El Monte Dairy Establishment (Case No. PSP 01-081)

El Monte Dairy Establishment (Case No. PSP 01-081)

Request for: 1) approval of a Special Use Permit to expand an existing dairy authorized by Special Use Permit No. PSP 82-057 to allow an increase in the number of animal units and the addition of 360 acres of land to a 679-acre total site in the AE-40 (Exclusive Agricultural - 40 acre minimum) Zone. The applicant proposes an increase of 900 milk cows and an increase of 3,099 animal units. Therefore, the expansion requested is from 1,200 milk cows and support stock to 2,100 milk cows and fewer support stock, resulting in an increase from 2,106 animal units to 5,205 animal units in a facility covering approximately 102 acres of the 679 acre subject site. The balance of the acreage would remain under cultivation and available for irrigation with reclaimed dairy wastewater and 2) approval by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, of a Notice of Intent under a General Waste Discharge Order or a request for site specific Waste Discharge Requirements.

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Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, Resources, Recycling and Recovery, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality