Blue Ribbon Cheese
Summary
SCH Number
2007111060
Lead Agency
Fresno County
Document Title
Blue Ribbon Cheese
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Field Crops, Dairy, vacant land / AE-20 / Agriculture
Document Description
Allow a 436,000 square-foot cheese and whey protein processing plant, which includes a drying tower to reach a maximum height of 120 feet (35 feet maximum required), and related facilities that will produce cheese, whey protein concentrate, and whey permeate powder in the AE-20 (Exclusive Agriculture, 20-acre minimum parcel size). Approximately 650,000 gallons of Title 22 quality water, produced per day from the water content of milk (imported from existing dairies) after undergoing a reverse osmosis process, will be treated and applied as irrigation water at appropriate agronomic rates to cultivate alfalfa fields and grains corn and used to off-set agricultural groundwater pumping.
Contact Information
Name
Brian Ross
Agency Name
Fresno County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
San Joaquin
Counties
Fresno
Cross Streets
Elkhorn Avenue
Zip
93620
Total Acres
1,080
Parcel #
041-100-44s, 041-100-18s, 050-170-01s, 050-170-40s, 050-170-42s, and 050-160-10s
State Highways
269
Township
16S
Range
18E
Section
32
Base
MDB&M
Other Location Info
City/Nearest Community: 13 miles southeast of the City of San Joaquin
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 Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Commercial (Sq. Ft. 436,000, Acres 80, Employees 300), Waste Treatment:Other (Title 22 water)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Sewer Capacity, Wildlife
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