Conditional Use Permit #2012-010, Lotus Solar Farm
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2012081062
Lead Agency
Madera County
Document Title
Conditional Use Permit #2012-010, Lotus Solar Farm
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Grazing/ARE-40 (Agricultural Rural Exclusive - 40 Acre Minimum)/AE
Document Description
41 MB 8ME, LLC is proposing to install a solar energy facility that would allow up to 90 MW of power generation. The proposed site is located on approximately 459 acres northwest of the intersection of Road 33 and Avenue 13, (no situs) in Madera. Approximately 175 acres of the subject parcel is not intended for project development, but will be left to its exiting use, including a shop building, almond orchard, and fallow ground. The facility proposed consists of free standing ground mounted photovoltaic panels as high as twenty feet from ground level. An operations and maintenance building is proposed onsite, including an office, restroom, storage, control room, and a septic tank and leach field. A parking lot will serve the building, with access from Road 33. The property would be surrounded with a chain link fence for protection.
Contact Information
Name
Scott Harmstead
Agency Name
Madera County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Madera
Counties
Madera
Cross Streets
Avenue 13 and Road 33
Zip
93636
Total Acres
459
Parcel #
034-210-038
Railways
BNSF
Waterways
Cottonwood Creek
Township
11S
Range
18E
Section
25
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 Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), 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 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
Power:Solar (Megawatts 90)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, 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
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