Heber Field Company & Ormat CUP#19-0028
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2021020267
Public Agency
Imperial County
Document Title
Heber Field Company & Ormat CUP#19-0028
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/22/2022
Document Description
Heber Field Company and ORMAT propose a Repower Project which will take the existing dual-flash steam turbine generator out of service and install two new OEC geothermal power generation units at the Heber 1 CUP19-0028. In addition, OEC-11 and OEC-13 will be reconfigured into a combined two-level unit, OEC-11 ITLU. The steam turbine generator has become less effective as the temperature of the geothermal resource has decrease over time. The new and updated units operate by a different process and will perform better than the steam turbine generator at the current lower temperature of the geothermal fluid, improving efficiency of the operations.
Contact Information
Name
David Black
Agency Name
ICPDS
Job Title
Planner IV
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Cities
Heber
Counties
Imperial
Regions
Countywide
Zip
92249
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301 (Existing Facilities), 15302 (Replacement or Reconstruction), 15061 (Common-Sense)
Reasons for Exemption
The Board of Supervisors has determined based on the whole of the administrative record that the Project is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code 21000 et seq. [CEQA]), pursuant to the Class 1, Class2, and Common-Sense Exemptions of the CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs. tit. 14 15000 et seq.), because the Project is a modification to an existing facility involving replacement or reconstruction with no expansion of the existing use, and that there are no exceptions to the exemptions or unusual circumstances that distinguish the Project from other projects covered under the categorical exemptions. A Mitigated Negative Declaration was also prepared for the Project and a corresponding Notice of Determination has been filed for the Project and MND.
County Clerk
Imperial