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BENDER READY-MIX CONCRETE MANUFACTURING PROJECT <br />Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />4.2 AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RESOURCES <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />t <br />e <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />In determining whether impacts"to agricultural resources are <br />significant environmental effects, lead agencies may refer to, <br />the, Caiifornia ?Agricuitural;,-Land "6 iuation:=and "Site`; <br />µAssessment Model (1997)` prepared " by: the California. <br />..`Department of Conservation as an optional model; to use in <br />assessing Impacts on agriculture and ._ farmland In Less Than <br />determining whether impacts to forest resources, including Potentially Significant Less Than " <br /> <br />timberland, ' are significant environmental effects, lead <br />Significant <br />Impact With <br />Significant No <br />Impact <br />agencies may refer to information compiled by the California Impact - Mitigation Impact <br />Department of Forestry and Fire Protection regarding 'the Incorporated <br />state's inventory of "forest land, 'lncluding the Foresi;and <br />Range Assessment Project and the' Forest Legacy <br />Assessment .-project; and forest carbon measurement <br />methodology provided in Forest Protocols adopted by the <br />California Air ResourcesBoard.,Wquid the pro'ectr <br />a. Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of <br />Statewide Importance (Farmland), as shown on the maps <br />prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring ? <br />Program of the California Resources Agency, to non- <br />agricultural use? <br />b. Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, or a ? <br />Williamson Act contract? <br />c. Conflict with existing zoning for, or cause rezoning of, forest <br />land (as defined in Public Resources Code section <br />12220(g)), timberland (as defined by Public Resources Code ? <br />section 4526), or timberland zoned Timberland Production <br />as defined b Government Code section 51104(g))? <br />d. Result in the loss of forest land or conversion of forest land to ? <br />non-forest use? <br />e. Involve other changes in the existing environment, which, <br />due to their location or nature, could result in conversion of ? <br />Farmland, to non-agricultural use or conversion of forest land <br />to non-forest use? <br />a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland), as <br />shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the <br />California Resources Agency, to non-agricultural use? <br />No Impact The proposed project site and surrounding areas are developed with urbanized uses. No <br />farmland exists within the site vicinity. In addition, based on the Orange County Important Farmland <br />2008 Map prepared by the California Department of Conservation, the proposed project site does not <br />occur upon any area designated Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide <br />Importance. Thus, no impacts would occur in this regard. <br />I Mitigation Measures: No mitigation is required. <br /> <br />California Department of Conservation Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program, Orange County Important Farmland 2008 <br />Map, published August 2009. <br />JULY 2011 4.2-1 AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RESOURCES <br />31A-37