ElR 06-17; AV Apollo Solar Project by Sunbow Solar T LLC, Syracuse Solar LLC and Tours Solar LLC
5 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2017081038
Lead Agency
Kern County
Document Title
ElR 06-17; AV Apollo Solar Project by Sunbow Solar T LLC, Syracuse Solar LLC and Tours Solar LLC
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Svracuse Site: Undeveloped Land / Zoning: A FP (Exclusive Agriculture/Floodplain Combining Di strict) / Kern County General Plan: 8.3 (Extensive Agriculture; minimum 20 acre parcel size, minimum 80 acre parcel size with a Williamson Act contract). Tours Site: Undeveloped Land / Zoning: A FP and A (Exclusive Agriculture) / Kern County General Plan: 8.3. Sunbow Site: Undeveloped Land / Zoning: A FPS (Exclusive Agriculture/Floodplain Secondary Combining District) / Kern County General Plan: 8.3
Document Description
The project proponents are requesting:
(a) Three (3) Conditional Use Permits, each to allow for the construction and operation of a 20 megawatt solar photovoltaic electrical generating facility (Section 19.12.030.G) in an A District (CUP 37, Map 214; CUP 38, Map 214; CUP 39, Map 214). Depending upon market conditions, the project site may also include or be developed with up to 60 megawatts of advanced energy battery storage units; (b) one Conditional Use Permit to allow for the construction and operation of a communication tower on the Syracuse Site (CUP 41, Map 214); and ( c) an Amendment to the Circulation Element of the Kern County General Plan to eliminate future road reservation along the east-west mid-section line in Section 19, Tl0N/Rl3W SBB&M, in Zone Map 214 (General Plan Amendment 5, Map 214). The project's permanent facilities would include service roads, a communication tower, communication cables, overhead and underground transmission lines, an electrical switching station, project substations, operations and maintenance facilities, and gen-tie lines.
Contact Information
Name
Randall Cates
Agency Name
Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Rosamond
Counties
Kern
Cross Streets
Approximately nine miles southwest of the unincorporated community of Mojave
Total Acres
493.5
Parcel #
346-022-03, 346-1 3 1-12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19
Waterways
Oak Creek., Los Angeles Aqueduct
Township
10N
Range
13W
Section
18, 19
Base
SBB&M
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 Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 9 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
Development Types
Other (Communication Tower), Power:Solar (Megawatts 60)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, 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, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Tribal Cultural Resources, Wildfire, Energy
Attachments
Environmental Document
Final Document(s)
NOC
State Comments
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