Moody Flats Quarry Draft EIR Released for Public Review December 29th, 2014 Shasta County has released the long-awaited draft environmental impact report (EIR) for the Moody Flats Quarry project. Moody Flats Quarry, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of 3M Corporation, proposes a hard-rock quarry that would include an aggregate processing facility, asphalt batch plant, ready-mix plant, and recycled materials plant. Up to 2 million tons per year of material would be mined and distributed for 100 years. Uniquely, this [...]

Carmelita Mine and Reclamation Project EIR Upheld in Court of Appeal on All Counts December 8th, 2014 Carmelita Mine and Reclamation Project EIR Upheld in Court of Appeal on All Counts In Friends of Kings River v. Fresno County, the court of appeal for the 5th District unanimously upheld the Carmelita Mine and Reclamation Project EIR on all counts, as detailed in the Reuter’s December 11, 2014, article. In that article, Colony Land Co. (the owner of the mine) [...]