Draft EIR for Desert Breeze Solar
5 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2022090646
Lead Agency
San Bernardino County
Document Title
Draft EIR for Desert Breeze Solar
Document Type
EIR - 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
Job Title
Contract Planner III
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Hinkey
Counties
San Bernardino
Regions
Southern California, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Approx. 7 miles NW. of Hwy 58/Harper Lake Rd; E. of Hoffman Rd; W. of Harper Lake Rd
Zip
92024
Total Acres
923
Parcel #
049022333 and 049010156
State Highways
N/A
Railways
N/A
Airports
N/A
Schools
N/A
Waterways
N/A
Township
11N
Range
5S
Section
13
Base
N/A
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 Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), 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
Development Types
Other (2 gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy storage capacity rate ), Power:Solar (Megawatts 130)
Local Actions
Rezone, Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Vegetation, Wildfire
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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