Buena Vista Wind Energy Project
5 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2003112038
Lead Agency
Contra Costa County
Document Title
Buena Vista Wind Energy Project
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Agricultural: A-2 (General Agriculture), A-3 (Heavy Agriculture), A-4 (Agriculture Preserve)
Document Description
Removal of 179 existing wind turbines and replacing them (repowering) with 38 new, larger and more efficient wind turbines rated at 1 MW each, with no net increase in total installed capacity. Roads no longer needed will be reclaimed with soil or left in place based upon landowner's preference. New power lines would be underground; unneeded existing power lines would be removed.
Contact Information
Name
David Brockbank
Agency Name
Contra Costa County Community Development
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Byron
Counties
Contra Costa
Cross Streets
Vasco Road, Byron Hot Springs Road, Armstrong Road
Zip
94514
Total Acres
2500
Parcel #
Various
State Highways
I-580
Railways
Southern Pacific
Airports
Byron Airport
Waterways
Brushy Creek, Ca. Aqueduct, Clifton Court Forebay, Los Vaqueros Res.
Township
1S
Range
3E
Base
MtDiablo
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Resources Agency, Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Water Resources
State Reviewing Agency Comments
Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Water Resources
Development Types
Power:Wind (Wind-generated elec.)(Megawatts 30MW)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Cumulative Effects, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Public Services, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife
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