TRUCKING-AS-A-SERVICE - PORT OF SAN DIEGO DRAYAGE EV DCFC CHARGING HUB
Summary
SCH Number
2024081332
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
TRUCKING-AS-A-SERVICE - PORT OF SAN DIEGO DRAYAGE EV DCFC CHARGING HUB
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/30/2024
Document Description
Under agreement ZVI-23-030, the California Energy Commission will provide a grant of $10,000,000 to SkyChargers to install 23 dual-port chargers for overnight truck charging, 12 dual-port direct current fast chargers for opportunity charging, and a 1.7 MW solar-powered microgrid and 1 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) for reliability and resiliency. The charging facilities will be situated on leased land at the Port of San Diego. Charging infrastructure will support an innovative “trucking-as-a-service” business model, which will provide independent owner-operators and small trucking drayage businesses with Class 8 battery-electric truck leasing.
Contact Information
Name
Daniel Siu
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Energy Analyst
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
National City
Counties
San Diego
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
Tidelands Ave and W 19th St.
Zip
91950
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec. 15301, 15303, 15304
Reasons for Exemption
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec. 15301 provides that projects which consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, and which involve negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination, are categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). This project will install electrical infrastructure and electric vehicle charging stations in an existing parking facility, which will require foundation and electrical upgrades. Construction activities will include minimal grading, trenching from the electrical panel to the charger locations, and new pipelines for electrical and plumbing. The electrical vehicle charging station will be installed on an existing parking lot and will involve negligible or no expansion of use. Therefore, the project falls within section 15301 and will not have a significant effect on the environment.
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec. 15303 provides that projects which consist of construction and location of limited numbers of new, small facilities or structures; installation of small new equipment and facilities in small structures; and the conversion of existing small structures from one use to another where only minor modifications are made in the exterior of the structure, are categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA. This project consists of installation of new small equipment to an existing site. There will be 23 overnight chargers, 12 opportunity chargers, a solar canopy, and a battery energy storage system installed at a parking lot in the Port of San Diego. The dimensions of the chargers are 7’11” H x 2’5” W x 11” D, with a footprint of 3’2” x 2’1”. The equipment will be installed in an existing, paved parking lot. Therefore, the project falls within section 15303 and will not have a significant effect on the environment.
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sect. 15304 provides that projects which consist of minor public or private alterations in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry and agricultural purposes are categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA. In this project, trenching will be necessary to bury conduit from the electrical panel to the charging stations. The trenching will take place on currently paved ground, will not involve the removal of any trees, and surface will be restored. Therefore, the project falls within section 15304 and will not have a significant effect on the environment.
This project will not impact an environmental resource of hazardous or critical concern where designated, precisely mapped, and officially adopted pursuant to law by federal, state, or local agencies; does not involve impacts on any particularly sensitive environment; does not involve any cumulative impacts of successive projects of the same type in the same place that might be considered significant; does not involve unusual circumstances that might have a significant effect on the environment; will not result in damage to scenic resources within a highway officially designated as a state scenic highway; the project site is not included on any list compiled pursuant to Government Code section 65962.5; and the project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. Therefore, none of the exceptions to categorical exemptions listed in CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 apply to this project, and this project will not have a significant effect on the environment.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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