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By Miriam Raftery
Photo; Left, Cottonwood Golf Course pond, before it was drained; right, a sand mining operation
July 5, 2023 (Rancho San Diego) – The County of San Diego has issued a revised draft environmental impact report (EIR) on the proposed Cottonwood sand mine. View documents and details.
The public has until August 14 at 4 p..m. to submit comments on the revised EIR.
Comments can be sent via email to Christopher.Jacobs@sdcounty.ca.gov. The County will also hold an in-person public meeting regarding the Recirculated Draft EIR on July 25, 2023, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at Hillsdale Middle School (1301 Brabham Street, El Cajon).
The EIR was revised after leaders of the Stop Cottonwood Sand Mine group called the earlier EIR draft a “flawed document” that failed to adequately address significant project impacts on people, wildlife, water, air and roads and for not proposing adequate mitigation or alternatives, as ECM reported.
The proposed mining would occur along the Sweetwater River on 214 acres of the present Cottonwood Golf Course site, near homes and businesses and immediately upstream from the federal wildlife reserve.
The County requests that reviewers limit the scope of their comments to only the portions of the Draft EIR that have changed and are included in the Recirculated Draft EIR. Both comments from circulation of the Draft EIR (12/16/21 - 2/28/22) and comments from circulation of the Recirculated Draft EIR will be included in the Final EIR.
Comments on the Recirculated Draft EIR should reference the project numbers and name:
COTTONWOOD SAND MINING PROJECT (PDS2018-MUP-18-023), (PDS2018-RP-18-001); LOG NO. PDS2018-ER-18-19-007; SCH# 2019100513
You can view the county’s documents online at https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/pds/ceqa/MUP-18-023.html.
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