Minor Modification No.MM24-030 to Conditional Use Permit No. CUP19-001- TOSTE DAIRY
Summary
SCH Number
2025100215
Public Agency
Merced County
Document Title
Minor Modification No.MM24-030 to Conditional Use Permit No. CUP19-001- TOSTE DAIRY
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/6/2025
Document Description
A request to construct, install, and operate an anaerobic digester and necessary infrastructure for wastewater management, biogas production, biogas conditioning, and a sand trap with lift station at an existing dairy facility.
Contact Information
Name
Yaniri Piza
Agency Name
Merced County
Job Title
Planner I
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Name
Cole Martin
Agency Name
4Creeks Investment, LLC
Job Title
Assistant Engineering Designer
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Newman
Counties
Merced, Stanislaus
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Brazo Road and Santa Fe Grade Road
Zip
95360
Total Acres
121
Parcel #
054-100-023 and 054-090-001
Waterways
Newman Wasteway, Wetlands
Township
7S
Range
9E
Section
29
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 constructing, installing, and operating an Anaerobic Digester and necessary infrastructure for Wastewater management, Biogas Production, Biogas Conditioning and a Sand Trap with Lift Station withing an existing dairy facility. 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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