Minor Modification No. MM24-028 to Administrative Application No. AA20-019
Summary
SCH Number
2025090243
Public Agency
Merced County
Document Title
Minor Modification No. MM24-028 to Administrative Application No. AA20-019
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/8/2025
Document Description
TO INSTALL, CONSTRUCT, AND OPERATE A COVERED LAGOON DIGESTER, SAND LANE, SEPARATORS, STACKING SLAB, RECEPTION PIT AND BIOGAS EQUIPMENT PAD WITH A CARBON DRY H2S SCRUBBER AT EXISITNG DAIRY FACILITY.
Contact Information
Name
Rebecca Rennecker
Agency Name
Maas Energy Works, LLC
Job Title
Permit Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Address
Phone
Name
Yaniri Piza
Agency Name
Merced County
Job Title
Planner I
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Counties
Merced
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Howard Avenue and Atwater-Jordan Road
Total Acres
604.8
Parcel #
049-090-004 & 049-090-005 & 049-090-006
State Highways
State Highway 140
Township
7S
Range
11E
Section
17
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301 ("Existing Facilities") and Section 15311 ("Accessory Structures")
Reasons for Exemption
The project involves the installation, construction and operation of a covered lagoon digester, sand lane, separators, stacking slab, reception pit and biogas equipment pad with a carbon dry H2S scrubber for the control of H2S with blowers and dryers. All additions will be within the dairy’s existing footprint. The project does not involve an expansion or intensification of the dairy use or structures in terms of the area, space, or volume occupied by the dairy, or an increase in the number of animals. There would not be a change to businesses or production. The project site is designated Agricultural land use in the General Plan and zoned A-1 (General Agricultural). The existing use and accessory structures and equipment are uses permitted by the land use designation and zoning. The determination that the application requires no further CEQA review reflects the independent judgment of the County.
County Clerk
Merced
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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