Commercial WECS Permit #107/CZ #6486/VAR #1679
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Summary
SCH Number
2000091076
Lead Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Commercial WECS Permit #107/CZ #6486/VAR #1679
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Primarily vacant land with two underground gas pipelines and SCG's pressure limiting blow-down station/Zoning is Controlled Development (W-2) / General Plan is "Desert"
Document Description
The proposed project, located in unincorporated Riverside County, north of the City of Palm Springs, California, proposes to install and operate a Wind Energy Conservation System (WECS) development configured in accordance with one of two alternative site plans for the same site. Alternative Site Plan 1 includes thirty nine (39) 600,660 of 700 kW wind tribunes, capable of generating approximately 23-27 megawatts of total power, each with an overall height between 236 and 271 feet, configured in three rows on a north-south alignment across the site and requiring grading permits to move approximately 8.800 cubic yards of earth.
Contact Information
Name
Paul F. Clark
Agency Name
Riverside County Planning Department
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Palm Springs
Counties
Riverside
Cross Streets
I-10/Atkins Road
Zip
92282
Total Acres
451
State Highways
I-10/HIghway 111
Railways
Union Pacific
Schools
Palm Springs Unified
Waterways
Whitewater River
Township
3S
Range
4F
Section
18/19
Base
SBBM
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Power:Wind (Energy)(Megawatts 42 MW)
Local Actions
Rezone, Use Permit, Variance
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Geology/Soils, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Recreation, Vegetation, Wildlife, Air Navigation
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