Surface Mining & Reclamation Act (SMARA) Documents

Policies, Reports & Recommendations

  1. Amendment 3 - August 5, 2002 (PDF)
  2. Final Supplemental Program EIR for Gravel Extraction on the Lower Mad River (PDF 9MB)
  3. Humboldt County SMARA Ordinance No. 2117 (PDF)
  4. Letter of Permission Procedure (2004-1) for Gravel Mining and Extraction Activities (PDF)
  5. Letter of Permission Procedure (2009-1) for Gravel Mining and Extraction Activities (PDF)
  1. Mad River Draft SPEIR April 2014 Volume II - Appendices (PDF)
  2. Mad River Draft Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Report April 2014 Volume I (PDF)
  3. Mineral and Energy Resources 5-2350 (PDF)
  4. Mineral and Energy Resources Goals and Policies (PDF)
  5. National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinion 2009 (PDF)

County of Humboldt Extraction Review Team (CHERT)

  1. Mad River Bank Erosion (1993-2007) (Excel)
  2. Mad River Sediment Recruitment (1962-2007) (Excel)
  1. Resolution 96-37 Establishing CHERT (PDF)
  2. Draft CHERT Ordinance (PDF)

CHERT Cross Section Analyses


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CHERT Post Extraction Reports


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Eel River Final PEIR (1993)

  1. Eel River Final PEIR Cover Page and Index (PDF)
  2. Summary (PDF)
  3. Introduction (PDF)
  4. Project Description (PDF)
  5. Environmental Setting (PDF)
  6. Gravel Extraction (PDF)
  7. Agencies and Permits (PDF)
  8. Environmental Impacts (PDF)
  1. Organizations and Persons Consulted (PDF)
  2. Bibliography - Eel River Final PEIR (PDF)
  3. Appendix A - Eel River Final PEIR (PDF)
  4. Appendix B - Eel River Final PEIR (PDF)
  5. Appendix C-1 - Eel River Final PEIR (PDF)
  6. Appendix C-2 - Eel River Final PEIR (PDF)
  7. Appendix D Eel River Final PEIR (PDF)

Additional Information & Application Materials

  1. Financial Assurance Guidelines (PDF)
  2. Financial Assurance Worksheet (XLS)
  3. Interim Management Plan Guidelines (PDF)
  4. Revegetation Test Plot Guidelines (PDF)
  1. Statement of Responsibility (PDF)
  2. Surface Mining Plot Plan and Tentative Map Example (PDF)
  3. Surface Mining Reclamation Plan Checklist (PDF)

Statewide Resources

  1. Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (PDF)
Contact Information
For more information about SMARA in Humboldt County, please contact the Current Planning Division at 707-445-7541.