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CONTACT INFORMATION
Comments and/or questions may be directed to: Tom Last, Planning Director
City of Grass Valley
125 East Main Street
Grass Valley, CA 95945
toml@cityofgrassvalley.com(530) 274-4330, Fax (530) 274-4399
View February 14, 2008 presentation by the City on the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) relative to the proposed Idaho-Maryland Mine (1.283MB)View Notice of Public Information Workshops scheduled for January, February and March 2008! (0.036MB)
View PowerPointŪ presentation from Public Workshop of January 23, 2008 on Water Quality, Public Services and Hazardous Materials (0.870MB)
A Public Information Workshop on Geology and Groundwater occured on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, at 6:00 p.m. at the L.O.V.E. Building in Condon Park, 666 Minnie Street (0.0056MB)
View/download December 12, 2007 presentation by consultant. NOTE: This document is large (3.82MB) and is not suitable for dial-up access.
NOP / ENVIRONMENTAL INITIAL STUDY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2007
Document Cover (0.076MB)
Table of Contents (0.021MB)
Notice of Preparation (0.026MB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction and Environmental Review Process (0.036MB)
Chapter 2 - Environmental Checklist Form and Determination (0.240MB)
Chapter 3 - Project Description (1.939MB)
Chapter 4 - Environmental Checklist and Discussion (0.487 MB)
Chapter 5 - Report Preparers (0.226MB)
View / Download entire NOP / Initial Study document (2.552MB)
Public Comment Card for the Idaho Maryland Mine Project NOP Process (0.022MB)
APPLICATIONS
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REVISED APPLICATION FOR EXPLORATION AND MINING USE PERMIT, MAY 29, 2007
VOLUME I: PERMIT APPLICATIONS
Executive Summary and Introduction (0.27MB)
Revised Project Description (1.56MB)
Revised Project Schedule (0.03MB)
Revised Master Table of Contents (0.07MB)
Revised Annexation Application (1.48MB)
Revised Formal Development Review Application (2.02MB)
Revised General Plan Amendment Application (1.54MB)
Revised Mineral Project Application (2.31MB)
Revised Prezone Application (1.26MB)
VOLUME IIA: PLATES
Table of Contents (0.01MB)
Revisions to 2005 Volume II Table of Contents (0.02MB)
R1: Project Location Map (0.62MB)
R2A: Idaho-Maryland Mine Site Plan (1.81MB)
R2B: Idaho-Maryland Mine Grading Plan (1.83MB)
R2C: Idaho-Maryland Mine Site Surface Features (2.46MB)
R4: New Brunswick Site Plan and Cross Sections (1.36MB)
R5: Idaho-Maryland Mine Site Internal Traffic Circulation Plan (2.56MB)
R7E: Idaho-Maryland Mine Site Detail of Parking & Landscape Areas (1.49MB)
R7F: Idaho-Maryland Mine Site Conceptual Landscape Plan (Main Entrance) (2.13MB)
N7G: Idaho-Maryland Mine Site Concep. Landscape Plan (Education Center)(2.40MB)
N7H: Idaho-Maryland Mine Site Concep. Landscape Plan (ID-MD Shaft Area) (2.82MB)
R8A: Idaho-Maryland Mine Site Phase 1 Construction (2.24MB)
R8B: Idaho-Maryland Mine Site Phase 2 Construction (1.70MB)
R8C: Idaho-Maryland Mine Site Phase 3 Construction (2.65MB)
R9A: Artistic Rendering Idaho-Maryland Site from Sierra Nevada Hospital (1.06MB)
N9B: Artistic Rendering Idaho-Maryland Site from Spring Hill Drive (0.94MB)
R10: Artistic Rendering Idaho-Maryland Site from Centennial Dr. and Whispering Pines Ln. (1.01MB)
N11A: Artistic Rendering Idaho-Maryland Site looking northwest from Centennial Dr.
(2.01MB)
N11B: Artistic Rendering Idaho-Maryland Site looking northeast from Centennial Dr.
(2.02MB)
R12A: Elevations of the Idaho-Maryland Site, Building 1, Truck Stop (0.52MB)
N12B: Elevations of the Idaho-Maryland Site, Building 2, Core Shed (0.50MB)
N12C: Elevations of the Idaho-Maryland Site, Building 3, Equipment Bay (0.49MB)
R12D: Elevations of the Idaho-Maryland Site, Building 4, Process Plant and Warehouse (0.57MB)
R12E: Elevations of the Idaho-Maryland Site, Building 5, Dry Change House No. 1
(0.61MB)
R12F: Elevations of the Idaho-Maryland Site, Building 6, Office No. 1 (0.59MB)
R12G: Elevations of the Idaho-Maryland Site, Building 7, Ceramics Plant (0.59MB)
N12H: Elevations of the Idaho-Maryland Site, Building 8, Fuel Oil Storage (0.47MB)
R12I: Elevations of the Idaho-Maryland Site, Building 9, Education Center (0.74MB)
N12J: Elevations of the Idaho-Maryland Site, Building 10, Dry Change / Office No. 2
(0.54MB)
N12K: Elevations of the Idaho-Maryland Site, Building 11, Hoist House (0.53MB)
N12L: Elevations of the Idaho-Maryland Site, Building 12, Idaho-Maryland Water Treatment Plant (0.49MB)
R14: Artistic Rendering New Brunswick Site looking westerly from Brunswick Rd.
(0.93MB)
R15: Elevation of the New Brunswick Site, Building 13, New Brunswick Hoist House
(0.50MB)
N15A: Elevation of the New Brunswick Site, Building 14, New Brunswick Water Treatment Plant (0.49MB)
R16: Cross-Sections of the Idaho-Maryland Site (1.33MB)
R17: Idaho-Maryland Mine Site Lighting Plan (1.27MB)
R19: New Brunswick Site Lighting Plan (0.75MB)
R22: Site Development Features and City of Grass Valley 2020 Land Use and Zoning Designations (1.22MB)
R24: Idaho-Maryland Mine Site Reclamation Plan (2.13MB)
R25: New Brunswick Site Reclamation Plan (0.96MB)
R27A: Photo-Rendering Idaho-Maryland Site from Sierra Nevada Hospital (0.66MB)
N27B: Photo-Rendering Idaho-Maryland Site from Spring Hill Drive (0.79MB)
N27C: Photo-Rendering Idaho-Maryland Site from Centennial Dr. and Whispering Pines Ln. (0.69MB)
N27D: Photo-Rendering Idaho-Maryland Site looking northwest from Centennial Dr.(0.96MB)
N27E: Photo-Rendering Idaho-Maryland Site looking northeast from Centennial Dr.
(0.94MB)
PLATES (CONTAINED IN 2005 VOLUME II AND REFERENCED IN 2007 VOLUME IA, PERMIT APPLICATIONS)
3: Round Hole Site Plan (0.42MB)
6: Parcel Site Boundaries (1.30MB)
7A: Tree Survey, Idaho-Maryland Site (0.50MB)
7B: Tree Survey, Round Hole Site (0.57MB)
7C: Tree Survey, New Brunswick Site (.50MB)
7D: Tree Survey Buffer Area for the Idaho-Maryland and New Brunswick Sites
(0.46MB)
13: Rendering of the Round Hole Site (1.35MB)
18: Round Hole Site Lighting Plan (0.37MB)
20: 2004 Nevada County Zoning Parcels within the Sphere of Influence (1.89MB)
21: 2004 City of Grass Valley Zoning Parcels within the Sphere of Influence (1.31MB)
23: Proposed Changes to City of Grass Valley Land Use Designations (1.94MB)
26: Round Hole Site Reclamation Plan (0.21MB)
28: Photo-Rendering of the Round Hole Site (0.66MB)
29: Photo-Rendering of the New Brunswick Site (0.59MB)
VOLUME III: APPENDICES / TECHNICAL REPORTS
Volume III Contents List (0.04MB)
APPENDIX A: WETLAND ASSESSMENT (text only) (7.79 MB)
Appendix A PLATES / FIGURES:
Plate 1: Project Location Map (0.14MB)
Plate 2: Idaho-Maryland, Round Hole and New Brunswick Site Layouts (4.49MB)
Plate 3: Idaho-Maryland Mine Wetland Site Assessment (3.73MB)
Plate 4: Round Hole Wetland Site Assessment (3.80MB)
Plate 5: New Brunswick Wetland Site Assessment (3.64MB)
Figure 1: Idaho-Maryland Site Sample Soil Pit 1 (0.20MB)
Figure 2: Idaho-Maryland Site Sample Soil Pit 2 &
Figure 3: Idaho-Maryland Site Roadside Drain (0.28MB)
Figure 4: Idaho-Maryland Site Sample Soil Pit 4 &
Figure 5: Idaho-Maryland Site Seep Area (0.40MB)
Figure 6: Idaho-Maryland Site Sample Soil Pit 5 &
Figure 7: Round Hole Site (0.38MB)
Figure 8: Round Hole Site Sample Soil Pit 1 &
Figure 9: Round Hole Site Sample Soil Pit 2 (0.37MB)
Figure 10: New Brunswick Site South Fork of Wolf Creek East Bank &
Figure 11: New Brunswick Site South Fork of Wolf Creek West Bank (0.33MB)
Figure 12: New Brunswick Site South Fork of Wolf Creek Sample Soil Pit 2 (West
Bank) &
Figure 13: New Brunswick Site South Fork of Wolf Creek Sample Soil Pit 5 (East
Bank)
(0.25MB)
APPENDIX B: TREE SURVEY (0.64MB)
APPENDIX C: WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM DESCRIPTION (2.40 MB)
APPENDIX D: EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN (0.22MB)
APPENDIX E: 1995 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE IDAHO-MARYLAND GOLD MINE DEWATERING AND EXPLORATION PROJECT:
Report Cover and Table of Contents (1.12MB)
Chapter 1.0: Executive Summary (4.33MB)
Chapter 2.0: Introduction (1.11MB)
Chapter 3.0: Project Description and Objectives (3.33MB)
Chapter 4.0: ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
4.1: Land Use Considerations (2.60MB)
4.2: Geology and Soils (3.11MB)
4.3: Hydrogeology (4.14MB)
4.4: Surface Hydrology and Water Quality (3.20MB)
4.5: Public Services and Utilities (2.94MB)
4.6: Public Health and Employee Safety (1.03MB)
4.7: Traffic and Circulation (1.45MB)
4.8: Air Quality (1.05MB)
4.9: Noise (2.30MB)
4.10: Biological Resources (1.54MB)
4.11: Historic and Cultural Resources (4.59MB)
4.12: Aesthetics / Visual Resources (2.36MB)
4.13: Socioeconomic Resources (0.92MB)
Chapter 5: Alternatives to the Project (1.00 MB)
Chapter 6: Cumulative Impact Summary (0.89MB)
Chapter 7: Long-Term Implications of the Project (0.47MB)
Chapter 8: Inventory of Mitigation Measures (2.44MB)
APPENDIX F: PRELIMINARY TITLE REPORTS
Idaho-Maryland Site West BET Property (0.81MB)
Idaho-Maryland Site West BET / New Brunswick Sites (1.98MB)
Idaho-Maryland Site Former Brenner Property (16.13MB)
Round Hole Easement (10.33MB)
APPENDIX G: GEOTECHNICAL REPORT (1.16MB)
APPENDIX H: PHASE 1 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS (text only) (3.46 MB)
Appendix H PLATES / FIGURES:
Plate 1: Site and Surrounding Area Map (0.47MB)
Site Photographs (Appendix A) (1.50MB)
USGS Topographic Maps & Aerial Photographs (Appendix B) (1.50MB)
Database Report - Idaho-Maryland Mine (Appendix C) (7.58MB)
Plate 1: Site and Surrounding Area Map &
Plate 2: Aerial of West Bet Property (6.22MB)
USGS Topographic Map Report & Aerial Photographs - West Bet (0.58MB)
Site Photos - Wet Bet (Appendix B) (1.03MB)
Database Report - West Bet (Appendix C) (0.58MB)
APPENDIX I: AIR QUALITY (0.14MB)
APPENDIX J: NOISE ANALYSIS (1.01MB)
APPENDIX K: BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION (4.32MB)
APPENDIX L: LIGHTING PLAN (0.94MB)
APPENDIX M: SOCIOECONOMIC ANALYSIS (text only) (2.51MB)
Appendix M PLATES:
1: Project Location Map (0.27MB)
20: 2004 Nevada County Zoning Parcels within the Sphere Of Influence (1.49MB)
22: Site Development Features and City of Grass Valley 2020 Land Use and Zoning
Designations (4.01MB)
23: Proposed Changes to City of Grass Valley Zoning Designations (2.01MB)
APPENDIX N: Traffic Analysis (1.60MB)
APPENDIX O: Cultural Resources (9.43MB)
APPENDIX P: Notarized Statement from Property Owners, updated May 29, 2007 (0.82MB) |
CITY DOCUMENTS
Memorandum for City Council Meeting of May 24, 2005: Selection of Consultant to Prepare Business Viability Study for Idaho-Maryland Mine and Reimbursement Agreement (0.03MB)
Memorandum for City Council Meeting of July 26, 2005: Consider Business Viability Study, Application Review Procedure and Consultant Team for the Idaho-Maryland Mine Project (0.04MB)
Memorandum for City Council Meeting of November 8, 2005: Consider agreement with Environmental Science Associates consultants to prepare a Master Environmental Assessment (MEA) / Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Idaho-Maryland Mine Project (0.02MB)
Economic Viability Study for the Proposed Idaho-Maryland Mine Project, July 15, 2005 (0.16MB)
Schedule Milestones Idaho-Maryland Mine CEQA Documentation. This is the preliminary schedule for processing the environmental documents as approved by the City (0.02MB) View February 14, 2008 presentation by the City on the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) relative to the proposed Idaho-Maryland Mine (1.283MB)
PUBLIC WORKSHOPS
The first in a series of Public Information Workshops was conducted by the City on Wednesday, January 25, 2006, click here to view the notice. Click here to view the Public Comment Card from the January, 25, 2006 meeting.
A Public Information Workshop on Geology and Groundwater occured on Wedensday, December 12, 2007 at 6:00 p.m.View/download December 12, 2007 presentation by consultant. NOTE: This document is large (3.82MB) and is not suitable for dial-up access. View notice regarding the following three Public Workshops scheduled for January, February and March 2008:
January 23 topics include Water Quality, Public Services & Hazardous Materials;
February 13 topics include Reclamation Plans & posting of Financial Assurances; and,
March 12 topics include Traffic, Project Alternatives & Cumulative Impacts.
ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS
IDAHO-MARYLAND MINE PROJECT
MASTER ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (MEA), JUNE 2006
Report Cover (0.03MB)
Title Page (0.02MB)
Table of Contents (0.05MB)
Chapter 1: Introduction (0.07MB)
Chapter 2: Summary (0.11MB)
Chapter 3: Project Description (0.16MB)
Chapter 4: Environmental Checklist and Discussion
4.1: Aesthetics (0.11MB)
4.2: Agricultural Resources (0.10MB)
4.3: Air Quality (0.17MB)
4.4: Biological Resources (0.16MB)
4.5: Cultural Resources (0.12MB)
4.6: Geology, Soils, Seismicity and Mineral Resources (0.15MB)
4.7: Hazards and Hazardous Materials (0.11MB)
4.8: Hydrology and Water Quality (0.16MB)
4.9: Land Use and Planning (0.14MB)
4.10: Noise (0.14MB)
4.11: Population and Housing (0.11MB)
4.12: Public Services (0.11MB)
4.13: Recreation (0.10MB)
4.14: Transportation and Traffic (0.13MB)
4.15: Utilities and Service Systems (0.13MB)
Chapter 5: Report Preparers (0.06MB)
Appendices (0.05MB)
LIST OF FIGURES
2-1: Idaho-Maryland Site Environmental Constraints Map (0.96MB)
2-2: New Brunswick Site Environmental Constraints Map (0.93MB)
2-3: Round Hole Site Environmental Constraints Map (0.98MB)
3-1: Project Location (0.14MB)
3-2: Idaho-Maryland Mine Site Plan (0.31MB)
3-3: Idaho-Maryland Mine Grading Plan (0.62MB)
3-4: Idaho-Maryland Mine Site Surface Features (1.73MB)
3-5: Round Hole Site Plan (0.28MB)
3-6: New Brunswick Site Plan (0.46MB)
3-7: Sodium Cyanide Closed Processing Circuit (0.05MB)
3-8: Idaho-Maryland Site Reclamation Plan (0.37MB)
3-9: Round Hole Reclamation Plan (0.17MB)
3-10: New Brunswick Site Reclamation Plan (0.30MB)
4.1-1: Photo-Rendering of the Idaho-Maryland Site (0.18MB)
4.1-2: Photo-Rendering of the Round Hole Site (0.19MB)
4.1-3: Photo-Rendering of the New Brunswick Site (0.17MB)
4.4-1: City of Grass Valley 2020 General Plan: Wetlands (0.04MB)
4.9-1: Nevada County Existing General Plan Land Use Designations (0.24MB)
4.9-2: Nevada County Existing Zoning Designations (1.14MB)
4.9-3: City of Grass Valley Annexation Plan Planned Annexations (0.14MB)
4.9-4: City of Grass Valley Existing General Plan Land Use Designations (0.39MB)
4.9-5: City of Grass Valley Existing Zoning Designations (1.19MB)
4.9-6: Proposed Annexations (0.46MB)
4.9-7: Proposed City of Grass Valley General Plan Land Use Designations (0.63MB)
4.9-8: Proposed City of Grass Valley Zoning Designation for the ID-MD Site (0.63MB) |
Environmental Initial Study / Notice of Preparation (NOP)
Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
Documents will be posted as information becomes available Related Studies
Documents will be posted as infomation becomes available Documents may be viewed at the following locations:
Grass Valley City Hall, 125 East Main Street, Grass Valley, 274-4330 Grass Valley Pubilc Library, 207 Mill Street, Grass Valley, 273-4117 Madelyn Helling County Library, 980 Helling Way, Nevada City, 265-7050 Documents may be purchased at the following locations:
City Hall can provide you a CD containing the applications, cost is $15/disc. Please contact the City of Grass Valley Planning Division by phone at 274-4331, or by email to request a copy.
COMMENT FORM
Click to view and print the Public Comment Card for the Idaho Maryland Mine Project NOP Process (0.022MB)
RESOURCE LINKS
Idaho-Maryland Mining Corporation Emgold179 Clydesdale Court Grass Valley, CA 95945 Phone (530) 271-0679 Email: info@idaho-maryland.comState of California Mining and Geology Board801 K Street, Suite 2015 Sacramento, CA 95814 phone (916) 322-1082 Email: smgb@consrv.ca.gov
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