Kudu Solar Farm by 69SV 8ME LLC

6 Documents in Project

Summary

SCH Number
2020099017
Lead Agency
Kern County
Document Title
Kudu Solar Farm by 69SV 8ME LLC
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Undeveloped Land/Kern County General Plan: 5.6 (Min. 2.5 Gross Acres/Unit (Fremont Interim Rural Community Plan), 8.5 (8.5 - Resource Management, Min. 20 Acre Parcel Size). Kern County Zoning: A (Exclusive Agriculture); A-1 (Limited Agriculture); A-1 MH (Limited Agriculture, Mobile Home Combining); PL RS (Platted Lands, Residential Suburban Combining); PL RS MH (Platted Lands, Residential Suburban Combining, Mobile Home Combining). California City General Plan: O/RA - Controlled Development, Public Parks & Recreation or Public Schools. California City Zoning: O/RA (Open Space/Residential/Agricultural).
Document Description
The Kudu Solar Farm Project by 69SV 8ME LLC (project proponent), is a proposed photovoltaic solar facility and energy storage system capable of producing up to 500 MW of alternating current power and 600 MW hours of storage capacity on approximately 1,955.13 acres of privately-owned land. The proposed project would be supported by a 230-kV gen-tie overhead and/or underground generation tie-line (gen-tie) from originating from the Eland substation and terminating at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Barren Ridge Substation located approximately two miles to the northwest of the project site, or through an upgraded connection through Eland 1. The proposed project intends to share the Eland 1 Solar Project’s gen-tie line and right of way, which will be accomplished by constructing the line conductor capable of supporting both projects. Construction of the gen-tie and substation will be done as part of the Eland 1 Solar Project, consistent with the conditions of approval outlined in that project’s CUP(s). If the proposed project cannot share these facilities, a new gen tie line would be developed within one of the routes previously analyzed in the Eland 1 Solar Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2012011029). The proposed project’s permanent facilities would include solar arrays and inverters, service roads, a power collection system, communication cables, overhead and underground electrical switchyards, project substations, energy storage system(s), and operations and maintenance (O&M) facilities. Implementation of the project as proposed would require: Kern County: a) ZCC 14, Map #152; b) CUP 28, Map #152; and c) GPA 10, Map #152 (Circulation). California City: a) CUP 19-04

Contact Information

Name
Mark Tolentino
Agency Name
Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department
Job Title
Planner II
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency

Location

Cities
California City
Counties
Kern
Cross Streets
bisected E/W by Washburn Blvd. and N/S by Neuralia Road; 1-mile west of State Route 14
Zip
93501
Total Acres
1,955
Parcel #
Multiple
State Highways
SR 14
Railways
Union Pacific
Airports
California City Airport
Waterways
Cache Creek
Range
37E
Section
Multi
Base
SBB&M
Other Location Info
Township: 31S, 32S

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 Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), 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, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
Development Types
Power:Solar (Solar PV)(Megawatts 500), Power:Other Power Type (Battery Energy Storage)(Megawatts 600)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Rezone, Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Public Services, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire

Attachments

Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from state reviewing agencies]

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