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authority to enforce provisions of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act. The County may exercise all enforcement regulations available under the County Development Title and the State Public Resources Code. Such enforcement measures include charging the applicant the costs of administering an enforcement action. The basis for charging fees for an enforcement action shall be a time and materials compensation. (Development Title Section 9-1415.3[t]) 2. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS (Staff Contact: Gabriel Karam, 468-3000) a. The excavation plan shall be prepared by a Registered Civil Engineer or Land Surveyor and include the following: (1) Detail of access road (first 100 feet from Koster Road shall be paved). (2) A plan of the export haul routes for County roads. (3) Stockpile area for top soil. No excavation or stockpile shall be allowed within 25 feet of the property boundary or the County right-of-way. b. All private roads involved in an excavation shall be maintained as to control dust. c. A video tape of the planned haul routes showing conditions of all San Joaquin County roads shall be submitted to Public Works. The condition of County maintained roads along the haul route shall be reviewed by Public Works prior to the start of excavation. (Development Title Section 9-1415.2) d. Loads on all public roads shall be limited to legal loads only. (Vehicle Code Section 35551) e. An encroachment permit shall be required for work within public road rights-of-way. (Development Title Sections 9-1145.4 and 9-1145.5) f. A haul route shall be approved by Public Works from the project site to the State Highway. The portion of Blewett Road east of Koster Road north of Blewett Road shall not be considered as the haul route for the project. An engineering study of County roadways used as haul routes shall be required. The engineering study shall determine the adequacy of roadway width requirements, structural section, R-value, traffic index, overall safety, and shoulder requirements. The study shall be based on cumulative traffic generation of existing and future mining operations in the Vernalis area. The report shall also recommend improvements required to County roads to mitigate the increased truck traffic to comply with the County level of service standards on roadways and intersections. The applicant shall also be required to do all mitigations required by the engineering study. g. A security bond or other instrument in the amount and form acceptable to Public Works shall be deposited with the Department. The bond will guarantee that if the permittee fails, refuses, or neglects to repair under permit any damages to any County roads along the haul route resulting from permittee's operation, Public Works may use the funds to restore County roads to equal or better than original condition. The amount of deposit or security required may be adjusted at the discretion of the Director of Public Works. The cash deposit or security shall be replenished or adjusted following any payment to the County for work performed or to provide for additional future work that may be required. (Development Title Section 9-854.3) h. A Maintenance Agreement shall be executed by the applicant to ensure that Koster Road (including all bridges on haul routes), Blewett Road, and any other County roads utilized as a haul route is maintained to a condition acceptable to San Joaquin County. The Maintenance Agreement shall remain in force for the duration of the operation under this permit. San Joaquin County QX-01-2\Lonestar California Community Development Page 25