BigBeau Solar Project by BigBeau Solar, LLC/EDF Renewables Development, Inc.

SCH Number: 2019071059
Lead Agency: Kern County
Document Title: BigBeau Solar Project by BigBeau Solar, LLC/EDF Renewables Development, Inc.
Document Type: NOP - Notice of Preperation
Received: 7/30/2019

Document Description: BigBeau Solar, LLC by EDF Renewables (project proponent), is a proposed photovoltaic electrical generating facility with capacity to generate up to 128 megawatt hours (MW) of renewable electrical energy and store up to 60 MW energy in a Battery Storage System (BESS). The proposed project is situated on approximately 2,290 acres of privately owned land and 160 acres of land owned by the California State Lands Commission. Implementation of the project as proposed would include: (a) two changes in zone classification from the existing zone district PLS RS FPS (Platted Lands-Residential Suburban Combining-Floodplain Secondary Combining) to A FPS (Exclusive Agriculture) on 66 acres of the project site within zoning Map 215, for portions of the project site within zoning Map 232 from the ex isting zone district: E (10) RS FPS (Estate) to A FPS on 459.4 acres, E (10) RS GH FPS (Geological Hazard Combining) to A GH FPS on 2.7, E (10) RS MH FPS (Mobilehome Combining) to A FPS on 10.1 acres, E (2 1/2) RS FPS to A FPS on 110.9 acres, E (20) RS FPS to A FPS on 633.3 acres, E (20) RS GH FPS to A GH FPS on 9.6 acres, E (5) RS FPS to A FPS on 80.6 acres; See NOC for full details.

Contact Information: Carlos E. Rojas
Kern County Planning Department
2700 "M" Street Suite 100
Bakersfield, CA 93301-2323
Phone : (661) 862-5015

Coordinates: 34°54'16"N 118°23'8"W
Cities: Mojave Rosamond
Counties: Kern
Cross Streets: West on Rosamond Boulevard, north on 140th Street West, and east on either Avenue of the Stars
Zip: 93560
Total Acres: 2,290
Parcel #: Multiple
State Highways: SR-14 - 12 miles east
Waterways: Los Angeles Aqueduct
Base: SBB&M

Review Period Start: 7/30/2019
Review Period End: 8/28/2019
Development Type: Power (Solar PV)(128 MW Watts)
Local Action: General Plan Amendment Specific Plan Rezone Use Permit Other Action
Project Issues: Aesthetic/Visual Air Quality Archaeologic-Historic Biological Resources Drainage/Absorption Flood Plain/Flooding Forest Land/Fire Hazard Geologic/Seismic Minerals Noise Public Services Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading Toxic/Hazardous Traffic/Circulation Vegetation Water Quality Water Supply Wetland/Riparian Wildlife Cumulative Effects
Reviewing Agencies: Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects California Department of Parks and Recreation California Energy Commission California Highway Patrol California Public Utilities Commission Caltrans, District 9 Department of Conservation Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 4 Department of Toxic Substances Control Regional Water Quality Control Bd., Region 6 (Victorville) Resources Agency State Lands Commission Native American Heritage Commission