Hornbrook CSD Water Treatment Improvements Project (Project)
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025040272
Public Agency
State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance
Document Title
Hornbrook CSD Water Treatment Improvements Project (Project)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/31/2026
Document Description
The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) is a Responsible Agency for the Project. The State Water Board is funding the Project referred to internally as Hornbrook CSD Improvement Project. The components of the Project, to be funded by the State Water Resources Control Board, include construction and improvements throughout the Hornbrook Community Services District water service area. Specific components, include a new 1,000 square-foot water treatment plant building with water treatment system improvements, equipment, and appurtenances; replacement of two 120,000-gallon below-grade concrete water tanks with two 180,000-gallon above-ground welded steel tanks in the same location to improve fire flow; replacement of the existing Well 1 building with an approximately 100 square-foot concrete masonry unit (CMU) building with improvements and grading; replacement of the existing Well 4 building with an approximately 125 square-foot CMU building with improvements; improvements to the existing diversion structure; installation of 55 pressure-reducing valves and replacement of 142 water meter boxes on approximately 47 residential water services; and approximately two linear miles of new or replacement water mains.
Contact Information
Name
Priscilla Nguyen
Agency Name
State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Financial Assistance
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Robert Puckett
Agency Name
Hornbrook Community Services District
Job Title
General Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Hornbrook (unincorporated area)
Counties
Siskiyou
Regions
Northern California, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Numerous
Zip
96044
Total Acres
2.8
Parcel #
Numerous
State Highways
I-5
Railways
Union Pacific Railroad
Schools
Hornbrook Elementary School
Waterways
Rancheria Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Klamath River
Township
47N
Range
6W
Section
20, 2
Base
MDM
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1: (California Code of Regulations, title 14, division 6, chapter 3, article 19, section 15301)
Reasons for Exemption
The Project has been determined to meet the requirements of the exemptions selected above and will not have a significant impact on water quality. The Project includes minor alterations to existing structures and facilities involving negligible expansion of existing or former use; the replacement of existing structures and facilities, including the replacement of two water tanks to improve fire flow, on the same site as the structures and facilities replaced; the construction of new small facilities, structures, and appurtenances; and minor grading which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry and agricultural purposes. Pursuant to Public Resources Code, section 21080.1(a), the State Water Resources Control Board concurs with the Lead Agency’s determination that the project is exempt from CEQA.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 2: (California Code of Regulations, title 14, division 6, chapter 3, article 19, section 15302)
Reasons for Exemption
The Project has been determined to meet the requirements of the exemptions selected above and will not have a significant impact on water quality. The Project includes minor alterations to existing structures and facilities involving negligible expansion of existing or former use; the replacement of existing structures and facilities, including the replacement of two water tanks to improve fire flow, on the same site as the structures and facilities replaced; the construction of new small facilities, structures, and appurtenances; and minor grading which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry and agricultural purposes. Pursuant to Public Resources Code, section 21080.1(a), the State Water Resources Control Board concurs with the Lead Agency’s determination that the project is exempt from CEQA.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 3: (California Code of Regulations, title 14, division 6, chapter 3, article 19, section 15303)
Reasons for Exemption
The Project has been determined to meet the requirements of the exemptions selected above and will not have a significant impact on water quality. The Project includes minor alterations to existing structures and facilities involving negligible expansion of existing or former use; the replacement of existing structures and facilities, including the replacement of two water tanks to improve fire flow, on the same site as the structures and facilities replaced; the construction of new small facilities, structures, and appurtenances; and minor grading which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry and agricultural purposes. Pursuant to Public Resources Code, section 21080.1(a), the State Water Resources Control Board concurs with the Lead Agency’s determination that the project is exempt from CEQA.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4: (California Code of Regulations, title 14, division 6, chapter 3, article 19, section 15304)
Reasons for Exemption
The Project has been determined to meet the requirements of the exemptions selected above and will not have a significant impact on water quality. The Project includes minor alterations to existing structures and facilities involving negligible expansion of existing or former use; the replacement of existing structures and facilities, including the replacement of two water tanks to improve fire flow, on the same site as the structures and facilities replaced; the construction of new small facilities, structures, and appurtenances; and minor grading which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry and agricultural purposes. Pursuant to Public Resources Code, section 21080.1(a), the State Water Resources Control Board concurs with the Lead Agency’s determination that the project is exempt from CEQA.
County Clerk
Siskiyou
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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