Deploying Battery-Integrated DCFC in Rural Community Centers Across Southern California
Summary
SCH Number
2023020038
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Deploying Battery-Integrated DCFC in Rural Community Centers Across Southern California
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/2/2023
Document Description
FreeWire Technologies, Inc. will install EV charging infrastructure to support rural communities. The proposed project will include the installation of five DCFCs and five Level 2 chargers across five sites within Monterey and Riverside counties.
Contact Information
Name
Lauren Jansen
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Air Resources Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Castroville, San Lucas, Greenfield, La Quinta, Norco
Counties
Monterey, Riverside
Regions
Northern California, Southern California
Cross Streets
Teresa St and Main St
Zip
93954
Total Acres
0.3786822773
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301,15303
Reasons for Exemption
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec. 15301 provides that projects which consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, and which involve negligible or no expansion of existing or former use, are categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act. This project involves installation of five direct current electric vehicle fast charging stations and five Level 2 charging stations at various sites. All electric vehicle charging stations will be installed in existing paved parking lots, connected to existing electrical panels, and will involve negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. Therefore, the project falls within section 15301 and will not have a significant effect on the environment.
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec. 15303 provides that projects which consist of construction and location of limited numbers of new, small facilities or structures; installation of small new equipment and facilities in small structures; and the conversion of existing small structures from one use to another where only minor modifications are made in the exterior of the structure, are categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA. This project consists of installation of new small equipment to existing sites. Specifically, the fastcharging equipment to be installed is approximately the size of a pay phone and the Level 2 charging equipment is the size of a parking meter. The equipment will be installed in existing, paved parking lots. Therefore, the project falls within section 15303 and will not have a significant effect on the environment.
The project will not impact an environmental resource of hazardous or critical concern where designated, precisely mapped, and officially adopted pursuant to law by federal, state, or local agencies; does not involve any cumulative impacts of successive projects of the same type in the same place that might be considered significant; does not involve unusual circumstances that might have a significant effect on the environment; will not result in damage to scenic resources within a highway officially designated as a state scenic highway; the project site is not included on any list compiled pursuant to Government Code section 65962.5; and the project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. Therefore, none of the exceptions to categorical exemptions listed in CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 apply to this project, and this project will not have a significant effect on the environment.
County Clerks
Monterey, Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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