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tl a I � Third, the Board has considered the improvements recently completed at the intersection of Bird Road and State Route 132 by Teichert Aggregates as a condition of approval of Quarry Excavation Permit QX-91-5. The Board has been supplied with a copy of the Project Study Report and Project Report approved by Caltrans in 1994 in connection with these improvements, and notes that Caltrans approved the adequacy of these documents and the improvements. The PSR/PR shows that the intersection can accommodate the truck trips associated with 4 million tons of aggregate extraction while maintaining a level of service of"C"or greater. The Board notes that the total annual production of existing and future producers utilizing the Bird Road/132 haul route, which include Teichert, Brown Sand and DSS Engineering Contractors,will not exceed 4 E million tons for approximately 40 years. Therefore, the Board finds that an interchange at Bird Road and State Route 132 is not needed for the foreseeable future. Finally,the Board has considered the fact that the application for Special Purpose Plan and Finance Plan for the Vernalis Interchange has been withdrawn. As a result, the Board finds that implementation of the Vernalis Interchange is neither financially feasible nor reasonably foreseeable within the meaning of CEQA, and the Board rejects any and all mitigation ineasures which call for the applicant's participation in the Vernalis Interchange. The Board also finds, based on the testimony of the applicant and representatives of DSS Engineering Contractors, that an interchange at Bird Road and State Route I32 is not feasible at this time due to the excessive costs associated with such an interchange. Thus, Impact 9-4, while still cumulatively significant, is significant for reasons which are largely unrelated to this project. The Board finds that Public Works Condition of Approval 2(e), which requires the applicant to pay the County's Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee, is sufficient to reduce the identified impact to a less than significant level. The Board expressly rejects the following requirements of Mitigation Measure 9-4 and items 2, 3 and 4 of Caltrans' August 1, 1997 letter: -signalization of the intersection of State Route 132 and Bird Road -payment of costs toward construction of I5/Bird Road Interchange -construction of a"median barrier" to prevent left turns at the Bird Road/132 intersection-this measure is further rejected in that it would increase the number, of vehicle miles traveled, with associated air quality impacts. -any requirement that would artificially reduce the level of aggregate production SIGNIFICANT LMPACT 9-5: "The traffic movements at this intersection will degrade to LOS "D", "E" and "F"...for traffic making left turns out of Koster Road..." FINDING: Changes or alterations have been required in or incorporated into the f project that avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effects as identified in the Final EIR. STA.TEVfENT OF FACT: Nfitigationn-Measure 9-5 states that Brown Sand will contribute its proportional share, based on its use of the intersection, to the reconstruction i