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File #: 25-0586    Version: 1
Status: Public Hearing
File created: 5/7/2025 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 5/22/2025 Final action:
Title: COYOTE CANYON LANDFILL-GAS-TO-ENERGY FACILITY (PA2022-063) Site Location: 20662 Newport Coast Drive
Attachments: 1. Item No. 3 Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution to Approve the Project and Adopt the IS/MND, 3. Attachment 2 - Visual Simulations, 4. Attachment 3 - Project Plans, 5. Attachment 4 - Conceptual Fuel Modification Plan, 6. 3a_Additional Materials Received_PA2022-063

Title

COYOTE CANYON LANDFILL-GAS-TO-ENERGY FACILITY (PA2022-063)

Site Location: 20662 Newport Coast Drive

Recommendation

 

Summary:

 

A request for a conditional use permit to allow the construction and operation of a new renewable natural gas processing plant and pipeline interconnection facility. The facility would convert landfill gas from the closed Coyote Canyon Landfill into a pipeline-quality natural gas equivalent. The natural gas equivalent would be injected into the SoCal Gas infrastructure through an existing, onsite, tie-in point. Additional project components include a new control room building, new internal access routes, utility upgrades including installation of an additional fire hydrant, a water tank, a septic tank, a storm drain for off-site disposal of stormwater, and new underground power and telecommunication lines. The facility would operate 24 hours per day, seven days a week, with one scheduled annual shut down for maintenance. Existing onsite telecom facilities approved under PA2016-091 (SCH No. 2016081012) would remain in place and be unaffected by this application.

 

Recommended Actions:

 

1.                     Conduct a public hearing;

 

2.                     Adopt Resolution No. PC2025-008, adopting the Mitigated Negative Declaration and approving the Conditional Use Permit filed under PA2022-063.