Initial Study Application No. 7635 and Unclassified Conditional Use Permit Application No. 3650
Summary
SCH Number
2019109044
Lead Agency
Fresno County
Document Title
Initial Study Application No. 7635 and Unclassified Conditional Use Permit Application No. 3650
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Exclusive Agricultural (20- or 40-acre minimum parcel size)
Document Description
Allow a 6.3-mile-long, double-circuit, 230-kV generation tie-line (gen-tie line) running along Jayne Avenue from the Gates Substation (approximately one mile west of the intersection of Lassen Avenue and Jayne Avenue) to the boundary between Kings County and Fresno County. This gen-tie line would allow various Solar Facilities located in the Westlands Solar Park Master Plan and subject to approval of discretionary use permits by Kings County, to connect to the Gates Substation in Fresno County. The portion of the project under review by Fresno County is located in 100- to 350-foot-wide private easements and includes a temporary staging area and 44 transmission towers between 11 O and 175 feet in height. Each monopole will require the clearing of approximately one acre of land for construction purposes, and approx 700 sf around each pole will stay cleared.
Contact Information
Name
Christina Monfette
Agency Name
County of Fresno
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Agency Name
Westlands Transmission, LLC
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Counties
Fresno
Cross Streets
Jayne Avenue between S Lake and Avenal Cutoff
Parcel #
Various
State Highways
269, I-5
Waterways
CA Awaduct
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Justice, Attorney General's Office, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Noise, Transportation
Attachments
Environmental Document
NOC
Notice of Determination
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