CUP 3334: Allow a Photovoltaic Solar Power Generation Facility with Related Improvements. App No. 6426
Summary
SCH Number
2012061034
Lead Agency
Fresno County
Document Title
CUP 3334: Allow a Photovoltaic Solar Power Generation Facility with Related Improvements. App No. 6426
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Farmland / AE-20 / Agriculture
Document Description
Allow a photovoltaic solar power generation facility with related improvements including a substation with an 80-foot tall electrical utility pole, 20 approximately 160 sf inverter/transformer buildings, a 1,200 sf maintenance building, and a six-foot tall chain-link fence on a 196.99-acre site in the AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural, 20-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District. The proposed facility will connect to an existing 115kV PG&E electrical distribution line adjacently located at the northeast corner of the project site. The project site is located on the north side of Nees Avenue, between Russell and Millux Avenues, approximately seven and a quarter miles southwest of the nearest city limits of the City of Firebaugh (Sup. Dist.: 1) (APNs: 005-060-17S, 18S).
Contact Information
Name
Derek Chambers
Agency Name
Fresno County, Department of Public Works and Planning
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Firebaugh
Counties
Fresno
Cross Streets
North side of Ness Avenue, between Russell and Millux Avenues
Zip
93622
Total Acres
196.99
Parcel #
005-060-17S, 18S
Township
12S
Range
12E
Section
26
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 Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
Development Types
Commercial (Acres 196.99)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, 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, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
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