Operation and Maintenance Activities for the Lytle Creek Intake Facility
Summary
SCH Number
2020020511
Public Agency
Cucamonga Valley Water District
(CVWD)
Document Title
Operation and Maintenance Activities for the Lytle Creek Intake Facility
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/27/2020
Document Description
The Fontana Union Water Company (FUWC) oversees the operation and maintenance of the Lytle Creek Intake Facility, subject to approval by the Cucamonga Valley Water District. FUWC has been overseeing operations at the Intake Facility, which includes water collection and transmission facilities, since the late-1800s. At the Intake Facility, surface flows are diverted into a settling pond created by an approximately 475 linear foot berm that transects Lytle Creek and includes a soft plug structure (a soft dirt weir that is capable of being washed out under high flow conditions by the main channel in the creek) at the north end that functions as a weir.
Contact Information
Name
Eduardo Espinoza
Agency Name
Cucamonga Valley Water District
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Agency Name
Cucamonga Valley Water District
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Coordinates
Counties
San Bernardino
Cross Streets
north of the City of Rialto and Interstate 15, west of I-215
Township
1N
Range
5W
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
21169-21171
Reasons for Exemption
The CEQA statute and the State CEQA Guidelines provide a series of Statutory Exemptions for actions that have been deemed by the State Legislature to not be subject to CEQA. The proposed operation of the Lytle Creek Intake Facility would continue an ongoing operation of water diversion facilities that are more than 100-years old. The District has determined that the proposed activities qualify for a Statutory Exemption (Pub. Res. Code §§ 21169-21171; CEQA Guidelines § 15261) because they are an intrinsic part of an ongoing project that was approved long before CEQA’s enactment. Additionally, as an existing facility that requires ongoing maintenance and operational activities, this project also qualifies for a Categorical Exemption, Class 1. The proposed maintenance and continued operation of this segment of the Lytle Creek water infrastructure system have been determined to meet the criteria established for both the Statutory Exemption and the Categorical Exemption.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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