Landfill Gas to Energy Plant Project
5 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024120012
Public Agency
City of Newport Beach
Document Title
Landfill Gas to Energy Plant Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/16/2025
Document Description
The proposed project involves a new renewable natural gas (RNG) processing plant and pipeline interconnection facility. The facility would convert landfill gas from the closed Coyote Canyon Landfill into a pipeline-quality natural gas equivalent. The natural gas equivalent would be injected into SoCal Gas infrastructure through an existing , on site, tie-in point. The RNG Facility and pipeline interconnection facility would have total footprints of approximately 38,500 and 6,000 square feet respectively.
Contact Information
Name
Joselyn Perez
Agency Name
City of Newport Beach
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Baffour Ennin
Agency Name
Biofuels Coyote Canyon Biogas
Job Title
Director of Project Development/Project Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Orange
Regions
Citywide, Southern California
Zip
92657
Total Acres
4.14
Jobs
3
Parcel #
478-03-071
State Highways
SR-73
Schools
Multiple
Waterways
San Joaquin Reservoir, Big Canyon Reservoir
Township
6S
Range
9W
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 21094.5 of the California Public Resources Code
Reasons for Exemption
The Project is statutorily exempt under Section 21094.5 of the California Public Resources Code which exempts projects where an environmental impact report was certified for a planning level decision in which case, the approval of the infill project is limited to the effects on the environment that (A) are specific to the project or to the project site and were not addressed as significant effects in the prior environmental document, or (B) substantial new information shows the effects will be more significant than described in the prior environmental document. The Project Site is located within the greater boundary of the closed Coyote Canyon Landfill (CCL). The Project Site has historically been used as a renewable energy facility. Specifically, from 1988 to 2015, the Project Site consisted of a facility that converted landfill gas (LFG) generated by the landfill into electricity. Addendum No. 84-104 to Environmental Impact Report No. 507 (SCH No. 82082004) was certified in 1984. Addendum No. 84-104 analyzed the environmental impacts associated with the prior LFG project. The Project involves the same activities as the prior LFG conversion in that it would operate as a Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Facility that converts LFG generated by the CCL and is statutory exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 21094.5 of the California Public Resources Code.
County Clerk
Orange
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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