Vierra Dairy Farm Expansion Project
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2012111086
Lead Agency
Merced County
Document Title
Vierra Dairy Farm Expansion Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Existing Dairy / A-1 General Agriculture Zoning / General Plan Agriculture
Document Description
Conditional Use Permit CUP12-005 would allow the expansion of an existing dairy facility and bring it into compliance with Merced County's permit requriements. The existing dairy would be expanded to house a total of 5,600 animals, an increase of 2,225 animals over the existing 3,375. The proposed project would include reconfiguration of the existing dairy facilities, including the removal of two corrals, and the construction of a freestall barn and a 72-stall rotary dairy barn between the carrals and the commodity barns. Additional ancillary improvements would include an entrance driveway, a parking area with 40 spaces and two handicap spaces, landscaping, and a perimeter road located west of the proposed freestall barn.
Contact Information
Name
David Gilbert
Agency Name
Merced County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Merced
Cross Streets
Williams Avenue / Washington Road
Zip
95324
Total Acres
683
Parcel #
various
Waterways
Merced River
Township
6S
Range
10E
Section
19
Base
Mt. Diab
Other Location Info
Hilmar
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 Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Other (Agricultural Dairy)
Project Issues
Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Flood Plain/Flooding, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Vegetation, GHG Emissions
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