Common Landowner Transfer of up to 4,497 AF of TLBWSD 2021 State Water Project Water to Kern County Water Agency.
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2021020299
- Public Agency
- Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District
- Document Title
- Common Landowner Transfer of up to 4,497 AF of TLBWSD 2021 State Water Project Water to Kern County Water Agency.
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 2/17/2021
- Document Description
- The Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District (District) will transfer up to 4,497 AF of its 2021 State Water Project Water to Kern County Water Agency for Sandridge Partners Inc. who farms in both districts. The transfer will be completed in 2021. This proposed transfer is designed to enable Sandridge Partners Inc. to better manage its 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 ave
corcoran, CA 93212
Phone : (559) 992-4127
jwestra@tlbwsd.com
Location
- Cities
- Bakersfield Corcoran
- Counties
- Kern Kings
- Other Information
- State Water Project Service Area of Kern County Water Agency.
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Categorical Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- 15301
- Reasons for Exemption
- The District 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
- Statutory Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- CA Water Code 1729
- Reasons for Exemption
- The District 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).
- County Clerks
- Fresno Kings
Attachments
- Notice of Exemption
- 2021 NOE Sandridge KCWA-OCR PDF 452 K
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