USE PERMIT APPLICATION NO. PLN2025-0011 – Couco Creek

USE PERMIT APPLICATION NO. PLN2025-0011 – Couco Creek

Request to establish a biogas pipeline injection site on a 307± acre parcel in the General Agriculture (A-2-40) zoning district. Request to establish a biogas pipeline injection site on a 307± acre parcel in the General Agriculture (A-2-40) zoning district. Biogas from an on-site anaerobic dairy digester (Couco Creek Dairy) and two off-site digesters located at Blue Sky Dairy in Atwater, California, and JDS Ranch in Wasco, California, will be trucked to the project site and off-loaded into a Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) natural gas pipeline on-site. The equipment to be utilized for the project will be located within a 159± square-foot enclosed metal structure. Existing dairy employees will operate and maintain the off-loading process for the biogas; no additional employees are \\ITCDFS-PL\planning\Planning\Staff Reports\UP\2025\UP PLN2025-0011 - Couco Creek\Early Consultation Referral\EC - No ERC.docx anticipated as part of this request. The applicant anticipates 3-6 truck trips per day associated with the project. Off-loading of the biogas will occur seven days a week between the hours of 6:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m. Storm drainage is proposed to be maintained on-site. The site is currently planted in row crops and improved with two lagoons for liquid manure waste storage, and one anaerobic digester that is currently being constructed under Building Permit No. BLD2023-2414. The 307± acre project parcel is currently assessed under two Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNs), 044-039-001 and 044-039-002; the project site will be within the area assessed under APN 044-039-001.

Turlock

Stanislaus

Citywide, Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (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 10 (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, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), 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

Other (Agriculture Biogas Injection Hub)

Use Permit

Not Applicable