Visalia Landfill and Compost Facility Project (previously named Visalia Landfill - Compost and Biomass Conversion Facility Project)
6 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2021020054
Lead Agency
Tulare County
Document Title
Visalia Landfill and Compost Facility Project (previously named Visalia Landfill - Compost and Biomass Conversion Facility Project)
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
9/27/2022
Document Description
The County of Tulare is proposing the Visalia Disposal Site and Compost Facility Project. The Project would develop and operate a covered aerated static pile (CASP) compost facility and add a 2.0 mega-watt biomass conversion facility to produce electricity, heat and biochar using wood fuel. The intent of the Project is to comply with the upcoming SB 1383 regulations. Of the 634-acre Visalia Disposal Site, the borrow pit area will encompass approximately 36 acres of total area; the compost facility will operate on a compost pad of 24 acres (approximately 20 feet below grade); while the biomass conversion component will encompass approximately 2.5 acres east of the compost facility. The compost facility will be designed to accept up to 200,000 tons per year (TPY) in increments of 50,000 TPY technology modules and store up to 200,000 cubic yards of organic material on-site that would have otherwise been landfilled. The compost facility will include installation of processing and composting equipment, a 50,000 square foot processing building, compacted compost pads, and a lined pond.
The proposed 2.0 mega-watt (MW) biomass conversion facility will produce electricity, heat and biochar using wood waste as fuel. The facility will utilize approximately 18,000 bone dry tons (BOT) of wood chips per year or 25,000 TPY of wet recovered wood waste.
The compost facility will typically operate as the same gate hours of operations for receiving waste material at the landfill, which is currently Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. covered aerated static pile processing has fans and blowers running 24 hours per day, 7 days per week so the processing hours will be 24 hours. The biomass conversion facility will run 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
Contact Information
Name
Hector Guerra
Agency Name
Tulare County Resource Management Agency
Job Title
Chief Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Visalia
Counties
Tulare
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
8614 Avenue 328
Zip
93291
Parcel #
070-020-030
Township
18S
Range
24E
Section
4
Base
MDB&M
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Tulare County Board of Supervisors
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Tulare
Final Environmental Document Available at
Tulare County Resource Management Agency, 5961 S Mooney Blvd., Visalia CA 93277
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Final Document(s) [Approved_Certified draft environmental documents]
Notice of Determination
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