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Planning commission approves special-use permit for biochar plant near Delano
Summary
Tulare County planning commissioners voted 6-0 (1 absent) to approve a special-use permit allowing a slow-pyrolysis biochar facility to operate on a 39.91-acre parcel near Delano; applicant says the plant will process almond shells into biochar and renewable energy.
Tulare County planning commissioners on a voice vote approved Special Use Permit PSP25-033 on a 6-0 vote with one commissioner absent, allowing construction of a biochar manufacturing facility on a portion of a 39.91-acre parcel near Delano.
The facility will be sited at 2115 Road 144, roughly two miles north of County Line Road and about a half-mile east of State Highway 99, according to the county staff presentation. Emily Gage, a project planner with the Tulare County Resource Management Agency, told commissioners the proposal would place the plant on a five‑acre portion of the parcel and would include a 20,000-square-foot metal building with a 6,50-square-foot entry canopy, receiving canopies and ancillary structures for a total footprint of about 23,150 square feet.
Gage said the project proposes three continuous slow‑pyrolysis…
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