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ATTACHMENT "A" Introduction 1.1 Purpose of this Environmental Impact Report San Joaquin County,as the Lead Agency,has prepared this Draft Environmental Impact Report(DEIR)to provide the public and responsible and trustee agencies with information about the potential environmental effects of the proposed Munn&Perkins Quarry Project(generally referred to in this DEIR as the"Proposed Project'). This DEIR was prepared in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA),and the CEQA Guidelines(California Code of Regulations,Title 14). As described in CEQA Guidelines Section 15121(a),an EIR is a public informational document that assesses the potential environmental impacts of a proposed project and identifies mitigation measures and alternatives to the Proposed Project that could minimize or avoid significant adverse environmental impacts.CEQA requires that state and local government agencies consider the environmental consequences of projects over which they have discretionary authority.The EIR is an informational document used in the planning and decision-making process.It is not the purpose or intent of an EIR to recommend either approval or denial of a project. CEQA requires that a lead agency neither approve nor cant'out a project as proposed if there are feasible alternatives or mitigation measures that would avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effects of the project(CEQA Guidelines Sections 15021, 15091, and 15092). If the mitigation measures or project alternatives are determined to be infeasible,the lead agency must make findings describing the economic, legal, social,technological,or other reasons. CEQA also requires that decision-makers balance the benefits of a proposed project against its unavoidable environmental risks. If environmental impacts are identified as significant and unavoidable,the project may still be approved if it is demonstrated that social,economic,or other benefits outweigh the unavoidable impacts.The lead agency would then be required to state in writing the specific reasons for approving the project based on information presented in the EK as well as other information in the record. This process is defined as a"Statement of Overriding Considerations"by CEQA Guidelines Section 15093. 1.2 Project Overview The applicant, George Reed LLC,has submitted a Revisions of Approved Actions Application to amend San Joaquin County Ordinance Requirement No.4 of a previously approved Quarry Excavation Permit(QX-89-0002). San Joaquin County Ordinance Requirement No.4 states: "The hours of operation with the exception of periods of declared National, State, or County emergency,daily operations will be restricted to the period between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m." The Revisions of Approved Actions request is to extend the hours of operation from 9:00 p.m.to 5:00 a.m.for projects that contain specifications that limit work to nighttime hours.The number of extended nights will not exceed 125 nights per year provided there are no unexpected delays in construction work.Nighttime work will be limited to the asphalt batch plant,loaders,trucks including a water truck,and scale house.Excavation activities and the crushing of rock will not be permitted during the expanded nighttime hours of 9:00 p.m.to 5:00 a.m.The Revisions of Approved Actions request will not remove any of the existing other previously approved conditions of approval including the Reclamation Plan. San Joaquin County QX-89-0002/Aggregates Inc. Community Development Page 13