Santa Barbara County Planning Commission May 11 th, 2011 Cuyama Valley Conservancy vs. Troesh Diamond Rock Mine
INTRODUCTION I Who Are We? The Cuyama Valley Conservance openly opposed the mine. In six days we collected signatures representing 450 Cuyama Valley Residents in opposition to the Diamond Rock Mine. We are the people- we live here! SCV BOS 080915 Reference: 2
POLITICS & RESOURCES Diamond Rock * Financial Troesh Extended Family Robertson s Ready Mix (CEO, Dennis Troesh) Largest ready mix producer with 700 trucks in Southern California Just sold 37.7% of family company for $900,000,000, (100% company = $2,430,000,000.00) SCV BOS 080915 3
DESCRIPTION OF DEVELOPMENT Cumulative Impact SCV BOS 080915 Reference: 4
UPDATE Cuyama Valley Conservancy Case#: 11RVP-00000-00032 Proposed project: The proposed revision would not substantially change the project as previously approved; rather, it would introduce an interim Phase I extraction and hauling only plan. SCV BOS 080915 : 6
UPDATE Cuyama Valley Conservancy Extraction Rate Per Year County Approved 500,000-750,000 tons Army Corp Approved 200,000 tons Maximum Pit Depth 90 feet 45 feet Project Footprint 25 acres 14 acres Permit Duration 30 years 5 years (renewable) Monitoring Plan? Independent surveyor April & October annually SCV BOS 080915 7
UPDATE Cuyama Valley Conservancy Requests 1. Material excavation, trucking processing, and reclamation shall be limited to 6:00am to 6:00pm, Monday - Friday. 2. Maximum truck trips per day shall be limited to 100 haul trips per work day (260 work days @ 40,000/pounds per truck = average 38 haul trips per day). 3. If an emergency is declared by the Planning Director, a pre-determined extraction rate, truck trips and the duration of the emergency needs to be quantified in the E.I.R. 4. No truck will be allowed south on Lockwood Valley Rd. 5. A quarterly report on the distribution of aggregate fines for public review shall be made available for public review If trucking and sales receipts do not support fines distribution a specific fee shall be imposed. SCV BOS 080915 8
UPDATE Cuyama Valley Conservancy Requests (continued) 6. The County Conditional Use Permit in conjunction with the Army Crop shall be required to have a monitoring plan for: a. Material extraction rates b. Water usage c. Air quality 7. The County shall adopt a policy for dealing with standing water infill to 6 feet above the water table as required by California Fish & Game and the Army Corp. 8. The County s Conditional Use Permit shall be modified to reflect all conditions of the Army Corp and other agency approval. SCV BOS 080915 9
ECONOMICS We Don t Need The Gravel Projected gravel needs through August 2036 for Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties SCV BOS 080915 10
ECONOMICS We Don t Need The Gravel Where the Diamond Rock sand and gravel could economically go 67,000+ new homes and infrastructure planned on Hwy 5 between Tejon Ranch and Santa Clarita. SCV BOS 080915 Reference: 11
ECONOMICS Benefits to residents of Santa Barbara County and State of California SCV BOS 080915 Reference: 12
POLITICS & RESOURCES Diamond Rock * Legal / Technical Proponents Retained: Kerry Shapiro of Jeffer, Mangles, Butler & Marmaro LLP- Heads Government Land Use, Zoning Enforcement and Energy Department. Also lead attorney for Cemex vs. City of Santa Clarita (150 lawyers) Proponents Retained: John Larson- Project Manager for URS, $5.4 Billion Dollar company, with 50,000 employees. Proponents Retained: John Hecht- CEO of West Coast Engineering, also advisor to: Ozena Mine in Ventura County Frazier Park Mine in Kern County SCV BOS 080915 Reference: 13
DESCRIPTION OF DEVELOPMENT Cumulative Impact Locations of Proposed Diamond Rock Mine Pit, GPS Mine Pit & Richard s Holdings Mine Site Why were the cumulative impacts of these three contiguous mines not considered? SCV BOS 080915 Reference: 050400 EIR draft App A URS Figure 3-6 14
Cuyama Valley Conservancy Who Are We? Save the Cuyama Valley Organizing Committee members The Cuyama Valley Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The organization s original name was Save the Cuyama Valley and it has been working for the benefit of the Valley and dits residents since 2005. SCV BOS 080915 Reference: 17
INTRODUCTION I Outline of Presentation Introduction To the Cuyama Valley Conservancy And Its Concerns Introduction To Cuyama Valley History Landscape Flora Fauna What s At Stake Economy & Infrastructure Safety & Air Pollution Cumulative Mine Affects Participants & Economics Critical Analysis Of E.I.R. (Water & Hydrology) What We Get Summary > What If? SCV BOS 080915 18