Palen Solar Project
10 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2011054002
Lead Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Palen Solar Project
Document Type
SIR - Supplemental EIR
Received
Present Land Use
multiple-use class M
Document Description
Note: Lead Agency changed from Bureau of Land Management to Riverside County for CEQA submission.
The Supplemental EIS/EIR is in response to an amendment to an application for a ROW grant authorizing the construction, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of a 500 MW solar PV generating facility known as the Palen Solar Project and the transmission of energy generated by the project to the grid via Southern California Edison's Red Bluff Substation. The project area is in eastern Riverside County, CA and covers approx 4,200 acres of land managed by the BLM. In addition, the applicant has proposed to enter into a water supply contract with the county of Riverside. BLM is the lead agency under NEPA and the county of Riverside is the lead agency under CEQA.
Contact Information
Name
Jay Olivas
Agency Name
Riverside County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Riverside
Cross Streets
I-10 Palen Dunes Dr
Zip
92239
Total Acres
3,478
Parcel #
810-182-002, -110-027, -021, etc.
State Highways
Route 177
Airports
Desert Center Airport
Township
5S
Range
17E
Section
34
Other Location Info
City/Nearest Community: Desert Center
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, Cal Fire, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 20, Department of Toxic Substances Control
State Reviewing Agency Comments
Department of Toxic Substances Control
Development Types
Power:Solar (Solar Thermal)(Megawatts 500)
Local Actions
water supply
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Fiscal Impacts, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Disclaimer: The document was originally posted before CEQAnet had the capability to host attachments for the public. To obtain the original attachments for this document, please contact the lead agency at the contact information listed above. You may also contact the OPR via email at state.clearinghouse@opr.ca.gov or via phone at (916) 445-0613.