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San Joaquin County Community Environmental Setting,Impacts,and Mitigation Measures <br /> Development Department Biological Resources <br /> In Natal/pupping den: USFWS must be contacted immediately if a <br /> natal or pupping den is discovered at or within 200 feet from the <br /> boundary of the construction area. <br /> Construction and other project activities shall be prohibited or greatly <br /> restricted within these exclusion zones. Only essential vehicular <br /> operation on existing roads and foot traffic shall be permitted. If these <br /> exclusion zones cannot be followed,USFWS must be contacted. <br /> Limited destruction of kit fox dens may be allowed if avoidance is not a <br /> reasonable alternative. Potential dens can be removed by careful hand <br /> excavation after they have been monitored for 3 days with tracking <br /> medium or a remote sensor camera and determined to be vacant. <br /> Impact BIO-4: Substantial Adverse Effect on Special- <br /> Status Plants (No Impact) <br /> The project area does not support suitable microhabitat conditions for special- <br /> status plants documented or identified as having potential to occur in the project <br /> region. Special-status plants are not expected to occur on the project site. There <br /> would be no impact. <br /> Impact BIO-5: Substantial Adverse Effect on Federally <br /> Protected Wetlands (No Impact) <br /> .. No drainages(i.e.,creeks,waterways)or wetlands are present on the project site. <br /> The Delta-Mendota Canal is located on the western boundary of the project site. <br /> This feature may be considered waters of the United States by the Corps but it is <br /> located at least 40 feet from the project boundary and would not be affected by <br /> the implementation of the project. Because no federally protected wetlands or <br /> drainages were identified on the project site or would be affected by project <br /> activities,there would be no impact. <br /> Impact BIO-6: Conflict with any Local Policies or <br /> Ordinances Protecting Biological Resources (No Impact) <br /> Construction activities associated with the proposed Project would result in the <br /> loss of several acres of almond orchards within the project area. Based on the <br /> current design,no native trees would be removed. Because orchard trees are not <br /> protected under the County's tree ordinance,there would be no impact. <br /> r DeSilva Gates Quarry Project <br /> Draft Environmental Impact Report 3.D-19 <br /> J8a 05105.05 <br /> r <br />