California Ethanol and Power Plant
Summary
SCH Number
2008121071
Lead Agency
Imperial County
Document Title
California Ethanol and Power Plant
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Z: MLI-3 (Mesquite Lake Heavy Industrial)
Document Description
The proposed project is intended to construct an ethanol plant producing approximately 60 million gallons a year of fuel-grade ethanol and approximately 180,000 tons of industrial-grade carbon-dioxide, from sugarcane to be grown on surrounding farmland, per year. The facility will also combust bagasse (the shredded sugarcane stalks left over once the juice has been extracted) to produce potentially up to 45 megawatts (MW) of electricity, 23 MW of which will be used to power the facility, with the remaining 22 MW sold wholesale into the California power grid as renewable energy. Each facility will produce about 825 million gallons per year of vinasse, the dilute still bottoms from the ethanol fermentation process, which will be anaerobically digested to produce approximately 760,000 million cubic feet of biomethane per year and concentrated to produce 24,000 tons of fertilize per year.
Contact Information
Name
Dave Black
Agency Name
Imperial County Planning and Development
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Imperial
Cross Streets
West Harris Road
Total Acres
~ 248
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 11 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Emergency Services, California, Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Resources, Recycling and Recovery, Cal Fire
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Resources, Recycling and Recovery, Cal Fire
Development Types
Other , Power:Other Power Type
Local Actions
Other
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Transportation, Mandatory Findings of Significance
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