Kochergen Farms Composting Facility Expansion and Related Road Improvements

SCH Number: 2018071069
Lead Agency: Avenal, City of (City of Avenal)
Document Title: Kochergen Farms Composting Facility Expansion and Related Road Improvements
Document Type: MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received: 7/30/2018
Present Land Use: ag (almond orchard)/industrial

Document Description: Kochergen Farms Composting, Inc. currently owns and operates a composting facility on a 160-acre portion of a 407-acre parcel. The applicant seeks to expand the existing facility from 160 acres to 320 acres and to increase the project's scope and capacity. The expansion would also entail widening of the Avenal Cutoff Rd along an approx 3/4 mi stretch to accommodate turn lanes as well as acceleration/deceleration lanes serving the facility at two points of ingress/egress. One new point of ingress/egress is proposed along the Avenal Cutoff Rd. Additional improvements will include construction of a new covered pad area, installation of two new above ground fuel tanks, a depackaging area, and ponding basins.

Contact Information: Fernando Santillan
City of Avenal
919 Skyline Boulevard
Avenal, CA 93204
Phone : (559) 386-5766

Review Period Start: 7/30/2018
Review Period End: 8/28/2018
Development Type: Industrial (160 Acres, 61 Employees)
Local Action: Use Permit
Project Issues: Aesthetic/Visual Agricultural Land Air Quality Archaeologic-Historic Biological Resources Drainage/Absorption Flood Plain/Flooding Forest Land/Fire Hazard Geologic/Seismic Minerals Noise Population/Housing Balance Public Services Recreation/Parks Septic System Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading Solid Waste Toxic/Hazardous Traffic/Circulation Vegetation Water Supply Wetland/Riparian Land Use Cumulative Effects
Reviewing Agencies: Air Resources Board, Transportation Projects California Department of Parks and Recreation California Energy Commission California Highway Patrol Central Valley Flood Protection Board Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 4 Department of Toxic Substances Control Department of Water Resources Native American Heritage Commission Regional Water Quality Control Bd., Region 5 (Fresno) Resources Agency Resources, Recycling and Recovery Caltrans, District 6