Opinion
Page 343a
146 Cal.App.4th 343a __ Cal.Rptr.3d __ WESTERN PLACER CITIZENS FOR AN AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL ENVIRONMENT, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. COUNTY OF PLACER et al., Defendants and Appellants TEICHERT, INC., Real Party in Interest and Appellant. C049364 California Court of Appeal, Third District, Placer, December 11, 2006ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND DENYING REHEARING [NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT], Super. Ct. No. SCV15349
THE COURT:It is ordered that the opinion filed herein on November 9, 2006 (144 Cal.App.4th 890; 50 Cal.Rptr.3d 799), be modified as follows, and the petition for rehearing is DENIED:
On page 27 [144 Cal.App.4th 907, 3d full par.], the last paragraph on the page that continues on page 28 shall be deleted and replaced with the following paragraph:
(4) There is groundwater beneath the surface of the property. Teichert has the right to use groundwater from beneath the property. It intends to use one well to provide 1.5 acre-feet of potable water per year for its mining and processing operations. The mining operation will require that the mining site be dewatered, that is, groundwater will be pumped from the mining site to enable dry mining to be performed. Dewatering will extract 515 acre-feet of groundwater per year during the first 25 years, and then 700 acre-feet annually for the next 15 years. In addition to the 1.5 acre-feet per year of potable water, the mining and processing operations will require only 209 acre-feet of water. Accordingly, the dewatering activities will produce substantially more acre-feet of water per year than the mining and processing operations require. That water would be available for mitigation, agricultural and reclamation activities, but it is anticipated that most of it will be discharged into Coon Creek or Doty Ravine.
This modification does not change the judgment.