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composed of large shrubs or bushes could be planted. <br /> bet,veen thy. worksite and the read •:.r thle nca Eby <br /> residence to raal..e the activity less readily apparent <br /> to adjoining neighbors and they general pul.li.c. This <br /> site is presently enclosed by b-arlToii.re fe,_^i_ng to <br /> deter tresspassing . Access is controlled by a <br /> locking metal gate at Waverly Roo- ?. <br /> Air quality conside*:ations are discussed in Sp"—tion <br /> D,1:. <br /> B. ArGhaeo .cc:al and Historical. Cans.! _ c*Ms <br /> The site is not listed as hist.ori.cal. y sir.nifi:a.nt <br /> by the National Register or Historic Plac: ° . T'.e <br /> area may have been cccupi.ed at cne tine <br /> Yat,chicom� Yokuts or the PlaiziR Mi-wL.7: tribes <br /> although any settlements were probab?`r ior: to <br /> nearer the Calaveras Diver to the: north. R.•: any <br /> cultural. resources--such as arrowheads, t�_ -1s, <br /> cookware, handicrafts, or skeletal :ema ins--are <br /> uncovered during excavati_C n, work should be halted <br /> until the significance of stch rescs ?-c.es can he <br /> ascertained by the rea.i_onal offices D-L" the State <br /> Office c .L i!i tc_ -..c r�c':�c:rv� :_'On . <br /> B. Socioeconomic Settjaiq <br /> 1. Histo; Kcal Land Use <br /> Pince the early 194-01s, the sub ec:: parcels have been <br /> use-1 a.' ranc,,2!land. Prior to this in the <br /> •-r!r,rs ] :34-1940, there was a goid ;n.L. ing operzt-ion <br /> L i., <br /> t ex"-endcd several hundred ac:,c-:3 � :ros:; :lie project <br /> area ar, eUstwa_,d into Star i.3.1.aus C-ir ty. "he tailings <br /> ler-t c ier from this earlier excava-,.,.Lai Wi.-, '. 1�":! the <br /> pri.r:ary scurce of materials rcx.: ved during the proposed <br /> mining operation. <br /> 2. Current Land. Use <br /> The re are oresently no residential, --orrimercial. or <br /> industrial structures at: the project sz_te. Four <br /> railroad bo.-:cars, with wheels detached, aro located <br /> on the premises to provide shelter for the approx- <br /> imately 40 cattle that axaPoe an the �yroperty. These <br /> strt ct:ures may have to be relocated -to .inourc, that <br /> the cattle do not interfere with the e-.>.avation work. <br /> The proposed structures will be move.-: fro-r, the. .: !i,st.ing <br /> excavat-9 on site the applicant operates an chit. Calaveras <br /> River. Project structures--including 'the off.Lc.e, t-uck <br /> scales, and aggrectate processLng equipment----will. b <br /> removed upon project completion. <br /> -12- <br />