In addition to the annual mine report required by Public Resources Code Section 2207, every surface mining operator shall submit to the County an annual report of surface mining and reclamation operations no later than November 1 of each year, describing the activities of the previous twelve (12) months. Annual reports shall no longer be required, once final reclamation has been completed and financial assurances have been released. Such reports shall include, but may not be limited to, the following information.
(a) A site plan submitted in the form prescribed by the Planning Director, including all property approved under the reclamation plan, drawn to a scale of one inch equals one-hundred feet (1” = 100’), or other scale acceptable to the Director for larger holdings, and showing the following information.
(1) property boundaries and the boundaries of permitted mining areas, including the depiction of separate mining phases;
(2) Existing contours, including the areas and depth of mining which have occurred since the previous annual report;
(3) Identification of soil stockpiles, haul roads, settling ponds, habitat avoidance areas, and processing facilities; and
(4) The extent of areas reclaimed since the previous annual report;
(b) A statement of the total amount of minerals produced since the date of the initial permit approval and since the date of the preceding annual report. Such information shall be consistent with the data submitted to the Department, as required in the Act. Production information shall be considered confidential under Article 9 of this chapter. Such reports shall be submitted as a declaration under penalty of perjury;
(c) A statement describing the extent of mining carried out over the previous year and the conformance of the operation with the approved reclamation timetable and/or phasing plan. Said statement shall also describe the proposed extent of operations to be carried out during the following year;
(d) A report describing the previous year’s crop yields on any land in the process of being reclaimed to agriculture in accordance with the approved reclamation plan. The report shall include appropriate remedial measures prepared by a qualified agronomist if crop and/or livestock yields do not meet the production standards set forth in the approved reclamation plan;
(e) A statement describing the compliance of the agricultural surface mining and reclamation operation with the approval conditions of approval;
(f) A statement describing the status of any permits or approval issued by other agencies of jurisdiction;
(g) A report describing any slope failures or other erosion-related problems located within the permitted mine area, occurring during the prior twelve months, and the measures proposed to remediate erosion problems;
(h) A report describing the density, coverage, and survival of landscaping or habitat for any on-site areas that are being revegetated with plans other than agricultural crops in accordance with the approval reclamation plan. The report shall compare the observed data with the performance standards set forth in the approval reclamation plan and shall describe the remedial measures proposed if the previous year’s revegetation efforts were not successful. (§ 2, Ord. 1276, eff. December 6, 2001)