GE Solar, LLC by URS Corporation
Summary
SCH Number
2009111079
Lead Agency
Kern County
Document Title
GE Solar, LLC by URS Corporation
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Vacant/Manufacturing / A WE (Exclusive Agriculture/Wind Energy Combining) and M-2 PD (Medium Industrial/Precise Development Combining)
GP: 7.2 (Service Industrial), 8.1 (Intensive Agriculture), 8.2 (Resource Agriculture)
Document Description
NOTE: Review Per Lead
NOTE: Review Per Lead
The applicant is requesting a Conditional Use Permit for a 40 Megawatt Solar Voltaic Project on 350 acres in the Tehachapi are of Kern County. The applicant is also proposing a transmission line to the existing Tehachapi Substation which connects to the Southern California Edison transmission system. The solar panels are contained within the area of the project that has zoning classification of A WE (Exclusive Agriculture-Wind Energy Combining). The transmission lines for the project will be placed above the area of the project zoned A WE (Exclusive Agriculture/Wind Energy Combining) and M-2 PD (Medium Industrial-Precise Development Combing). Currently the site is vacant except for the area below the proposed transmission lines. This are contains an existing manufacturing facility that is owned by the applicant. Access is provided by Chantico Road. Water requirements will be provided by a small vehicle/truck from GE's water service supply point at 13681 Chiantico Road or other existing water service supply point in the project vicinity. No sewage will be generated by the project.
Contact Information
Name
John E. George
Agency Name
Kern County Planning Department
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Tehachapi
Counties
Kern
Cross Streets
Jameson St and Chantico Rd
Zip
93561
Total Acres
337
Parcel #
224-120-11, 13, 14
State Highways
58
Township
32S
Range
34E
Section
31,32
Base
MDB&M
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 Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB)
Development Types
Industrial (Acres 337), Power:Solar (Megawatts 40)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Transportation, Wildlife
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