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SOMAC:H SIMMONS & DUNN A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION ATTORNEYS AT LAW 500 CAPITOL MALL.SUITE 1000.SACRAMENTO,CA 95814 OFFICE'.918-446-7979 FAX:H46.446.8199 50MACMILAW.COM August 6,2020 Via Electronic Mail Giuseppe Sanfilippo San Joaquin County Planning Commission 1810 E.Hazelton Avenue Stockton,CA 95205 s a n fi I i o a?s'gov.ory Re. Revised Initial Study/Negative Declaration for Use Permit No.PA-1800316 of Ahmed Hussein(clo Shack&Company) Dear Mr.Sanfilippo: On behalf of Pescadero Reclamation District 2058(District),I am submitting these comments on the revised initial Study/Negative Declaration(IS/ND)dated July 2,2020 (Revised IS/ND)prepared for proposed Use Permit No.PA-1800316 of Ahmed Hussein (c/o Schack&Company)for a slaughterhouse and chicken farm,to include a 4,000-square- foot agricultural building and a 6,000-foot chicken enclosure with two(2)800-square-foot metal agricultural barns for the storage of manure(Project). As noted in the District's February 21,2020 comments(attached as Exhibit A)on the previous Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for this Project dated December 27, 2019(IS/MND),the District is a special district formed and existing pursuant to Division 15 of the California Water Code,section 50000 et seq. Jt is located in the southern portion of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta on the westerly and southerly side of Paradise Cut. The District provides reclamation(drainage and flood control)and irrigation services to the lands lying within its boundaries. The District is responsible for the operation and maintenance of nearly nine(9)miles of levees,which protect approximately 8,000 acres of agricultural, residential,commercial,and industrial land in San Joaquin County near the city of Tracy. The District holds pre-1914 appropriative and riparian water rights to divert water from Tom Paine Slough for irrigation. The District has reviewed the Revised IS/ND and appreciates that the Project has been revised in several ways that respond to some of the primary concerns identified in the District's previous comments.1 In particular,the reduction of the number of chickens t The District focuses its comments herein on areas of concern that directly relate to its facilities and operations. The District notes however,that the Revised IS/ND remains inadequate in a number of areas for which the Planning Commission Staff Report, PA-1800316(UP) 80 Response Letters