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SFPUC approves amended quarry lease with conditions, commissioners add community and conservation protections
Summary
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission approved an amended lease with Oliver De Silva for phased quarrying in Sonoma Valley, adding explicit language to require future commission and Board of Supervisors approval for expanded mining and directing staff to work with Sonoma Valley stakeholders on environmental and human impacts.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on a voice vote approved an amended lease allowing Oliver De Silva Company to operate and progressively expand gravel operations in Sonoma Valley under a three‑phase structure, while adding new language to strengthen community engagement and require further approvals for expanded mining.
Staff development project manager Mike Martin described the lease as a phased approach: immediate operation under the existing SMP 30 permit if transferred; within six months an application to Alameda County to revise SMP 30 for deeper and wider mining and construction of a cutoff wall; and a later combined revision of SMP 30 and SMP 17 to process limited material on Apperson Ridge and convey products to the valley site to…
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