Glendale Municipal Green Zone Construction Work Crew
Summary
SCH Number
2024090832
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Glendale Municipal Green Zone Construction Work Crew
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/20/2024
Document Description
The project includes the procurement of Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) equipment that will be deployed throughout the City of Glendale including a dump truck. excavator, wheel loader and pickup truck as well as EV chargers and associated infrastructure.
Contact Information
Name
Kay Williams
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Energy Commission Specialist II
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Cities
Glendale
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Los Angeles St and W. Chevy Chase Dr
Zip
91204
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sections 15301, 15303, 15304, and 15311
Reasons for Exemption
The Project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review under several categorical exemptions:
CCR section number: Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec. 153011; Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec. 15303; Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, sec. 15304.
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec. 153011 applies to projects that 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 not expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination, are categorically exempt from CEQA. placement of a minor structure accessory to the existing commercial facility, which the State has determined to be a class of projects that will not have a significant effect on the environment. The project involves installation of four EV chargers at the existing Public Works Corporation Yard in Glendale. The project will be installed under an existing fleet shed above an existing paved surface to support a zero emission (ZE) dump truck, ZE excavator, ZE pick-up truck, and ZE wheel loader for use by the City of Glendale.. The project will result in only minor alteration of the existing structures and facilities at the site. Therefore, this project is exempt pursuant to section 15301 because it consists of minor alterations to existing structures and facilities which involve negligible or no expansion of use.
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 will install four units of new charging equipment at an existing commercial facility in Glendale. The Level 2 chargers will be mounted on a canopy supporting structure and will essentially have no footprint. The Level 3 chargers will be pedestal-mounted chargers with a small footprint of approximately 4 square feet. For these reasons, the project falls within section 15303 and will not have a significant impact on the environment.
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec. 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. This project will not involve any trenching. Conduit and service panels will be mounted on the canopy structure, and any underground piping will be minimal.
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec. 15311 applies to projects that consist of the placement of a minor structure accessory to the existing commercial facility, which the State has determined to be a class of projects that will not have a significant effect on the environment. The project involves installation of four EV chargers under a fleet shed above a paved surface.
This project 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.
For these reasons, the proposed work will not have any significant effect on the environment and falls under sections 15301, 15303, 15304, and 15311.
County Clerk
Los Angeles