Oberon Renewable Energy Project (California Endangered Species Act Incidental Take Permit No. 2081-2021-073-06 Amendment No.1 (ITP))
6 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2021030426
Lead Agency
Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 7 (Colorado River Basin), Palm Desert
Document Title
Oberon Renewable Energy Project (California Endangered Species Act Incidental Take Permit No. 2081-2021-073-06 Amendment No.1 (ITP))
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
1/18/2023
Document Description
The Project consists of a utility-scale solar photovoltaic electrical generating and battery energy storage system (BESS) and associated infrastructure facilities, and a 500-kilovolt generator-tie line (gen-tie) connecting to the Southern California Edison Red Bluff Substation. This is an Amendment to the previously approved Project to reduce the Project Area to 2,458.67 acres and includes solar array field movement,
modification to the substation and BESS work area, re-routing the medium voltage alternating current lines and the gen-tie line right-of-way, alteration to pulling sites, and the installation of a redundant fiber optic line. This change to the ITP will not: (1) increase the level of take or other Project impacts on desert tortoise (Covered Species) previously analyzed and authorized by the ITP, (2) affect Permittee’s substantive mitigation obligations under the ITP, (3) require further environmental review under CEQA, or (4) increase temporal impacts on the Covered
Species.
Contact Information
Name
Ashley Rosales
Agency Name
Fish and Wildlife, Region 6
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
The Project site is located on two 7.5-Minute U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangles:Sidewinder Well and Corn Springs.
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Fish and Wildlife, Region 6
Approving Agency Role
Responsible Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Riverside
Final Environmental Document Available at
Colorado River Basin Regional Water Quality Control
Board
73-720 Fred Waring Drive, Suite 100
Palm Desert, CA 92260
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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