Alta South Wind Energy Project (Project): California Endangered Species Act (CESA) Incidental Take Permit (ITP) No. 2081-2013-017-04, Major Amendment No. 2

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Summary

SCH Number
2011051023
Lead Agency
Kern County
Document Title
Alta South Wind Energy Project (Project): California Endangered Species Act (CESA) Incidental Take Permit (ITP) No. 2081-2013-017-04, Major Amendment No. 2
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
3/11/2015
Present Land Use
Vacent, grazing, recreation / A (Exclusive Agriculture); A GH (Exclusive Agriculture - Geologic Hazard Combining); E(20) RS (Estate 20 acres - Residential Subburban Combining).
Document Description
The Project as approved by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), and as originally issued to Alta Wind X, LLC; Alta Wind XI, LLC; Alta Wind XIII, LLC; and Alta Wind XIV, LLC (Permittees) for the Alta South Wind Energy Project in May 2013, involves the construction and installation of wind turbine generators (WTGs) and supporting infrastructure to operate them as a wind power generation facility. The ITP authorizes take of Bakersfield cactus (Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei) and desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), specises designated as endangered and threatened, respectively, under the California Endangered Species Act. Major Amendment No. 2 revises the Permittees and Contact Person information to reflect the transfer in ownership of the Alta South Wind Energy Project, extends the deadline for the required acquisition, protection and transfer of all Habitat Management lands and recordation of any required conservation easements from November 23, 2014 to May 23, 2015, removes the second phase of the Project, allows compliance monitoring to occur during the operation and maintenance (O&M) period only when ground-disturbing activities occur and reduces the reporting requirement during the O&M period from quarterly to annually. CDFW issued the ITP, Major Amendment No. 1 (which changed the Project Description to include two distinct phases), and Major Amendment No. 2 as a Responsible Agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) relying on the Environmental Impact Report (EIR), an EIR Addendum, and a Supplemental EIR prepared and certified for the Project by the lead agency, County of Kern.

Contact Information

Name
Lori Bono
Agency Name
CDFW Central Region
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency

Location

Cities
Mojave, Tehachapi
Counties
Kern
Cross Streets
Oak Creek and Tehachapi-Willow Springs Road
Zip
93560
Total Acres
3,808
Parcel #
Various
State Highways
No
Railways
No
Airports
No
Schools
No
Waterways
No
Township
10N
Range
15W
Section
1
Base
SBB&M

Notice of Determination

Approving Agency
CDFW
Approving Agency Role
Responsible Agency
Approved On

Determinations

(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
No
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
N/A
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes

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