Lead Service Line Inventory
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2023120491
Public Agency
Burney Water District
Document Title
Lead Service Line Inventory
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/30/2024
Document Description
The Burney Water District (BWD) water system provides potable water to residents and businesses in the community of Burney. The project entails potholing water service lines at 255 meter locations, which represents 20 percent of the service lines in the water system. Potholing will be conducted via vacuum excavation, with two potholes at each location (one on the customer side and one on the BWD side of the meter). Vacuum excavation involves using a water jet or compressed air to loosen soil, which is vacuumed up, resulting in a small hole to access the service line.
The purpose of the project is to complete field investigations and material verification to identify lead service lines in the BWD water service area. All proposed project activities would occur in previously disturbed areas; no trees would be removed. Staging of construction equipment would occur along road rights-of-way adjacent to the work sites.
Contact Information
Name
David Zevely
Agency Name
Burney Water District
Job Title
District Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Laurie McCollum
Agency Name
PACE Engineering
Job Title
Principal Engineer
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Cities
unincorporated area; Burney
Counties
Shasta
Regions
Unincorporated
Zip
96013
State Highways
Highway 299 East
Schools
Burney Junior / Senior High School, Burney Elementary School
Waterways
Burney Creek
Township
35N
Other Information
The proposed project is located within the unincorporated community of Burney in Shasta County, in Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 24, Township 35 North, Ranges 2 and 3 East, of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Burney and Burney Mountain West 7.5-minute quadrangles. The proposed project includes inventory via potholing water service lines at 255 water meter locations spread throughout the community of Burney.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4, §15304 (minor alterations to land) & Class 6, §15306 (information collection)
Reasons for Exemption
The Class 4 exemption applies to minor alterations to the condition of land (e.g., clearing, trenching, and backfilling) that do not involve the removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees, provided that the surface is restored following construction. The Class 6 exemption consists of basic data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource. The project is consistent with the categorical exemptions noted above because work would consist of minor alterations to land at existing meter locations for data collection; only minor earth disturbance would occur at the meter sites; and the ground surface would be restored. No mature trees would be removed.
The proposed project would not have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances; would not result in damage to scenic resources within a scenic highway; is not located on a hazardous waste site pursuant to §65962.5 of the Government Code; would not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource; and would not result in cumulative impacts.
County Clerk
Shasta
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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