Quinto Solar Photovoltaic Project
5 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2010121039
Lead Agency
Merced County
Document Title
Quinto Solar Photovoltaic Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Merced County General Plan Land Use Designation: Agricultural
Merced County Zoning District: Agricultural (A-1)
Document Description
The proposed project includes the approval of a conditional use permit (CUP) to allow for the construction and operation of a 110 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) electrical generating facility and associated infrastructure with related site access and on-site connection to the electricity transmission grid. The proposed project includes a series of individual PV panels mounted to sunlight tracking assemblies with small motors, support beams, inverters, transformers, buried electrical cables, circuit breakers, switchyards, overhead collector lines (with associated poles), a substation, and overhead lines from the substation to the PG&E interconnection point on site (with associated poles). The proposed project would include a 10,000sf operations and maintenance building. All project construction activities are anticipated to be completed in one phase of approximately 18 months duration.
Contact Information
Name
David Gilbert
Agency Name
Merced County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Merced
Counties
Merced
Cross Streets
McCabe Road/Whitworth Road
Total Acres
1012
Parcel #
069-069-220-054; 069-240-028, -030, -031, -032, -036, -037, -039
State Highways
SR 33
Railways
No
Airports
No
Schools
Romero Elem
Waterways
CA Aqueduct, Delta mendota Canal, O'Neill Forebay
Other Location Info
City/Nearest Community: Santa Nella
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 10 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), 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
Power:Solar (Megawatts 110)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Septic System, Transportation, Wildlife, Other
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