Foxtail Solar Project (PSP 24-065)

Summary

SCH Number
2025021051
Lead Agency
Tulare County
Document Title
Foxtail Solar Project (PSP 24-065)
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Rural Valley Lands Plan - Valley Agriculture/ AE-40 (Exclusive Agriculture – 40 Acre Minimum)
Document Description
The proposed Foxtail Hybrid Solar Project (Project) would construct and operate 55-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar generation facility and a 55 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) at 4 hours of continuous discharge on an approximate 475.5-acre site in Tulare County. The Project proposes to develop approximately 450 acres of the 475.5-acre parcel. The property is designated Valley Agriculture in the Tulare County General Plan and is appropriately zoned AE-40 (Exclusive Agriculture, 40-acre minimum). The surrounding properties around the project site are also zoned AE-40 The Project is within the Paige and Taylor Weir USGS Quad. The Project would install approximately 108,344 single-axis tracker solar panels on the site. The layout of the single axis tracker panels will be in an east-west direction. It is anticipated that the life of the proposed Project will be 35 years. In addition to the description above, the applicant will prepare a reclamation plan to be implemented after the life of the Project. The project site is under Williamson Act contract and is located in Zone A Special Flood Hazard Area per FEMA.

Contact Information

Name
Gary Mills
Agency Name
Tulare County Resource Management Agency
Job Title
Chief Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency

Name
Michael Washam
Agency Name
Tulare County Resource Management Agency
Job Title
Associate Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency

Name
Foxtail Solar LLC
Agency Name
Applicant
Job Title
Applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant

Location

Cities
Tulare
Counties
Tulare
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
18839 Road 80
Zip
93274
Total Acres
475.5
Parcel #
228-050-020
Schools
Palo Verde Elementary School
Township
21 S
Range
24E
Section
5
Base
MDBM

Notice of Completion

State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), 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, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
Development Types
Other (BESS Battery Energy Storage System), Power:Solar (Solar Facility)(Megawatts 55)
Local Actions
Use Permit
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, 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
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End

Attachments

Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]

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