Conditional Use Permit Application No. CUP22-011 – Dos Palos Clean Power Project

Conditional Use Permit Application No. CUP22-011 – Dos Palos Clean Power Project

The project is a request to construct a 3-megawatt (MW) alternating current (AC) photovoltaic (PV) solar energy facility, a 600-square-foot concrete equipment pad with an estimated 4.4-MW direct current (DC) and its associated inverters, fencing, and site improvements, including fencing and improvements to the existing access road and driveway approaches. The project would also include demolition of the existing on-site vacant residential structure built in 1935, the associated groundwater well, and the septic system. The project would deliver power to the existing Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) power distribution network via an existing aboveground primary service interconnection utility pole located on the east side of Elgin Avenue. The project is anticipated to operate for approximately 35 years, after which the project would be decommissioned and the site would be restored to pre-project conditions. The project site is located within an 11.3-acre portion of a 39-acre parcel located on the west side of South Highway 33, approximately 2,000 feet north of West Carmella Avenue in the Dos Palos area of Merced County.

Merced

Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, 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, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

Power:Solar (PV)(Megawatts 3)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire