Aratina Solar Project by 64NB 8ME LLC (Streambed Alteration Agreement No. EPIMS-KER-25818-R4)
7 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2021020513
Lead Agency
Kern County
Document Title
Aratina Solar Project by 64NB 8ME LLC (Streambed Alteration Agreement No. EPIMS-KER-25818-R4)
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
4/21/2023
Document Description
The Project includes activities related to the construction of a utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) solar generation facility over 2,317 acres and over a generation-intertie (gen-tie) transmission line that will extend approximately 6.5 miles east of the solar generation facility. Activities included in the larger PV solar facility development that will intersect
Project streams include the construction of security fences, access roads, PV arrays, operations and maintenance (O&M) buildings, substations, energy storage systems (ESS), and transmission line infrastructure.
Contact Information
Name
Jeremy Pohlman
Agency Name
CDFW
Job Title
Senior Environmental Scientist Specialist
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Location
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
The Project will occur at twenty-two different work areas in streams over a 2,317-acre solar development area and within a transmission line corridor that extends approximately 6.5 miles east of the solar development area, west and south of the communities of Desert Lake and Boron, north and south of State Route 58 between Gephart Road and the Kern – San Bernardino County Line, in Kern County and within the existing northeastern utilities’ corridor of Edwards Air Force Base, in San Bernardino County.
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
CDFW
Approving Agency Role
Responsible Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Kern
Final Environmental Document Available at
2700 “M” Street, Suite 100
Bakersfield, California 93301
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
Notice of Determination
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