COTTONWOOD SAND MINING PROJECT
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2019100513
Lead Agency
San Diego County
Document Title
COTTONWOOD SAND MINING PROJECT
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Cottonwood Golf Course / S80 (Open Space), S88 (Specific Plan), and S90 (Holding Area) / Open Space (Recreation)
Document Description
The project seeks approval of a Major Use Permit (MUP) and Reclamation Plan to conduct a sand mining operation on 251 acres of an approximately 280-acre property that has been and is currently known as the Cottonwood Golf Club. Sand mining would occur on approximately 214 of the 251 acres. Approximately 4.8 million cubic yards (CY) (7.05 million tons) of material would be extracted and processed, with approximately 3.8 million CY (5.7 million tons) of marketable aggregate produced for sale over a 10-year period. Extraction operations would be limited to a maximum production of 380,000 CY (570,000 tons) of construction grade aggregate per calendar year.
Contact Information
Name
Robert Hingtgen
Agency Name
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
San Diego, Valley de Oro Community Plan/ Rancho San Diego
Counties
San Diego
Cross Streets
Willow Glen Drive and Steele Canyon Road
Zip
92019
Total Acres
251
Parcel #
22 APNs including 518-012-14 and 518-030-21
State Highways
SR-54, SR-94
Waterways
Sweetwater River
Township
16S
Range
1E
Section
30
Base
SanBernd
Other Location Info
Schools: Jamacha, Vista Grande, Rancho San Diego, and Fuerte Elementary Schools, Hillsdale Middle School, Valhalla and Steele Canyon High Schools
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region 9 (RWQCB), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Department of Conservation (DOC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Department of Conservation (DOC)
Development Types
Mining (Sand/Gravel: 5.7 million tons)(Mineral Sand/Gravel)
Local Actions
Use Permit, Reclamation
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife
Attachments
Environmental Document
State Comments
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