Exposition Park EV Charging Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025080675
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Exposition Park EV Charging Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/15/2025
Document Description
The proposed project will be installing electric vehicle supply equipment, solar, and battery storage at Exposition Park.
Contact Information
Name
Danny.Leung
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Energy Commission Specialist
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Name
Andrea Ambriz
Agency Name
Office of Exposition Park Management
Job Title
Managing Director of Operations
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
700 Exposition Park Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90037
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
14 CCR §15301, 15303
Reasons for Exemption
Section 15301 provides that projects which consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, and which involve negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination, are categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). This project will involve the installation of charging stations at existing parking lots. This installation will be a minor altercation to an existing facility with no expansion beyond the existing use of the facility and will not have a significant effect on the environment. This project therefore falls under categorical exemption listed in CEQA Guidelines Section 15301. Further, none of the exceptions listed in CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 apply to this project.
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 consists of installation of new charging stations to existing sites. The equipment will be installed in existing, paved parking lots. Therefore, the project falls within section 15303 and will not have a significant effect on the environment.
This project does not involve impacts on any particularly sensitive environment; 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 within a 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.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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