Harris Moran Seed Company/HM Clause, Inc. Disinfection and Nitrate Reduction Treatment System
Summary
SCH Number
2023110380
Public Agency
Yolo County
Document Title
Harris Moran Seed Company/HM Clause, Inc. Disinfection and Nitrate Reduction Treatment System
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/15/2023
Document Description
HM Clause seeks to obtain an amendment to their water supply permit for an existing public water system at their seed research facility in unincorporated Yolo County, located south ofthe City of Davis. The project proposes to install a reverse osmosis system with pre and post treatment with an injection system for disinfection and two 2,500-gallon storage tanks. Proposed treatment facilities include installation of a Stenner injection system with an anti-Sealant Pretreat Plus Y2K sediment caiiridge for pre-filtration, a Hydronix Triton Reverse Osmosis system with a pH adjustment flow filter, and a Stenner injection system with a disinfection sodium hypochlorite solution that will allow water to flow into the storage tanks and pass through a 60 gpm Goulds booster pump. The subject parcel is approximately 47.21 acres and is zoned Agricultural Intensive (A-N). The research facility and parking areas comprise approximately 6.5 acres and the remainder of the parcel is devoted to agricultural test fields for seed research.
Pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 116275, Harris Moran Seed Company is classified as a non-transient noncommunity water system. Public Water System . A non-transient noncommunity water system is defined in the Health and Safety Code as a "noncommunity water system that regularly serves at least 25 of the same persons over six months per year.''
Contact Information
Name
Stephanie Cormier
Agency Name
County of Yolo
Job Title
Planning Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Yolo
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
County Road 104 and N Levee Road
Zip
95618
Total Acres
47.21
Parcel #
033-260-001
State Highways
I-80
Railways
Union Pacific
Airports
N/A
Schools
Davis Joint Unified, Merryhill Davis Elementary, Peregrine Elem.
Waterways
Putah Creek, South Putah Creek Fork,
Township
8N
Range
3E
Section
19
Base
MDBM
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301 for Existing Facilities
Reasons for Exemption
Section 15301 describes the class (Class I) types for existing facilities, itemized in the attached Notice of Exemption (NOE), where the project involves negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency's determination. Pursuant to the requirements of CEQA Guidelines, Title 14 California Code of Regulations Section 15022(a)(1)(C), the California Department of Public Health has established a list of activities are that are categorically exempt from CEQA. Relying on said list, the County has determined the proposed project is categorically exempt from CEQA for the reasons set forth in the attached NOE.
County Clerk
Yolo
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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