Union Pacific Railroad, Coast Subdivision, Mile Post 233.01 Bridge Replacement Project
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2020100350
- Lead Agency
- Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 3 - Central Coast, San Luis Obispo (California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3)
- Document Title
- Union Pacific Railroad, Coast Subdivision, Mile Post 233.01 Bridge Replacement Project
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 10/20/2020
- Project Applicant
- Union Pacific Railroad
- Document Description
- The Project will involve the removal of an existing passenger and freight rail bridge and replacement with two culverts used to direct flow from an intermittent tributary to Santa Margarita Creek underneath the track. The bridge was constructed in 1941 and has outlived its current use.
- Contact Information
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Kathleen Hicks
Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
895 Aerovista Place, Suite 101
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Phone : (805) 549-3458
Location
- Coordinates
- 35°23'3"N 120°37'20.9"W
- Cities
- Santa Margarita
- Counties
- San Luis Obispo
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Categorical Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- Class 2, CEQA guidelines §15302(b)
- Reasons for Exemption
- The project constitutes “replacement or reconstruction of [an existing railroad bridge] where the new structure will be located in the same site as the structure replaced, and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced” (Class 2, CEQA guidelines §15302[b]). The replacement structure will direct the flow of an intermittent stream below the tracks and prevent track overtopping.
Attachments
- Notice of Exemption
- 2020100350_Union Pacific Railroad, Coast Subdivision PDF 246 K
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