Riverside County Water Service Treatment Agreement with AquaServe
Summary
SCH Number
2025010197
Public Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Riverside County Water Service Treatment Agreement with AquaServe
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/7/2025
Document Description
A certified water treatment company is a standard maintenance best practice used and required to provide labor, materials and chemicals necessary to perform management of; chemical water treatment, electrical, mechanical and water conservation, health and safety enhancements, manpower optimization, green chemistry, analysis, reports and emergency / non-emergency treatment programs of the heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) and Boiler Systems within approximately (65) county buildings and sites. The water treatment services provided by Aqua-Serv Engineers would include the water of the HVAC, Boiler and mechanical system water conditioning and treatment on a weekly and or monthly basis at approximately 65 site locations throughout the county within over five-million square feet of facilities under the guise of industry standards and management best practices.
The water treatment program shall provide the prevention of scale and fouling on all metal surfaces, the inhibition of corrosion and loss of metal, and the control of biological growth in all the aforementioned open and closed systems. The Water Treatment Service Agreement is identified as the proposed project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The County sites will continue to provide public services and will not result in an expansion of existing use. No additional direct or indirect physical environmental impacts are anticipated.
Contact Information
Name
Mike Sullivan
Agency Name
Riverside County
Job Title
Facilities Operations Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Banning, Beaumont, Corona, Indio, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Perris, Riverside, Temecula, Thermal and Thousand Palms
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Countywide
Other Location Info
Multiple sites, see table of addresses, and APNs in attached NOE
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301 Class 1 Existing Facilities
Reasons for Exemption
This Class 1 categorical exemption includes the operation, repair, maintenance, leasing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures or facilities, provided the exemption only involves negligible or no expansion of the previous site’s use. The project, as proposed, is limited to the provision of water treatment services at County facilities. The use of the facilities would continue to provide public services and would not result in a significant increase in capacity or intensity of use. Therefore, the project is exempt as it meets the scope and intent of the Categorical Exemption identified in Section 15301, Article 19, Categorical Exemptions of the CEQA Guidelines.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Section 15061 (b)(3) Common Sense
Reasons for Exemption
In accordance with CEQA, the use of the Common Sense Exemption is based on the “general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.” State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061(b) (3). The use of this exemption is appropriate if “it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.” Ibid. This determination is an issue of fact and if sufficient evidence exists in the record that the activity cannot have a significant effect on the environment, then the exemption applies and no further evaluation under CEQA is required. See No Oil, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles (1974) 13 Cal. 3d 68. The ruling in this case stated that if a project falls within a category exempt by administrative regulation or 'it can be seen with certainty that the activity in question will not have a significant effect on the environment', no further agency evaluation is required. With certainty, there is no possibility that the project may have a significant effect on the environment. The provision of water treatment services that would occur as a result of the Services Agreement will not result in any direct or indirect physical environmental impacts. The use of the facilities would remain unchanged, continuing to provide public services. Therefore, in no way, would the project as proposed have the potential to cause a significant environmental impact and the project is exempt from further CEQA analysis.
County Clerk
Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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