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5. As stated in response number 3 above, the applicant will be required to temporarily resoil and revegetate each excavation strip as it is completed. This will substantially reduce the amount and duration of stockpiling. Mitigation 1 of Section 3.1.3 has been revised to require that a plan for temporary revegetation (including stockpiled material) be submitted to and approved by the County. This will reduce the potential for dust generation. The existing processing facility well that would continue to be used by the proposed project, has been extracting groundwater at the rate of 10,000 gallons per day for at least eight years, and no evidence of adverse impact on local wells has been identified. Additionally, this well is located at least 150 feet from any property boundary, and about 1,000 feet from the nearest offsite residence. It is unlikely that the proposed extraction would impact other wells; however, Mitigation 10 has been added to Section 3.2.3 of the EIR to evaluate and mitigate any potential future impacts with respect to existing wells. 6. This mitigation (Section 3.1.3) has been revised to require that minimum setbacks be approved by the County. 7. The reduction in LOS of the Mackville Road/State Route 88 intersection to level D in year 10 is a result of traffic associated with the anticipated growth in the project area and surrounding communities. The reduction in LOS would result even without project traffic. Section 3.4.2 of the EIR under "Cumulative Conditions" has been revised to clarify this issue. Mitigation 1 has been added to Section 3.4.3, as requested by the San Joaquin County Department of Public Works, requiring a Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee based on average truck trips be negotiated with the County to offset the cost of traffic impact mitigation. The truck traffic levels described in the project description are based on traffic levels of the existing project. Since proposed quarry activities are similar to existing, any significant increase in these levels would be considered outside the scope of this proposed project. The traffic impact evaluation compared existing traffic levels, without the existing facility truck traffic, to levels associated with the proposed project. The evaluation did not merely assume that no impact would occur because project traffic levels would remain the same as the existing project. 8. State Highway 88 was designed to withstand certain truck sizes and loads. Mitigation 2 was added to Section 3.4.3 to require that project trucks comply with road capacity requirements. Figure 3.4-1 provides truck circulation and access information for the project. 9. The stated distance from the proposed quarry to the property line of Oak Ridge Estates has been changed from 300 feet to 200 feet in Sections 3.5.2 and 3.6.1 of the EIR. 10. The mitigations provided in Section 3.6.3 of the EIR are designed to mitigate for the worst case conditions by requiring noise monitoring when extraction activities approach the bluff. If noise from the project reaches unacceptable levels, mitigation would be required to reduce noise to acceptable levels (including