Landfill Gas to Energy Plant Project

Landfill Gas to Energy Plant Project

Biofuels Coyote Canyon Biogas (project applicant) proposes to develop the 4.14-acre project site with a new renewable natural gas (RNG) processing plant and a pipeline interconnection facility (collectively referred to as the RNG facility). The proposed RNG facility would have a total building footprint of 38,500 square feet (0.88 acres) composed of pipe racks, various vessels, a condensate tank, flare, thermal oxidizer, and other processing equipment. The first stage of primary treatment is covered by the existing landfill flaring facility on the project site operated by Orange County Waste and Recycling. Landfill gas (LFG) from the existing flare yard would be conveyed to the proposed RNG facility through a proposed underground LFG supply line for secondary and advanced treatment. The treated LFG would then be injected into SoCalGas infrastructure in the western part of the site via the proposed 6,000-square-foot pipeline interconnection facility. The interconnection facility would include a point of receipt (POR) skid to monitor the quality of the RNG and an 8-inch pipeline extension dedicated to transfer the RNG from the POR to the existing fossil natural gas pipeline tie-in point. Other project components include vehicular access, installation of a fire hydrant, a water tank on site, a septic tank for the proposed control room, and new underground power and telecommunication lines.

Newport Beach

Orange

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 12 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), 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, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS)

Industrial (Sq. Ft. 38500, Acres 0.88, Employees 3)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, 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, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire