EIR RGF 07-13; Redwood Cluster Solar Project by 61LK 8ME, LLC
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Summary
SCH Number
2013101097
Lead Agency
Kern County
Document Title
EIR RGF 07-13; Redwood Cluster Solar Project by 61LK 8ME, LLC
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
LU: Agriculture
Z: A (Exclusive Agriculture), A-1 (Limited Agriculture)
PGPD: Kern County General Plan: 8.1 (Intensive Agriculture), 8.4 (Mineral and Petroleum), 2.1 (Seismic Hazard); Metropolitan Bakersfield
GP: R-IA (Resource-Intensive Agriculture)
Document Description
The Redwood Cluster Solar Project is a proposal to construct and operate six solar photovoltaic (PV) power generating facilities that would generate a combined 135 megawatts (MW) of electricity, on six sites totaling 633 acres in unincorporated Kern County, California. The project sites are within the jurisdiction boundaries of the Kern County General Plan (KCGP) and the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan (MBGP). Five of the seven parcels are zoned A (Exclusive Agriculture) with the KCGP map code designation of 8.1 (Intensive Agriculture), 8.4 (Mineral and Petroleum), and 2.1 (Seismic Hazard). The remaining two parcels are zoned A-1 (Limited Agriculture) with the MBGP map code designation of R-IA (Resource Intensive Agriculture). The project includes two proposed General Plan Amendment to amend the Circulation Element in the KCGP and MBGP, one Zone Change (ZCC) from A-1 to A, six Conditional Use Permits, and one Williamson Act Land Use Contract Cancellation of 80 acres of prime farmland. The land has historically been used for agriculture purposes with three of the sites having existing oil wells.
Contact Information
Name
Ross Fehrman
Agency Name
Kern County Planning Department
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Arvin, Bakersfield, Lamont
Counties
Kern
Cross Streets
Tower Line Rd., Muller Rd; Tejon Hwy and Muller Rd; Comanche Dr. and Panama Ln.
Zip
93313
Total Acres
633
Parcel #
Multiple
State Highways
SR 58
Railways
SP RR
Airports
No
Schools
No
Waterways
Arvin-Edison Canal
Township
30S
Range
29,30E
Section
7,13,
Base
MDB&M
Other Information
Cont.:
Section: 12, 23
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Power:Solar (PV)(Megawatts 135)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Rezone, Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Public Services, Transportation, Vegetation, Wildlife
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