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i� I IF 3.5 ALTERNATIVES 'I The California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA) requires an EIR to describe and evaluate j `{ reasonable alternatives to a proposed project that would avoid or reduce the significant effects of a project. CEQA also requires that a No Project alternative be evaluated. The I� ro osed project and alternatives are analyzed in Chapter 4.0 at an equal level of detail. N r � 1 Y I' This comparable treatment is not required by CEQA, but was determined by the County to be appropriate in order to enable reviewers to fully evaluate and compare alternatives. x The following four alternatives have been identified by the County for examination and analysis in this EIR: Alternative 1: Proposed Project Alternative 2: Proposed Project with Alternate Northern Access Road Alternative 3: Proposed Project with Alternate Southern Access Road to New jj Interchange Alternative 4: No Project '4 Alternative 9: Proposed Project ` I Under the proposed project, mining and reclamation would occur as discussed in Section 3.4. Access to and from the project site would be provided by crossing the Delta Mendota Canal at an existing bridge and continuing north on Koster Road (Figure 3-3). fi Alternative 2: Proposed Project with Alternate Northern Access Road Under this alternative, mining and reclamation would occur as discussed above for the proposed project (Alternative 1). Access to and from the project site would be provided by obtaining easements through two northern parcels (265-090-03 and 265-090-02) and i extending a paved access road from the aggregate plant directly north to connect to Blewett Road just west of the Delta Mendota Canal (Figure 3-8). The easement necessary for the alternate access road would be tangent, and run parallel to, the western boundary of the Delta Mendota Canal right-of-way. The road right-of-way would be 60 feet to allow for parking. Alternative 3: Proposed Project with Bird Road Access to New Interchange t E° Under this alternative, miningand reclamation would generally occur as discussed above 9 Y ' I for the proposed project (Alternative 1) except that the quarry processing plant would be i relocated to the southwest corner of the project site. Access to and from the project site would be provided by obtaining easements through private lands to the south connecting h to the new interchange project (the "Vernalis Interchange") proposed by Granite Construction which, if constructed, would be located on Interstate 5 north of the 1-511-580 split (between 1-580 and Blewett Road) (Figure 3-9). Granite Construction proposes to I S t . i i Draft Environmental Impact Report 3-19 ER-96-3 I�