California Institution for Men Telecommunications Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024080430
Public Agency
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
(CDCR)
Document Title
California Institution for Men Telecommunications Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/12/2024
Document Description
The Proposed Telecommunication System and Above Ground Equipment Shelter Infrastructure Construction Project will involve planning/permitting, preliminary plans, labor and materials for construction a one hundred and twenty (120) foot telecommunication lattice tower hosting platforms every twenty (20) feet. The tower will be connected by ice bridge to a four hundred (400) square foot cinderblock, above ground equipment shelter. Shelter construction includes detention metal entry doors with audible alarm connected for receiving to the Facility’s central control.
Additionally, the project will require a generator, a backup generator, and cooling units. Contractor to run fiber from outside CDCR property using CDCR pathway if room to support its local community use. Contractor to install manhole outside of Leased Premises for CDCR connections and run new pathway and install four (4) inch conduit from manhole to nearest connection point for CDCR use (for State connection later). All work will remain within areas that are already disturbed and will meet all industry standards and regulations.
Contact Information
Name
Peter J Connelly, Jr
Agency Name
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Job Title
Environmental Planning Section Branch Chief
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Chino
Counties
San Bernardino
Regions
Citywide, Countywide, Southern California
Cross Streets
Central Avenue and Merrill Avenue
Zip
91710
State Highways
State Route 71
Airports
Chino Airport
Waterways
Cypress Canal
Other Location Info
N/A
Other Information
N/a
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Categorical Exemption Class 1, CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities)
Reasons for Exemption
The project is categorically exempt from CEQA under the “Class 1” (14 CCR §15301) exemption per the CEQA Guidelines because the project involves negligible to no expansion of use. The project site is not in an environmentally sensitive area and none of the exceptions to this exemption are applicable. This is one of a class of projects that the Secretary for Resources has found do not have a significant effect on the environment, and therefore is declared to be categorically exempt from the requirement for preparing an environmental document.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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