Desert Water Agency Domestic Water System Water General Plan 2020 ("2020 Water General Plan")
Summary
SCH Number
2024090095
Public Agency
Desert Water Agency
Document Title
Desert Water Agency Domestic Water System Water General Plan 2020 ("2020 Water General Plan")
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/4/2024
Document Description
The 2020 Water General Plan is a planning tool and is intended to serve as a guide for system improvements over the next 10 to 30 years. The 2020 Water General Plan reflects current conditions within the Desert Water Agency's service area based on time-dependent trends which have developed in the intervening years, and also presents projected water requirements and recommended system improvements based on said conditions and trends.
Contact Information
Name
Steve L. Johnson
Agency Name
Desert Water Agency
Job Title
General Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
The project planning area constitutes Desert Water Agency's institutional boundary, which encompasses approximately 335 square miles in and around the City of Palm Springs in Riverside County, California. The institutional boundary includes Desert Water Agency's service area, which constitutes that portion of Desert Water Agency territory where it provides or will provide domestic water service.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
State CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2)
Reasons for Exemption
The activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. The Board is only approving the 2020 Water General Plan, not any specific proposed improvement within the Plan. Any future improvement within the Plan will require future Board approval and CEQA Analysis. No direct activity is authorized by Board approval of the 2020 Water General Plan.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
State CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The activity is not a project as defined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15378. CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) lists a non-project as "Organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment." For these reasons, Board approval of the 2020 Water General Plan is not an activity subject to CEQA.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The activity is covered by the common sense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.
County Clerk
Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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