Allensworth Corporation - Rabbit meat raising operation and vegetable crop production
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Summary
SCH Number
2009011085
Lead Agency
Tulare County
Document Title
Allensworth Corporation - Rabbit meat raising operation and vegetable crop production
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
PLU: wheat farming
Z: AE-40 (Exclusive Agricultural-40 acre minimum)
GP: Rural Valley Lands Plan-Agricultural
Document Description
Assessor's Parcel Numbers 333-370-010 (rabbitry) 333-390-033, 333-400-001 and 002 (vegetable production). A Special Use Permit to establish a commercial rabbit farm for meat production, on an 8.36 acre site and 49.45 acres (5 small parcels) of vegetable production, totaling 57.8 acres. At full built out, the project will include 9,200 rabbits to be housed in rabbit barns - 40 barns are proposed with 50 cages per barn, approximately 4 rabbits per cage; 1 office; 10-15 employees at full production; 2 vertical food storage tanks; vermiculture (worm) composting operation; and vegetable production. Rabbits will be shipped live from the site. No onsite slaughter proposed. Deceased rabbits will be picked up by a rendering service. Manure will be removed from the barns monthly and composted in the vermiculture section.
Contact Information
Name
Jason LoBue
Agency Name
Tulare County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Tulare
Cross Streets
Road 80 and Avenue 32
Zip
93219
Total Acres
57
Parcel #
291-020-016, -030-007, -040-001
State Highways
Hwy 43
Waterways
possible old irrigation ditch south
Township
24S
Range
24E
Section
17
Base
MDB&M
Other Location Info
City/Nearest Community: Allensworth
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
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 Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), 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, Resources, Recycling and Recovery
Development Types
Agriculture (Rabbitry Operation)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wildfire, Wildlife
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