Oveja Ranch Solar Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024090310
Lead Agency
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Document Title
Oveja Ranch Solar Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
The proposed project site is zoned AG-160 and is currently primarily used for irrigated pasture and sheep grazing.
Document Description
The Oveja Ranch Solar Project includes construction and operation of a photovoltaic (PV) solar power and battery storage facility and interconnection facilities, including a generation substation, and interconnection lines, that would provide new power production capacity of up to 75 MW delivered at the point of interconnection with the electrical grid managed by SMUD. The project also includes Williamson Act contract amendments to include PV solar development as a compatible use.
Contact Information
Name
Kim Crawford
Agency Name
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Job Title
Environmental Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Sacramento
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Florin Road and Eagles Nest Road
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, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB)
Development Types
Power:Solar (Megawatts 75)
Local Actions
Williamson Act contract amendments
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Fiscal Impacts, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, 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 Agency(ies)]
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