Permit No. 19860 - Avenue 428 Sand Creek Bridge (No.46C-0340) Replacement Project
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2022060739
Public Agency
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Document Title
Permit No. 19860 - Avenue 428 Sand Creek Bridge (No.46C-0340) Replacement Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/1/2024
Document Description
To remove and replace the existing Avenue 428 Bridge (Bridge #46C-0340) with a 35.5 foot wide and 75.5 foot long single-span cast in place prestressed concrete slab structure and includes two 12-foot lanes and two 4-foot shoulders. The structure includes reinforced concrete seat-type abutments founded on 28, 24-inch cast-in-drilled-hole (CIDH) concrete piles (14 per abutment) that may extend up to 50 feet deep. The project also includes addition of concrete barriers (Type 836), metal beam guardrail and rock slope protection (RSP) underneath the bridge at each bank. Temporary structures such as falsework will also be placed in the stream during the construction.
Contact Information
Name
Jamie Silva
Agency Name
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Job Title
Senior Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Tulare
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
The project is located over Sand Creek, approximately 0.7 mile north of the community of Cutler-Orosi, and approximately 0.25 mile east of State Route 63 (SR-63) in Tulare County.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 2 and Class 4, CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15302, 15304
Reasons for Exemption
The Board has determined the project is exempt from CEQA under the Class 2, Replacement and Reconstruction categorical exemption (CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15302), because the proposed activity consists of the removal and replacement of an existing deficient bridge with substantially the same purpose and capacity in the same location. The project is also exempt under the Class 4, Minor Alterations to Land categorical exemption (CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15304) because the proposed activity consists of minor public alterations in the condition of land that includes placing rock slope protection underneath the bridge at each bank. Further, none of the exceptions to the exemption in CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15300.2 apply.
Please note, the signed NOE is not attached. If you would like to request a signed copy of the NOE, please contact Board staff at: questions@cvflood.ca.gov.
County Clerk
Tulare
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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