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Home My WebLink AboutCamptonville Wood Innovations Grant - Support Menchaca, Clarissa From: Snyder,Ashley Sent: Tuesday,January 17, 2017 8:12 AM To: Menchaca, Clarissa Subject: FW: Butte/Letter of Support Attachments: Camptonville Wood Innovations Grant - Support.pdf Board Correspondence AsKeU N. an Oder Assistant Clerk of the Board Butte County Administration 25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965 T: 530.538.2867 1 F: 530.538.7120 Twitter I Facebook I YouTube � Pinterest From:Taggart, Kevin Sent: Friday,January 13, 2017 3:33 PM To: Connelly, Bill <BConnelly@buttecounty.net>; Wahl, Larry<LWahl@buttecounty,net>; Lambert,Steve <SLambert@buttecounty.net>; Kirk, Maureen<M Kirk@ buttecounty.net>; Teeter, Doug<DTeeter@buttecounty.net> Cc:Cook, Holly<HCook@buttecounty.net>; Sweeney, Kathleen <KASweeney@buttecounty.net>; Gullickson, Caroll <Gullickson @ buttecounty.net>;Townsend,Joan <JTownsend@buttecounty.net>; Snyder, Ashley <ansnyder@buttecounty.net>; Hahn, Paul <PHahn@buttecounty.net>; Menchaca, Clarissa <�cmenchaca@buttecounty.net> Subject: FW: Butte/Letter of Support Good Afternoon Board Members: Attached please find a letter of support for the Camptonville Wood Innovations Grant application.The Camptonville project has at its center, a 3MW biomass facility to produce electricity primarily from forest biomass residuals. The letter of support is consistent with the legislative agenda. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kevin KEVIN TAGGART PRINUPAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST Butte-ounty Butte Count Administration 25 Count y Center Drive, Suite 2,00,..Orovi.Ile, CA 95965 T: 530.538.2361 Twitter I Eacebook I YouTube I Pinterest COUNTY OF BUTTE E-MAIL DISCLAIMER:This e-mail and any attachment thereto may contain private,confidential,and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient.Any review,copying,or distribution of this e-mail(or any attachments thereto)by other than the County of Butte or the intended recipient is strictly prohibited.If you are NOT the intended recipient,please contact the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copies of this e-mail and any attachments thereto, From:Taggart, Kevin Sent: Friday,January 13, 2017 3:26 PM To: 'regine@theccp.org' <reginie@theccp,or >; 'cathy@theccp.org'< > Cc: Connelly, Bill <BCon nel ly@ buttecounty.net> Subject: Butte/Letter of Support Good Afternoon: Attached please find a letter of support for Camptonville's bioenergy facility grant application from the Butte County Board of Supervisors. Please Ilet me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kevin KEVIN TAGGART PRINCIPAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST Butte'_ounty Butte County Administration 25 County Center Drive, Suite 200,...,O,roville, CA 95965 T: 530.538.2361 Twitter I F'acebook I YouTube I PInterest COUNTY OF BUTTE E-MAIL DISCLAIMER:This e-mail and any attachment thereto may contain private,confidential,and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient Any review,copying,or distribution of this e-mail(or any attachments thereto)by other than the County of Butte or the intended recipient is strictly prohibited.If you are NOT the intended recipient,please contact the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copies of this e-mail and any attachments thereto. 2 *°y s �$�•''` BOARD OF SUPERVISORS •• ', � BILL CONNELLY First 0istrict yc. r ►� ADMINISTRATION CENTER LARRY WAHL " 25 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE,SUITE 200 -OROVILLE,CALIFORNIA 95965 Second District •..� .Q OB TELEPHONE;(530)538-7631 MAUREEN KIRK Third District STEVE LAMBERT Fourth District DOUG TEETER Fifth District January 13,2017 Mr. Lew McCreery Acting Director,Wood Education and Resource Center USDA Forest Service Re:Letter of Support for Camptonville Community Partnership's Application to the USDA Forest Service,Wood Education and Resource Center,2017 Wood Innovations Grant Program Dear Mr. McCreery, We support Camptonville Community Partnership's(CCP's)application to the USDA Forest Service, Wood Education and Resource Center,2017 Wood Innovations Grant Program Category 1. CCP is working to develop a small-scale forest biomass energy facility in Camptonville,California to promote economic,environmental,and forest health on public and private forested lands throughout the region. Our organization strongly supports the development of the Camptonville's Forest Biomass Business Center(FBBC),a small business park whose anchor tenant will be the 3 MegaWatt(MW)net biomass to energy direct combustion facility,which will produce electricity for export to Pacific Gas and Electric's grid under the California Public Utilities Commission's BioMAT program and thermal energy for export to co-located value-added wood processing businesses. The FBBC bioenergy facility,and other similar types of projects,are desperately needed to utilize forest biomass residuals across the Sierra Nevada to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire and help address the tree mortality crisis. The Camptonville bioenergy facility will offer a viable business model for forest biomass utilization by creating a market for biomass residuals and incentivizing fuels hazard reduction.The plant will provide a sustainable means of disposal for excess biomass when compared to open pile burning,which will reduce air emissions and related impacts.The Camptonville model will be replicable in other rural, forested communities furthering economic,environmental,and forest health across a broader area. Since project inception in 2013,CCP has quickly and capably moved the project from its initial concept phase through feasibility,technology due diligence,co-products consideration,interconnection study, Conditional Use Permit,CEQA compliance, project developer selection,and site assessment to become one of the leading community-led BioMAT projects in California.The project has established strong community support as well as a focus on the bioenergy system that ensures it will be one of the first direct combustion BioMAT projects in the state. Funding of CCP's request will support immediate on- the-ground results by expediting the plant's design and engineering leading to facility construction estimated to begin as soon as late 2018. Thank you in advance for giving CCP's application your thoughtful consideration. Please call if d can be of further assistance or provide additional information. Sincerely, _& Bill Connelly, Chair Butte County Board of Supervisors cc: Members, Butte County Board of Supervisors Paul Yoder,Shaw, Yoder,Antwih, Inc. Kristi More,The Ferguson Group Rural County Representatives of California