PA-2500035 (TE)
Summary
SCH Number
2025110581
Public Agency
San Joaquin County
Document Title
PA-2500035 (TE)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/14/2025
Document Description
A 2-year Time Extension application for approved Site Approval No. PA-1800315 for a manure digester project. The manure digester facility will be installed on an 18-acre portion of a 237.48 acre parcel at an existing dairy, Vander Schaaf Dairy #3. The manure digester facility will capture greenhouse gases from manure waste and convert the greenhouse gases to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). The manure feeding the digester will be supplied by the onsite dairy, Vander Schaaf Dairy #1 located 0.5 miles north of the project site, and off-site "donor" dairies. The RNG will be picked up by outside truck hauling companies 7 days per week. The resulting separated solids from the project will be sold as fertilizer and trucked offsite daily.
Contact Information
Name
Alisa Goulart
Agency Name
San Joaquin County Community Development Department
Job Title
Associate Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Steve Bommelje
Agency Name
Provost & Pritchard
Job Title
Consultant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Escalon
Counties
San Joaquin
Regions
Northern California
Zip
95320
Parcel #
203-120-11
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
15061 (b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
This project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3). Section 15061(b)(3) states that “CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.” There is no possibility that this project may have a significant effect on the environment and, therefore, the project is not subject to CEQA.
County Clerk
San Joaquin
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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