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San Joaquin County Community Introduction Development Department Project Background The project area is located on a 217.5-acre site that is currently in agricultural — use. Several other aggregate mines are currently in operation or are proposed in the vicinity of the proposed project. Pursuant to Section 15082 of the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA)Guidelines, San Joaquin County, as lead — agency under CEQA,prepared a Notice of Preparation(NOP) of an environmental impact report(EIR)addressing the proposed project and circulated it for public review from April 12,2004 to May 12, 2004. The NOP is — included in Appendix A of this EIR. Written comments received during the scoping process are provided in Appendix B. Purpose of the EIR CEQA requires that all state and local government agencies consider the environmental consequences of projects over which they have discretionary authority before taking action on those projects. The purpose of this EIR is to — inform agencies and the public of the potential significant environmental effects of the proposed project, identify ways to minimize the significant effects,and describe reasonable alternatives to the project that will avoid or reduce — potentially significant effects(State CEQA Guidelines 15121[a]). This draft EIR has been prepared for the San Joaquin County Community — Development Department pursuant to CEQA(Public Resources Code, Section 21000 et seq.),the State CEQA Guidelines (14 California Code of Regulations [CCR], Section 15000 et seq.),and San Joaquin County Development Title 9 (Chapter 9-854 Quarry Excavation Permits and Chapter 9.1415,Quarry — Excavation Standards). The County is the CEQA lead agency for the proposed project. Scope of the EIR This EIR examines the potential environmental impacts of mining at the site, operation of the plants, and implementation of the reclamation plan. It also analyzes the impacts of alternatives to the proposed project. The NOP for this EIR(Appendix A), distributed by San Joaquin County, included a copy of the initial study prepared for the proposed project. Based on the initial study and public scoping process,the issues of greatest concern to the public and agencies to be evaluated in the EIR are the following. ■ Groundwater ■ Agricultural Resources ■ Plant/Animal Life DeSilva Gates Quarry Project — Draft Environmental Impact Report 1-2 AS 05105.05