Twin Pipes Pumping Plant Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024110546
Public Agency
Kern-Tulare Water District
Document Title
Twin Pipes Pumping Plant Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/18/2024
Document Description
Removing and replacing a pump with increased power at the existing Twin Pipes Pumping Plant.
Contact Information
Name
Skye B. Grass
Agency Name
Kern-Tulare Water District
Job Title
General Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Kern, Tulare
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
Cecil Avenue and Grapefruit Street at the Cecil Reservoir
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
State type and section number: Guidelines sections 15301, 15304
Reasons for Exemption
The Project is exempt under CEQA Guidelines section 15301, which exempts "minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. Here, the Project is a minor alteration of an existing pumping plant, and will not result in the expansion or increase of irrigated acreage. The Project is exempt under CEQA Guidelines section 15304, which exempts minor trenching and backfilling where the surface will be restored. To the extent trenching will be required to modify the pumping plant and related structures, the surface will be restored.
County Clerks
Kern, Tulare
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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