Perris Dam Emergency siren Installation
Summary
SCH Number
2025020936
Public Agency
California Department of Water Resources
(DWR)
Document Title
Perris Dam Emergency siren Installation
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/25/2025
Document Description
The Department of Water Resources will install an early warning siren and security camera at the Perris Dam emergency release facility pursuant to recommendations
by the Director’s Safety Review Board (DSRB)’s Independent Safety Review of Perris Dam report (2021). The purpose of the emergency siren installation is to provide
the communities that live below the dam with an early warning system for both controlled and uncontrolled releases from the Perris Dam emergency release facility. The siren will be installed on a 25' tall pole and which will be installed on top of the Perris Dam emergency release facility. The siren will have a decibel level between
60-90 dbs and a frequency of 740Hz - 570Hz
Contact Information
Name
Philip Meyer
Agency Name
Department of Water Resources
Job Title
Senior Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Cities
Perris
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Southern California
Waterways
Lake Perris
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301(f)
Reasons for Exemption
The project is categorically exempt under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines Section 15301, Class 1 for existing facilities. A Class 1 exempt project 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 existing or former use. Subsection (f) includes the addition of safety or health protection devices for use during construction of or in conjunction with existing structures, facilities, or mechanical equipment, or topographical features including mechanical devices. The installation of the early warning siren is a safety addition to the existing Perris Dam Emergency Release Facility project, and would not change or expand upon the existing use of the emergency release facility.
County Clerk
Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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