San Jose/Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility
Summary
SCH Number
2025060395
Public Agency
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
(BAAQMD)
Document Title
San Jose/Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/10/2025
Document Description
Issuance of Permit to Operate for Ammonia Scrubber and Carbon Absorption at Source 203, Sludge HandlingCentrifuges/Conveyors/Storage Bins/Truck Loading (Air District Application 714102).
Proposed installation of an Ammonia Scrubber and Carbon Absorption at the Digested Sludge Dewatering Facility, Source 203, located at the San Jose/Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility.
Contact Information
Name
Brenda Cabral
Agency Name
Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District)
Job Title
Supervising Air Quality Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Jason Nettleton
Agency Name
San Jose/Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility
Job Title
Senior Engineer
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Cities
San Jose
Counties
Santa Clara
Regions
Citywide, Countywide, Northern California
Cross Streets
Nearest Cross Street: near Spreckles Avenue and Grand Boulevard.
Other Location Info
700 Los Esteros Road, San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA 95134.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines§ 15268
Reasons for Exemption
The Air District has determined that this permit action is statutorily exempt from CEQA because the project will not increase any air quality emissions. Accordingly, there will be no new or substantially more severe impacts to air quality than those identified in the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant Master Plan Environmental Impact Report (PMP FEIR), and there will be no new or substantially more severe significant impacts to other resource areas. Additionally, no new mitigation measures or alternatives, which are considerably different from those analyzed, have been identified.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines§ 15301
Reasons for Exemption
The Air District has also determined that this permit action is categorically exempt from CEQA because the project involves no expansion of use beyond that previously existing at the time of the Air District's CEQA determination.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines§ 15061, subdivision (b)(3}}
Reasons for Exemption
Finally, the Air District has also determined that this permit action would be exempt from CEQA under the "common sense" exemption because the project is an addition of health protection devices to an existing facility, whose purpose would be to lower air quality emissions and would not result in any significant effect to the environment.
County Clerk
Santa Clara
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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