Common Landowner Transfer of up to 4,500 a.f. of TLBWSD 2021 State Water Project Water to Westlands Water District
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2021020042
- Public Agency
- Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District
- Document Title
- Common Landowner Transfer of up to 4,500 a.f. of TLBWSD 2021 State Water Project Water to Westlands Water District
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 2/3/2021
- Present Land Use
- Agriculture
- Document Description
- The Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District (Tulare Lake) will transfer up to 4,500 a.f. of its 2021 State Water Project water to Westlands Water District for Westlake Farms who farms in both districts. The transfer will be completed by December 31, 2021. This proposed transfer is designed to enable Westlake Farms to better manage their respective water supplies. No lands will be fallowed as a result of the transfer and no additional groundwater will be pumped. The lands have been actively farmed in the past.
- Contact Information
-
Jacob Westra
Tulare Lake Basin WSD
Lead/Public Agency
1001 Chase Avenue
Corcoran, CA 93212
Phone : (559) 992-4127
jwestra@tlbwsd.com -
Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District
Project Applicant
Location
- Cities
- Corcoran
- Counties
- Kings
- Other Location Info
- State Water Project Service Area of the Westlands Water District.
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Statutory Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- CA Water Code 1729
- Reasons for Exemption
- Tulare Lake has determined that there are no foreseeable environmental impacts, because both lands have been actively farmed, no new land has been developed, no additional groundwater will be pumped, and there is no physical change associated with this project. The single year transfer is also exempt from CEQA under Water Code Section 1729. Further, the transfer is categorically exempt under CEQA since it involves the use and operation of an existing facility (CEQA Guidelines 15301).
- Exempt Status
- Categorical Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- 15301
- Reasons for Exemption
- Tulare Lake has determined that there are no foreseeable environmental impacts, because both lands have been actively farmed, no new land has been developed, no additional groundwater will be pumped, and there is no physical change associated with this project. The single year transfer is also exempt from CEQA under Water Code Section 1729. Further, the transfer is categorically exempt under CEQA since it involves the use and operation of an existing facility (CEQA Guidelines 15301).
Attachments
- Notice of Exemption
- NOE - 2021 WLF Transfer PDF 1782 K
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