City of Folsom Water Treatment Plant Generator Replacement
Summary
SCH Number
2024071169
Public Agency
City of Folsom
Document Title
City of Folsom Water Treatment Plant Generator Replacement
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/30/2024
Document Description
The proposed improvements are for the City's Water Treatment Plant (WTP). The location of the work is in the general vicinity of the Natoma Street and Randall Drive intersection. The work is generally described as the removal and disposal of the existing generator, generator procurement, and generator installation to provide a fully functioning emergency backup generator for the city's WTP
Contact Information
Name
Marcus Yasutake
Agency Name
City of Folsom
Job Title
Lead Agency Contact: Environmental and Water Resources Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Nathan Stites
Agency Name
City of Folsom
Job Title
Designated Project Contact; Assistant Civil Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Folsom
Counties
Sacramento
Regions
Citywide
Zip
95630
Parcel #
07103200370000
Other Location Info
City of Folsom Water Treatment Plant
Other Information
194 Randall Dr, Folsom, CA 95630
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1; 15301(b)
Reasons for Exemption
The project consists of replacing existing mechanical items at the city's water treatment plant. The project will not change or alter the purpose or the footprint of the previous infrastructure.
The City finds that this project is Categorically Exempt under Guidelines Section 15301 Class 1, Existing Facilities, of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Per Section 15301 “Class 1 consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, 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”. Class 1(b) applies to the proposed project and specifically refers to “existing facilities of both investor and publicly owned utilities to provide electric power, natural gas, sewerage, or other public utility services”. The City’s exemption finding is based on:
1. The project consists of replacing the existing backup generator at the city’s water treatment plant (WTP) that has reached the end of its service life.
2. The project would not expand existing use because it would not expand the City’s current WTP capacity or alter any existing infrastructure.
3. The project does not have the potential to trigger any of the exceptions identified the Guidelines Section 15300.2.
a. The project is located entirely within the city’s WTP in existing infrastructure and would not result in a significant impact on the environment. The project would also not induce growth. As stated above, the project would not increase the City’s current WTP capacity.
b. Because the Project would not significantly affect environmental resources, the Project would not contribute to a cumulative impact.
c. All work would occur within paved or interior, existing infrastructure and no tree or shrub removal would occur. According to the Framework for Assessing Impacts to the VELB (USFWS 2017), no further actions regarding VELB are required. Additionally, since no work would occur on trees or buildings in the project area, no additional surveys for nesting birds or bats is required.
d. As stated, the project would occur within existing City infrastructure, which is not eligible for placement on the National Register of Historic Places (USGS 1978; USGS 1980). Therefore, no impacts to known historical or cultural resources would occur.
County Clerk
Sacramento
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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