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(3) August 2000 Additional Environmental Information to the Draft Environmental Impact
Report ("AEIDEIR"); and

(4) November 2001 Final Environmental hnpact Report FEIR, comprised of the following:

• November 2001 Revised Final Environmental hnpact Report Volume 1 -
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Responses to Comments ("Revised FEIR Responses") ;

• April 2001 Final Environmental hnpact Report, Volumes 2-6;

• November 2001 Revised Final Environmental Impact Report Volume 7 -
Technical Appendices;

• November 2001 Final Environmental Impact Report Volume 8 - Attachments
to the City of Santa Clarita Letter Dated December 26, 2000.

These documents all comprise the FEIR. In addition, several additional documents which arise
in the context of the CEQA process, but which post-date that process and completion of the
FEIR, are being offered:

• A proposed January 2004 Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
("MMRP")2; and

• Statement of Overriding Considerations.

The environmental review process spanned ten years, including over thirteen months of public
review and approximately nineteen public hearing sessions, including at least ten public hearing
sessions with public comment and/or testimony. The Board received, reviewed and considered
the information contained in the following: (i) the FEIR; (ii) the application for Surface Mining
Permit No. 91-165(5) to authorize the surface mining of aggregate (sand and gravel) and the
operation of a concrete batch plant and appurtenant facilities, and to authorize a reclamation plan
for the land; and (iii) all information contained in all hearings and submissions of testimony from
officials and departments of the County, the applicant (as defined below), the public, and other
agencies. Concurrently with the adoption of these Findings pursuant to and in accordance with
Section 21081 of the Public Resources Code ("CEQA Findings"), the Board adopts a Mitigation
Monitoring and Reporting Program as part of this FEIR.

Having received, reviewed and considered the foregoing information, as well as any and all
information in the administrative record, and the record of proceedings and orders in the U.S.
District Court litigation discussed below, as well as the provisions of the Consent Decree entered
into in that litigation, the Board hereby makes the following CEQA Findings pursuant to Public
Resources Code § 21081 and State CEQA Guidelines § 15090:

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The November 2001 Revised FEIR Responses, include the April 2001 Responses to Comments.
2
A draft MMRP was prepared in November 2001, but the current MMRP has been updated to reflect final
mitigation measures for the RNFSA Project.

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