California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 2 - Department of Conservation › Chapter 8 - Mining and Geology › Subchapter 1 - State Mining and Geology Board › Article 2 - Areas Designated to be of Regional Significance › Section 3550.15 - Construction Aggregate Resources, Palm Springs Production-Consumption Region

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The areas for designation are shown on two plates:
Updated Regionally Significant Construction Aggregate Resources Areas
						in the Palm Springs Production-Consumption Region, Riverside County, California
						(Western Area) -- SMARA Designation Report Number 13 -- Plate 1 -- March 2013,
						and Updated Regionally Significant Construction Aggregate Resources Areas in
						the Palm Springs Production-Consumption Region, Riverside County, California
						(Eastern Area) -- SMARA Designation Report Number 13 -- Plate 2 -- March
						2013
, and are incorporated by reference into this regulation. These
						maps are available from the State Mining and Geology Board's office in
						Sacramento.
The construction aggregate deposits in the following
						areas are designated as being of regional significance:
Sector A-1 -- Aggregate deposits located adjacent to the
						southeast border of the community of Cabezon at the base of the San Jacinto
						Mountains.
Sector A-2 -- Aggregate deposits located between the
						Colorado River Aqueduct and the Morongo Indian Reservation.
Sector B-1 -- Aggregate deposit located at the mouth of
						the Whitewater Canyon north of Interstate 10.
Sector B-2-b -- Aggregate deposit located immediately
						south of Interstate 10 at the intersection of Highway 62.
Sector B-3a -- Aggregate deposit located immediately
						south of Sector B-2 and east of the San Gorgonio Pass to Garnet Hill.
Sector B-3-c -- Aggregate deposit located immediately
						south of Sector B-2 and east of the San Gorgonio Pass to Garnet Hill.
Sector B-3-e -- Aggregate deposit located immediately
						south of Sector B-2 and east of the San Gorgonio Pass to Garnet Hill.
Sector B-4 -- Aggregate deposit located east of Indian
						Avenue and south of Garnet Hill.
Sector B-5-a -- Aggregate deposit located south of
						Interstate 10.
Sector B-5-c -- Aggregate deposit located adjacent to the
						northern border of Sector B-3 and the southern border of Interstate 10 near
						Garnet Hill.
Sector C-1 -- Aggregate deposit located in the Little
						Morongo Canyon approximately one mile north of the City of Desert Hot
						Springs.
Sector D -- Aggregate deposit located in a small unnamed
						wash in the foothills of the community of Thousand Palms (Plate 2, Inset Map
						B).
Sector E-1 -- Aggregate deposit located northeast of
						Dillon Road, approximately six miles northeast of the City of Indio.
Sector E-2 -- Aggregate deposit located approximately six
						miles northeast of the City of Indio.
Sector F -- Aggregate deposit located approximately four
						miles northeast of the City of Indio.
Sector G-1 -- Aggregate deposit located approximately
						three miles north of the City of Indio.
Sector G-2 -- Aggregate deposit located approximately
						three miles north of the City of Indio
Sector G-3 -- Aggregate deposit located approximately
						three miles north of the City of Indio
Sector H-1 -- Aggregate deposit located approximately
						four miles east of the community of Thermal.
Sector H-2 -- Aggregate deposit located northeast of the
						Coachella Canal approximately three and a half miles east of the community of
						Thermal.
Sector H-3 -- Aggregate deposit located southwest of the
						Coachella Canal approximately three miles east of the community of
						Thermal.
Sector I -- Aggregate deposits comprising part of Thermal
						Canyon wash, south of Interstate Highway 10, east of the Coachella Canal, and
						four miles northeast of the community of Thermal. Sector I is approximately one
						mile north of the previously designated Sectors H-1, H-2, and H-3 (Plate 2,
						Inset Map A).
Sector J -- Aggregate deposits located near the community
						of Indio Hills that formed as a series of coalescing alluvial fans deposited
						from material discharged from canyons cut northward into the Little San
						Bernardino Mountains.
Sector J-4 -- Aggregate deposits located north and east
						of the community of Indio Hills in Sections
						1,
						2,
						11, and
						12, T4S, R7E, SBBM. It is
						separated from Sector J-5 to the southeast by a public road and residential
						development in the community of Indio Hills.
Sector J-5 -- Aggregate deposits located east of the
						community of Indio Hills in Sections
						13, and
						24, T4S, R7E; and Section
						19, T4S, R8E, SBBM. It is
						separated from Sector J-4 to the northwest by a public road and urbanization in
						the community of Indio Hills, and from Sector J-6 to the south by Dillon Road
						and a utility easement. Sector J-5 is contiguous with Sector E-1, to the
						southeast.
Sector J-6 -- Aggregate deposits located southeast of the
						community of Indio Hills in Sections
						13 and
						24, T4S, R7E, SBBM. It is
						separated from Sector J-5 to the north by Dillon Road and a utility easement.
						Sector J-6 is contiguous with Sector E-2, to the southeast.
Sector K-1 -- Aggregate deposits located in Section
						33, T4S, R7E, SBBM. It is bounded
						to the north by the Mission Creek Branch of the San Andreas Fault near the base
						of the south flank of the Indio Hills. It is adjacent to the original Sector G
						on the east. On the south it is bounded by a utility corridor, which separates
						it from Sector K-2.
Sector K-2 -- Aggregate deposits located in Section
						33, T4S, R7E, SBBM. It is bounded
						to the north by a utility corridor, which separates it from Sector K-1. On the
						south, it is bounded by a second utility corridor separating it from Sector
						K-3.
Sector K-3 -- Aggregate deposits located in Section
						33, T4S, R7E; and Section
						3, T5S, R7E, SBBM. It is adjacent
						to the original Sector G on the east. It is bounded to the north by a utility
						corridor, which separates it from Sector K-2. On the south, it is bounded by
						agricultural land of the Coachella Valley.
Sector K-4 -- Aggregate deposits located in Section
						34, T4S, R7E, SBBM. It is bounded
						on the south by the Mission Creek Branch of the San Andreas Fault.
Sector K-5 -- Aggregate deposits located in Sections
						33,
						34, and
						35, T4S, R7E, SBBM. It is adjacent
						to the original Sector G on the south. On the north, it is bounded by the
						Mission Creek Branch of the San Andreas Fault, which separates it from Sector
						K-4.
Sector K-6 -- Aggregate deposits located in Section
						2, T5S, R7E, SBBM, east of the
						original Sector G. It is bounded by the Mission Creek Branch of the San Andreas
						Fault on the north and a utility corridor to the south. Sector K-6 has less
						than the threshold amount of material within it; however, it could be mined in
						conjunction with Sector G.
Sector K-7 -- Aggregate deposits located in Section
						2, T5S, R7E, SBBM, southeast of
						the original Sector G. Utility corridors separate it from Sector K-6 to the
						north and Sector K-8 to the west.
Sector K-8 -- Aggregate deposits located in Section
						2, T5S, R7E, SBBM, southeast of
						the original Sector G. A utility corridor separates it from Sector K-7 to the
						east.
The construction aggregate deposits in the following
						areas are designated for termination of designation status due to high-value
						incompatible land use developments:
Sector A-3 -- Aggregate deposits located directly south
						of Interstate 10 two miles east of the community of Cabazon.
Sector B-2-a -- Aggregate deposit located immediately
						south of Interstate 10.
Sector B-3-b -- Aggregate deposit located immediately
						south of Interstate 10 and north of the main line of the Southern Pacific
						Railroad.
Sector B-3-d -- Aggregate deposit located immediately
						south of Interstate 10 and north of the main line of the Southern Pacific
						Railroad.
Sector B-5-b -- Aggregate deposit located south of
						Interstate 10.
Sector C-2 -- Aggregate deposit located in the Little
						Morongo Canyon approximately one mile north of the City of Desert Hot
						Springs.
1. New
						section filed 11-13-89; operative 12-13-89 (Register 89, No. 46).
2.
						Amendment of section and NOTE filed 4-11-2014; operative 7-1-2014 (Register
						2014, No. 15).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  2790
						  and
						  2793,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  2761-
						  2763
						  and
						  2790-
						  2792,
						  Public Resources Code.