David Jones,
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Last Updated: 3/24/2011

This page contains project proposal and environmental documents related to the Surface Mine Permit No. 213 application (also known as Liberty Quarry).

Liberty Quarry Update

Doors for Jan. 30 Liberty Quarry appeal open at 7:30 a.m. at Riverside Convention Center

The doors of the Riverside Convention Center will open at 7:30 a.m. on Monday (Jan. 30) for the Board of Supervisors’ hearing on the appeal of the Liberty Quarry project.  The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. and last until 6 p.m.

Granite Construction filed an appeal in late December after the Riverside County Planning Commission finalized its denial of the company’s proposed aggregate quarry on Dec. 7.  Because a large crowd is expected for the appeal hearings, the Riverside Convention Center at 3443 Orange Street in downtown Riverside has been reserved for Monday's meeting and another scheduled for Feb. 6 at 9 a.m.

Monday's meeting will open with a short report from the Riverside County planning director. In accordance with Board of Supervisors’ protocol for appeals, Granite Construction will then present its appeal. The appellant will be allowed to speak for up to one hour, followed by elected officials who wish to address the Board. Public comment will continue with supporters, followed by those who say they are neutral, then opponents. The appellant will then be provided time for rebuttal. The Board of Supervisors is expected to take a short lunch break around noon.

About 1,400 people attended the first hearing before the Riverside County Planning Commission in April and several hundred people asked to comment. It is possible that opposition comments at Monday's meeting might not begin until the second hearing, depending on the number of people who ask to speak before opposition comments commence.

To make them available to as many people as possible, the meetings will be streamed live on the Internet via links available on the County’s home page, www.countyofriverside.us, the County Planning Department web page, http://www.tlma.co.riverside.ca.us/planning/, and the Clerk of the Board’s web page, http://www.rivcocob.com/.

Anyone who intends to display a PowerPoint or other electronic presentation during the hearing MUST confirm that they have delivered an electronic copy of the presentation to the Clerk of the Board’s office by Thursday at 5 p.m. – standard practice for Board of Supervisors meetings. The deadline helps ensure presentations are compatible with the video system used at the meetings and do not contain a virus or otherwise damaging software. For more information, contact the Clerk of the Board at (951) 955-1069 or at 4080 Lemon St. in downtown Riverside.

Those who wish to speak at the meetings will be required to fill out a form before they address the Board of Supervisors.  A copy of that form is available at the Clerk of the Board website, http://www.rivcocob.com. The form may be downloaded, filled out in advance and presented to the clerk’s staff before the meeting begins, or once it is in progress.  The form also will be available at the meetings but those who wish to comment are encouraged to download the form and fill it out ahead of time. Forms may NOT be mailed in to the county.

As authorized by provisions of the Brown Act and Board of Supervisors Policy A-2, people who attend and wish to comment will be limited to one appearance only during the course of the meetings. Each individual will have three minutes to address the Board of Supervisors.  Up to two people may give their time to another individual to extend the recipient’s total minutes to nine.  Those who give up their time must be present at the meeting when the person receiving their time is called to speak.  No one may give their time to more than one person.

Signs or placards that might obstruct another person’s view will not be allowed inside the meeting room, nor will signs attached to sticks, poles or similar devices.  Backpacks, other large bags or large purses also are prohibited. People who plan to attend are urged to carpool in order to minimize the effects on traffic in the downtown area and help ensure the available parking will be adequate.

If more than two meetings on the appeal are required, the Clerk of the Board will determine any future date, time and location.”

For more information on the project please contact Dave Jones (DLJONES@rctlma.org) or Matt Straite (MSTRAITE@rctlma.org). 

PLEASE NOTE: Some of these files are over 10 Megabytes in size and may take longer than expected to download on slower internet connections.

FEIR Sections

• 1.0 INTRODUCTION (2.7 MB)
• 2.0 PUBLIC REVIEW AND CONSULTATION PROCESS (774 kb)
• 3.0 DRAFT EIR REVISIONS (41.7 MB)
• 4.0 MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM (1.1 MB)
• 5.0 RESPONSES TO COMMENTS (937 kb)
• RESPONSES TO COMMENTS (click here to see which PDF your letter is in) (34 kb)
a) Business (868 kb)
b) Federal (5.9 MB)
c) Group (1.8 MB)
d) Individuals (27.3 MB)
e) State (26.7 MB)
f) Local (16 MB

• APPENDICES
• Appendix P Air Quality Impact Assessment - Technical Supplement (16 MB)
• Appendix Q Biology Report on Northbound Off-ramp (2 MB)
• Appendix R Letters from SMER Researchers (1 MB)
• Appendix S Water Supply Assessment (1.4 MB)
• Appendix T Visual Figures (1.7 MB)
• Appendix T1 Temecula Figures (3.2 MB)
• Appendix T2 SMER Figures (2.6 MB)
• Appendix T3 Rainbow Figure (2.9 MB)
• Appendix T4 Pechanga Tribal Lands Figure (1.3 MB)
• Appendix U Aggregate Demand Background Data (1.6 MB)
• Appendix V DOC Special Report 200
• Appendix W Office of Mine Reclamation – Letter Dated January 13, 2011 (1.4 MB)
• Appendix X Office of Mine Reclamation – County Response Dated March 16, 2011 (2.2 MB)

DEIR Sections

• Table of Contents / Acronyms & Abbreviations (155 kb)
• 0.0 Executive Summary (1 MB)
• 1.0 Introduction (123 kb)
• 2.0 Proposed Project Description (12 MB)
• 3.0 Environmental Impact Evaluation (52 kb)
• 3.1 Aesthetics & Light (12 MB)
• 3.2 Air Quality (11 MB)
• 3.3 Biological Resources (27 MB)
• 3.4 Cultural Resources (9 MB)
• 3.5 Geology & Soils (4.3 MB)
• 3.6 Hazards & Hazardous Materials (127 kb)
• 3.7 Hydrology & Water Quality (14 MB)
• 3.8 Land Use & Planning (12 MB)
• 3.9 Mineral Resources (377 kb)
• 3.10 Noise (12 MB)
• 3.11 Traffic & Transportation (2.5 MB)
• 3.12 Utility & Service Systems (934 kb)
• 3.13 Vibration & Blasting (5.5 MB)
• 4.0 Impacts to Local Communities (4 MB)
• 5.0 Other CEQA Required Impact Analysis (166 kb)
• 6.0 Alternatives (4.7 MB)
• 7.0 References (141 kb)

Appendices (Some sub-appendices are available on CD only and may be obtained per request from the County)

• A Notice of Preparation and Environmental Assessment/Initial Study – July 2005(17 MB)
• B Notice of Preparation and Environmental Assessment/Initial Study – July 2007(22 MB)
• C Air Quality Impact Analysis(8 MB)
  • Some sub-appendices for Appendix C are available on CD only and may be obtained per request from the County
• D Biological Technical Report (6 MB)
• D-1 Additional Biological Technical Reports (6 MB)
• D-2 DBESP (1.7 MB)
• E Determination of Consistency with the Western Riverside County MSHCP (7 MB)
• F A Phase 1 Cultural Resources Investigation (Confidential: On file with the County; not included for public review)
• F-1 Additional Cultural Resources Survey (Confidential: On file with the County; not included for public review)
• F-2 Cultural Resources Survey and Evaluation for the Liberty Quarry Project (Confidential: On file with the County; not included for public review)
• G Geotechnical Report (County Geologic Report No. 1902) (5 MB)
  • Appendix A FieldExplor 2004(995 kb)
  • Appendix B Boring Logs (807 kb)
  • Appendix C Field Explor 2006 (73 MB)
  • Appendix D Stereonet (700 kb)
  • Appendix E Rock Strength (2.6 MB)
  • Appendix F Impact Blasting Rpt (1 MB)
• G-1 Response to County of Riverside Review Comments on County Geologic Report No. 1902 (645 kb)
  • Appendix A - Slope Stability Analysis (830 kb)
  • Appendix B - Controlled Blasting (33 kb)
  • Appendix C - Mining Impacts (296 kb)
  • Appendix D - Data Tables (154 kb)
  • Appendix E - Tables (70 kb)
  • Plate 1 - Generalized Boring Cover (48 kb)
  • Plate 2.5 - Site Fault Map (251 kb)
  • Plate 2a - Geologic and Boring Location Map (2.2 MB)
  • Plate 2b - Geologic and Boring Location Map (700 kb)
  • Plate 2c - Geologic and Boring Location Map (2.2 MB)
  • Plate 2d - Geologic and Boring Location Map (2.5 MB)
  • Plate 3 - Geologic Cross Section Index Map (5.8 MB)
  • Plate 3.2 - Pre and Post Project Drainage Boundaries (1.3 MB)
  • Plate 3.3 - Surface Water Analysis (450 kb)
  • Plate 3a - Cross Section A-A' and Cross Section B-B' (390 kb)
  • Plate 3b - Cross Section C-C' and Cross Section D-D'(1 MB)
  • Plate 3c - Cross Section E-E' and Cross Section F-F' (800 kb)
  • Plate 3d - Cross Section G-G' (700 kb)
  • TMLA Review Comments (250 kb)
• G-2 An Ancient Wedge-Slide in Quartz Monzonite, Temecula, California, Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists, Volume XXIV, Number 1 (1987) Earl W. Hart and Raymond J. Scaramella (2 MB)
• H Geologic and Hydrogeologic Evaluation (900 kb)
  • Figure 1.1 - Site Vicinity Map
  • Figure 1.2 - Site Location Map (600 kb)
  • Figure 2.1 - Geologic Map (600 kb)
  • Figure 2.2 - Regional Geologic Map (300 kb)
  • Figure 2.2a - Regional Geologic Map Expl
  • Figure 2.3 - Generalized Geologic Map (500 kb)
  • Figure 2.4 - Regional Fault Map (270 kb)
  • Figure 2.5 - Site Fault Map (700 kb)
  • Figure 2.6 - Geologic and Fracture Trace Map(1 MB)
  • Figure 3.1 - Santa Margarita Watershed (2.7 MB)
  • Figure 3.2 - Pre and Post Boundaries (2.5 MB)
  • Table 2.4-1 - Significant Faults
  • Table 3.2-1 - Liberty Quarry Impact Areas
  • Table 3.4-1 - Design Rainfall Distribution
  • Table 3.4-2 - Hydrology Analysis Summary
  • Table 3.4-3 - Water Balance Estimate
  • Table 3.5-1 - Typical Sources of Impact to Surface Water Quality
  • Table 3.5-2 - The Six Phases of SWPPP Development
  • Table 4.2-1 - Step-Drawdown Test Summary
  • Table 4.5-1 - Summary of Inorganic Analysis
  • Table 4.5-2 - Summary of Metals Analysis
  • Some sub-appendices are available on CD only and may be obtained per request from the County
• H-1 Responses to Frequent Questions (640 kb)
• H-2 EDR Radius Map with Geocheck (1.4 MB)
• H-3 Verification Monitoring and Mitigation Program Outline
• I Environmental Noise Analysis (1.2 MB)
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C
  • Appendix D
  • Appendix E
  • Appendix F (660 kb)
• J Blasting Plan and Impact Analysis (1.3 MB)
• J-1 Blasting Plan and Impact Analysis Response to County Comments (300 kb)
• K Traffic Impact Analysis (11 MB)
  • Appendix K Exec Summary (1.2 MB)
  • Appendix A_D (11 MB)
  • Appendix AA_II (2 MB)
  • Appendix E_J (23 MB)
  • Appendix K_Q (28 MB)
  • Appendix R_Z (34 MB)
• K-1 Liberty Quarry Truck Traffic Miles-Reduced Evaluation
• K-2 Liberty Quarry - Strategic Transportation Planning Overview (1.4 MB)
• K-3 TUMF Nexus Study 2005 Update (2 MB)
• K-4 City of Temecula CIP for Years 2009-2013 (3 MB)
• K-5 TIF Program Update January 2008(17 MB)
• L-1 Santa Margarita Ecological Preserve Pamphlet(300 kb)
• L-2 SMER Areas of Research
• L-3 SMER Project Registry (740 kb)
• L-4 Questionnaire for SMER Researchers(860 kb)
• L-5 SMER Background Survey Data
• L-6 SMER Questionnaire Response Letters (14 MB)
• M Lighting Plan (4 MB)
  • Appendix A (770 kb)
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C
  • Appendix D
  • Appendix E (1 MB)
• M-1 Analysis of Potential Light Impacts(6 MB)
• M-2 Liberty Quarry Visual Resources KOP Forms and Summary
• N Southern California Construction Aggregates Market Study (6 MB)
• O Utilities
  • O-1 So Cal Gas Co Letter March 2006 (600 kb)
  • O-1a So Cal Gas Co Letter February 2009
  • O-1b Western Municipal Water District Letter February 2009 (990 kb)
  • O-2 Edison Letter March 2006
  • O-3 LQ Water Usage Report April 2008 (506 kb)

• Mining & Reclamation Plan Coversheet (Sheet 1 of 6)(349 KB)
• Quarry Plan - Exhibit A -(Sheets 2-4 of 6)(16.3 MB)
• Reclamation Plan - Exhibit B (Sheets 5 & 6)(8.5 MB)
• Detailed Project Description - Exhibit C (Mine Rec Plan - Final 4-07)(11 MB)

• Notice of Preparation (6-14-07 FINAL)(2.6 MB)
• Initial Study (EA 6-14-07 FINAL)(3.0 MB)
• Notice of Completion – Notice of Availability

• Liberty WQMP Part 1(49 MB)
• Liberty WQMP Part 2(27 MB)
• Liberty WQMP Part 3(26 MB)
• Liberty WQMP Part 4(14 MB)