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_ ^OO� - - ^ .~` ° July 5, 1990 ` TO: The San Joaquin Coiunty Planninq Commission ` ^ FROM: Lester L Raines, property owner and resident of Clements, Ca. Gentlemen: After having read parts of the EIR regarding the rock and gravel quarry as proposed by Claude C Wood and to be located at Clements, I find this report to be misleading and ambigous in my opinion. \ Please turn to page S-6 under LAND USE. it states "use of the proposed site for resource extraction would be a long-term use that would be incompatible with the existing residential and commercial uses, and � residentially zoned areas within the town of Clements. This impact would be considered to be significant and unmitigatable. Now turn to the last of the blue color pages and it states, "Use of the proposed site for resource extraction would be incompatible with the existing residential and commercial uses due to noise and visual impacts. " Under the Mitigation Measures section it states "See mitigation for "noise" and "Visual resources. " It seems to me that in one area of the report it says Unmitioatible and then in another it says there are Mitiqatible Measures. This would appear to me to be inconsistant. Now please turn to the section listed as appendix A. About half way through this section is a letter from the Dept of Fish and Game dated March 13, 1990. The letter seems to end at the bottom of the paqe, however if you will turn further on the letter from PG&E and look on �� the back side you will see that it is a continuation of the March 13, 1990 letter from the Dept of Fish and Game. This would indicate a report that is confusing and put toqeather in a sloppy manner. Please turn to page 70 to the paragraph indicated as San Joaquin Valley Air Basin. " The pollution potential for the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin is very high due to the topographic and meteorological conditions that tend to trap and concentrate air pollutants within the valley. San Joaquin County' s major air quality problems occur from late spring through early winter. The region' s intense heat and sunlight during this period are ideal for creating the conditions for reactive organic gases (ROG) and nitrogen oxides to photochemicallv react, creating ozone. Carbon monoxide problems occur from October ~~ through January when frequently strong temperatures inversions trap the pollutants near the earth' s surface (San Joaquin County, 1982) Now I ask the question. What kind of accumilative effect will this have over us, the residents of Clements, over a period of ten ( 10) years along with the addition of more carbon monoxides that will be created by the uses of additional trucks and rock and gravel loading equiptment. Please turn to page 65, the second paraoraph under Cumulative