Traveling Water Screen at Turnout WRM-9A Located Near California Aqueduct Mile Post 279.02
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2020030755
- Lead Agency
- Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District (Wheeler Ridge -Maricopa Water Storage District)
- Document Title
- Traveling Water Screen at Turnout WRM-9A Located Near California Aqueduct Mile Post 279.02
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 3/19/2020
- Project Applicant
- Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District
- Document Description
- The project consists of Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District's installation, operation and maintenance of a new traveling water screen in an existing vault within the State of California Department of Water Resources ("DWR") right-of-way at Aqueduct Turnout WRM-9A, together with trenching to bury two 2-inch diameter electrical conduits. The Project may require an encroachment permit from the DWR. The Project also involves placing certain accessory items needed for operation and maintenance in the DWR's right-of-way, including three electrical conduit pull boxes, a 15-foot x 20-foot concrete debris collection pad with drain and 4-foot-tall blocks walls, safety rails, a new pole-mounted light, a steel work platform, a maximum 6-foot-tall aboveground electrical enclosure, and 16-foot-wide double swing gates. The total length of conduit will be less than 200 feet and the footprint of the project will occupy less than 0.04 acres. The work area is limited to developed land devoid of vegetation including compacted vehicle access areas and embankments. The project will facilitate the continued operation and maintenance of an existing water conveyance turnout. The District and its landowners and water users are beneficiaries of the project.
- Contact Information
-
Thomas Suggs
Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District
12109 Highway 166
Bakersfield, CA 93313
Phone : (661) 527-6064
Location
- Counties
- Kern
- Township
- 11N
- Range
- 20W
- Section
- 22
- Base
- SBBM
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Categorical Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- Classes 1 (§ 15301), 3 (§15303), and 4 (§15304)
- Reasons for Exemption
- Class 1 - Operation and Maintenance of Existing Facility- The project will facilitate the continued operation and maintenance of an existing water conveyance facility involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use of the same. Class 3 - New Construction of Small Structures - The project consists of extending two 2-inch diameter electrical conduits to supply power to a new traveling water screen at an existing Aqueduct Turnout together with providing minor accessory structures such as a concrete debris collection pad, safety rails, lights, a work platform, an above-ground electrical enclosure, and gates. Class 4 - Minor Alteration to Land - The projects involves minor trenching and backfilling where the surface is restored.
Attachments
- Notice of Exemption
- 2020030755_NOE_WRM-9A PDF 624 K
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