Palo Verde Mesa Solar Project
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2012081026
Lead Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Palo Verde Mesa Solar Project
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
W-2-10 (Controlled development areas); A-1-10 (light ag)
Document Description
The renewable resources group is proposing the Palo Verde Mesa Solar project CUP No. 3684 and public use permit no. 916. The applicant is proposing the construction, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of a solar photovoltaic electrical generating facility up to 450 MW and 14.5 mile gen-tie line that would together occupy a total of 3,400 acres. The solar facility is comprised of three sites that would be constructed in phases. Site 1 would total 905 acres and would have a generation output of 145 MW; site 2 would total 1,343 acres and would have a generation output of 221 MW; and site 3 would total 1,002 acres would have a generation output of 104 MW.
Contact Information
Name
Russell Brady
Agency Name
Riverside County Planning Dept.
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Blythe
Counties
Riverside
Cross Streets
Northerly of I-10, westerly of Neighbors Boulevard and north of Blythe Airport
Zip
92225
Total Acres
3400
Parcel #
821-020-007, 821-090-018, etc
State Highways
I-10
Airports
Blythe
Township
6S
Range
22E
Section
15
Base
SBB&M
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Department of Conservation (DOC), 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, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, Resources, Recycling and Recovery
Development Types
Power:Solar (Megawatts 450)
Local Actions
Site Plan, Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation
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