Use Permit Application No. PLN2025-0011 – Couco Creek

Use Permit Application No. PLN2025-0011 – Couco Creek

Request to establish a biogas pipeline injection site on a 307± acre parcel in the General Agriculture (A-2-40) zoning district. Biogas from an on-site anaerobic dairy digester (Couco Creek Dairy) and two off-site digesters located at Blue Sky Dairy in Atwater, California, and JDS Ranch in Wasco, California, will be trucked to the project site and off-loaded into a Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) natural gas pipeline on-site. The equipment to be utilized for the project will be located within a 159± square-foot enclosed metal structure. Existing dairy employees will operate and maintain the off-loading process for the biogas; no additional employees are anticipated as part of this request. The applicant anticipates 3-6 truck trips per-day associated with the project. Off-loading of the biogas will occur seven days a week between the hours of 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Storm drainage is proposed to be maintained on-site. The site is currently planted in forage crops and improved with two lagoons for liquid manure waste storage, and one anaerobic digester that is currently being constructed. The 307± acre project parcel is currently assessed under two Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNs), 044-039-001 and 044-039-002; the project site will be within Parcel -001. The use of the project site for wastewater and nutrient management is currently associated with the dairy facility located across South Commons Road to the east located at 3303 S. Washington Road (APN 044-040-041) which was permitted under Use Permit PLN2018-0043 – Couco Creek Dairy, Inc.

Turlock

Stanislaus

Citywide, Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water

Other (Agriculture Biogas Injection Hub)

Use Permit

Not Applicable