EIR JKM 02-17; RB Inyokern Solar Project by R& L Capital, Inc.
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Summary
SCH Number
2017071020
Lead Agency
Kern County
Document Title
EIR JKM 02-17; RB Inyokern Solar Project by R& L Capital, Inc.
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Undeveloped Land. Zoning: M-2 (Medium industrial) and M-2 PD (Heavy Industrial, Precise Development); Inyokern Specific Plan: 7.2 (Medium Industrial); 2.5 (Steep Slope).
Document Description
Project includes a request for land use entitlements necessary to facilitate the future construction and operation of a solar facility and associated infrastructure to generate a combined 32 megawatts of renewable electrical energy and/or energy storage capacity on 237.43 acres of privately-owned land. Implementation of the project as proposed would require: a) an Amendment to the Inyokern Specific Plan circulation elements and b) processing of CUP 23 for the approx. 143 acre, 20 megawatt, Phase I project site; and c) processing of CUP 6 for the approx. 94 acre, 12 megawatt, Phase II project site. The proposed project would encompass approx. 237.43 acres fo the 248.28 acres of land owned by the project proponent. Water for the project is proposed to be trucked from an offsite water purveyor and/or pumped from onsite wells.
Contact Information
Name
Janice Mayes
Agency Name
Kern County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Kern
Cross Streets
US Hwy 395 and West Inyokern Road
Zip
92537
Total Acres
237
Parcel #
Multiple
Airports
Inyokern Airport
Schools
Inyokern ES
Township
Multip
Range
Multip
Section
Multp
Base
MDB&M
Other Location Info
Inyokern
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Commercial (Sq. Ft. 0, Acres 237, Employees 50), Power:Solar
Local Actions
Specific Plan, 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, Public Services, Transportation, Vegetation, Wildfire, Wildlife
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