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LESA Model Administrative Draft <br /> Griffith Energy Storage, LLC Technical Memorandum <br /> economic return per acre unit. The Project Size rating is determined by summing the acres in a project that <br /> fall within one of three consolidated LCC categories. <br /> Under the Project Size Score rating(Table 2), relatively fewer acres of high-quality soils are required to <br /> achieve a maximum Project Size Score.The proposed Project area received scores of 0 in all categories. <br /> Table 2. Project Size Scores <br /> LCC Class 1-11 LCC Class III LCC Class IV-VIII <br /> Total Acres 9.6 0 22.6 <br /> Project Size Scores' 0 0 0 <br /> Highest Project Size Score 0 <br /> 'Project Size Score was determined from the Project Size Scoring Table from the LESA Instruction Manual CDC 1997). <br /> Water Resources Availability <br /> The Water Resources Availability rating for the proposed Project is based upon identifying the various sources <br /> that may supply the Project area,and then determining whether different restrictions in supply are likely to <br /> take place in years that are characterized as being periods of drought and non-drought.Table 3 summarizes <br /> the limited water availability in the proposed Project area. <br /> The Water Resources Availability Score is scored on a scale of 1-100.The land is not irrigated and therefore <br /> only suited for grazing in the wet season. <br /> Table 3. Water Resources Availability <br /> A B C D E <br /> Project Portion Water Source Proportion of Project Water Availability Weighted Availability Score <br /> Area Score C x D <br /> All None 1 20 20 <br /> Total Water Resource Score 20 <br /> 'Water Resources Availability Score was determined from the scoring table from the LESA Instruction Manual(CDC 1997). <br /> Surrounding Agricultural Land Rating <br /> The Surrounding Agricultural Land Rating is designed to provide a measurement of the level of agricultural <br /> land use for lands within the Zone of Influence of the Project area.The California Agricultural LESA Model <br /> rates the potential significance of the conversion of an agricultural parcel that has a large proportion of <br /> surrounding land in agricultural production more highly than one that has a relatively small percentage of <br /> surrounding land in agricultural production. <br /> The Surrounding Protected Resource Land Rating is essentially an extension of the Surrounding Agricultural <br /> Land Rating and is scored in a similar manner. Protected resource lands are those lands with long term use <br /> restrictions that are compatible with or supportive of agricultural uses of land including: publicly owned lands <br /> TETRA TECH <br /> 3 <br />