Amador County – The Amador County Planning Department announced Tuesday that a draft “Subsequent Environmental Impact Report” has been released for the Buena Vista Biomass Power plant on Coal Mine Road in the Jackson Valley. The planning department announced the availability of the document to the public, and also gave notice that a public hearing for the Draft Subsequent EIR was set for September 28th. The county began the process at the end of May for a use permit amendment sought by developers of the Buena Vista Biomass Power plant, the former Cogen coal mining plant. The notice said the document “is now available to the public and interested agencies” at the planning department, for sale. The Draft Subsequent EIR is also posted on the county website, co.amador.ca.us. The announcement said the Buena Vista plant project seeks a use permit that “includes repowering and conversion of an existing 18.5-megawatt electric generation facility to a renewable wood waste biomass energy facility.” The project is located about 5 miles south of Ione, in the southwestern area of the county, in Supervisor District 2. The plant has contracted with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, which will purchase 100 percent of the facility’s power. The planning department said the facility’s proposed fuel supply is “solely renewable woody biomass, derived form a variety of sources including clean urban wood waste, agricultural byproducts from orchard operations, and forest residuals from forest thinning for wildfire fuel reduction.” The Buena Vista plant “has been certified as a renewable energy facility by the California Energy Commission,” based on its proposed fuel sources. The plant would burn about 110,000 “bone dry tons” of biomass material a year, and would help SMUD in meeting its “Renewable Portfolio Standard goal of 33 percent renewable energy usage by 2020.” The Draft Supplemental EIR discloses the project’s significant environmental effects on areas such as traffic, air quality, noise, biological resources, hydrology, aesthetics, public health and hazards, and cumulative impacts. It also describes “feasible mitigation measures.” State agencies will review and comment on the document, and the public may comment by sending written comments to lead planner on the project, Nathan Lishman, at the Amador County Planning Department. The public comment period opened Tuesday, August 17th, with the release of the document, and ends 5 p.m. Thursday, September 30th. The Amador County Planning Commission will hold a public meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 28th in the Supervisors’ chambers at 810 Court Street in Jackson. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Wednesday, 18 August 2010 06:56
Planning Dept. Releases Draft EIR for Buena Vista Biomass Plant
Amador County – The Amador County Planning Department announced Tuesday that a draft “Subsequent Environmental Impact Report” has been released for the Buena Vista Biomass Power plant on Coal Mine Road in the Jackson Valley. The planning department announced the availability of the document to the public, and also gave notice that a public hearing for the Draft Subsequent EIR was set for September 28th. The county began the process at the end of May for a use permit amendment sought by developers of the Buena Vista Biomass Power plant, the former Cogen coal mining plant. The notice said the document “is now available to the public and interested agencies” at the planning department, for sale. The Draft Subsequent EIR is also posted on the county website, co.amador.ca.us. The announcement said the Buena Vista plant project seeks a use permit that “includes repowering and conversion of an existing 18.5-megawatt electric generation facility to a renewable wood waste biomass energy facility.” The project is located about 5 miles south of Ione, in the southwestern area of the county, in Supervisor District 2. The plant has contracted with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, which will purchase 100 percent of the facility’s power. The planning department said the facility’s proposed fuel supply is “solely renewable woody biomass, derived form a variety of sources including clean urban wood waste, agricultural byproducts from orchard operations, and forest residuals from forest thinning for wildfire fuel reduction.” The Buena Vista plant “has been certified as a renewable energy facility by the California Energy Commission,” based on its proposed fuel sources. The plant would burn about 110,000 “bone dry tons” of biomass material a year, and would help SMUD in meeting its “Renewable Portfolio Standard goal of 33 percent renewable energy usage by 2020.” The Draft Supplemental EIR discloses the project’s significant environmental effects on areas such as traffic, air quality, noise, biological resources, hydrology, aesthetics, public health and hazards, and cumulative impacts. It also describes “feasible mitigation measures.” State agencies will review and comment on the document, and the public may comment by sending written comments to lead planner on the project, Nathan Lishman, at the Amador County Planning Department. The public comment period opened Tuesday, August 17th, with the release of the document, and ends 5 p.m. Thursday, September 30th. The Amador County Planning Commission will hold a public meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 28th in the Supervisors’ chambers at 810 Court Street in Jackson. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Latest from
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