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California Gavin Newsom,Governor <br /> Department of Conservation David Shabazian, Director <br /> Division of Land Resource Protection <br /> December 6, 2021 <br /> VIA EMAIL: GSANFILIPPO@SJGOV.ORG <br /> Giuseppe Sanfilippo <br /> San Joaquin County Community Development Department <br /> 1810 E. Hazelton Ave. <br /> Stockton, CA 95205 Governor's Office of Planning&Research <br /> Dec 06 2021 <br /> Dear Mr. Sanfilippo: STATE CLEARING HOUSE <br /> MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR SITE APPROVAL NO. PA-1700279, (NORTH <br /> CENTRAL VALLEY ENERGY CENTER PROJECT), SCH#2018032050 <br /> The Department of Conservation's (Department) Division of Land Resource Protection <br /> (Division) has reviewed the Mitigated Negative Declaration for Site Approval No. PA- <br /> 1700279, the North Central Valley Energy Center Project (Project). The Division monitors <br /> farmland conversion on a statewide basis, provides technical assistance regarding the <br /> Williamson Act, and administers various agricultural land conservation programs. We <br /> offer the following comments and recommendations with respect to the project's <br /> potential impacts on agricultural land and resources. <br /> Project Description <br /> A Site Approval application for the construction, operation, and decommissioning of <br /> the North Central Valley Energy Center (Project).The Project use type is classified as <br /> "Utility Services-Major" and would consists of a 132-megawatt (MW) battery energy <br /> storage system (BESS) on approximately 14.85 acres of a 57.28-acre parcel, which <br /> would include up to 300 battery storage containers (totaling up to 45,000 square feet) <br /> and associated on-site support facilities including a 1 1,000-square-foot Project collector <br /> substation, up to 50 inverters (totaling up to 6,500 square feet), collector lines, fencing, <br /> access roads, an operations and maintenance (O&M) building, a supervisory control <br /> and data acquisition (SCADA) system, and other ancillary facilities and equipment. The <br /> parcel upon which the BESS is proposed is currently under Williamson Act contract. <br /> Department Comments <br /> The conversion of agricultural land represents a permanent reduction and significant <br /> impact to California's agricultural land resources. CEQA requires that all feasible and <br /> reasonable mitigation be reviewed and applied to projects. Under CEQA, a lead <br /> agency should not approve a project if there are feasible alternatives or feasible <br /> mitigation measures available that would lessen the significant effects of the project. <br /> State of California Natural Resources Agency I Department of Conservation <br /> 801 K Street,MS 14-15,Sacramento,CA 95814 <br /> conservation.ca.g ov I T: (916)324-0850 1 F: (916)327-3430 <br />