PA-2100209 - Site Approval to install a manure digester facility at an existing dairy.

PA-2100209 - Site Approval to install a manure digester facility at an existing dairy.

Site Approval application to install a manure only digester and biogas facility on an 8.5-acre portion of a 444.68-acre parcel with an existing dairy, the Douma Dairy. The digester processes manure waste through a gas collection and water filtration system to convert greenhouse gases (GHG) to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) and to convert filtration by-products to fertilizer. The components of the proposed project include a digester system, 3 natural gas gensets, 2 Livestock Water Recycling systems, backup/emergency flare, biogas upgrading equipment, fire suppression water supply tank, and a 1,500-square-foot utility/maintenance shop. The digester will process manure from the onsite dairy and from a second dairy under the same ownership located 25.5 miles east of the project site in Stanislaus County. It is estimated there will be 11 daily supply trips from the offsite dairy. The RNG will be trucked away an estimated 7 days per week. The resulting separated solids from the project will be sold as fertilizer and trucked offsite 2 times daily. The parcel will be served by an on-site water well, a septic system for waste water disposal, and natural storm drainage. The facility proposes to operate 24 hours per day, 7 days per week with 14 truck trips per day, an additional 3 truck trips per week, and 1 employee arriving on site in a personal vehicle during normal daytime business hours 8 am to 5 pm, 5 days a week, as well as a maintenance truck onsite once per week. The project site has an existing access driveway on S. Kasson Road. (Use Types: Agricultural Waste; Utility Services - Major).

Tracy

San Joaquin

Northern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (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 San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 10, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California Department of Conservation (DOC)

California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California Department of Conservation (DOC)

Commercial (Sq. Ft. 5700, Acres 8.5, Employees 1)

Site Plan

Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Flood Plain/Flooding, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Septic System, Solid Waste, Wetland/Riparian