CITY OF STOCKTON
NOTICE OF EXEMPTION
TO: COUNTY CLERK FROM: Lead Agency
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN City of Stockton
44 N. San Joaquin St., Ste. 260 c/o Municipal Utilities Department Stockton, CA 95202 2500 Navy Drive
Stockton, CA 95206
NOTICE OF EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE SECTION 21152(B) AND CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS TITLE 14, SECTION 15062
PROJECT DATA
Project Title: LOUIS PARK SEWER LIFT STATION ACCESS ROAD PROJECT NO. UW21009
CEQA Exemption File No.: NOE 59-23
Applicant: City of Stockton Municipal Utilities Department Project Description/Location: The City of Stockton’s Municipal Utilities Department will be constructing a new reinforced concrete access road and concrete pad, relocating the existing irrigation lines, and sawcutting and removing/repairing existing pavement on the existing access road. This project is located at the Louis Park Sewer Lift Station at 3131 Shimizu Drive, Stockton.
DETERMINATION/FINDING OF EXEMPTION
The above-described activit y/project i s exem pt from the environmental assessment requirements of the Ca lifornia 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 CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.
The activity is exempt under the "general rule" at CEQA Guidelines Section15061(B)(3).
The project is "Statutorily Exempt" per CEQA Guidelines Section: __________ X The project is "Categorically Exempt" per CEQA Guidelines Section 15302(c).
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, therefore, CEQA does not apply.
X The activity constitutes a discretionary project under the City's jurisdiction and qualifies as a project which has been determined not to have a significant effect on the environment and, therefo re, is exempt from the provisions of CEQA under the above-noted statutory or categorical exemption(s).
C. MEL LYTLE, Ph. D. November 13, 2023
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES DEPARTMENT ( DATE OF PREPARATION)
By
Asael Gutierrez, Assistant Engineer (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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