Topaz Solar Farm (Optisolar) Conditional Use Permit (DRC2008-00009)
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Summary
SCH Number
2008091026
Lead Agency
San Luis Obispo County
Document Title
Topaz Solar Farm (Optisolar) Conditional Use Permit (DRC2008-00009)
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Agriculture
Document Description
Request by Optisolar (Topaz Solar Farm)/Twisselman, et al for a 550 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar power plant to be installed over an approximate 6,200 acre (9.7 square miles) area. The project would be constructed in two phase where the first phase would install 210 MW in the first phase with the remaining 340 MW in the second phase.
Contact Information
Name
John McKenzie
Agency Name
San Luis Obispo County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
San Luis Obispo
Counties
San Luis Obispo
Cross Streets
Hwy. 58 and Bitterwater Road
Total Acres
6.5 sq. miles
State Highways
58
Other Location Info
California Valley
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
Development Types
Other (Solar Power (PV) Plant)
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Fiscal Impacts, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife
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