Bear Valley Solar Energy Project

Bear Valley Solar Energy Project

The Bear Valley Solar Energy Project (Project) proposes to construct a new, approximately 5-megawatt (MW) alternating current (AC) solar photovoltaic (PV) facility. The Project is owned by Bear Valley Electric Service, Inc. (BVES; Applicant) and being designed, permitted, and developed by EDF Renewables Distribution-Scale Power (EDFR-DSP). The Project is situated within a 29.53-acre parcel, referred to as Assessor’s Parcel Number 031440129, located at 2151 Erwin Ranch Road, near the City of Big Bear Lake in unincorporated San Bernardino County, California (Project site). Appendix A includes a series of figures and maps relevant to the Project. Figure 1 indicates the Project site vicinity. Figure 2 provides preliminary Project site plans. Figure 3 displays the current zoning designation of the Project site and surrounding properties. Figure 4 provides a map of three Key Observation Points (KOPs) used for visual renderings, which are shown as a series of photographs (Figures 5 through 10) displaying the existing conditions and a visual rendering of the final Project at each KOP location. The Project is anticipated to require a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) and General Plan Amendment to rezone the Project site from Residential Single – 1-acre minimum (RS-1) to Rural Living (RL) or similar zone.

Unincorporated Big Bear

San Bernardino

Southern California, Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), 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 8 (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 Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), 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, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Power:Solar (Megawatts 5)

General Plan Amendment, Rezone, Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire