Opson Solar Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026050221
Lead Agency
Contra Costa County
Document Title
Opson Solar Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Heavy Agricultural (A-3) Zoning District, Solar Energy Generation Combining District (-SG) /Agricultural Lands (AL)General Plan
Document Description
The applicant is seeking Land Use Permit approval to establish a 6.6. Megawatt (MW) capacity solar energy facility consisting of approximately 11,760 solar panel modules arranged in uniform rows throughout a 30-acre project site. The solar panel arrays would be equipped with single-axis trackers which rotate the panels throughout the day to track the suns movement overhead. The trackers result in varying array height -from a minimum of 4'6" when the sun is directly overhead, to a maximum of 7'6" at sunrise/sunset. The facility also includes 10MW-hour capacity Battery Energy Storage System (BESS).
County File CDLP#25-02033
Contact Information
Name
Adrian Veliz
Agency Name
Contra Costa County Department of Conservation & Development
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Name
John Milochik
Agency Name
Hubbard Farming & Forestry
Job Title
Applicant/Owner
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Byron
Counties
Contra Costa
Regions
Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Byron Highway / Byron Hot Springs Road
Zip
94514
Total Acres
30
Parcel #
002-210-020 & 002-210-021
State Highways
N/A
Railways
Union Pacific
Airports
Byron Airport
Schools
N/A
Waterways
Frisk Creek, Brushy Creek, CA Aqueduct, Indian Slough
Township
1S
Range
3E
Section
14
Base
MDB&M
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (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, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality
Development Types
Power:Solar (Megawatts 6.6)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Tribal Cultural Resources
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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