California Code of Regulations › Title 20 - Public Utilities and Energy › Division 2 - State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission › Chapter 5 - Power Plant Site Certification › Appendix C - Information Requirements for a Geothermal Notice of Intent

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) In a section
				entitled "Project Description," the notice shall contain:
(1) A map indicating the location or
				tentative location of the geothermal leasehold and the location or tentative
				location of each proposed power plant site and related facility, along with a
				description by section, township, range, and county of the leasehold.
(2) The location or tentative location of
				production and reinjection well sites, resource conveyance lines, access roads,
				and waste disposal sites in relation to each geothermal power plant.
(3) Photographic and/or other suitable
				graphic representations of the geothermal leasehold and each proposed
				geothermal power plant, and the visual appearance and general surroundings of
				such proposed power plant.
(4) A
				description of the process by which the tentative site was selected within the
				geothermal leasehold and the consideration given to site geology and ease of
				engineering, physical environmental impact, socioeconomic impacts, resource
				conveyance constraints, electric transmission constraints, land use
				constraints, and any other factors considered by the applicant and not listed
				herein.
(5) A preliminary
				description of the type, quality, and characteristics of the geothermal
				resource encountered or expected, including, to the extent known, pressure and
				temperature, flow rates, concentrations of non-condensible gases,
				concentrations of dissolved solids, and descriptions and concentrations of any
				substances potentially harmful to the environment or to the public health and
				safety.
(6) Where a notice is filed
				early in the resource development process, and where the pressure, temperature,
				flow rate, and constituency and concentration of dissolved solids in the
				geothermal resources are uncertain, an estimate of the probable range of the
				various resource parameters based upon nearby development, leasehold
				exploration if it has occurred, or any other information sources available to
				the applicant and resource developer. In addition, the basis for such
				estimations shall be clearly identified.
COMMENT: The 18-month certification process is particularly
				  appropriate for the instances described in this subsection.
(7) The maximum estimated generating capacity
				of each proposed power plant.
(8) A
				tentative project schedule including permit approvals from the commission and
				other agencies from which permits must be issued prior to construction or
				operation, construction lead times, anticipated date of commercial operation,
				and anticipated operating plant life.
(9) For each of the following facilities
				and/or systems a general description, which includes dimensions, surface area
				requirements, and typical operating data, performance and design criteria for
				protection from impacts due to geotechnical hazards, flood hazards, and
				meteorological extremes, performance and design criteria for assurance of
				public health and safety and protection of the environment.
(A) Power generation system;
(B) Heat dissipation system;
(C) Cooling water supply system;
(D) Reinjection system;
(E) Atmospheric emission control
				system;
(F) Waste disposal systems
				and disposal sites;
(G) Geothermal
				resource conveyance lines;
(H)
				Pre-plant cooling water treatment systems, where applicable;
(I) Switchyards/transformer systems;
				and
(J) Other significant
				facilities, structures or system components proposed by the applicant not
				listed above.
COMMENT: The term "performance criteria," when used in these
				  regulations, refers to performance goals which the applicant proposes to use in
				  designing the proposed facilities. For example, a component of the seismic
				  performance criteria would be designing a turbine generator so as to allow
				  continued operation of the proposed facility at full load after the occurrence
				  of a design basis earthquake at the site. Performance criteria are an alternate
				  statement of acceptable risk and are usually semi-quantitative in
				  nature.
The term "design criteria" refers to the limiting criteria
				  used for detailed design of a structure or component. The design criteria
				  produce a design which will meet or exceed the desired performance criteria.
				  For example, design criteria include design loads and the methods for
				  determining loads.
(10) A list of all project participants and
				their legal interests in the power plant facilities, the geothermal leasehold,
				the geothermal resource conveyance lines, the geothermal reinjection system,
				and the electric transmission facilities.