Categorical Exemptions Sample Clauses
Categorical Exemptions. (a) Pursuant to its Tribal Environmental Protection Ordinance, prior to the preparation of a TEID or a TEIR the Tribe may determine whether the Project falls within a Categorical Exemption included on the list of Categorical Exemption projects at Appendix C. If the Project qualifies as a Categorical Exemption, the Project is exempt from the requirements of sections 11.5 through 11.7 and sections 11.11 through
Categorical Exemptions. The following Undertakings have been agreed to have little or no potential to cause effects to historic properties and are therefore exempt from further review or consultation with SHPO or the ACHP under this Agreement. Determination of exempt status shall be made by CRO staff members certified under the professional qualifications of Appendix A of 36 CFR Part 61.
Categorical Exemptions. An exemption for a Class 3 project provides for construction and location of limited numbers of new, small facilities or structures and installation of small new equipment and facilities in small structures. “The numbers of structures described in this section are the maximum allowable on any legal parcel” (Cal. Code Regs., tit 14, § 15303). Installation of the solar PV arrays at the existing Spreckels Sugar Company facility is an allowable use on the land parcel where the site is located (APN 040-330-002). The property is in an area designated as Heavy Industrial in the Mesquite Lake Specific Plan (approved on March 14, 2006), which is part of the Imperial County General Plan. The installation will be within an approximately 2.4-acre area directly south of the main part of the industrial facility. The project’s microgrid technology system will only serve the power needs of the existing facility. The new energy storage system will be enclosed and placed on a concrete pad of an existing covered storage area. Staff conclude that the project will not cause significant effects on the environment due to unusual circumstances, nor is the project site located in a sensitive resource environment. The project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. Therefore, the project is categorically exempt under Section 15303 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations. An exemption for a Class 11 project provides for construction or placement of minor structures accessory to (appurtenant to) existing commercial, industrial, or institutional facilities (Cal. Code Regs., tit 14, § 15311). The microgrid technology system powered by PV arrays involves construction and placement of equipment that is directly appurtenant to the Spreckels Sugar Company industrial process operations. Likewise, the energy storage system is appurtenant to the existing facility and an integral part of the microgrid system. The ground-mounted solar PV array installation is limited to an approximately 2.4-acre area immediately south and within a few hundred feet of the existing industrial complex. As described above, the project will not cause significant effects on the environment due to unusual circumstances, nor is the project site located in a sensitive resource environment. The project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. Therefore, the project is categorically exempt under Section 15311 of Ti...