Vegetation Management within PG&E Electrical Transmission Facilities in East Campus Open Space
Summary
SCH Number
2023110642
Public Agency
California State University, Monterey Bay
(CSUMB)
Document Title
Vegetation Management within PG&E Electrical Transmission Facilities in East Campus Open Space
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/27/2023
Document Description
The proposed project requires PG&E to clear and manage vegetation along a portion of the Moss Landing-Del Monte #1 and #2 and the Salinas-Fort Ord #1 and #2 electrical transmission lines in CSUMB’s East Campus Open Space. PG&E plans to remove brush vegetation as well as 39 trees (coast live oak) with a DBH of greater than four inches. The project locations have been identified and mapped using coordinates provided by PG&E’s contracted vegetation management supervisor. This project will require ground disturbance in the form of foot traffic, and likely from vehicles in order to mobilize equipment.
Contact Information
Name
Brendon Coye
Agency Name
Cal State Monterey Bay
Job Title
Campus Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Marina
Counties
Monterey
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
100 Campus Center
Zip
93955
Total Acres
50
Parcel #
031101022000
State Highways
California
Railways
0
Airports
Marina Municipal Airport
Schools
Cal State Monterey Bay
Waterways
Monterey Bay, Pacific Ocean
Township
Seasid
Range
0
Section
0
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301(b), Section 15301(h)
Reasons for Exemption
The project consists of clearing, removing and thinning vegetation along the East Campus Open Space portion of the Moss Landing-Del Monte #1 and #2 and the Salinas-Fort Ord #1 and #2 electrical transmission lines in previously identified locations. The project will remove a total of 39 trees while clearing, removing and thinning brush vegetation growing close and adjacent to electrical transmission line towers. Crews will access the area via Inter-Garrison Road between 8th Avenue and Abrams Drive at the emergency and utility access road known as the "horse crossing." The project location is limited to the area along a utility access corridor approximately 1 half mile in length. This project would not require extensive site preparation beyond that needed to access the area for the purposes of vegetation management and clearing.
-Section 15301(b): Existing facilities of both investor and publicly owned utilities used to provide electric power, natural gas, sewerage, or other public utility services;
-Section 15301(h): Maintenance of existing landscaping, native growth and water supply reservoirs (excluding the use of pesticides, as defined in Section 12753, Division 7, Chapter 2, Food and Agricultural Code);
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15269 (b), Section 15269 (c)
Reasons for Exemption
-Section 15269 (b): Emergency repairs to publicly or privately owned service facilities necessary to maintain service essential to the public health, safety or welfare. Emergency repairs include those that require a reasonable amount of planning to address an anticipated emergency.
-Section 15269 (c): Specific actions necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency. This does not include long-term projects undertaken for the purpose of preventing or mitigating a situation that has a low probability of occurrence in the short-term, but this exclusion does not apply (i) if the anticipated period of time to conduct an environmental review of such a long-term project would create a risk to public health, safety or welfare, or (ii) if activities (such as fire or catastrophic risk mitigation or
County Clerk
Monterey
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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