FRV Orion Solar Project by FRV Orion Solar LP (PP12232); GPA 2/CUP 6, Map 162; WALUC Cancellation 11-9; LLA 36-11. EIR 12-11 JLB
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2012031079
Lead Agency
Kern County
Document Title
FRV Orion Solar Project by FRV Orion Solar LP (PP12232); GPA 2/CUP 6, Map 162; WALUC Cancellation 11-9; LLA 36-11. EIR 12-11 JLB
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
A / GP: 8.1 (Intensive Agric/20 ac min): Cultivated agricultural land
Document Description
The FRV Orion Solar Project proposes to construct and operate a 20 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) power generating facility with over 102,200 PV solar panels, on a 165-acre portion of 265 acres in unincorporated Kern County, CA. The entire project site is within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Kern County General Plan and under a Williamson Act Land Use contract. Implementation of the project would require approval of a CUP (CUP No. 6, Map 162), General Plan Amendment (GPA No. 2, Map 162) to amend the Circulation Element of the Kern County General Plan, and Lot Line Adjustment (LLA No. 36-11) to reconfigure the parcel boundaries to exclude a portion of the property that is not a part of the proposed project, as well as Williamson Act Land Use Contract cancellation 11-9 for the entire 265-acre parcel. The GPA request is to remove road reservation along a midsection line in Section 17, T32S, R29E, MDB&M. The site would connect to the adjacent Pacific Gas & Electric 70-kilovolt Weedpatch-San Bernard transmission line.
Contact Information
Name
Jaymie L. Brauer
Agency Name
Kern County Planning Dept.
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Arvin, Bakersfield, Lamont
Counties
Kern
Cross Streets
Herring Road and South Edison Road
Zip
93313
Total Acres
165
Parcel #
446-042-04, 446-042-06
Waterways
Arvin-Edison Canal
Township
32S
Range
29E
Section
17
Base
MDB&M
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Airport/Energy Projects, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Energy Commission, 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 20)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Use Permit, Land Division (Subdivision, etc.), WALUC
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, 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, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife
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