Charging Infrastructure for Government Fleets
Summary
SCH Number
2025040472
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Charging Infrastructure for Government Fleets
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/8/2025
Document Description
Propose project will install at least 220 Level 2 charging ports and at least 10 direct current fast charger charging ports for electric vehicles across approximately 18 County of Los Angeles locations.
Contact Information
Name
Minh Le
Agency Name
County of Los Angeles
Job Title
General Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Name
Hieu Nguyen (CEC)
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Air Pollution Specialist
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Alhambra, Arcadia, Baldwin Park, Culver City, Downey, Lancaster, Los Angeles, Malibu, San Fernando
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Other Information
Various locations in Southern California.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CCR section number: Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec. 15301 Existing Facilities, 15303 New Construction or Conversion of Sm
Reasons for Exemption
Section 15301 provides that projects which consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, and which involve negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination, are categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). This project will involve the installation of electric vehicle charging stations, each within a 4 ft3 space, at approximately 18 existing county government fleet facilities. This installation will be a minor alteration to existing facilities with no expansion beyond the existing use of the facility and will not have a significant effect on the environment. This project therefore falls under categorical exemption listed in CEQA Guidelines Section 15301.
Section 15303 provides that projects which consist of construction and location of limited numbers of new, small facilities or structures; installation of small new equipment and facilities in small structures; and the conversion of existing small structures from one use to another where only minor modifications are made in the exterior of the structure, are categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA. This project consists of installation of new charging stations to existing sites. The equipment will be installed in existing, paved parking lots. Therefore, the project falls within section 15303 and will not have a significant effect on the environment.?
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.?