CITY OF FRESNO
CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
THE PROJECT DESCRIBED HEREIN IS DETEMINED TO BE CATEGORICALLY
EXEMPT FROM THE PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 19 OF THE STATE CEQA GUIDELINES.
CONTACT: Paul Maragoni
City of Fresno – Department of Public Utilities
2101 G Street, Building A
Fresno, CA 93706
Phone: 559-621-1626
Email: [email protected]
PROJECT TITLE: Sewer Rehabilitation Improvements in Gettysburg Street between First and Fresno Streets
PROJECT LOCATIONS: Sewer System in Gettysburg Street between First and Fresno Streets
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The purpose of the project is to remove and replace a portions of existing sewer mains, point repairs, the
installation of cured-in-place pipe liners in existing sewer mains, reconfiguration of exiting manholes, and the
removal and replacement of some existing manholes,
including all associated facilities, ap purtenances, and incidentals.
The Project is exempt under Section 15301(b)&(d)/Class 1 and Section 15302(c)/Class 2 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.
The proposed project is consistent with the Class 1 and 2 exemptions. All sewer conveyance facilities involved in the Project are existing publicly owned utilities, consistent with a Section 15301(b) exemption. The Project consists of correcting sewer system structural deficiencies, including installation of cured- in-place pipe liners in existing sewer, rehabilitation of deteriorated access structures, and localized point repairs in areas of severe damage at various locations along these sewer mains, consistent with a Section 15301(d) exemption. For those facilities too deteriorated to be rehabilitated, they will be replaced with similar sized facilities with no net expansion of current capacity, consistent with a Section 15302(c) exemption.
None of the exceptions to Categorical Exemptions set forth in the CEQA Guidelines, Section 15300.2, apply:
(a) Location The Project is not located in a sensitive environment or an environmental resource of hazardous or critical
concern as designated by federal, state, or local
agencies.
(b) Cumulative Impact The Project will not have a cumulative negative impact over time that is significant. A sanitary sewer
pipeline is rehabilitated once every 10 or more years
and the impacts are beneficial to the operation of the
sanitary sewer pipeline conveyance.
(c) Significant Effect The Project will not have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances. The
sanitary sewer pipelines l rehabilitations are routine
maintenance following industry standards.
(d) Scenic Highways The Project will not result in damage to scenic resources, including but not limited to, trees, historic buildings, rock outcroppings, or similar resources,
within a highway officially designated as a state
scenic highway. The Project is not locat ed near
scenic highways.
(e) Hazardous Waste Sites The Project is not located on a hazardous waste site which is included on any list compiled pursuant to
Section 65962.5 of the Government Code.
(f) Historical Resources The Project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource.
The Project is limited to rehabilitation of public
wastewater sanitary sewer pipeline conveyance,
which are not historical resources.
F
urthermore, the proposed project is not expected to have a significant effect on the environment. Accordingly, a categorical exemption, as noted above, has been prepared for the project.
Date: June 9, 2022
Prepared by: Pa [email protected]