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Project No. 00-21-(5)
Surface Mining Permit No. 201300002
Planner: Richard Claghorn
Applicant: North Star Minerals, Inc.
BP & L Rd. (Forest Service Road 4N32)
Antelope Valley Planning Area
To authorize an amendment to the Reclamation Plan for Surface Mining Permit (SMP) No. 00-21 for the existing Acton Clay Quarries in the W (Watershed) Zone in the Antelope Valley East Zoned District. The amendment requests the following changes: 1) extend the SMP expiration date to December 31, 2029, consistent with the United States Forest Service Plan of Operations (POO) for the project; 2) allow for a maximum of five acres of open excavation in each of the two quarries (10 acres total), consistent with the POO; and 3) allow a land swap of three acres of undisturbed land at the Gray Quarry for an adjacent three acres of undisturbed land. This project is subject to an Addendum to the previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project, pursuant to CEQA reporting requirements.
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