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SAN JOAQUIN Community Development Department COUNTY Planning Building Neighborhood Preservation cq ;Fow`�' Greatness grows here. APPLICATION REFERRAL: Early Consultation Staff Review with Notice S00013917 Project Planner: Frank Girardi Phone: (209)468-8469 Fax: (209)468-3163 Email: fgirardi@sjgov.org PE 2631 The following project has been filed with this Department: APPLICATION NUMBER: PA-1800315 (SA) Scanned PROPERTY OWNER: Vander Schaaf Dairy#3 APPLICANT: Steve Bommelje/ Provost& 13775 Murphy Road Pritchard Escalon, CA 95320 130 North Garden Street Visalia, CA 93291 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A Site Approval application to install a manure digester facility at an existing dairy on a 237.48 acre parcel to capture greenhouse gases from manure waste and convert the greenhouse gases to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). The proposal includes the construction of a 11,825-square-foot hydrolyzer structure, a 57,600-square-foot digester double-lined covered lagoon, a 5,100-square-foot Livestock Water Recycling structure, a 3,200-square-foot office building, a 1,500-square-foot utility shop, a 5,500-square-foot Livestock Water Recycling equipment area, a 11,000-square-foot Renewable Natural Gas equipment area, a 2,760-square-foot processing and equalization pit, a 7,850-square-foot flare structure, a truck scale, three 300-square-foot natural gas genset containers, and a temporary manure storage area. At the south end of the parcel will include the installation of a 144-square-foot collection pit, a 1,990-square-foot manure screen separation structure, a 1,900-square-foot bedding drying structure, and a manure storage area. The RNG will be picked up by outside truck hauling companies. 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. Flush water for the project will be pumped from the Vander Schaaf Dairy#1 through the installation of new underground pipes and lift stations across 2 parcels including APN 203-130-03&-06.The resulting separated solids from the project will be sold as fertilizer and trucked offsite daily. The parcel will be served by an on-site water well, a septic system for waste water disposal, and natural storm drainage. The facility proposes to operate 24-hours per day, 7-days per week, with 14 truck trips per day, and 4 employees arriving on site in personal vehicles during normal daytime business hours 8 am to 5 pm, 5-days a week. The project site has 2 existing access driveways on S. Murphy Rd. This parcel is under a Williamson Act contract The Property is zoned AG-40 (General Agriculture, 40-acre minimum) and the General Plan designation is A/G (General Agriculture). OS/RC (Resource Conservation) PROJECT LOCATION: The project site is on the west side of S. Murphy Rd., 2,915 feet north of E. Lone Tree Rd., northwest of Escalon. (APN/Address: 203-120-11/13773 S. Murphy Rd., Escalon) (Supervisorial District: 4) APPLICATION REVIEW: Recommendations and/or comments on this project must be submitted to the Community Development Department no later than March 10, 2021. Recommendations and/or comments received after that date may not be considered in staff's analysis. 1810 E. Hazelton Avenue I Stockton, California 95205 1 (209)468-3121 1 www.sjgov.org/commdev