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Munn&Perkins Quarry Excavation Permit operation with the exception of periods of declared National, State, or County emergency,daily operations will be restricted to the period between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m." The Revisions of Approved Actions request is to extend the hours of operation from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. for projects that contain specifications that limit work to nighttime hours. The number of extended nights will not exceed 125 nights per year provided there are no unexpected delays in construction work.Nighttime work will be limited to the asphalt batch plant,loaders,trucks including a water truck, and scale house.Excavation activities and the crushing of rock will not be permitted during the expanded nighttime hours of 9:00 p.m.to 5:00 a.m. The Revisions of Approved Actions request will not remove any of the existing other previously approved conditions of approval including the Reclamation Plan. An Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration(IS/MND)was originally prepared for the proposed project;however the applicant voluntarily pulled the MND from consideration when numerous comments were received from neighboring properties expressing concern over the potential for noise from night time operations,odor from the asphalt batch plant,and dust generation from existing operations.Due to the issues raised after release of the MND,it was determined that an Environmental Impact Report(EIR)should be prepared for the proposed Munn&Perkins Quarry Project. 1 .3 Type of Environmental Impact Report The CEQA Guidelines identify several types of E1Rs, each applicable to different project circumstances. This EIR is prepared as a project-level EIR pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15161. This type of EIR focuses primarily on the changes in the environment that would occur as a result of project development, and examines all phases of a particular project (i.e.,planning, construction, operation). Therefore,this EIR focuses on the direct and reasonably foreseeable indirect changes in the environment resulting from a change in operational hours. 1 .4 Use of this Environmental Impact Report The EIR will be used by San Joaquin County as a tool to evaluate the proposed project's environmental impacts.The EIR will be reviewed and considered by the decision making body,in this instance the County Planning Commission, in its decision to approve or deny the proposed project. A Responsible Agency complies with CEQA by considering the EIR or Negative Declaration prepared by the Lead Agency and by reaching its own conclusions on whether and how to approve the project involved. 1.5 CEQA Environmental Impact Report Process 1.5.1 Notice of Preparation In accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15082,the County circulated a Notice of Preparation (NOP) for this EIR on January 26, 2011, for a 30-day public review period that concluded on February 27,2011.The NOP was circulated to the public,interested parties,and local, state,and Munn&Perkins Quarry Excavation Permit 1-2 ESA 1211086 Draft EIR - April 2011