Finding F5
The Planning Department depends on technical information provided by the surface mining operator and their respective consultants, which should include appropriately scaled maps of current site conditions, disturbed acreage, and financial assurance cost estimates, with minimal internal review for accuracy. Submitting inaccurate reports could be viewed as cause for the State Mining and Geology Board to assume the County’s administrative responsibilities under SMARA.
Jury report: Calaveras County Planning Department: Are We Running Out of Rock? · PDF page 15
Permanent linkOfficial response
Calaveras County Board of Supervisors
The County agrees and promises better reports, photographs, and requests for updated maps.
Read official response · PDF page 5Agreement covers the compound finding, but the explanation is a prospective plan rather than a reason for minimal internal verification or evidence of current review practices.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.