Cuesta Heights Water Storage and Distribution Improvements Project
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2017062076
Lead Agency
Tuolumne Utilities District
Document Title
Cuesta Heights Water Storage and Distribution Improvements Project
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
4/25/2024
Document Description
The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) is a Responsible Agency for the Project. The State Water Board’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) Program is financing the Project referred to internally as Cuesta Heights Water Storage. The Project includes the following:
a)Abandon and dismantle three (3) storage tanks;
b)Install a new 600,000 gallon water storage tank in the Columbia/Gibbs Water System;
c)Install two (2) new pump stations;
d)Install five (5) new pressure reducing stations or Pressure Reducing Valves (PRV);
e)Construct 1,800 linear feet of new ten (10) inch water main from Sawmill Flat Road to the existing Pedro Y Storage Tank;
f)Replace the existing Pedro-Y Tank with a new welded steel tank of the same or lesser dimensions, capacity, and elevation as the existing tank Construct 3,400 linear feet of new ten (10) inch supply water main along Shaws Flat Road to the proposed Cuesta Heights Tank;
g)Construct 3,050 linear feet of new ten (10) inch distribution water main along Shaws Flat Road from the proposed Cuesta Heights Tank;
h)Construct 550 linear feet of new ten (10) inch water main from the existing 126K Storage Tank around the existing 420K Storage Tank;
i)Abandon and dismantle three (3) pump stations
Contact Information
Name
Abbygayle Guevara
Agency Name
State Water Resources Control Board
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Columbia, Sonora
Counties
Tuolumne
Regions
Citywide
Other Location Info
The Project is located throughout the cities of Columbia and Sonora, within Tuolumne County. Improvements would be located on the following Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNs): 35-070-51 (Cuesta Heights Tank and supply and distribution mains), 35-070-35 (Cuesta Heights Pump Station and supply and distribution mains), 33-040-31, 35-010-73 (pipeline from Sawmill Flat Road to Pedro Y Tank), 33-381-20 (Gopher Tank), 34-330-21 (420K Tank and 420K Pump Station), 35-131-29 (Saratoga Tank and two pressure reducing stations), 34-330-21, 34-330-24, 34-370-15, and 34-330-17 (pipeline that connects the 126K Tank and the distribution system just below the 420K Tank) or within the right-of-way of Shaws Flat Road, Gibbs Drive and Redbud Drive.
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
State Water Resources Control Board
Approving Agency Role
Responsible Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Tuolumne
Final Environmental Document Available at
Records of the financing approval for the Project is available to the general public at the State Water Board, Division of Financial Assistance at 1001 I Street, 16th Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814. The Mitigated Negative Declaration is available from the Lead Agency.
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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