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CALENDAR ITEM 101 FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) S A N F R A N C I S C O B A Y A N D D E L T A S A N D M I N I N G P R O J E C T STATE CLEARINGHOUSE NO 2007072036 CSLC EIR NO. 742
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Throughout EIR preparation July 2007 July 2010 August 2010 November 2011 September 2012 October 2012 Coordinated with: Fish & Game and BCDC..………………… Notice of Preparation / 30-day comment period…………………... Public scoping meetings (Oakland)…………………………….. Public Draft EIR / 60-day comment period…………………….. Draft EIR Public Hearings (Berkeley)…………………………. Revised Draft EIR/ 60-day comment period...................... Final EIR Published / Notice of Availability………………. Final EIR and Public Hearing………………………………... 4 Agency Coordination / Public Review and Comment
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5 Evaluate Potential Impacts and Identify Mitigation Measures Reduced Project Alternative with Increased Volume Option Significant and Unavoidable Impacts ImpactEIR Resource Area Delta and Biological Resources Longfin Smelt Air Emissions-Indirect: Air Quality & -Sand shipped from Canada Climate Change/ -Sand from local quarries Greenhouse Gases
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6 1.BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES Impact: Regular operation of sand mining activities will cause entrainment and mortality of delta and longfin smelt. Mitigation Measures Timing of dredging relative to X2. Current restrictions on sand mining operations. Additional requirements and restrictions to minimize and avoid take will be set through consultation with the CDFG and would likely be a requirement of any Incidental Take Permit that may be issued for the Project. Compensatory mitigation measures. Impact remains Significant and Unavoidable
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7 Mitigation Measures No feasible mitigation available; outside CSLC’s control and jurisdiction. 2. AIR QUALITY & CLIMATE CHANGE / GREENHOUSE GASES Impact: At Reduced Project mining volumes, sand from non-Project sources would result in emissions that exceed significance thresholds. AIR-1 - Criteria air pollutants: PM 10 & No x AIR-2 - Potential impacts on climate change: GHGs AIR-3 – Potential health risk from diesel particulate matter Impacts remain Significant and Unavoidable; but would be reduced to Less than Significant with exercise of Increased Volume Option.
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Modeling Domain Used in All Modeling
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The baseline is the point of departure, or starting point, for the EIR impacts analysis. The mining volume used as the baseline for the analysis in the EIR is the average annual volume of sand mined from 2002 to 2007. Less than the permitted levels under the previous leases. Less than the annual average mined during the entire 10 years under the previous leases. Recognizes fluctuations over time depending on market demand and other forces. 9 CSLC Determination of Baseline
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Permits / Approvals Needed AGENCYPOSSIBLE ACTION State Lands CommissionCEQA Lead Agency Department of Fish & Game/ Fish & Game Commission Incidental Take Permit San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) Use Permits Other: San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (SFBRWQCB); State Mining and Geology Board (SMGB); Delta Stewardship Council; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS); National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
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1) Certify the Environmental Impact Report. 11 Recommended Commission Actions This concludes the staff presentation. 2) Adopt the Mitigation Monitoring Program (Exhibit C). 3) Adopt the CEQA Findings & Statement of Overriding Considerations (Exhibit D) 4) Approve the Reduced Project Alternative with Increased Volume Option
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