SCH Number 2025030780

Project Info

Title

USE PERMIT APPLICATION NO. PLN2025-0011 – Couco Creek

Description

Request to establish a biogas pipeline injection site on a 307± acre parcel in the General Agriculture (A-2-40) zoning district. Request to establish a biogas pipeline injection site on a 307± acre parcel in the General Agriculture (A-2-40) zoning district. Biogas from an on-site anaerobic dairy digester (Couco Creek Dairy) and two off-site digesters located at Blue Sky Dairy in Atwater, California, and JDS Ranch in Wasco, California, will be trucked to the project site and off-loaded into a Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) natural gas pipeline on-site. The equipment to be utilized for the project will be located within a 159± square-foot enclosed metal structure. Existing dairy employees will operate and maintain the off-loading process for the biogas; no additional employees are \\ITCDFS-PL\planning\Planning\Staff Reports\UP\2025\UP PLN2025-0011 - Couco Creek\Early Consultation Referral\EC - No ERC.docx anticipated as part of this request. The applicant anticipates 3-6 truck trips per day associated with the project. Off-loading of the biogas will occur seven days a week between the hours of 6:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m. Storm drainage is proposed to be maintained on-site. The site is currently planted in row crops and improved with two lagoons for liquid manure waste storage, and one anaerobic digester that is currently being constructed under Building Permit No. BLD2023-2414. The 307± acre project parcel is currently assessed under two Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNs), 044-039-001 and 044-039-002; the project site will be within the area assessed under APN 044-039-001.

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