Howell Mountain Cemetery Initial Study

Howell Mountain Cemetery Initial Study

The project proposes to develop the Howell Mountain Cemetery, a green burial cemetery (referred to in this document as the proposed project). Green burial, or natural burial, is a way of caring for the dead with minimal impacts that aids in the conservation of natural resources. Green burial necessitates the use of non-toxic and biodegradable materials. The cemetery would be managed as a conservation site. As an open space property, the cemetery would have lower plot densities than a traditional cemetery, limitations on visible markers (i.e., only natural markers made from small native rocks would be used), and burial vaults and embalming would be prohibited. Access trails within the interment areas would be open for hiking use by the public. An Exception to the Napa County Conservation Regulations and to the Napa County Roads & Streets Standards are requested as part of the project scope. The exceptions will allow for minor grading on slopes over 30% so that the proposed trails and access to the interment areas may be established, as the trails and access are not feasible through other alternatives, and to forego the left turn lane installation, which would prevent the removal of existing native trees and excessive grading on rocky steep slopes, while remaining consistent with the existing operation and character of Howell Mountain Road or in the vicinity of the project site, respectively.

Angwin - Unincorporated

Napa

Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area, Unincorporated

California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS)

Commercial (Cemetery)(Sq. Ft. 30056, Acres 0.69, Employees 3)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire