TADPOLES MAY SLOW PROJECT ARROYO TOAD ENDANGERED.Byline: Kathleen Sweeney Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA - Transit Mixed Concrete Inc. has asked for a continuance of the coming public hearing on the proposed Soledad mining project, saying it needs time to evaluate the discovery nearby of the endangered arroyo toad, officials said Friday. The Los Angeles County Regional Planning Department then asked the Board of County Supervisors to extend TMC's request to 60 days to allow federal agencies also to review the findings. The board will vote Tuesday on whether to reschedule re·sched·ule tr.v. re·sched·uled, re·sched·ul·ing, re·sched·ules To schedule again or anew: rescheduled the meeting for the following week; rescheduled the debts of many developing nations. the June 26 hearing. ``The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management need some time to assess this new information,'' said Brian Mastin, TMC's environmental affairs manager. ``It's in everybody's interest not to have a hearing before this issue is resolved.'' Endangered arroyo toad tadpoles were found along the upper Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
``Recognition of the endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. is extremely significant and does deserve further scrutiny,'' said Gail Ortiz, city spokeswoman. ``We agree with TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center in its request to further study the endangered species on the site.'' The Board of Supervisors directed county planners on Tuesday to review the finding of the endangered toad and report back to the board within a week about its significance and what should be done next. TMC, a division of the foreign-owned Cemex Corp., wrote in its Environmental Impact Statement that its habitat protection plan will protect aquatic and riparian riparian adj. referring to the banks of a river or stream. (See: riparian rights) habitat in the Santa Clara River adjacent to the project. The Board of Supervisors has rejected TMC's proposal to mine 56.1 million tons of sand and gravel in Soledad Canyon, south of the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. . The supervisors were scheduled to hear a long list of environmental mitigation measures proposed by city officials at the meeting. |
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