Domestic Water Meter Vault Replacement at East Peltason
Summary
SCH Number
2024101248
Public Agency
Irvine Ranch Water District
Document Title
Domestic Water Meter Vault Replacement at East Peltason
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/29/2024
Document Description
Irvine Ranch Water District (IRWD) owns a domestic water meter vault that serves the University of California, Irvine campus. The piping, meter, and valves in the vault have corroded over time and require replacement. The work includes removal and replacement of a gate valve, water meter, ten feet of piping, the top slab of the meter vault, and hatch. An additional valve will be constructed four feet away from the meter vault. The work will include minor excavation, trenching, and backfilling. Grading and restoration of landscape and irrigation will be performed by the contractor towards the end of the project.
Contact Information
Name
Andy Uk
Agency Name
Irvine Ranch Water District
Job Title
Environmental Compliance Analyst
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Irvine
Counties
Orange
Regions
Citywide, Countywide, Southern California
Cross Streets
Campus Drive and East Peltason Drive
Zip
92697
State Highways
i-405
Schools
UC Irvine
Other Location Info
Southwest Corner of Campus Drive and East Peltason Drive, Orange County, California.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1, “Existing Facilities”, Section 15301
Reasons for Exemption
The effects of the proposed project are Categorically Exempt from the requirements to prepare additional environmental documentation per California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Section 15301, Class 1 (Existing Facilities). The Class 1 Exemption 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 existing or former use. The proposed project would include the removal and replacement of existing gate valve, water meter, piping and the top slab of the meter vault and hatch. The proposed project would be the maintenance and alteration of existing public infrastructure, that will ensure their optimal normal service and would retire existing public infrastructure which has exhausted their useful life functions. There would not be any expansion of the existing uses. In addition, pursuant to Section 15300.2 (c) and 15301 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, there are no unusual circumstances in respect to the proposed project for which staff would anticipate a significant effect on the environment.
County Clerk
Orange
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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