Use Permit # 1022-09 Foster Poultry Farms

Use Permit # 1022-09 Foster Poultry Farms

The applicant is requesting an amendment to existing Use Permit #375-86 to include the following: change of operation from an egg laying to a meat production facility, increase of turkey population from 72,000 to 180,000, construction a flood berm around the southern edge of the property, addition of three (3) ponds for onsite stormwater retention, and a drainage ditch. The pre-existing structures on the subject site include 34 turkey houses, three (3) dwellings (homes for the employees), one (1) workshop, two (2) chemical storage buildings, and two (2) office/break buildings. The access road to each of the individual ranches is paved or compacted soil. Foster Farms has not built any new structures on the subject property. The farm employs 11 people year round.

Hollister

San Benito

Other (Poultry Business)

Use Permit, Grading

Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Hydrology/Water Quality, Noise, Wildlife

Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, Cal Fire, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)