Planning Commission keeps Martus Valley Quarry on five‑year review cycle, cites continued compliance

The Truckee Planning Commission voted 5‑0 on Dec. 17 to approve a project amendment allowing the Martus Valley Quarry and its asphalt plant to return to a five‑year review cycle and to determine the amendment is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Staff presented the item as a two‑year review of the quarry’s existing use permit and conditions of approval. The quarry is an open‑pit aggregate mine with an on‑site asphalt batch plant located on Jorger Drive adjacent to the Truckee Truckee Sanitary Authority wastewater facility and north of the Truckee River and Legacy Trail. Staff said the operation has been subject to periodic review since Nevada County approved the original use permit in 1983 and that subsequent judicial decisions limit the town’s ability to add or change permit conditions without either substantial evidence of impacts to public health, safety, or welfare or agreement by the applicant.

The staff report summarized permit history and compliance actions. Staff said quarterly noise monitoring is continuing, a complaint log is sent to the…