WattEV 3C: Connecting California’s Corridors
Summary
SCH Number
2025080525
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
WattEV 3C: Connecting California’s Corridors
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/13/2025
Document Description
This project site is partially paved with remnants of the building foundation on site. Site development would include removal of existing pavement, building foundations, grading, installation of drainage and pavement and landscaping per plan and the addition of 20 MCS 1x5 chargers, and accommodating pull-through capability. The beneficiaries are zero-emission battery electric truck drivers and the public for emissions reductions.
Contact Information
Name
Marcelo Barros
Agency Name
WattEV., Inc.
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Name
Kristi Villareal
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Air Pollution Specialist
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Alameda
Regions
San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
Edgewater Drive and Pendleton Way
Zip
94621
Total Acres
1
Jobs
30
Parcel #
APN 42-4425-11
State Highways
Interstate 880
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CCR, title 14, Sections 15301, 15303, 15304
Reasons for Exemption
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, Section 15301 Existing Facilities provides that the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment or topographical features which involve negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the responsible agency’s determination, are categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act. This project involves the installation of public electric vehicle charging infrastructure, including 70 Combined
Charging System (CCS) 240 kW chargers and 14 Megawatt Charging System (MCS) 1200 kW chargers in existing paved parking lots across three corridor sites in Fresno, Stockton, and Oakland,al. Code Regs., tit. 14, Section 15303 provides that projects which consist of construction and location of limited numbers of new, small facilities or structures; installation of small new equipment and facilities in small structures; and the conversion of existing small structures from one use to
another where only minor modifications are made in the exterior of the structure, are categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA. This project involves the installation of new, small equipment, including 70 Combined Charging System (CCS) 240 kW chargers and 14 Megawatt Charging System (MCS) 1200 kW chargers in existing paved parking lots across three corridor sites in Fresno, Stockton, and Oakland, California. The charging equipment to be installed is small and each
charger has a footprint of approximately 3 square feet. Therefore, this project is therefore
categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA under section 15303 of the CEQA Guidelines as a
project that consists of construction and location of limited numbers of new, small facilities or
structures or the installation of small new equipment and facilities in small structures.
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, Section 15304 provides that projects which consist of minor public or
private alterations in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation which do not involve removal of
healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry and agricultural purposes are categorically exempt
from CEQA. This project requires minimum grading on land with a slope of less than 10 percent, and
the grading is not in a waterway, in any wetland, in an officially designated (by federal, state, or local
government action) scenic area, or in officially mapped areas of severe geologic hazard such as an
Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone or within an official Seismic Hazard Zone, as delineated by the
State Geologist. Furthermore, the project will not affect any visual resources, such as protected
trees or historic resources. Installation of the chargers will include installation of conduit, wiring,
electrical connections, and mounting equipment. On-site trenching is required to bring power to the
charging system. The project will not impact adjacent residential homes, traffic or right of way, or
noise. The reconstruction and conversion of any small structures for this project will not impact any
scenic resources. Therefore, this project is exempt under California Code of Regulations, title 14,
Section 15304.
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 any scenic resources within
a highway officially designated as a state scenic highway; the project sites are 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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