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San Joaquin County Planning Division John D . Newbold 1810 East Hazelton Avenue 1098 East Woodbridge R. . Stockton , CA 95205 P. O . Eox 246 95205 Woodbridge , CA 95258 368-9396 September 18 , 1990 Dear Planning Division , Planning Commission and Eoard of Supervisors : I , John D. Newbold , Director of the Mokelumne River Alliance and member of The Committee to Save the Mokelumne , am ,appealing the decision made by the San Joaquin County Planning Commission on September 6 , 1990 , regarding : File Number - QX-90-1 . Name of Item - Claude C . Wood Company , Solari Ranch Quarry Excavation Project , Clements. The basis of my appeal is : It has :lot beth l+emonstrated that there are sufficient environmental safeguards in this project , as approved , to insure that significant adverse affects to the Mokelumne River and its riparian and wetland habitats are reduced , by mitigation , to less than significant levels . The Environmental Impact Report , Planning Division Staff and the Planning Commission all seemed to be uninformed or disregarded the unique and critical nature of this stretch of the river and how essential it is to the survival of Salmon and Steelhead on the Mokelumne . There is no overriding consideration that would be worth jeopardizing wi•,at remains of this last remnant of the historical spawning beds of these anadromous fish . There is not enough specific mitigation in this proposed project that offsets further degradation to this river and its fis-heries . The overridingconsiderationis that this project , as proposed , should be reconsidered. I would first like to address questionable statements , findings , conditions and decisions made by Planning Division Staff and the Planning Commission , based on what I feel is disregarded or erroneous information: 1 . It is an inappropriate time to be approving or even considering a project that has so many undetermined adverse impacts to the river and associated habitats . The Mokelumne River is, currently, being reviewed by a host of different entities , trying to determine the consequences of degradation, over the years , and if there are any remedies to extricate it from the categorization by California Department of Fish and Game ( CDFG) as being "aquatically dead . " The Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB ) has stated that , "The Lower Mokelumne River is. a limited water quality segment. " CDFG, East Bay Municipal -6-