EIR JKM 03-17; Camino Solar project by Aurora Solar, LLC (Avangrid Renewables, LLC)
6 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2018061031
Lead Agency
Kern County
Document Title
EIR JKM 03-17; Camino Solar project by Aurora Solar, LLC (Avangrid Renewables, LLC)
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Undeveloped land, Wind energy Turbines, grazing land. Zoning Exclusive Agriculture and Open Space; Kern County General Plan: 1:1 (State and Federal Lands); 2:1 (Geological Hazard); 8:3 (exclusive Agriculture); 8:5 (Resource Management)
Document Description
The project proponent id requesting a Conditional Use Permit to allow for the construction and operation of a 44 megawatt solar photovoltaic electrical generating facility in an A (Exclusive Agricultural) and OS (Open Space) District. Permanent faiclities would include: solar panels; service roads; on-site battery storage system; communication cables; overhead and underground transmission lines; and electrical switchyards; inverters and transformers; on an approximately 339 acre portion of 869 acres of land. Private lands comprise of 94 acres and Bureau of Land management public lands comprise or 244 acres of project. Water for the proposed project is proposed to be trucked from an offsite water purveyor.
Contact Information
Name
Janice Mayes
Agency Name
Kern County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Mojave, Tehachapi
Counties
Kern
Cross Streets
Rosamond Blvd and 170th Street West
Zip
92537
Parcel #
multiple
Township
10N
Range
15W
Section
variou
Base
MDBM
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 9 (DOT), California Energy Commission, 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 Conservation (DOC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Conservation (DOC)
Development Types
Commercial (Acres 339-869, Employees 200), Power:Solar
Local Actions
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, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife
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