Friant-Kern Canal Liner Installation Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025060059
Public Agency
Friant Water Authority
Document Title
Friant-Kern Canal Liner Installation Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/3/2025
Document Description
The project would install canal liner at identified locations on the Friant-Kern Canal (FKC) to restore capacity and enhance the ability of the FKC to divert flood flows into the FKC during high flow events to reduce flood risks in the greater San Joaquin River watershed and other local tributaries.
Contact Information
Name
Katie Duncan
Agency Name
Friant Water Authority
Job Title
Senior Water Resources Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Fresno, Kern, Tulare
Regions
Countywide
Waterways
Friant-Kern Canal
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Sections 15301, 15302
Reasons for Exemption
The project involves repair of an existing public facility (Section 15301), reconstruction of an existing structure where the new structure would be located on the same site as the structure replaced, with the same purpose and negligible expansion of capacity (Section 15302), and is a project with no possibility of a significant effect on the environment (Section 15061(b)(3)).
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The project involves repair of an existing public facility (Section 15301 ), reconstruction of an existing structure where the new structure would be located on the same site as the structure replaced, with the same purpose and negligible expansion of capacity (Section 15302), and is a project with no possibility of a significant effect on the environment (Section 15061 (b)(3)).
County Clerks
Fresno, Kern, Tulare
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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