Raceway 2.0 Solar Project by sPower Development Company, LLC
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2020079007
Lead Agency
Kern County
Document Title
Raceway 2.0 Solar Project by sPower Development Company, LLC
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
5.3/4.4 (Residential, Maximum 10 units/net acre/Comprehensive Planning Area), 5.3/2.85/4.4(Residential, Maximum 10 units/net acre/Noise Management Area/Comprehensive Planning Area), 5.5 (Residential, Maximum 1 units/net acre), 5.6 (Residential, Maximum 2.5 gross acres/unit), and 5.6/2.85 (Residential, Maximum 2.5 gross acres/unit/Noise Management Area), 7.1 (Light Industrial), 7.1/4.4 (Light Industrial/ Planning Area), 7.2/4.4 (Service Industrial/Comprehensive Planning Area). Currently zoned A (Agriculture), E (2.5), and OS
Document Description
The proposed Raceway 2.0 Solar Project (proposed project) is a proposal by sPower Development Company, LLC (project proponent) to construct and operate photovoltaic (PV) solar facilities and the associated infrastructure necessary to generate a combined total of 291 megawatts (MW) of renewable electrical energy and/or energy storage capacity in the form of advanced energy battery storage units on approximately 1,330 acres of privately owned land in the unincorporated area of eastern Kern County, California.
Contact Information
Name
Terrance Smalls
Agency Name
Kern County Planning Department
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Rosamond
Counties
Kern
Cross Streets
Rosamond Blvd and 70th Street West
Zip
93560
Total Acres
1,330
Parcel #
Multiple
Schools
Tropico Middle School
Township
9N
Range
13W
Base
SBB&M
Other Location Info
Section: Multiple
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 9 (DOT)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 9 (DOT)
Development Types
Power:Solar (Solar)(Megawatts 291)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Rezone, Use Permit, Cancellation of Williamson Act Contract
Project Issues
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, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Attachments
Environmental Document
NOC
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