PA-1700279 - Site Approval application for the construction, operation, and decommissioning of the North Central Valley Energy Center.

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Summary

SCH Number
2018032050
Lead Agency
San Joaquin County
Document Title
PA-1700279 - Site Approval application for the construction, operation, and decommissioning of the North Central Valley Energy Center.
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
3/18/2022
Document Description
Site Approval application for the construction, operation, and decommissioning of the North Central Valley Energy Center (Project). The Project use type is classified as “Utility Services-Major” and would consists of a 132-megawatt (MW) battery energy storage system (BESS) on approximately 14.85 acres of a 57.28-acre parcel, which would include up to 300 battery storage containers (totaling up to 45,000 square feet) and associated on-site support facilities including a 11,000-square-foot Project collector substation, up to 50 inverters (totaling up to 6,500 square feet), collector lines, fencing, access roads, an operations and maintenance (O&M) building, a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system, and other ancillary facilities and equipment. Approximately 17 of the proposed inverters would include screening barriers for the purpose of attenuating inverter noise, should all inverters operate at maximum capacity. The screening barriers would be approximately 14-feet tall with respect to grade. The parcel upon which the BESS is proposed is currently under Williamson Act contract. The Project also includes 2 power poles and a 115-kilovolt (kV) overhead generation transmission line (gen-tie line), to connect the BESS to the adjacent Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) Bellota substation. A 1.52-acre expansion of the Bellota Substation footprint would also be required to support grid interconnection of the Project. The Project would include 2 retention ponds to retain stormwater on site (Figure 4). The entire Project area is 16.37-acres. The Project Site is located at 23670 East Flood Road, Linden, California 95236, in unincorporated San Joaquin County, approximately 15 miles east of the City of Stockton, California, and approximately 1.5 miles south of State Route 26. Refer to Appendix A for a full description of the Project. Refer to Figure 1, Project Location; Figure 2, Vicinity Map; Figure 3, Zoning; and Figure 4, Site Plan for additional information. The project description and site plan were provided to County agencies on July 16, 2021, for review during the project application referral period. The project site is under a Williamson Act Contract.

Contact Information

Name
Giuseppe Sanfilippo
Agency Name
San Joaquin County Community Development Department
Job Title
Associate Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency

Location

Cities
Linden
Counties
San Joaquin
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
E. Flood Road, Escalon-Bellota Rd.
Zip
95236
Total Acres
57.28
Parcel #
093-100-20, -24
Waterways
Mormon Slough, Potter Creek

Notice of Determination

Approving Agency
SJC Community Development - Planning Division
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
San Joaquin
Final Environmental Document Available at
https://www.sjgov.org/commdev/cgi-bin/cdyn.exe/file/APD%20Documents/PA-1700279/Initial%20Study.pdf

Determinations

(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No

Attachments

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