Pinheiro Dairy Environmental Impact Report

Document Description: An expansion of an existing legal non-conforming hwifer feedlot operation to a new dairy facility. The project proposes a maximum of 3,937 total animal units (2,350 Holstein milk cows plus support stock) on 87 acres of 810.5 acre site in the AE-40 (Exclusive Agricultural - 40 acre minimum) Zone. The proposed dairy facility will have freestall housing with a flush system for the milking herd and the support stock will be housed in shaded corrals with flushed alleys. The balance of the site would remain in current agricultural production as farmable acres of corn/wheat silage (double cropped). The current feedlot operation has 529 total animal units on a 555 acre site.

Contact Information: Amy G. Lizarraga
Tulare County-Resource Management Agency (RMA)
5961 South Mooney Boulevard
Visalia, CA 93277
559-624-7000

Coordinates: 36°00'00"N 119°15'00"W
Counties: Tulare
Cross Streets: S of Avenue 120 and W of Road 112
Zip: 93272
Total Acres: 810.5
Parcel #: 293-120-06, 10, 11; -130-03; 090-04
State Highways: Hwy 99
Railways: BNSF
Township: 22S
Range: 24E
Section: 13-16
Other Location Info: City/Nearest Community: 1 mile NW of the community of Pixley

Review Period Start: 11/12/2010
Review Period End: 12/27/2010
Development Type: Other (Dairy Facility)
Local Action: Use Permit
Project Issues: Growth Inducing Wildlife Wetland/Riparian Water Supply Water Quality Vegetation Traffic/Circulation Toxic/Hazardous Solid Waste Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading Septic System Recreation/Parks Public Services Population/Housing Balance Noise Geologic/Seismic Forest Land/Fire Hazard Flood Plain/Flooding Economics/Jobs Drainage/Absorption Biological Resources Archaeologic-Historic Agricultural Land Aesthetic/Visual
Reviewing Agencies: Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects California Department of Parks and Recreation California Highway Patrol California Public Utilities Commission Caltrans, District 6 Central Valley Flood Protection Board Department of Conservation Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 4 Department of Food and Agriculture Department of Toxic Substances Control Native American Heritage Commission Office of Historic Preservation Regional Water Quality Control Bd., Region 5 (Fresno) Resources Agency Resources, Recycling and Recovery State Lands Commission