Conditional Use Permit No. 20-02 (Grape Solar Project and Gen-Tie line)
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2021030459
- Lead Agency
- Kings County
- Document Title
- Conditional Use Permit No. 20-02 (Grape Solar Project and Gen-Tie line)
- Document Type
- MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
- Received
- Present Land Use
- Agriculture
- Document Description
- The Grape Solar Project is located on a ~1,759-acre site in central Kings County, and is planned to generate a total of 250 MW of electrical output from solar photovoltaic (PV) modules. The solar project is planned to be constructed over a 14-month period commencing in 2022. The project will include a substation which will step up the project power from 34.5-kV to 230-kV for transmission. The project includes a 7.3-mile Gen-Tie Line extending from the on-site project substation to the Fresno County line.
- Contact Information
-
Chuck Kinney
Kings County Community Development Agency
Lead/Public Agency
1400 W. Lacey Blvd.
Hanford, CA 93230
Phone : (559) 852-2674
chuck.kinney@co.kings.ca.us
Location
- Coordinates
- 36°8'52"N 119°54'20"W
- Counties
- Kings
- Regions
- Unincorporated
- Cross Streets
- Nevada Avenue and 25th Avenue
- Zip
- 93266
- Total Acres
- 1759
- Parcel #
- 026-320-010, -011, -021 thru -028; 026-330-032 thru 037, -055, -057
- State Highways
- Highway 41
- Railways
- None
- Airports
- None
- Schools
- None
- Waterways
- Kings River
- Township
- 20s
- Range
- 19e
- Section
- 28,33-
- Base
- MDBM
Notice of Completion
- Review Period Start
- Review Period End
- Development Type
- Power:Solar (Megawatts 250)
- Local Action
- Use Permit
- Project Issues
- Aesthetics Agriculture and Forestry Resources Air Quality Biological Resources Cultural Resources Cumulative Effects Drainage/Absorption 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 Population/Housing Public Services Recreation Schools/Universities Septic System Solid Waste Transportation Tribal Cultural Resources Utilities/Service Systems Vegetation Wetland/Riparian Wildfire
- Reviewing Agencies
- California Air Resources Board (ARB) California Department of Conservation (DOC) California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW) California Department of Parks and Recreation California Department of Transportation, District 6 (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 Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB) California State Lands Commission (SLC) Central Valley Flood Protection Board Department of Toxic Substances Control Office of Historic Preservation State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality
Attachments
- Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
- 3-19-21 Notice of Intent PDF 256 K GrapeSolar PDF 33733 K GrapeSolarMND PDF 196 K
- Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
- GrapeSolar-NOC-Signed PDF 556 K
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