Orni 21 Geothermal Project
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2011061029
Lead Agency
Imperial County
Document Title
Orni 21 Geothermal Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
GP: Agriculture
Z:A-2-G & S-2
Document Description
The proposed project is the development of a 49.9 megawatt (MW-net) geothermal power plant and wellfield on 27.5 acres of privately owned agricultural land within the Salton Sea Known Geothermal Resources Area in Imperial County, California. The project would include a geothermal binary power plant composed of six (6) Ormat Energy Converters (OEC), an expanded geothermal well field beyond the six exploration wells, pipelines to bring the geothermal brine to the power plant, pipelines to take the cooled brine to injection wells, pipelines to distribute noncondensible gases from production wells to power plant area and injection wells, an electric transmission line to interconnect from the power plant substation to a switching yard, and a water pipeline to bring water from the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) East Highline canal to the power plant for cooling water.
Contact Information
Name
Armando G. Villa
Agency Name
Imperial County Planning & Dev. Serv. Dept.
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Calipatria
Counties
Imperial
Cross Streets
English Road/Gillespie Road
Zip
92233
Total Acres
9976
Parcel #
003-200-020-000
State Highways
Hwy 111
Railways
No
Airports
No
Schools
No
Waterways
Imperial Irrigation District irrigation canals and drains
Township
10S
Range
14E
Section
20
Base
SBB&M
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, California Department of Conservation (DOC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, California Department of Conservation (DOC)
Development Types
Power:Geothermal (Megawatts 49.9)
Local Actions
Rezone, Use Permit, Land Division (Subdivision, etc.)
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality
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.