Napa Renewable Resources Project (NRRP) 2.0

The Project site includes the existing Napa Materials Diversion Facility (NMDF) located at 820 Levitin Way in the City of Napa and adjacent parcels within unincorporated Napa County. The adjacent parcels include the parcel directly south of the existing NMDF (APN 057-090-087) located on the westerly side of Devlin Road and a portion of the parcel directly north of the existing NMDF (APN 057-110-025) northwest of the Tower Road cul-de-sac. The NMDF site is an 18.6-acre fully permitted Solid Waste Facility located at 820 Levitin Way and currently receives and processes all solid waste, compostable and recyclable materials generated within the City that are collected by the City’s authorized operator Napa Recycling & Waste Services (NRWS). The NMDF site also receives, and processes materials delivered by haulers servicing surrounding jurisdictions (such as unincorporated Napa County) and by private (self-haul) customers. Current operations at the NMDF site include receiving, storing, processing, recycling, and composting waste materials from residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. The NMDF site operates under Solid Waste Facility Permit (SWFP) 28-AA-0030, which limits the facility to a maximum tonnage of 760 tons per day (tpd) and 386 waste hauling vehicles per day. The proposed Napa Renewable Resources Project 2.0 (NRRP 2.0, the “Project”) consists of an increase of the NMDF site’s overall permitted tonnage for all waste types to a weekly average of 1,000 tpd with a daily peak of 1,500 tpd, the construction and operation of a biomass conversion facility (BCF), and the construction and operation of an anaerobic digestion facility (ADF) as part of an initiative to enhance sustainable waste management at the NMDF site. The proposed daily permitted tonnage increase is reflective of recent equipment upgrades at the NMDF site (e.g., organics shredder, trommel screens, optical sorters, sorting robots, etc.) that have improved processing efficiency and would provide accommodations for peak days that have higher tonnage of certain waste streams (e.g., dirt, rock, grape pomace, leaf fall season, etc.). The Project would include a portion of the adjacent parcel to the south (formerly APN 057-090-060) located on the westerly side of Devlin Road between NMDF site to the north and Devlin Road Transfer Station to the south. The parcel was purchased by the City in December 2023 and would be annexed into the City subject to approval by Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) of Napa County. A sphere of influence (SOI) amendment would also be required by LAFCO to process the annexation. The existing parcel was subdivided to create a smaller 2.87-acre parcel (APN 057-090-087). The resulting 2.87-acre parcel, referred to as the Southern Annexation Parcel in the EIR, excludes the wetlands that have been identified in previous studies on the parcel that was formerly known as APN 057-090-060 (now APN 057-090-088). The Southern Annexation Parcel is currently undeveloped and includes an area that received soil material from 2019 to 2022. In addition to the development of the Southern Annexation Parcel, the EIR also analyzes the environmental impacts from the future annexation into the City, the pre-zoning of the parcel to Public, Quasi-Public: Airport Compatibility Overlay District (PQ-P:AC) to be consistent with the existing NMDF site zoning, and a General Plan Amendment (GPA) to designate the parcel in the General Plan as Public Serving to be consistent with the existing NMDF land use designation. The Project would also use a portion of the parcel to the north that is owned by 600 Tower Road Holdings, LLC, an LLC with the same owners as NRWS (APN 057-110-025). The 600 Tower Road Parcel would be used for inert materials processing and storage (relocated from the existing NMDF site). The parcel is currently used for container, equipment, and vehicle storage. The parcel would remain under the same ownership and would allow for operational flexibility as it can be accessed directly from the NMDF site without using Tower Road.