City of Big Bear Lake Department of Water and Power Knickerbocker Hydropneumatic Tank System Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024061203
Public Agency
City of Big Bear Lake
Document Title
City of Big Bear Lake Department of Water and Power Knickerbocker Hydropneumatic Tank System Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/27/2024
Document Description
The purpose of the proposed project is to replace the existing Knickerbocker Hydropneumatic Tank System structure and facilities. The proposed action will install a new hydropneumatic system, new concrete block building, and a control panel.
Contact Information
Name
Reginald A. Lamson
Agency Name
City of Big Bear Lake Department of Water and Power
Job Title
General Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Big Bear Lake
Counties
San Bernardino
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
adjacent to intersection of Ironwood Drive and Sky High Drive (Bear Valley Reservoir Site)
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15302
Reasons for Exemption
The State CEQA Guidelines provide a series of Categorical Exemptions for actions that have been deemed by the State Legislature to have minimal impacts on the environment. The proposed installation of the 5,000-gallon hydropneumatic tank and supporting infrastructure at the existing Bear Valley Reservoir Site has been determined to have no potential to cause significant adverse effects on the environment and will provide the Department with a new pumping capability to protect the potable water distribution system into the future. Categorical Exemption Class 2 exempts “replacement or reconstruction of existing structures or facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced, including but not limited to: (c) Replacement or reconstruction of existing utility systems and/or facilities involving negligible or no expansion of capacity.” The exceptions to the issuance of categorical exemptions have been evaluated for the proposed action and no significant impacts have been identified. The proposed installation and future operations and maintenance of the Knickerbocker Hydropneumatic Tank System Project has been determined not to have a potential to cause significant adverse environmental effects as a result of any of the exceptions. Therefore, the proposed action qualifies with the requirements for a Categorical Exemption, Class 2, under Section 15302 of the State CEQA Guidelines.
County Clerk
San Bernardino
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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