RE Crimson Solar Project
8 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2018031027
Lead Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6
(CDFW)
Document Title
RE Crimson Solar Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Open space, Zoning: Open Space Rural; Palo Verde Valley Area Plan, Land Use Plan.
Document Description
Note: Review per Lead
The proposed project consists of a utility-scale polar PV and energy storage project that would be located on approximately 2,500 acres of public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management within the California Desert Conservation Area planning area. The proposed project would interconnect to the regional electrical grid at the Southern California Edison (SCE) 230-kilovolt (kV) Colorado River Substation. The project would generate up to 350 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy using photovoltaic (PV) technology and would include up to 350 MW of integrated energy storage capacity. The proposed project site is located in unincorporated eastern Riverside County, approximately 13 miles west of Blythe, north of Mule Mountain, and south of Interstate 10 (I-10)
Contact Information
Name
Magdalena Rodriguez
Agency Name
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Blythe
Counties
Riverside
Cross Streets
Powerline Rd
Zip
92225
Total Acres
approx. 2,500
Parcel #
multiple
State Highways
I-10
Township
7S
Range
20/21
Base
SB
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, Cal Fire, California Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy (CVMC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), Colorado River Board, Office of Emergency Services, California, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, Resources, Recycling and Recovery, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Department of Toxic Substances Control
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Department of Toxic Substances Control
Development Types
Power:Solar
Local Actions
Utility-scale solar project
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife, Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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