Agromin-Limoneira Commercial Organics Processing Operation
Summary
SCH Number
2020039054
Lead Agency
Ventura County
Document Title
Agromin-Limoneira Commercial Organics Processing Operation
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation
Received
Present Land Use
General Plan: Agricultural/ Zoning: Agricultural Exclusive Zone
Document Description
The proposed project includes a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) and Non-Coastal Zoning Ordinance (NCZO) Text Amendment to permit the expansion of an existing 15-acre agricultural organics processing facility to a new 70-acre commercial organics processing operation that would process food and green material delivered to the site and package-for-sale mulch, compost, and wood chip materials. The proposed project would utilize a combination of open windrows, Covered Aerated Static Piles (CASPs), and Anaerobic Digestion (AD) systems to process organic materials into saleable compost and mulch products. The NCZO Text Amendment proposes to amend Section 8107-36.4.1(a) Standards Relating To Organics Processing Operations (Includes Biosolids, Composting, Vermicomposting, And Chipping And Grinding). The project site will be accessed from the intersection of Telegraph Road and Olive Road (both public rights-of-ways) south to Edwards Ranch Road (a private road) and crossing at the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of- way. Options for off-site secondary access for public safety purposes include utilization of existing private roads to Todd Road (includes a railroad crossing over Todd Barranca) or to Darling Road (includes a railroad crossings over Ellsworth Barranca).
See NOC for full project description.
Contact Information
Name
John Oquendo
Agency Name
County of Ventura, Resource Management Agency Planning Division
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Agency Name
CalWood, lnc. (dba Agromin), c/o Bill Camarillo
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Santa Paula
Counties
Ventura
Cross Streets
Olive Road and Telegraph Road
Zip
93060
Total Acres
70
Parcel #
0900180085
State Highways
126
Railways
South Pacific RR
Schools
Briggs SD and Ventura USD
Waterways
Santa Clara River
Township
3N
Range
21W
Section
32
Base
SB
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, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Food and Agriculture, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Development Types
Other (237273 Sq.ft; 70 Acres; 56 Employees for Compost Material Hand..)
Local Actions
Use Permit, Code Amendment
Project Issues
Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Hydrology/Water Quality, Noise, Septic System, Transportation