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SHADOW N Community Development Department ILA COUNTY Planning ' Building ' Code Enforcement ' Fire Prevention ' GIS a�';FORa Greatness grows here. APPLICATION REFERRAL: Staff Review with Notice Project Planner: Alisa Goulart Phone: (209)468-0222 FAX: (209)468-3163 Email: alisa.goulart@sjgov.org The following project has been filed with this Department: APPLICATION NUMBER: PA-2100209 (SA) S00014459 (2631) PROPERTY OWNER: Fred A. & Narleen J. Douma, Trust APPLICANT: Provost& Pritchard ' 28524 S. Kasson Rd. c/o Steven Bommelje Tracy, CA 95376 130 N. Garden St. Visalia, CA 95304 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A Site Approval application to install a manure only digester and biogas facility on an 8.5-acre portion of a 444.68-acre parcel with an existing dairy, the Douma Dairy. The digester processes manure waste through a gas collection and water filtration system to convert greenhouse gases (GHG) to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) and to convert filtration by-products to fertilizer. The components of the proposed project include a digester system, 3 natural gas gensets, 2 Livestock Water Recycling systems, backup/emergency flare, biogas upgrading equipment, fire suppression water supply tank, and a 1,500-square-foot utility/maintenance shop. The digester will process manure from the onsite dairy and from a second dairy under the same ownership located 25.5 miles east of the project site in Stanislaus County. It is estimated there will be 11 daily supply trips from the offsite dairy. The RNG will be trucked away an estimated 7 days per week. The resulting separated solids from the project will be sold as fertilizer and trucked offsite 2 times 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, an additional 3 truck trips per week, and 1 employee arriving on site in a personal vehicle during normal daytime business hours 8 am to 5 pm, 5 days a week, as well as a maintenance truck onsite once per week. The project site has an existing access driveway on S. Kasson Road. (Use Types: Agricultural Waste; Utility Services - Major). The Property is zoned AG-40 (General Agriculture, 40-acre minimum) and the General Plan designation is A/G (General Agriculture) and OS/RC (Resource Conservation). PROJECT LOCATION: The project site is located on the northeast side of the intersection of S. Kasson Rd. and E. Linne Rd., south of the cities of Manteca and Lathrop, and east of the city of Tracy. (APN/Address:241-380-02/28524 S. Kasson Rd., Tracy) (Supervisorial District: 5) ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: This is a Notice of Intent to adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration for this project as described. San Joaquin County has determined that through the Initial Study that contains proposed mitigation measures all potentially significant effects on the environment can be reduced to a less than significant level. The Mitigated Negative Declaration and Initial Study can be viewed on the Community Development Department website at www.sjgov.org/commdev under Active Planning Applications. APPLICATION REVIEW: Recommendations and/or comments on this project must be submitted to the Community Development Department no later than February 3, 2022. 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