Dynamo Solar Commercial Floating Solar Use Permit (P22-00340-UP), Zone Change (P23-00181-ZC), and Variance (P23- 00268-VAR)
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                Summary
                SCH Number
            
            
                2024040604
            
        
                    Lead Agency
            
            
                Napa County
                
            
        
                Document Title
            
            Dynamo Solar Commercial Floating Solar Use Permit (P22-00340-UP), Zone Change (P23-00181-ZC), and Variance (P23- 00268-VAR)
        
                Document Type
            
            
                MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
            
        
                Received
            
            
                    Present Land Use
                
                
                    Agricultural Watershed Zoning Designation/Public Institutional General Plan Designation
                
            
                Document Description
            
            Approval of a Use Permit, Zone Change, Variance, Lot Line Adjustment, and Grading Permit to allow: a request to construct approximately 56-acres of floating solar panels on Napa Sanitation District’s existing wastewater ponds. The proposed commercial solar facility will produce approximately 34.7 megawatts (MW) of direct current electricity, converted to 24.5 megawatts (MW) of alternating current electricity. The proposed project includes approximately 2-miles of electrical transmission lines, with portions constructed above and below ground. The electrical transmission route will consist of 51 transmission line towers ranging in height from 38.5 feet to 74.5 feet tall. The proposed project will require the creation of one 0.13-acre electrical substation located on the northern portion of the Napa Sanitation District’s existing wastewater ponds and the 0.9-acre expansion of an existing Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) “Tulucay” electrical substation located on Anderson Road.  The expansion of the PG&E electrical substation will require approximately 24,700 cubic yards of earthwork. 
•	The construction of the 56-acre commercial solar facility, 42 of the proposed electrical transmission towers, 0.13-acre new electrical substation, and the approximately 24,700 cubic yards of earthwork associated with the 0.9-acre expansion of an existing Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) “Tulucay” electrical substation located on Anderson Road are within the permitting jurisdiction of Napa County. The project includes a request to change the Zoning District of the developed portions of the project parcels from Agricultural Watershed: Airport Compatibility (AW:AC) to Public Lands: Airport Compatibility (PL:AC) to support the establishment of a Commercial Solar Facility. The project includes request for a height Variance to construct above ground portions of the transmission lines taller than the Zoning District’s maximum height of 35 feet. The Variance requests relief of the height standards to establish 42 transmission line towers, within the jurisdiction of Napa County, at a height varying between 38.5 feet and 74.5 feet tall. A Lot Line Adjustment is proposed between Assessor Parcel Numbers 046-400-004-000 and 046-400-057-000, to accommodate the PG&E electrical substation expansion.
•	The installation of 8 electrical transmission towers and the undergrounding of approximately 1,800 feet of electrical transmission lines are within the permitting jurisdiction of the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans). 
•	The electrical equipment associated with the 0.9-acre expansion of an existing Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) “Tulucay” electrical substation located on Anderson Road and one Point of Connection Outside (POCO) transmission tower are within the permitting jurisdiction of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
        Contact Information
                        Name
                    
                    
                        Matt Ringel
                    
                
                        Agency Name
                    
                    
                        Napa County
                    
                
                            Job Title
                        
                        
                            Planner II
                        
                    
                        Contact Types
                    
                    
                        Lead/Public Agency
                    
                
                            Address
                        
                        
                    
                            Phone
                        
                        
                    
                        Name
                    
                    
                        Eva Pauly-Bowles
                    
                
                        Agency Name
                    
                    
                        Dynamo Solar LLC
                    
                
                            Job Title
                        
                        
                            Director
                        
                    
                        Contact Types
                    
                    
                        Project Applicant
                    
                
                            Phone
                        
                        
                    
                            Email
                        
                        
                    Location
                        Coordinates
                    
                    
                
                    Cities
                
                Napa
            
                    Counties
                
                Napa
            
                    Regions
                
                Unincorporated
            
                    Cross Streets
                
                
                    Soscol Ferry Road and Vista Point Drive
                
            
                    Zip
                
                
                    94558
                
            
                    Total Acres
                
                
                    57
                
            
                    Parcel #
                
                
                    057-050-003-000, 057-010-010-000, 057-050-006-000, 057-010-038-000, 057-010-039-000, 046-400-016
                
            
                    State Highways
                
                
                    HWY 29 and 221
                
            
                    Railways
                
                
                    Union Pacific Railroad
                
            
                    Airports
                
                
                    Napa County Airport
                
            
                    Schools
                
                
                    McGrath School
                
            
                    Waterways
                
                
                    Napa River, Soscol Creek, Steamboat Slough, Sheehy Creek, Carneros Creek, Soscol Creek, etc.
                
            
                    Township
                
                
                    04N
                
            
                    Range
                
                
                    04W
                
            
                    Section
                
                
                    3
                
            
                    Base
                
                
                    MDM
                
            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 Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), 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 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, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)
                
                            State Reviewing Agency Comments
                        
                        California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)
                    
                        Development Types
                    
                    Power:Solar (Megawatts 24.5), Power:Electric Transmission Lines (Megawatts 24.5)
                
                        Local Actions
                    
                    Rezone, Use Permit, Grading permit, Lot Line Adjustment, and Variance
                
                        Project Issues
                    
                    Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources
                
                        Public Review Period Start
                    
                    
                        Public Review Period End
                    
                    Attachments
                        Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
                    
                    
                
                        Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
                    
                    
                
                        State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
                    
                    
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