21st Century Truck Stop: 1st MD/HD eTruck Stop in California
Summary
SCH Number
2021090254
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
21st Century Truck Stop: 1st MD/HD eTruck Stop in California
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/14/2021
Document Description
The California Energy Commission will be providing grant funding to the Project Applicant. The purpose of the project is to demonstrate an integrated distributed energy resource (DER) package with 4.5MWh size for second-life batteries and 3.85MW size for solar capable of serving varying charging requirements of the Medium-Duty Heavy-Duty (MDHD) Plug-In Electric Vehicle (PEV) population, evaluate system costs and savings within comparison to baseline, MDHD PEV performance and operational energy requirements and driver and fleet operator satisfaction, MDHD PEV charging event metrics, and installed system performance and point of coupling.
Contact Information
Name
Liet Le
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Bakersfield
Counties
Kern
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
18812 Highway 65
Zip
93308
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15183
Reasons for Exemption
This project is sited within the jurisdiction of Kern County. Kern County, the lead agency, made the determination that this project is exempt from CEQA under Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15183 and the CEC is adopting those findings.
Specifically, on June 17, 2021, a public hearing was held in the Office of the Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department (Kern County) to consider approval of the project. The Staff Report states that staff considered the applicable provisions of CEQA and State CEQA Guidelines. This included Section 15183, which “mandates that projects that are consistent with the development established by existing zoning, community plan, or General Plan policies for which an Environmental Impact Report was certified shall not require additional environmental review, except as might be necessary to examine whether there are project-specific effects which are peculiar to the project or its Site.”
Kern County staff then considered the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan (Plan), which was adopted along with a certified Environmental Impact Report by the County Board of Supervisors on December 3, 2002 (since amended). Staff concluded that this project is consistent with the goals and policies of the Plan and does not propose any changes to the map code designations established by the Plan. The Plan policies supported by the proposed industrial electric truck charging and solar energy development include Policy No. 31 (industrial development that allows for a variety of industrial uses including R&D and transportation-related use), Policy No. 32 (industrial development and protecting industrial designations from incompatible land use), and Policy No. 34 (industrial development to provide for clustering of new industrial development adjacent to existing industrial uses and along major transportation corridors). The project implements the site's existing map code designations of “Service Industrial” and “Solid Waste Facility Site.”
Ultimately, in Notice of Decision 15-21, dated June 17, 2021, the Hearing Officer of the Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department conditionally approved the project. The findings of the Hearing Officer included that the project was to be categorically exempt from the requirements for preparation of environmental documents pursuant to Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15183. A Notice of Exemption (SCH 2021070397) was filed on July 20, 2021. Since the project was found to be consistent with the goals and policies of the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan and does not present any unusual circumstances, the CEC is adopting the CEQA findings of the lead agency.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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