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 plus existing wind power facilities. Zoned A-2 , A-3, A-4. Designated Agricultural land.
Document Description
Modified wind power plant located in the Byron Hills area of southeastern Contra Costa County. Project includes removal of all existing 179 wind turbines and overhead electrical connection lines; to be replaced (repowered) with up to 38 new, larger and more efficient turbines and underground electrical connection lines. All of the sites where existing turbines are removed will be reclaimed to agricultural use by removing all above-ground construction and covering any remaining foundations and other systems with soil suitable for agricultural use.
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
2400
Parcel #
Various - 001-021-001 - 020, etc.
State Highways
I-580
Railways
UPRR
Airports
Byron Airport
Waterways
Brushy Creek, California Aqueduct, Clifton Court Forebay
Township
1S
Range
3E
Section
27,29
Base
MtDiablo
Other Information
Section: 32, 34
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 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, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Resources Agency, Department of Water Resources, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
Department of Water Resources, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)
Development Types
Power:Wind (Wind-generated elec.)(Megawatts 38MW)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Cumulative Effects, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife
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