California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 2 - Department of Conservation
Chapter 8 - Mining and Geology
Subchapter 1 - State Mining and Geology Board
Article 2 - Areas Designated to be of Regional Significance
Section 3550.15 - Construction Aggregate Resources, Palm Springs Production-Consumption Region
The areas for designation are shown on two plates: Updated Regionally Significant Construction Aggregate Resources Areas in the Palm Springs Production-Consumption Region, Riverside County, California (Western Area) -- SMARA Designation Report Number 13 -- Plate 1 -- March 2013, and Updated Regionally Significant Construction Aggregate Resources Areas in the Palm Springs Production-Consumption Region, Riverside County, California (Eastern Area) -- SMARA Designation Report Number 13 -- Plate 2 -- March 2013, and are incorporated by reference into this regulation. These maps are available from the State Mining and Geology Board's office in Sacramento.
The construction aggregate deposits in the following areas are designated as being of regional significance:
Sector A-1 -- Aggregate deposits located adjacent to the southeast border of the community of Cabezon at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains.
Sector A-2 -- Aggregate deposits located between the Colorado River Aqueduct and the Morongo Indian Reservation.
Sector B-1 -- Aggregate deposit located at the mouth of the Whitewater Canyon north of Interstate 10.
Sector B-2-b -- Aggregate deposit located immediately south of Interstate 10 at the intersection of Highway 62.
Sector B-3a -- Aggregate deposit located immediately south of Sector B-2 and east of the San Gorgonio Pass to Garnet Hill.
Sector B-3-c -- Aggregate deposit located immediately south of Sector B-2 and east of the San Gorgonio Pass to Garnet Hill.
Sector B-3-e -- Aggregate deposit located immediately south of Sector B-2 and east of the San Gorgonio Pass to Garnet Hill.
Sector B-4 -- Aggregate deposit located east of Indian Avenue and south of Garnet Hill.
Sector B-5-a -- Aggregate deposit located south of Interstate 10.
Sector B-5-c -- Aggregate deposit located adjacent to the northern border of Sector B-3 and the southern border of Interstate 10 near Garnet Hill.
Sector C-1 -- Aggregate deposit located in the Little Morongo Canyon approximately one mile north of the City of Desert Hot Springs.
Sector D -- Aggregate deposit located in a small unnamed wash in the foothills of the community of Thousand Palms (Plate 2, Inset Map B).
Sector E-1 -- Aggregate deposit located northeast of Dillon Road, approximately six miles northeast of the City of Indio.
Sector E-2 -- Aggregate deposit located approximately six miles northeast of the City of Indio.
Sector F -- Aggregate deposit located approximately four miles northeast of the City of Indio.
Sector G-1 -- Aggregate deposit located approximately three miles north of the City of Indio.
Sector G-2 -- Aggregate deposit located approximately three miles north of the City of Indio
Sector G-3 -- Aggregate deposit located approximately three miles north of the City of Indio
Sector H-1 -- Aggregate deposit located approximately four miles east of the community of Thermal.
Sector H-2 -- Aggregate deposit located northeast of the Coachella Canal approximately three and a half miles east of the community of Thermal.
Sector H-3 -- Aggregate deposit located southwest of the Coachella Canal approximately three miles east of the community of Thermal.
Sector I -- Aggregate deposits comprising part of Thermal Canyon wash, south of Interstate Highway 10, east of the Coachella Canal, and four miles northeast of the community of Thermal. Sector I is approximately one mile north of the previously designated Sectors H-1, H-2, and H-3 (Plate 2, Inset Map A).
Sector J -- Aggregate deposits located near the community of Indio Hills that formed as a series of coalescing alluvial fans deposited from material discharged from canyons cut northward into the Little San Bernardino Mountains.
Sector J-4 -- Aggregate deposits located north and east of the community of Indio Hills in Sections 1, 2, 11, and 12, T4S, R7E, SBBM. It is separated from Sector J-5 to the southeast by a public road and residential development in the community of Indio Hills.
Sector J-5 -- Aggregate deposits located east of the community of Indio Hills in Sections 13, and 24, T4S, R7E; and Section 19, T4S, R8E, SBBM. It is separated from Sector J-4 to the northwest by a public road and urbanization in the community of Indio Hills, and from Sector J-6 to the south by Dillon Road and a utility easement. Sector J-5 is contiguous with Sector E-1, to the southeast.
Sector J-6 -- Aggregate deposits located southeast of the community of Indio Hills in Sections 13 and 24, T4S, R7E, SBBM. It is separated from Sector J-5 to the north by Dillon Road and a utility easement. Sector J-6 is contiguous with Sector E-2, to the southeast.
Sector K-1 -- Aggregate deposits located in Section 33, T4S, R7E, SBBM. It is bounded to the north by the Mission Creek Branch of the San Andreas Fault near the base of the south flank of the Indio Hills. It is adjacent to the original Sector G on the east. On the south it is bounded by a utility corridor, which separates it from Sector K-2.
Sector K-2 -- Aggregate deposits located in Section 33, T4S, R7E, SBBM. It is bounded to the north by a utility corridor, which separates it from Sector K-1. On the south, it is bounded by a second utility corridor separating it from Sector K-3.
Sector K-3 -- Aggregate deposits located in Section 33, T4S, R7E; and Section 3, T5S, R7E, SBBM. It is adjacent to the original Sector G on the east. It is bounded to the north by a utility corridor, which separates it from Sector K-2. On the south, it is bounded by agricultural land of the Coachella Valley.
Sector K-4 -- Aggregate deposits located in Section 34, T4S, R7E, SBBM. It is bounded on the south by the Mission Creek Branch of the San Andreas Fault.
Sector K-5 -- Aggregate deposits located in Sections 33, 34, and 35, T4S, R7E, SBBM. It is adjacent to the original Sector G on the south. On the north, it is bounded by the Mission Creek Branch of the San Andreas Fault, which separates it from Sector K-4.
Sector K-6 -- Aggregate deposits located in Section 2, T5S, R7E, SBBM, east of the original Sector G. It is bounded by the Mission Creek Branch of the San Andreas Fault on the north and a utility corridor to the south. Sector K-6 has less than the threshold amount of material within it; however, it could be mined in conjunction with Sector G.
Sector K-7 -- Aggregate deposits located in Section 2, T5S, R7E, SBBM, southeast of the original Sector G. Utility corridors separate it from Sector K-6 to the north and Sector K-8 to the west.
Sector K-8 -- Aggregate deposits located in Section 2, T5S, R7E, SBBM, southeast of the original Sector G. A utility corridor separates it from Sector K-7 to the east.
The construction aggregate deposits in the following areas are designated for termination of designation status due to high-value incompatible land use developments:
Sector A-3 -- Aggregate deposits located directly south of Interstate 10 two miles east of the community of Cabazon.
Sector B-2-a -- Aggregate deposit located immediately south of Interstate 10.
Sector B-3-b -- Aggregate deposit located immediately south of Interstate 10 and north of the main line of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Sector B-3-d -- Aggregate deposit located immediately south of Interstate 10 and north of the main line of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Sector B-5-b -- Aggregate deposit located south of Interstate 10.
Sector C-2 -- Aggregate deposit located in the Little Morongo Canyon approximately one mile north of the City of Desert Hot Springs.
1. New section filed 11-13-89; operative 12-13-89 (Register 89, No. 46).
2. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 4-11-2014; operative 7-1-2014 (Register 2014, No. 15).
Note: Authority cited: Section 2790 and 2793, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 2761- 2763 and 2790- 2792, Public Resources Code.
