Wonderful Solar Facilities Project

Wonderful Solar Facilities Project

The project consists of a requested Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to allow for the construction of three solar facilities on three sites (project). The three solar facilities include: 1) Lerdo West, 2) Lerdo Middle, and 3) Ranch 3461. The 2.3-acre Lerdo West site [Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 089-090-30] is located northeast of the Cherry Avenue and Lerdo Highway (at coordinates 35.504149, -119.232113) and would include a 716-kilowatt (kW) fixed ground mount solar photovoltaic (PV) system. The 8.6-acre Lerdo Middle site (APN 091-320-03) is located southwest of the intersection of Wallace Road and Road 5039 (at coordinates 35.506220, -119.162031) and would include a 2,537-kW tracker solar PV system. The 11.7-acre Ranch 3461 site (APN 091-252-34) is located east of Mendota Street (at coordinates 35.456388, -119.225118) and would include a 3,412-kW tracker solar PV system. Since each proposed facility would generate greater than 5 kilowatts of electricity, these uses are conditionally allowed within the A (Agricultural) zone and therefore, a CUP is required. A CUP is a discretionary action and therefore triggers California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review.

Shafter

Kern

Southern California

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, District 6 (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 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 Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

Power:Solar (Megawatts 6.665)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire