An Innovative DAC Architecture for Low-Cost Carbon Dioxide Removal in California
Summary
SCH Number
2025060081
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
An Innovative DAC Architecture for Low-Cost Carbon Dioxide Removal in California
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/3/2025
Document Description
The purpose of this Agreement is to fund the design, construction, and testing of a modular Regenerative carbon dioxide Removal Unit. This unit is a fundamental component of the Modular Open Systems Architecture Direct Air Capture system. The proposed unit utilizes a structured solid sorbent and employs a steam-assisted temperature-vacuum swing process to extract carbon dioxide.
Contact Information
Name
Maryam Haddad
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
APS
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Name
Matt Bright
Agency Name
CarbonCapture Inc.
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Palmetto St and Mateo
Zip
90013
State Highways
10 , 5, 101
Railways
Union Pacific
Schools
Para Los Ninos, Ninth Street School, Central High, Metropolitan
Waterways
Los Angeles River
Other Location Info
1242 Palmetto St.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15301
Reasons for Exemption
15301: Existing Facilities To fit within this exemption, a project must meet all of the following criteria: 1) Consist of operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration 2) of existing structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, 3) which involves negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency's CEQA determination. This project is being built entirely within a warehouse and a machine shop. There will be no or minimal alterations of the existing structure to accommodate the project and the facilities will continue to be used for the same purpose. No land will be altered as a result of the project. For these reasons, the project will have a negligible or no expansion of use and not have a significant effect on the environment and falls under the categorical exemption listed in 14 C.C.R. §15301.
The project will not impact an environmental resource of hazardous or critical concern where designated, precisely mapped, and officially adopted pursuant to law by federal, state, or local agencies; does not involve any cumulative impacts of successive projects of the same type in the same place that might be considered significant; does not involve unusual circumstances that might have a significant effect on the environment; will not result in damage to scenic resources withina highway officially designated as a state scenic highway; the project site is not included on any list compiled pursuant to Government Code section 65962.5; and the project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. Therefore, none of the exceptions to categorical exemptions listed in CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 apply to this project, and this project will not have a significant effect on the environment.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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