EIR JKM 08-17; Raceway Solar Project by sPower

EIR JKM 08-17; Raceway Solar Project by sPower

The project proponent is requesting: (a) nine Amendments to the Circulation Element of the Kern County General Plan to eliminate road reservations along section and mid-section lines in Sections 20, 29, and 32 of T9N/R.13W, Zone Maps 231 and 231-20; (B) nine Specific Plan Amendments to the boundaries of the Willow Springs Specific Plan to remove the proposed project area from 4.4 Comprehensive Specific Plan boundary in Sections 28 and 32 of T.9N/R.13W, 220.45 acres in Zone Map 231 and 92.05 acres in Zone Map 231-28; (c) eight changes in zoning classification: from the existing zone district E 2.5 RS FPS (Estate (2.5) Residential Suburban, Secondary Flood Plain Combining) on 160 acres in Zone Map 231-21; E 2.5 RS FPS (Estate (2.5) Residential Suburban Secondary Flood Plain Combining) on 130 acres in Zone Map 231-28; E 2.5 RS FPS (Estate 2.5) Residential Suburban, Secondary Flood Plain Combining) on 79.4 acres in Zone Map 231-20; E 2.5 RS FPS (Estate (2.5) Residential Suburban, Secondary Flood Plain (Combining) on 421.5 acres in Zone Map 231; E 2.5 RS (Estate (2.5) Residential Suburban) on 312.5 acres in Zone Map 231; E 2.5 RS MH FPS (Estate (2.5) Residential Suburban, Mobile Home, Secondary Flood Plain Combining) on 261 acres in Zone Map 231-28; to A FPS (Exclusive Agricultural, Secondary Flood Plain Combining); (d) ten Conditional Use Permits to allow for the construction and operation of seven solar photovoltaic electrical generating facilities totaling 400 megawatts on 1,854 acres of privately-owned land (Section 19.12.030.G) in the A FPS (Excluding Agricultural, Flood Plain Combining) District; (e) Vacations of existing public access easements on the project site to allow optimum placement of solar panels; (f) a Franchise Agreement for installation of gneeration tie lines in the Kern County right-of-way; and (g) Cancellation of an Existing Williamson Act (Contract for Site 4. The proposed project's permanent facilities would include, service roads, a power collection system, communication cables, overhead and underground transmission lines, electrical switchyards, project substations.

Kern

Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Housing and Community Development, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Commercial (Acres 1,854, Employees 800), Power:Solar (Megawatts 400)

General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Rezone, Use Permit, Franchise Agreement, Williamson Act Rescission

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, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife