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3.Project Description 3.1 .2 Project Background The Applicant has been supplying construction aggregate and ready mix concrete to the San Joaquin and Stanislaus County area since approximately 1972. This market area has been defined by the California Geological Survey as the Stockton-Lodi Production and Consumption Area.To date,the Applicant has been serving this market from facilities south of Tracy.The Applicant has two operations there,the Huck Property and the Kerlinger plant. The Kerlinger Plant has been in operation since the late 1940s and will be depleted of reserves within 4 to 10 years. In anticipation of reserve depletion at their Kerlinger Plant, the Applicant has initiated a program to find a replacement resource and plant site. The Applicant drilled 35 exploratory holes down to 100 feet at the project site. The Applicant purchased the majority of the Project site and entered _ into a lease for the remainder with Jerry Costa in 2000. An application package for a quarry excavation permit and reclamation plan was initially filed _ with San Joaquin County in December 2001 and was revised in October 2003. 3.2 Project Location The Proposed Project site is situated regionally east of Koster Road,the Delta-Mendota Canal, and South Costa Ranch Road, south of Blewett Road, west of Welty Road,approximately two miles east-northeast of the Highway 5801Highway 5 interchange, and approximately three miles east of the intersection of State Routes 395 East and 299 East in San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties (Figure 3-1, Regional Location Map). The name of the portion of Koster Road from the bridge crossing the Delta-Mendota Canal south along the west side of the project site has recently been changed from Koster Road to South Costa Ranch Road. The portion of the road that extends from Blewitt Road south to the Delta-Mendota Canal crossing remains Koster Road. The closest developed community is Vernalis, which is located approximately two miles to the northeast. The Proposed Project site is located within Sections 4 and 9 of Township 4 South,Range 6 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian.The San Joaquin County Assessor's Parcel Numbers are 265-010-01, 265-010-07, 265-010-08, 265-010-15, 265-010-16,265-010-17, and 265-010-18, and the Stanislaus County Assessor's Parcel Numbers are 16-003-01 and 16-003-02(Figure 3-2, Site Map-Aerial with parcels). Of the project site's total of approximately 688 acres,659 acres are to be mined and eventually reclaimed. Assessor's Parcel Numbers 265-010-17 and — 265-010-18 are within the project site but will not be mined or reclaimed as part of the project. These parcels,referred to as"Parcel A," will be the site of the relocated residence. 3.3 Existing Land Uses The project site parcels that are located in San Joaquin County are designated as Resource Conservation and General Agriculture in the San Joaquin County General Plan and are zoned as General Agriculture, 40 acre minimum parcel size. The Proposed Project site parcels that are RMC Pacific Vernalis Quarry Mining and Reclamation Project 3-2 ESA/203015 Draft Environmental Impact Report May 2006