Permit No. 17418-1: Empire Tract Landing Ramp Replacement
Summary
SCH Number
2025020616
Public Agency
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Document Title
Permit No. 17418-1: Empire Tract Landing Ramp Replacement
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/19/2025
Document Description
To remove and replace the Empire Tract Landing Ramp located along the right (east) bank of the San Joaquin River. The work activities will consist of; demolition of the existing landing ramp, treated wood decking and support pilings; and construct a new hybrid steel/wood landing ramp decking on new steel H-piles, and new concrete approach apron. This is also a "name change" permit that includes conditions that are consistent with current flood control standards and policies of the Central Valley Flood Protection Board. This permit supplements Permit No. 17418 that was issued to San Joaquin County, Department of Public Works on 3/19/2002 to repair the existing ferry ramp which includes reconstruction of the #3 Span's superstructure, replacement of the cap on Bent No. 4 and rehabilitation of the Bent No. 2 on the right (northeast) bank levee of Stockton Deep Water Channel in the Empire Tract.
Contact Information
Name
Angela Nguyen-Tan
Agency Name
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Job Title
Senior Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Dante Nomellini
Agency Name
Reclamation District
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Stockton
Counties
San Joaquin
Regions
Northern California
Parcel #
06901015 and 06901011
Other Location Info
The project is located on the southwest corner of Empire Tract, approximately 13 miles northwest of the City of Stockton, in San Joaquin County.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1, CEQA CCR, Title 14, Section 15301
Reasons for Exemption
The project is exempt from CEQA under the Class 1, Existing Facilities categorical exemption (CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15301), because the activity 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 use. No expansion of existing or former use will occur.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4 Minor Alteration to Land; Section 15304
Reasons for Exemption
The project is exempt from CEQA under the Class 4, Minor Alterations to Land categorical exemption (CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15304), because the activity consists of minor public or private alterations in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation which do not involve removal of mature, scenic trees except for forestry and agricultural purposes. Further, none of the exceptions to the exemption in CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15300.2 apply.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 2, Replacement or Reconstruction (CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, 15302)
Reasons for Exemption
The project is also exempt from CEQA under the Class 2, Replacement or Reconstruction categorical exemption (CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, 15302), because the activity consists of replacement and reconstruction of an existing structure in the same site and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the replaced structure.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Public Resources Code Section 21065; CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15378(a))
Reasons for Exemption
The Board has determined that an application to change the name of the permittee does not have the potential to result in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and thus, is not a “project” for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA Public Resources Code Section 21065; CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15378(a)).
County Clerk
San Joaquin
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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