Steam Generating Heat Pump at Industrial Laundry in Patterson
Summary
SCH Number
2024110530
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Steam Generating Heat Pump at Industrial Laundry in Patterson
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/18/2024
Document Description
The project will demonstrate the electrification of an industrial laundry facility located in Patterson, Stanislaus County, converting dryers from gas to steam using a steam-generating heat pump resulting in reduced greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs.
Contact Information
Name
Colin Lee
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Electric Generation System Specialist I
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Patterson
Counties
Stanislaus
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Orange Ave.
Zip
95363
State Highways
SR 33, SR 130
Schools
Patterson High, Las Palmas Elm., Northmead Elm., Del Puerto High
Other Location Info
243 Orange Ave.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15301
Reasons for Exemption
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15301 provides that projects which consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alternations of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, and which involve negligible or no expansion of existing or former use at the time of the lead agency's determination, are categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
This project falls under categorical exemption 15301: Existing Facilities because it will retrofit the existing facility by converting existing gas-fired dryers to electricity, reducing both GHG and criteria air pollutant emissions, no floor area will be added to the existing structure, project will not result in any substantial additional environmental risks.
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.
County Clerk
Sacramento
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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