Wildflower Solar Wetland Delineation and Species Permitting

Sacramento County

Integral staff assisted a solar energy developer with the siting and permitting for a proposed 15-megawatt, photovoltaic solar energy generation facility in Sacramento County. Our team worked with the project developer to design the project to minimize impacts, which resulted in the timely issuance of a nationwide permit and a Concurrence Letter from the USFWS. Services included:

• wetland delineation
• protocol-level surveys for federally-listed vernal pool crustaceans
• plant surveys
• assisting with 404/401 permit application packages
• securing all required compensatory mitigation for a proposed
• preparing a Biological Assessment analyzing the proposed project’s effects on federally listed species, primarily the vernal pool fairy shrimp
• providing a revegetation plan for areas of the project site temporarily disturbed during project construction
• resolving nesting bird conflicts, including an occupied nest of the California-listed Swainson’s hawk located immediately adjacent to the project site
• identifying the ideal location for facility construction within the project site that would minimize potential biological impacts to the extent possible.