Geofortis Pozzolan Mine
Summary
SCH Number
2023040120
Lead Agency
Lassen County
Document Title
Geofortis Pozzolan Mine
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Zoning: A-1 (General Agriculture District)
Land Use: Extensive Agriculture; Lassen County General Plan 2000
Document Description
Proposal for a Use Permit and Reclamation Plan to establish an 83-acre pozzolan materials year-round mining operation, with batch mining and screening operations on a seasonal schedule and loading and daily hauling operations on a year-round schedule. Approximately 5 acres would be on Public Lands while the remaining 78 acres is split estate land where the Federal Government retains the mineral rights administered by the BLM.
Contact Information
Name
Cortney Flather
Agency Name
Lassen County
Job Title
Natural Resources Coordinator
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Lassen
Regions
Countywide, Northern California, Statewide
Cross Streets
5.5 miles north of Hwy 395 and Hwy 70
Total Acres
83
Parcel #
145-050-004-000, 145-030-017-000, 145-050-012-000, 145-030-016-000
State Highways
Hwy 395
Waterways
Long Valley Creek
Township
23N
Range
17E
Section
11, 14
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Transportation, District 2 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan South Lake Tahoe Region 6 (RWQCB), Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1 (CDFW)
Development Types
Mining (Mineral pozzolan)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Local Review Period Start
Local Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from state reviewing agencies]
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