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CITY OF
STOCKTON
NOTICE OF EXEMPTION
TO: COUNTY C
LERK FROM: Lead Agency
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN City of Stockton
44 N San Joaquin Street, Suite 230 c/o Municipal Utilities Department Stockton, CA 95202 Water Division
11373 N Lower Sacramento RD
Lodi, CA 95242
NOTICE OF
EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE SECTION 21152(B) AND CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS TITLE 14, SECTION 15062
PROJECT D
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Project Title: The Delta Water Treatment Plant Groundwater Recharge Improvement Project, Project No. UH21005 CEQA Exemption File No.: NOE 16-22
Applicant: City of Stockton - Municipal Utilities Department Project Description/Location: The Municipal Utilities Department (MUD) is developing a groundwater recharge and recovery project at the Delta Water Treatment Plant (DWTP).
DETERMIN
ATION/FINDING OF EXEMPTION
The above-described activity/project is exempt from the environmental assessment requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the following section(s) of the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14):
The activity is not a "project" as defined in Section 15378.
The activity is exempt under the "general rule" that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing significant environmental effects, as specified in Section 15061(B)(3).
The project has been granted a "Statutory Exemption" under Article 18 and, specifically, by Section(s):
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The project has been granted a "Categorical Exemption" under Article 19 and, specifically, by Section:
15306, Class 6.
BASIS FOR FINDING OF EXEMPTION
The activity does not qualify as a project and/or clearly could not have a significant effect on the environment and, theref
ore, CEQA does not apply.
The activity constitutes a discretionary project under the City's jurisdiction and qualifies as a project which has been deter
mined not to have a significant effect on the environment and, therefore, is exempt from the provisions of CEQA under the above-noted statutory or categorical exemption(s).
C. MEL LYTLE, Ph. D. May 10, 2022
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES DEPARTMENT (DATE OF PREPARATION)
By _
Program Manager III (DATE OF FINAL APPROVAL)
AFFIDAVIT OF FILING AND POSTING
I declare that on the date stamped above, I received and posted this notice or included it on a list of such notices which was posted as required by California Public Resources Code Section 21152(B). Said notice or list of notices will remain posted for 35 days from the filing date.
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