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An Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration(IS/MND)was originally prepared for the Proposed Project; however the applicant voluntarily pulled the MND from consideration when numerous comments were received from neighboring properties expressing concern over the potential for noise from night time operations, odor from the asphalt batch plant,and dust generation from existing operations.Due to the issues raised after release of the MND,it was determined that an Environmental Impact Report(EIR)should be prepared for the proposed Munn&Perkins Quarry Project. 1.3 Type of Environmental Impact Report The CEQA Guidelines identify several types of EIRs, each applicable to different project circumstances. This EIR is prepared as a project-level EIR pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15161. This type of EIR focuses primarily on the changes in the environment that would occur as a result of project development, and examines all phases of a particular project(i.e.,planning,construction,operation). Therefore, this EIR focuses on the direct and reasonably foreseeable indirect changes in the environment resulting from a change in operational hours. IA Use of this Environmental Impact Report The FIR will be used by San Joaquin County as a tool to evaluate the Proposed Project's environmental impacts.The EIR will be reviewed and considered by the decision making body, in this instance the County Planning Commission,in its decision to approve or deny the Proposed Project. A Responsible Agency complies with CEQA by considering the EIR or Negative Declaration prepared by the Lead Agency and by reaching its own conclusions on whether and how to approve the project involved. 1.5 CEQA Environmental Impact Report Process 1.5.1 Notice of Preparation In accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15082,the County circulated a Notice of Preparation(NOP)for this EIR on January 26,2011,for a 30-day public review period that concluded on February 27,2011.The NOP was circulated to the public,interested parties,and local,state,and federal agencies. Its purpose was to inform the interested parties that the Proposed Project could have significant effects on the environment and to solicit their comments. The NOP is included as Appendix A of the EIR. One comment letter from Caltrans was received during the NOP comment period(see Appendix B). Caltrans requested an analysis to determine the effects of the project on state highway facilities. 1.5.2 Scope of the EIR Per Public Resources Code Section 21002.1,to provide more meaningful public disclosure,reduce the time and cost required to prepare an environmental impact report,and focus on potentially significant effects on the environment of a proposed project, lead agencies shall,in accordance with Section 21100, focus the discussion in the environmental impact report on those potential effects on the environment of a proposed project which the lead agency has determined are or may be significant. Based on early consultation,the initial study fust prepared for the project,the NOP,and comments received on both the NOP and the proposed IS/MND,the lead agency has determined that the EIR will focus on the following environmental effects: San Joaquin County QX-89-0002/Aggregates Inc. Community Development Page 14