Desert Breeze Solar Project
5 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2022090646
Lead Agency
San Bernardino County
Document Title
Desert Breeze Solar Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
The property is currently vacant land, Zoned Rural Living (RL), Resource Land Management (RLM) GP Designation
Document Description
Desert Breeze Solar, LLC (Applicant) proposes a zoning amendment to change the current zoning designation to
Resource Conservation (RC) from Rural Living (RL}, as well as two Conditional Use Permits (CUPs) to develop the Desert Breeze Solar Project (Project), a utility scale, solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation and energy storage facility that would produce up to 130 megawatts (MW) of solar power and include up to 2 gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy storage capacity rate in a battery energy storage system (BESS) within an approximately 923-acre Project
Site.
Contact Information
Name
Jon Braginton
Agency Name
San Bernardino County - Land Use Services
Job Title
Contract Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Hinkley
Counties
San Bernardino
Regions
Countywide, Southern California, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
7 miles NW. of Hwy 58/Harper Lake Rd; E. of Hoffman Rd; W. of Harper Lake Rd
Zip
92024
Parcel #
0490-223-33 and 0490-101-56
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Other (2 gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy storage capacity rate), Power:Solar (Solar PV)(Megawatts 130)
Local Actions
Rezone, Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Flood Plain/Flooding, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Solid Waste, Vegetation, see attached NOC
Local Review Period Start
Local Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from state reviewing agencies]
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