True North Organics Renewable Energy Facility
Summary
SCH Number
2023040047
Lead Agency
Imperial County
Document Title
True North Organics Renewable Energy Facility
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Zoning: ML I-2 RE & ML I-3-RE General Plan: Mesquite Lake Specific Plan - Medium and Heavy Industrial
Document Description
The True North Organics Renewable Energy Facility Project is a high solids anaerobic digestion (HSAD) facility with incidental advanced composting for the management and processing of residential, commercial, and industrial organic waste and green material. The Project would provide organics processing infrastructure and organic materials diversion from regional landfills and generate renewable energy through the HSAD process. The Project includes a Specific Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit, Lot Merger and Variance.
Contact Information
Name
Thomas Strand
Agency Name
Chambers Group
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Name
Frank Lauro
Agency Name
True North Renewable Energy, LLC
Job Title
Director of Project Development
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Name
Diana Robinson
Agency Name
Imperial County Planning & Development Services
Job Title
Planning Division Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Imperial
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Harris Road & Old Highway 111
Zip
92251
Total Acres
75.21
Jobs
50
Parcel #
040-360-036, 040-360-037, 040-360-038, and 040-360-039
State Highways
Old Highway 111
Railways
Union Pacific Railroad
Township
14S
Range
14E
Section
34
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, 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, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)
Development Types
Industrial (Sq. Ft. 850000, Acres 75.21, Employees 50), Other (Anaerobic Digester, Natural Gas, 3,240 mscf/d)
Local Actions
Rezone, Use Permit, Specific Plan Amendment, Lot Merger
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public 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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