Neighbor Sundale Vineyards has appealed a county Planning Commission approval of an EIR for the Harvest Power project expansion. The project heard a few days ago will be appealed to the June 11 Board of Supervisors meeting.County staff says Sundale is questioning the adequacy of the Harvest Power environmental impact report.
The Harvest-Tulare composting facility(Tulare County Compost) on Rd 140 near Tulare currently holds operating permits to compost green material, food, and dairy manure and the company wants to increase and shift types of materials and quantities accepted at the facility. Both a high solids digester (processing food and green material) and low solids digester (processing primarily food material) alternatives will be studied.
They seek a permit to allow a maximum tonnage to increase from 156,000 tons per year to a potential 216,000 tons per year. An additional 60,000 tons will be allowed at the proposed anaerobic digester facility. The facility will produce transportation fuel through a compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling station.