Stop Vulcan Mining in Azusa
April, 2010
Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) has submitted their plans to expand their aggregate mining operation at the Azusa Rock Quarry in Fish Canyon. The city of Azusa has accepted the proposal as being complete and has accepted the draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed expansion of Vulcan mining in Azusa. The Planning Commission voted to accept the EIR on March 10, 2010, but rejected the development agreement by a 2-2 vote. The Azusa City Council took up the question on April 19, 2010 with public comments. On May 17, they voted to approve the EIR, but rejected the mining plan. However, they are reconsidered their vote on the mining plan and approved it on July 6. Vulcan's original CUP allows mining of 190 of the 270 acres that Vulcan owns at the Azusa Rock site. According to their new proposal, Vulcan would stop mining on the east side of the quarry and begin restoration there in exchange for allowing expansion of mining into their westernmost 80 acre parcel. The proposal has been framed deceptively as no increase in mining acreage, but merely a substitution of acreage with total mining acres remaining at 190. In reality, the best of the 190 acres has already been mined, and additional strip mining of the east side of the quarry would yield substantially less aggregate for Vulcan than mining on the west side of the VMC property. A map of the location shows that there is less aggregate that can be extracted from the remaining east side of the CUP boundary. The new VMC mining plan includes "reclamation" of the east side of the quarry DO NOT BE DECEIVED! THE NEW PROPOSAL WILL ADD 80 MORE ACRES TO VULCAN'S DESTRUCTION OF OUR MOUNTAINS.
What can I do?
Join us to help gather signatures for our petition to call for a referendum. Sign our petition to the Azusa City Council and get your friends and neighbors to sign also. We intend to present the list of petition signatories to the Council before the vote, which could occur by mid-March. Please sign up for our email list to get informed about the latest developments regarding this additional mining. Add your name to our list of supporters.
- Write an letter to the editor of the San Gabriel Valley Tribune (limit 100 words):
- Attend the City Council Meeting on July 19, 2010 and voice your opinion (7:30 pm in the Civic Auditorium, 213 E. Foothill Blvd.)
- Write the Mayor and City Councilmen using our form:
- Contact City officials individually using email or phone:
Joseph R. Rocha
Azusa Mayor
(626) 334-1582
jrocha@ci.azusa.ca.us
Keith Hanks
Azusa Mayor Pro-tem
(626) 334-5056
khanks@ci.azusa.ca.us
Angel Carrillo
Azusa Council Member
(626) 633-0520
acarrillo@ci.azusa.ca.us
Uriel E. Macias
Azusa Council Member
(626) 625-9218
umacias@ci.azusa.ca.us
Robert Gonzales
Azusa Council Member
(626) 945-9280
robertgonzales@ci.azusa.ca.us
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