Site Plan Review No. 23-13 (Moonstone Dairy)
Summary
SCH Number
2024030007
Public Agency
Kings County
Document Title
Site Plan Review No. 23-13 (Moonstone Dairy)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/1/2024
Document Description
The applicant is proposing an increase in herd size from 2,443 animal units to 3,812 animal units, an addition of a feed storage area (350’ x 350’), construction of a new lagoon and anaerobic digester and ancillary equipment at the existing Moonstone Dairy. The project is located at 1305 Iona Avenue, Hanford, Assessor’s Parcel Number 016-230-007 and 016-230-018. The proposed application includes the installation of an anaerobic digester, two (2) sand traps, a process pit, a mechanical separator, a manure stacking pad, and a biogas conditioning pad. The biogas produced by the digester is proposed to be transported through a low-pressure pipeline to an onsite biogas conditioning pad for cooling and compression prior to entering a biogas collection line. It will then be transported to a centralized biogas upgrading facility, located on Assessor’s Parcel Number 148-030-018 in Tulare County (Tulare County Special Use Permit No. PSP 18-014), for conditioning and electrical generation.
Contact Information
Name
Victor Hernandez
Agency Name
Kings County Community Development Agency
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Kings
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
1st Avenue and Iona Avenue
Zip
93230
Total Acres
67
Parcel #
016-230-007, 016-230-018
Waterways
Mill Creek
Township
19S
Range
23E
Section
16
Base
MDBM
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Ministerial
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 21080(b)(1); 15268
Reasons for Exemption
Section 4.G.1. of the Kings County Local Guidelines to Implement CEQA lists Site Plan Review as a Ministerial Project pursuant to Section 15268 of the Guidelines for California Environmental Quality Act.
County Clerk
Kings
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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