Minor Modification No. MIM 25-001
Summary
SCH Number
2025020870
Public Agency
Tulare County
Document Title
Minor Modification No. MIM 25-001
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/24/2025
Document Description
The Applicant, Cornell Kasbergen, is applying to construct 110 acres of cultivation system beds on a dairy facility site for growing animal feed, five (5) lift stations, a freshwater zone, a winter bot commissioning zone, a truck loading station, and a processing area to operate the cultivation system modules. The cultivation system modules grow sustainable aquatic plants that can be used as feed for the dairy facility, while also further treating the digestate from the anaerobic digester. The beneficiary of the project is the Applicant.
Contact Information
Name
Jose Saenz
Agency Name
County of Tulare, Resource Management Agency
Job Title
Project Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Cornell Kasbergen
Agency Name
Project applicant
Job Title
Project applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Address
Phone
Name
Gary Mills
Agency Name
County of Tulare, Resource Management Agency
Job Title
Chief Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Jessica Wills
Agency Name
County of Tulare, Resource Management Agency
Job Title
Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
unincorporated area, Tulare
Counties
Tulare
Regions
Unincorporated
Parcel #
195-080-004 and 195-080-027
Township
20S
Range
25E
Section
13
Other Location Info
21744 Road 152, Tulare, CA 93274
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines Class 3 Section 15303 New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures
Reasons for Exemption
This action is consistent with Section 15303 Class 3, New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures, construction and location of limited numbers of new, small facilities or structures; and the conversion of existing small structures from one use to another where only minor modifications are made in the exterior of the structure; in this instance, the proposed construction of cultivation system beds to the existing dairy facility with the features noted earlier. Therefore, the application of CEQA Section 15303 is applicable and appropriate for this project.
County Clerk
Tulare
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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