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q. a i CHAPTER 2 Project Description ' 2.1 Introduction u Munn &Perkins(applicant)proposes to expand the hours of operation at its sand and aggregate facility on E.River Road near the City of Escalon to include nighttime activities between the hours ' � of 9:00 p.m.to 5:00 am.Munn&Perkins has submitted a Revisions of Approved Actions Application to amend San Joaquin County Ordinance Requirement No. 4 of a previously approved Quarry ,.� Excavation Permit(QX-89-0002). San Joaquin County Ordinance Development Requirement No.4 states: "The hours of 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 wiI I not be permitted r7 during the expanded nighttime hours of 9:00 p.m.to 5:00 a.m. The Revisions of Approved Actions r request will not remove any of the existing other previously approved conditions of approval including the Reclamation Plan. 2.2 Project Location San Joaquin County(County)has a population of approximately 685,000 persons and encompasses over 900,000 acres(about 1,425 square miles). The County is bordered by Sacramento County to the north, Stanislaus County to the south,Amador and Calaveras counties to the east,and Contra Costa and Alameda counties to the west. Incorporated areas within the County include the cities of Stockton,Lodi,Manteca,Tracy,Ripon,Lathrop, and Escalon.The City of Stockton is the county seat for San Joaquin County. State Route 99(SR 99)and Interstate 5(1-5),two of the State's major north-south roadways,pass through the County. Interstate 205 (I-205)and Interstate 580(1-580) provide the County direct connections to the San Francisco Bay Area to the west. Major land uses present in the County include agriculture,urban residential,rural residential,commercial,industrial, trangeland, and open space/natural habitat. Major landforms in the County include the foothills of j the Diablo Range in the southwest,the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in the east, and the Delta in the northwest. San Joaquin County is one of California's leading agricultural centers;the County r typically ranks in the top 10 of California's 58 counties for gross value of agricultural production. I Munn&Perkins quarry Excavaticn Permit 2-1 ESA 1211086 Draft EIR April 2D11 1 1