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Limited Volume Transfer Operation is an operation that receives less than 60 cubicyards, or 15 tons of solid waste per operating day for the purpose of storing the waste prior totransferring the waste to another solid waste operation or facility and which does not conductprocessing activities. Limited salvaging activities and volume reduction may also be conduct aspart of the operation.Apple Valley Community Collection Center: This facility, located on Laguna SeccaDrive in Apple Valley, is a limited volume transfer operation. The facility accepts mixedmunicipal waste and has a permitted capacity and throughput of 60 cubic yards per day.Baker Community Collection Center: This facility, located south of I-15 on KelbakerRoad in the community of Baker, is a limited volume transfer operation. The facility acceptsmixed municipal waste and has a permitted capacity and throughput of 60 cubic yards per day.Daggett/Silver Valley Community Collection Center: This facility, located on thenortheast corner of Hidden springs Road and National Trails Highway in the community ofDaggett, is a limited volume transfer operation. The facility accepts mixed municipal waste andhas a permitted capacity and throughput of 60 cubic yards per day.Hesperia Community Collection Center: This facility, located on Hesperia Dump Roadin Hesperia, is a limited volume transfer operation. The facility accepts mixed municipal wasteand has a permitted capacity and throughput of 60 cubic yards per day.Yermo Community Collection Center: This facility, located on Minneola Road in theunincorporated community of Yermo, is a limited volume transfer operation. The facility acceptsmixed municipal waste and has a permitted capacity and throughput of 60 cubic yards per day.Large Volume Transfer/Processing Facility is a facility that receives 100 tons or moreof solid waste per operating day for the purpose of storing, handling or processing the wasteprior to transferring the waste to another solid waste operation or facility.Lucerne Valley (Camp Rock) Transfer Station (SWIS # 36-AA-0317): This facility,located on 7 acres on Camp Rock Road in the unincorporated community of Lucerne Valley, is alarge volume transfer station. The facility accepts mixed municipal waste and has a designcapacity and a permitted throughput of 14 tons per day.Newberry Springs Transfer Station (SWIS # 36-AA-0371): This facility, located on 3acres on Troy Road and Poniente Drive in the community of Newberry Springs, is a largevolume transfer station. The facility accepts mixed municipal waste and has a permitted capacityof 140 cubic yards per day and a permitted throughput of 7 tons per day.Phelan (Sheep Creek) Transfer Station (SWIS # 36-AA-0382): This facility, located on5 acres on Buckwheat Road in the unincorporated community of Phelan, is a large volumetransfer/processing facility. The facility accepts mixed municipal waste and has a design capacityof 1,600 cubic yards per day and a permitted throughput of 198 tons per day.Chapter 3 3-262
Trona-Agrus Transfer Station (SWIS # 36-AA-0391): This facility, located on 2 acreson 1 st Street approximately 1 mile north of Trona Road in the unincorporated community ofTrona, is a large volume transfer/processing facility. The facility accepts mixed municipal,agricultural, construction/demolition, industrial waste and tires. It has a permitted capacity of352 tons and a permitted throughput of 88 tons per day.29 Palms Transfer Station (SWIS # 36-AA-0390): This facility, located on PintoMountain Road in Twentynine Palms, is a large volume transfer/processing facility. The facilityaccepts agricultural, ash, construction/demolition, industrial, and mixed municipal waste andtires. It has a permitted capacity of 1,600 cubic yards with a permitted throughput of 200 tons perday.Medium volume Transfer/Processing Facility is a facility that receives equal to ormore than 60 cubic yards or 15 tons (whichever is greater) of solid waste per operating; or afacility that receives any amount of solid waste, up to 100 tons per operating day, for the purposeof processing solid waste prior to transferring the waste to another solid waste operation orfacility.Trail’s End Transfer Station (SWIS # 36-AA-0377): This facility, located on 2 acres onMalibu Trail in the unincorporated community of Morongo Valley, is a medium volumetransfer/processing facility. The facility accepts mixed municipal waste and has a permittedcapacity of 120 cubic yards per day, and a permitted throughput of 95 tons per day.In addition to the landfills owned by San Bernardino County, there are several otherpermitted solid waste facilities located within the plan boundaries. Some of these are owned andoperated by private industrial plants for disposal of waste related to their operations. Table 3-56lists these facilities:Table 3-56Private Industrial Solid Waste Disposal Sites in San Bernardino CountyFACILITY &LOCATIONPERMITTEDACTIVITYWASTETYPESACRES CAPACITY/THROUGHPUTAce <strong>Plan</strong>t Dump SiteMariposa Street, Trona(C/T)Solid Waste Landfill Ash 65 T: 198 tons per dayArgus Ash Disposal Site700 Ft. N of First St.TronaMitsubishi Cements <strong>Plan</strong>tCushenbury L.F.Highway 18, LucerneValleyOro Grande Kiln WasteDust DumpNE of Oro GrandeSolid Waste Landfill Ash 77 C /T: 250 tons per daySolid Waste Landfill(Class III)Inert Waste DisposalSite (Class II)Industrial 15 C: 520,400 cubicyardsT: 40 tons per dayOtherdesignated104 T: 233 tons per monthChapter 3 3-263
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CHAPTER THREEAFFECTED ENVIRONMENT3.
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The CDCA Plan assigns a “multiple
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Desert Tortoise Research Natural Ar
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closure to target shooting. Hunting
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percentage of public land ownership
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As of March 2004, BLM had acquired
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Ripley Joshua Tree Woodland: The st
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through “resource use” designat
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Significant Ecological Areas: There
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Wildlife and Wildflower Sanctuaries
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Mojave River Forks Regional Park: A
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oriented commercial uses are expect
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HCP would include mitigation measur
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3.1.3.12 City of RidgecrestThe City
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It is a goal of the town’s genera
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• Inyo California Towhee (April 1
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(i) The taking will be incidental;(
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handled, and number accidentally ki
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3.1.5 California Endangered Species
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Obtaining an Incidental Take Permit
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Monitoring: Monitoring is often the
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is so restrictive that project dela
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excess moisture. A minus 4 is consi
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Air BasinsN190I n y o C o395Ridgecr
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Federal PM10 Planning AreasN190Owen
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POLLUTANTOzone (O 3 )RespirablePart
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AIRBASINAIR QUALITYDISTRICTPOLLUTAN
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subtraction of transported ozone in
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The general soil information and ma
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The Marine Corps Ground Combat Cent
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The most permeable basin-fill depos
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Surface water was and is the major
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A relatively small number of introd
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freshwater or alkali wetlands, or o
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3.3.2 Desert Tortoise3.3.2.1 Regula
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progress toward meeting the overall
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“higher density” and “lower d
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several seasons (Esque 1994 in Aver
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Assistant District Manager Molly Br
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• Since 1975, federal land manage
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“52 mi 2 of higher density tortoi
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1984 Tortoise Range and Density Map
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Higher Density Tortoise Sign Count
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When data for the three lowest sign
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Occurrence of Tortoises Relative to
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Regional Declines in the Four DWMAs
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Tortoise Distribution within the Re
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Boarman (pers. comm., Nov 2002) has
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tortoises are either extirpated (La
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sites surveyed by LaRue between 199
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aseline data are lacking. Grasses p
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Canine Predators: This includes coy
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The spatial distribution of 12 of 1
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Predation Versus Scavenging of Juve
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Table 3-20Prevalence of Tortoises i
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3.3.2.5.3 Older and Newer Die-off R
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Table 3-21Characteristics of Older
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Table 3-22Characteristics of Older
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of the Johnson Valley Open Area, an
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Distribution of Recreational and Re
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Tortoises and Burrows Crushed: Vehi
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OHV Impacts to Soils: OHV use has r
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Rodman DWMA. There were no higher d
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of Dove Springs that has experience
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Both inside and adjacent to open ar
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3.3.2.6.6 Organized Competitive OHV
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3.3.2.7 Current Effectiveness of Ex
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Overall, one sees that 68% of the 3
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off regions discussed herein. Black
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ManixACECMojave fishhookcactusRainb
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Range of Mohave Ground SquirrelN190
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3.3.3.2.2 Seasonal ActivityThe MGS
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1996). As herbaceous annuals appear
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Finally, the 84% success rate was a
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LaRue characterized substrates at t
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There were no MGS occurrences in 28
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certain shrubs (e.g. winterfat) tha
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NAWS China Lake 1993). As discussed
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Cumulatively, one finds there to be
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Citing Bury and Luckenbach (1977),
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the MGS is restricted to about 7,00
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Habitat Management Plans (HMPs) wer
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Basic to the biology of bighorn she
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3.3.6 Birds3.3.6.1 Bendire’s Thra
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3.3.6.5 Golden EagleLife History: T
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The towhee recovery plan establishe
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Regulatory Status: Federal Endanger
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3.3.6.15 Western Yellow-billed Cuck
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Other major threats are flood contr
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Population Status in the Planning A
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on the inaccessible mountain slopes
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3.3.8.8 Kern BuckwheatLife History:
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Threats Affecting the Mojave Monkey
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3.3.8.16 Red Rock PoppyLife History
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populations show intergradation wit
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3.4.1.1 Regional EnvironmentIn tota
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Table 3-37Average Annual Units Cons
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2002 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAEMPLOYMENT
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TABLE 3-382000 CENSUS DEMOGRAPHIC C
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to undergo a dramatic reversal to t
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3.4.1.5 Study Area Property Valuati
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The supply of private property in t
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Page 253 and 254: REGIONORCITYVictorville /AppleValle
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Page 269 and 270: Utility Maintenance: Many powerline
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Page 273 and 274: SUBREGIONAmboyBighornCoyoteEastSier
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