Conditional Use Permit #19-0028 Heber 1 Repower Project
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2021020267
- Lead Agency
- Imperial County
- Document Title
- Conditional Use Permit #19-0028 Heber 1 Repower Project
- Document Type
- MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
- Received
- Present Land Use
- Industrial Geothermal Power Plant/ A-2 Agriculture/ Heber Specific Plan Area (SPA)
- Document Description
- Applicant proposes to upgrade the existing Heber 1 geothermal facility, by shutting down the dual-flash steam turbine generator, and installing two new OECs (OEC 1 and OEC 2), reconfiguring two of the existing OECs (OEC 11 and OEC 13), including the installation of ancillary equipment and two (2) 10, 000 gallon isopentane tanks. OEC 1 and 2 combined would function as an Ormat Integrated Three-Level Unit (I3LU) and will use air cooling rather than water cooling for the motive fluid. OEC 11 and OEC 13 combined would function as an Integrated Two-Level Unit (ITLU) and will use the existing cooling tower. Applicant is also proposing to modify the permitted water intake from 1,800 acre feet of irrigation water to the existing water intake of 2,300 acre feet of irrigation water. The purpose of the repower project is to improve efficiency of the operations and increase the net and gross generation to 52MW (net), 78.2 (gross) as initially requested under Conditional Use Permit #15-0013. This proposed project also proposes to extend the permitted life of Heber 1 to 30 years (2021-2051).
- Contact Information
-
Mariela Moran
Planner II
Lead/Public Agency
801 Main St.
El Centro, CA 92243
Phone : (442) 265-1736
marielamoran@co.imperial.ca.us
Location
- Cities
- Heber
- Counties
- Imperial
- Cross Streets
- Jasper Rd
- Zip
- 92249
- Total Acres
- 28 acres
- Parcel #
- 054-250-035 & 054-250-036
- State Highways
- Highway 86
- Railways
- Union Pacific
- Airports
- N/A
- Schools
- Heber School District
- Waterways
- IID Canals and Drains
- Township
- 16
- Range
- 14
- Base
- SBB&M
Notice of Completion
- Review Period Start
- Review Period End
- Development Type
- Power:Geothermal (28 acres)(Megawatts 52)
- Local Action
- Use Permit
- Project Issues
- Air Quality Biological Resources Geology/Soils Hazards & Hazardous Materials Noise Public Services Transportation
- Reviewing Agencies
- California Air Resources Board (ARB) California Department of Conservation (DOC) California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW) California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) California Department of Parks and Recreation California Department of Transportation, District 11 (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, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB) Colorado River Board Department of Toxic Substances Control State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights
Attachments
- Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
- __Memo PDF 1257 K _Memo PDF 500 K
- Environmental Document
- IS19-0033 NOI Web Clean PDF 1201 K IS19-0033 ORIGINAL ORMAT EEC PKG PDF 166096 K
- NOC
- IS19-0033 Electronic Summary Form PDF 726 K IS19-0033 NOC PDF 1080 K
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