TO: COUNTY CLERK
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN
44 N. San Joaquin St.. Ste. 260
Stockton, CA 95202
CITY OF STOCKTON
NOTICE OF EXEMPTION
FROM: Lead Agency
City of Stockton
c/o Public Works Department
22 East Weber Avenue, Suite 301
Stockton, CA 95202
NOTICE OF EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE SECTION 21152(8) AND CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS TITLE 14 SECTION 15062
PROJECT DATA
Project Title: South Tuxedo Avenue Sewer Trunk Rehabilitation, Project No. UW23007 CEQA Exemption File No.: NOE 17-23
Applicant: City of Stockton Public Works Department
Project Description/Location: The City of Stockton's Public Works Department will be rehabilitating approximately 1,900 linear feet of an existing 16" diameter Vitrified Clay Pipe (VCPl sewer trunk line along South Tuxedo Avenue between Kensington Way and Orange Street using cured-in-place pipe rehabilitation method. Work also includes temporary bypassing, CCTV, reconnection of service laterals, traffic control. and removal and replacement of new maintenance holes.
See attachment A for more information.
DETERMINATION/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 CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.
The activity is exempt under the "general rule" at CEQA Guidelines Section15061 (8)(3). _X_ The project is "Statutorily Exempt" per CEQA Guidelines Section: 15301 (d).
The project is "Categorically Exempt" per CEQA Guidelines Section 15332.
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, therefore, is exempt from the provisions of CEQA under the above-noted statutory or categorical exemption(s).
JODI ALMASSY, DIRECTOR
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Ma 2 2023
(DATE OF PREPARATION)
(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(8). Said notice or list of notices will remain posted for 35 days from the filing date.
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Posting Period Ending Date
EXHIBIT 1