CALENDAR ITEM 101
FINAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR)
SAN F RAN C I S C O BAY
AND
D E LTA SAN D M I N I N G
PROJECT
STATE CLEARINGHOUSE NO 2007072036
CSLC EIR NO. 742
Agency Coordination /
Public Review and Comment
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Coordinated with: Fish & Game and BCDC..………………… Throughout
EIR
preparation
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Notice of Preparation / 30-day comment period…………………... July 2007
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Public scoping meetings (Oakland)……………………………..
July 2007
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Public Draft EIR / 60-day comment period……………………..
July 2010
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Draft EIR Public Hearings (Berkeley)…………………………. August 2010
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Revised Draft EIR/ 60-day comment period...................... November 2011
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Final EIR Published / Notice of Availability………………. September 2012
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Final EIR and Public Hearing………………………………... October 2012
Evaluate Potential Impacts and Identify
Mitigation Measures
Reduced Project Alternative with Increased Volume Option
Significant and Unavoidable Impacts
Impact
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EIR Resource Area
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Delta and
Longfin Smelt
Biological Resources
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Air Emissions-Indirect:
-Sand shipped from Canada
-Sand from local quarries
Air Quality &
Climate Change/
Greenhouse Gases
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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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: PM10 & Nox
 AIR-2 - Potential impacts on climate change: GHGs
 AIR-3 – Potential health risk from diesel particulate matter
• Mitigation Measures
 No feasible mitigation available;
outside CSLC’s control and jurisdiction.
Impacts remain Significant and Unavoidable;
but would be reduced to Less than Significant
with exercise of Increased Volume Option.
Modeling Domain Used in All Modeling
CSLC Determination of Baseline
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The baseline is the point of departure, or starting point, for the EIR
impacts analysis.
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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.
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Permits / Approvals Needed
AGENCY
State Lands Commission
POSSIBLE ACTION
CEQA Lead Agency
Department of Fish & Game/ Incidental Take Permit
Fish & Game Commission
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).
Recommended Commission Actions
1) Certify the Environmental Impact Report.
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
This concludes the staff presentation.
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