Minor Alteration No. WA2024155- Horseshoe Pipe Replacement, Best Slough, WPIC, Bear River
Summary
SCH Number
2024091012
Public Agency
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Document Title
Minor Alteration No. WA2024155- Horseshoe Pipe Replacement, Best Slough, WPIC, Bear River
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/25/2024
Document Description
The replaced corrugated steel pipes will be at the same elevations and alignment as the existing pipes. The proposed work will also include a replacement of the outfall and inlet structures. The pipe crossing will be below the design water surface elevation. Other work includes the following: installation of the gate riser structure, Controlled Low Strength Material (CLSM) backfill, ASTM C33 drainage layer, installation of automatic drainage gate (flap gate), inlet structure with trash rack with
access walkway, outlet structure with flap gate, rip rap apron, and facility markers.
Contact Information
Name
Angela Nguyen-Tan
Agency Name
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Job Title
Senior Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Marysville
Counties
Yuba
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
The project is located at six sites along the left bank levee of the Best
Slough and Western Pacific Interceptor Canal (WPIC), and the right bank of the Bear River, within USACE Unit 145, LMA Unit 3B, Levee Mile 3.52, Unit 5 Levee Mile 0.12, 084, 3.06, 3.23, and Unit 6 Levee Mile 0.06. in Yuba County.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15282(k) Pipe Replacement
Reasons for Exemption
The project is statutorily exempt under the provisions of CEQA. The Board’s approval involves approving a minor alteration for pipe replacement which is exempt under the statutory exemption of the CEQA Public Resources Code Section 21080.21 and CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15282(k).
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA CCR, Title 14, Sections 15301 and 15302
Reasons for Exemption
The Project is also exempt from CEQA under the Class 1, Existing Facilities categorical exemption (CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15301), because the activity 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 use. No expansion of existing or former use will occur. The project is also exempt from CEQA under the Class 2, Replacement or Reconstruction
categorical exemption (CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, 15302), because the activity consists of replacement and reconstruction of an existing structure in the same site and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the replaced structure. Further, none of the exceptions to the exemption in CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15300.2 apply. Further, none of the exceptions to the exemption in CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15300.2 apply.
County Clerk
Yuba
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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