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Developers outline two-scale Rocky Ford solar plan; county staff, residents raise water‑quality and setback questions
Summary
Developers seeking to build a two‑phase solar project in Nottoway County presented 50‑ and 100‑megawatt layouts and asked the board about potential reduced setbacks. Staff and residents pressed the company on wetlands, stream buffers and protections for Crewe's water supply; planners described a signing agreement route and public‑hearing sequence.
At a work session on Aug. 14, 2017, developers seeking to build the Rocky Ford solar project described two site plans — a 50‑megawatt layout and an expanded 100‑megawatt scenario — and asked the Nottoway County Board of Supervisors for guidance on setbacks, permitting and public‑hearing steps.
Developers said the larger configuration is possible if the county would permit reduced setbacks from 300 feet (the ordinance baseline) to 75 feet in some locations. Their presentation included two cluster maps: a northern cluster connected by easements to a southern cluster that crosses multiple landowners. The developers said the 75‑foot setback scenario allows more efficient land use and would nearly double the acres under fence compared with the 300‑foot layout.
Nut graf: why this matters
Board members and staff said they welcomed the project’s economic potential but asked detailed technical and…
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