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Appeal Statement No.3: "In 1989 the area in which the Proposed Project is located was designated b the Board of Mining p 1 g Y 9 and Geology as an 'area of regional significance.' The Board adopted Section 3550.14, 'Construction Aggregate Resources, Stockton-Lodi Production-Construction Region,'which provides as follows: The.construction aggregate deposits in the following areas are designated as being of regional significance: Sector A-Aggregate deposits on the alluvial fan created by Corral Hollow Creek, situated south of the City of Tracy. Sector B-Aggregate deposit on the alluvial fan created by Lone Tree Creek. Deposit extends from just west of Interstate 580 near the base of the Coast Range hills northwest to the alignment of Interstate 5. Sector C-Aggregate deposit that consists of the alluvial fan formed by Hospital Creek. Deposit extends from west of Interstate 580 within the foothills of the Coast Range and east into the San Joaquin Valley. Sector D-Sand deposit centered on the San Joaquin River near the intersection of i Highway 120 and Interstate 5 west of the City of Manteca. "Note that the policy of the State is to strongly discourage the development of incompatible uses on parcels of land that either(1) contains protected resources or(b) is adjacent to land that contains protected resources. That is, the State recognizes that the approval of an incompatible use, such as a residential use, on land adjacent to protected resources would have a negative impact on the extraction of those resources." Response to Appeal Statement No.3: The Community Development Department concurs that the parcels are designated significant mineral resource areas. However, upon review of all agency responses, it was determined that the construction of four(4)residences would not prohibit or negatively impact existing or potential quarries from excavating surrounding sites and extracting resources. All project'parcels are contiguous to Koster Road, the Delta Mendota Canal, or an existing residence and do not share common property lines with parcels undergoing excavation or planned for excavation. Appeal Statement No.4: "In acknowledgement of State law and regulations and the underlying policy considerations, the County's General Plan explicitly recognizes that new development generally does interfere with the mining of sand and aggregate. As quoted in the Initial Study, the General Plan specifically cautions that new development should not be allowed to impinge on the mining of these resources: "Because these resources are limited, it is important that new development not be allowed to prevent their extraction. Extraction usually involves large land areas and large-scale disruption of the landscape. Extraction activities often are characterized by noise, dust, vibrations, heavy truck traffic, visual blight and water pollution. These characteristics can resent problems for most adjacent uses." [General Plan, Volume III, pp VI-15, 16) San Joaquin County PA-02-3061Towers Community Development Page 5