On-Call Emergency Wet Utilities Services - Amended
Summary
SCH Number
2024070064
Public Agency
Port of Long Beach
Document Title
On-Call Emergency Wet Utilities Services - Amended
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/2/2024
Document Description
The Board of Harbor Commissioners conditionally awarded three, two-year term, On Call Wet Utilities Services Construction Contracts in the amount not to exceed $1,000,000 each to W.A. Rasic Construction Company, Inc., Charles King Company, and Ferreira Construction Co. for the routine, maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation activities of port-wide electrical, plumbing, sewer, and stormwater operations. The on call emergency wet utilities services would be performed under Harbor Development Permit 23-039 issued in August 2023.
Contact Information
Name
Allyson Teramoto
Agency Name
Port of Long Beach
Job Title
Manager of CEQA/NEPA Practices
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Long Beach
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Citywide, Southern California
Zip
90802
Other Location Info
Long Beach Harbor District
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301 (Class 1)
Reasons for Exemption
Section 15301 Existing Facilities (Class 1): The Class 1 Categorical Exemption consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. The project involves contracts with contractors to perform the repair, rehabilitation, and/or replacement of existing Port-wide wet utilities infrastructure under existing HDP 23-039 issued in August 2023. The project involves negligible or no expansion of existing or former use.
The Port has determined that none of the exceptions to the exemptions in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15300.2 foreclose the use of the categorical exemption CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities); therefore the Project is exempt from CEQA and no further environmental review is required.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15302 (Class 2)
Reasons for Exemption
Section 15302 Replacement or Reconstruction (Class 2): The Class 2 Replacement or Reconstruction Categorical Exemption consists of the replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and 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. The Port would enter into contracts with contractors for work involving replacement of wet utilities structures including potable water pipes, valves, hydrants, sewer pipes, manholes, storm drain lines, catch basins and other appurtenances.
The Port has determined that none of the exceptions to the exemptions in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15300.2 foreclose the use of the categorical exemption CEQA Guidelines Section 15302 (Replacement or Reconstruction); therefore the Project is exempt from CEQA and no further environmental review is required.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15304(f) (Class 4)
Reasons for Exemption
Section 15304(f) Minor Alterations to Land (Class 4): The Class 4 Categorical Exemption for Minor Alterations to Land, Section 15304(f) of the State CEQA Guidelines consists of minor trenching and backfilling where the surface is restored . On-call emergency wet utilities services performed by contractors selected would potentially involve trenching and excavation to repair, rehabilitate, and/or replace wet utilities where the surface is restored.
The Port has determined that none of the exceptions to the exemptions in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15300.2 foreclose the use of the categorical exemption CEQA Guidelines Section 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land); therefore the Project is exempt from CEQA and no further environmental review is required.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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