Los Banos Solar Project
Summary
SCH Number
2016011043
Lead Agency
Merced County
Document Title
Los Banos Solar Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Agriculture/A-1 (General Agriculture)/Agriculture
Document Description
Development of a 3-megawatt (MW) solar power generating facility on a currently undeveloped 21-acre portion of a 25 acre parcel. The facility would consist of 10,716 solar photovoltaic modules on fixed-tilt ground-mounted racking, four 750 kilowatt inverters, associated transformers and switch gear, power poles, an access roads, and perimeter fencing. The project would feed into existing electrical distribution lines and be decommissioned after 25 years of service. Approval of the project would also result in the property being withdrawn from the Agricultural Preserve.
Contact Information
Name
Steve Maxey
Agency Name
Merced County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Cities
Los Banos
Counties
Merced
Cross Streets
Ortigalita RD
Parcel #
088-070-023-000
State Highways
5
Township
11
Range
10
Section
9
Base
MDBM
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, 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, Resources Agency, California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT)
Development Types
Other (solar power generating facility)
Local Actions
Site Plan
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, 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, Vegetation, Wildfire
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