Western Riverside County Municipal Green Zones Pilot Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024110428
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Western Riverside County Municipal Green Zones Pilot Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/14/2024
Document Description
The proposed project includes the procurement and deployment of Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) and their supporting charger equipment at five different locations in Riverside County. The project team will deploy ZEVs including sedans, sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks, transit vans, street sweepers, and dump trucks.
Contact Information
Name
Elizabeth Menchaca-Guhl
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Associate Energy Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Banning, Moreno Valley, Riverside
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Countywide
Zip
92501
Other Location Info
4293 Orange Street, Riverside, CA
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
tit. 14, sec. 15301, 15303
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 at least eight single port Level 2 EV chargers, two single port DCFCs, and two dual port solar powered DCFCs to support 11 ZEVs across four different municipal fleets in Riverside County (City of Banning, City of Moreno Valley, County of Riverside Transportation and Land Management Agency, and County of Riverside Purchasing and Fleet Services). The installations will result in minor altercations to existing fleet facilities and will not have a significant effect on the environment. Therefore, this project falls under categorical exemption Section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines.
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 includes ZEV charger installations that do not exceed 2,500 square feet of space to existing fleet facilities. Therefore, the project falls under categorical exemption Section 15303 of the CEQA guidelines.
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.
County Clerk
Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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