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San Joaquin County Community Executive Summary Development Department Environmental Commitments Regulatory requirements enforced by the County and other governmental agencies are measures required by law and are not considered mitigation measures.Many of these requirements reduce the potential impacts of a project to a less-than-significant level. The following measures are specific to the — proposed Project and are referred to in subsequent resource discussions where they serve to avoid or minimize the potential for an impact to occur; as such,they are not identified as mitigation measures. These regulatory requirements will be incorporated into the project design and will be included in all construction documents(e.g.,plans, specifications and estimates). The County will designate an Environmental Monitor to ensure compliance with the following environmental commitments. General Commitments ■ A water truck shall be used for dust control. _ ■ The mobile fuel and lubrication truck shall be equipped with automatic shut- off valves to prevent spills and caries appropriate absorbent materials to contain and recover spills. ■ A Spill Prevention, Control,and Countermeasures Plan shall be in place to guide reporting,control and cleanup activities in the event of a spill. ■ On-site drainage shall be retained in the settling ponds and reclaimed lake. Erosion or runoff control measures shall be implemented near processing facilities to prevent off-site sedimentation. _ ■ A perimeter berm shall be constructed to screen on-site activities from the views of passers-by on Koster Road and Blewett Road. ■ Inactive topsoil stockpiles shall be sloped at 1H:1V or flatter and shall be located at least 15 feet from active mining. Erosion control and weed control measures shall be implemented as needed. ■ Avoidance, setbacks, and relocation of existing utilities at or adjacent to the project site. Project operations have been designed to avoid the PG&E pipeline and shall separate the north pit from the south pit. The existing water pipeline shall be relocated along the property boundaries to avoid the areas planned for excavation and areas to be excavated shall be set back a minimum of 40 feet from the toe of the Delta Mendota Canal. ■ The processing site shall be fenced with three-strand barbed wire and gated, and appropriate warning and identification signage shall be installed at the site. ■ The following County standards contained in Chapter 9.1415, Quarry Excavation Standards, of the County's Title 9 Development Title, as summarized here, shall be required for approval of the mining permit and — reclamation plan and shall be reflected as conditions of approval on the DeSilva Gates Quarry Project Draft Environmental Impact Report ES-6 As 05105.05