title
Conditional Use Permit Case No. 32, Map No. 214; Blue Eagle Lode Mine Company (PP11249)
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Open pit mine workings, related heal leach pile and access roads, open space/a exclusive agriculture and a FP/Extensive ag; min 20 acres parcel size, min 80 acre parcel size with a williamson act contract, mineral and petroleum, min 5 acre parcel size, mineral and petroleum, min 5 acre parcel size/steep overlay
Document Description
The proposal is for a Conditional Use Permit for and underground mining operation (Section 19.08.080) and development of a surface reclamation plan (Section 19.12.030.G) in accordance with the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) of 1975. The applicant proposes to employ underground mining techniques, including the drill and blast method, to extract gold and silver ore. The underground mine portal is to be located at the bottom of an existing open pit. Proposed surface development consists of a stormwater pond, water tanks, stockpile areas for ore and waste rock, trailers for office and shop, and access roads. Surface disturbance will be limited to approximately 2.45 acres on a portion of three parcels totaling 260 acres in size. Approximately 200 acres of the 260-acre parent parcels have has been previously disturbed as a result of past mining operations. Consequently, there will be no disturbance of previously undisturbed surface area.
Contact Information
Name
Randall Cates
Agency Name
Kern County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Kern
Cross Streets
approx. 12 mile southwest of unincorporated community of Mojave, approx. 4,000 ft northeast of i
Total Acres
2.45
Parcel #
346-021-01 / -02 / -04
Waterways
Oak Creek, Los Angeles Aqueduct
Township
10N
Range
13W
Section
17
Base
SBB&M
Other Location Info
Willow Springs
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy (CVMC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Transportation, District 9 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Colorado River Board, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency
Development Types
Mining (re)(Mineral Gold and Silver)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Fiscal Impacts, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
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