2024 Westside Districts/San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency Transfer Agreement
Summary
SCH Number
2024070930
Public Agency
San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency
Document Title
2024 Westside Districts/San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency Transfer Agreement
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/24/2024
Document Description
On June 17, 2024, the Agency’s Board of Directors approved the 2024 Westside Districts/San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency Transfer Agreement (“Agreement”). The Agreement authorizes a transfer of up to 6,000 acre-feet of Agency’s 2024 State Water Project (“SWP”) water supplies to Westside Districts (“Project”); under the Agreement, the Agency may additional make available an additional up to 2,000 acre-feet of its 2024 SWP water supplies to the Westside Districts as an option.
Contact Information
Name
Lance Eckhart
Agency Name
San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency
Job Title
General Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Bakersfield, Beaumont
Counties
Kern, Riverside
Regions
Countywide
Other Location Info
Within the service areas of Dudley Ridge Water District, Berrenda Mesa Water District, Lost Hills Water District, Belridge Water Storage District, Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water District, and the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
14 Cal. Code Regs. (State CEQA Guidelines), sections 15301, 15282(u),15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The execution of the Agreement is statutorily exempt from CEQA under State CEQA Guidelines section 15282(u), which exempts temporary changes in the point of diversion, place of use, of purpose of use due to a transfer or exchange of water or water rights. Here, the Project involves the exchange of a certain amount of the Agency’s SWP water for the year 2024. The Project merely changes the place of use, and does not involve construction of any additional facilities to service this transfer of water. As the Project involves a one year exchange, it also satisfies the definition of “temporary change” under State CEQA Guidelines section 15282(u) pursuant to Water Code section 1728
.
Additionally, the Project is categorically exempt from environmental review under CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section 15301 (Class 1 – Existing Facilities), which exempts from CEQA the operation of existing public structures, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination. The Project will use existing facilities and will not require the construction of additional facilities to affect the delivery of the SWP water.
Finally, the Project is exempt pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) which exempts those activities for which it can be seen with certainty that there is no potential to result in significant environmental effects. The Project involves the transfer of an existing allocation of water within existing facilities.
County Clerks
Kern, Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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