In
accordance with the Rockaway Quarry's commitment to preserve at least
75% of the Quarry property as open space, we prepared and submitted an
open space preservation and restoration plan to the US Fish and Wildlife
Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, US Army Corps of
Engineers, San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, and
the US Environmental Protection Agency. The first phase of that plan,
for the establishment of a mitigation bank on about 40 acres in the
northern half of the Quarry, has been preliminarily approved by the
agencies and a Public Notice issued by the Corps soliciting comments on
the bank proposal. The Corps' Public Notice (PN) is attached for your
and your readers use. The public has 30 days from the date of the PN to
comment.
Establishment
of the bank will ensure the preservation of this land, its restoration
for native wetlands and endangered species and its maintenance and
management in perpetuity. The link below provides basic information on
banks provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The bank proposal required a significant effort to prepare but reflects the Rockaway Quarry owners' commitment to preserve and restore the Quarry and the assistance of local ecologists, environmentalists and others in designing the restoration project.
Please feel free to call or email if you have any questions.
Submitted by John Zentner
1 comment:
The public notice says "The project does not occur in the coastal zone, and a preliminary review by USACE indicates the project would not likely affect coastal zone resources." This is obviously an error as the project is in the coastal zone. Then the map of the project is in conflict with both the map in Measure W and the different map in the development application submitted to the city. These clowns are incompetent.
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