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STATE OF CALIFORNIA-THE RESOUR ES :NCY PETE WILSON, Governor DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION p DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY A� I DIVISION OF OIL,GAS AND GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES N01/ 61996 DIVISION OF RECYCLING JU COh91Y(UfVI I Y UEvt�Ur 801 K Street i ULrj SACRAMENTO,CA 95814-3528 PLANNING DIV19ON Phone (916)445-6733 FAX(916)324-0948 November 4, 1996 Mr. Thomas Gau Community Development Department San Joaquin County 1810 East Hazelton Avenue Stockton, CA 95205 Subject: Teichert Aggregates Traina Property Aggregate Mining Application and Reclamation Plan Dear Mr. Gau: The Department of Conservation's (Department) Office of Mine Reclamation (OMR) has reviewed the mining application and reclamation plan for the proposed Teichert Aggregates Traina Property excavation. The proposed project entails removal of approximately 7,600,000 cubic yards of sand and gravel from a 156.90 acre site over a six year period. The depth of excavation averages 48 feet. The site is adjacent to an existing Teichert Aggregates quarry and currently supports an apricot orchard. The reclamation plan satisfies the majority of requirements of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (SMARA)(Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 2710 et seq.) and the State Mining and Geology Board regulations for surface mining and reclamation practice (California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 14, Chapter 8, Article 1, Section 3500 et seq.; Article 9, Section 3700 et seq.). Financial assurance calculations, however, are not provided in the reclamation plan. PRC Section 2773.1 requires that financial assurances be required of all surface mining operations to guarantee site reclamation. OMR is authorized to review cost estimates prior to lead agency approval of the financial assurance for reclamation. The financial assurance mechanism must include both the lead agency and the Department of Conservation as obligees. To be acceptable it should read: "San Joaquin County or the Department of Conservation." The operator should not be listed as an obligee. Pursuant to CCR Section 3805, please forward to OMR all worksheets, engineering estimates, contractor bids, unit costs, labor-hours, equipment types, etc., used to determine the assurance amount. Please send a copy of the approved reclamation plan, response to our comments, and permit issued by you as lead agency under SMARA to the Office of Mine Reclamation at 801 K Street, M.S. 09-06, Sacramento, CA 95814-3529. The approved documents will be placed in the OMR files pursuant to the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act.