Laserfiche WebLink
PC: 9-6-90 <br /> OX-90-1 <br /> 4 . Issuance of the permit shall not be significantly detrimental <br /> to the public health, safety, or welfare or be injurious to <br /> the property or improvements in the vicinity and district in <br /> which the property is located. <br /> This Finding can be made because dust mitigation measures <br /> and limits on noise generation will be implemented. The <br /> Mokelumne River and its riparian habitat and species will <br /> not be adversely affected by any operations associated <br /> with this quarry excavation. The hours and days of <br /> operation for the quarry and the processing facility will <br /> be restricted to minimize the impacts of noise, dust, and <br /> traffic on property in the vicinity. The ongoing <br /> reclamation and rehabilitation of the quarry area will <br /> further minimize the project ' s impacts on the area by <br /> limiting the amount of the site that is exposed at any <br /> one time. <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> The applicant ' s proposal would allow the extraction of <br /> approximately 2 . 4 million tons of rock, sand, and gravel from a <br /> 120-acre portion of a 253 . 71-acre site located between the south <br /> bank of the Mokelumne River and the bluff area north of the town <br /> of Clements . <br /> HISTORY: <br /> The Claude C. wood Company has an existing quarry operation which <br /> is made up of the processing facility on the north side of the <br /> Mokelumne River and a resource extraction area approximately one <br /> mile to the east of the project site. The processing facility has <br /> been in operation since about 1956 and is currently operating under <br /> an existing Use Permit from San Joaquin County . The facility <br /> processes aggregate from the existing quarry and produces sand, <br /> gravel, and asphalt. <br /> The processing facility has received aggregate resources for the <br /> past 15 years from the existing quarry area. Raw materials are <br /> transported from this site to the processing facility via a private <br /> unpaved access road. The road crosses the Mokelumne River <br /> immediately north of the quarry via a 100-foot-long steel <br /> reinforced bridge, proceeds westerly and parallel to the river <br /> along its northern bank, and terminates at the processing facility. <br /> -22- <br />