Annual Sewer Lateral Repair Project 2025 (Round One)
Summary
SCH Number
2025080707
Public Agency
City of Eureka
Document Title
Annual Sewer Lateral Repair Project 2025 (Round One)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/18/2025
Document Description
The project includes the excavation and replacement of multiple defective sewer lateral lines in batches by disconnecting the old section of pipe, installing the new sewer pipe, and reconnecting the lateral pipes from the dwelling to the sewer main. After completing the lateral connections, the disturbed site will be backfilled and compacted. The replacement or repair of sidewalks, driveways, and streets damaged or removed by the sewer lateral installation will be performed to City Standards and Specifications for Construction of Sidewalk, Curbs, Gutters, and Drop Curb Entrances (City of Eureka Resolution No. 6219, EMC §13.04. 1 10, Standards for Sidewalks
and Curbs) During construction, the contractor will be required to employ standard Best Management Practices (BMPs) to minimize environmental impacts, and to ensure minimal disruption to traffic, nearby residences and businesses. Erosion control will be implemented per an Erosion Control Plan developed by the contractor and approved by the City. The contractor will be required to clean the construction site at the end of each day. If the contractor obtains additional staging areas that result in total project disturbance of more than one acre, the contractor will be required to prepare and comply with a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) in accordance with Construction General Permit Order 2009-0009-DWQ, and will obtain any required land use entitlements (such as a Use Permit or Coastal Development Permit) required for the staging areas. Traffic control will be implemented per a traffic control plan approved by the City. General circulation and access will be maintained in the areas of construction. There will be temporary lane shifts, short-term road closures with available detours, and controlled traffic. Emergency vehicles will be allowed through the construction areas. The City will provide pre-construction notices to potentially impacted businesses, and residents, and provide public service announcements that inform the public of the planned construction activities. Construction is expected to begin in August 2025 and continue through October 2025. Work will occur Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Finally, all sewer lateral work at 1010 Broadway (APN: 003- 121-048) will be undertaken following the Soil Management Contingency Plan prepared by SHN Consulting Engineers & Geologists, Inc, dated May, 2005.
Background:
The City of Eureka has approximately I 1 ,000 sanitary sewer laterals which carry wastewater from dwellings to the sanitary sewer main. The recent updates to the Sewer Lateral Ordinance codified in Eureka Municipal Code (EMC) Chapter 50: Sewers, created triggers that require laterals be inspected and repaired if found to be defective. The replacement of the sewer laterals will reduce the amount of inflow from stormwater runoff and infiltration of groundwater that enters the City’s wastewater sanitary sewer system because the pipes are made of clay which have deteriorated over the years causing stormwater intrusion. Each location is a different address within the City. The list of addresses is continuously being updated with homeowners who have been found to have a defective sewer lateral. The cost of the repair and managing a contractor can be onerous to individual property owners. To alleviate this situation, the City has created a program which allows property owners to choose to have their lower lateral replaced at a set “in lieu” fee, rather than hiring a contractor. City staff will manage a project to replace a large group of laterals (in different “rounds”) with the intent of providing an economy of scale to reduce the cost of the repairs. The funds accumulated from the in-lieu fees will be applied to the project. The City will then fund the difference in the cost of the lateral replacement, partially subsidizing the work, as required by a court ordered consent decree. In general, this project consists of: digging and replacing sewer laterals at various locations throughout the City. It is anticipated that 50 to 100 laterals per year will be replaced through this annual project, however the exact number will change depending on participation in the program and bid item costs.
Contact Information
Name
Taylor Rayburn
Agency Name
City of Eureka - Planning
Job Title
Assistant Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Eureka
Counties
Humboldt
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
City Wide project see list in other location info
Zip
95501
Parcel #
Multiple Citywide Sites - see list in other location info below
State Highways
Highway 101 and 255
Railways
Great Redwood Trail Agency
Airports
Murray Field
Schools
Eureka Union School District
Waterways
Humboldt Bay
Other Location Info
• 008-151-010 1211 McCullens Avenue
• 005-031-006 1223 I Street
• 012-184-004 1707 Henderson Street
• 010-221-003 2500 E Street
• 008-151-052 1310 Allard Avenue
• 008-151-051 1312 Allard Avenue
• 008-221-027 835 McCullens Avenue
• 005-012-001 805 H Street
• 006-073-038 1744 Street
• 001-174-003 1026 3rd Street *
• 009-071-014 716 Stewart Street
• 005-161-009 1325 14th Street
• 005-011-001 805 I Street
• 004-062-011 1323 Summer Street
• 004-145-001 4 Del Norte Street
• 012-091-005 3472 N Street
• 011-191-012 3412 K Street
• 012-053-005 1406 Hayes Street
• 006-321-018 2430 15th Street
• 006-261-015 1605 McFarlan Street
• 006-061-005 1627 R Street
• 006-082-028 1730 Gates Street
• 008-143-001 3503 Cottage Street
• 006-073-008 1714 18th Street
• 008-132-015 3450 Cottage Street
• 010-173-002 2804 D Street
• 013-221-027 3649 Dolbeer Street
• 013-142-003 2312 Wood Street
• 008-141-001 3505 Iowa Street
• 005-133-022 1717 K Street
• 011-102-013 3576 H Street
• 009-281-036 3625 California Street
• 009-272-017 3511 Pine Street
• 010-015-002 2102 B Street *
• 010-154-007 242 Long Street
• 005-101-003 1222 L Street
• 008-211-001 1035 Highland Avenue
• 005-101-001 1203 K Street
• 301-241-006 4911 Patricia Drive
• 004-053-009 1823 Fairfield Street
• 009-272-001 3505 Pine Street
• 008-191-002 3223 Glen Street
• 005-143-001 905 L Street
• 013-153-001 3205 V Street
• 001-246-006 833 L Street
• 005-072-010 1819 H Street
• 011-022-009 2205 H Street
• 004-115-002 14 Cedar Street
• 010-293-009 3656 F Street
• 003-121-048 1010 Broadway ** ***
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1 15301
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project qualifies for this exemption because it involves replacement and maintenance of sewer laterals with no expansion of use.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Common-Sense exemption in §15061.b.3 of the CEQA Guidelines.
Reasons for Exemption
Residual soil contamination from gasoline is located along the eastern edge and northwestern corner of the property. The sewer lateral work is occurring in proximity to those areas, but not inside of them, meaning the work can be done without coming in contact with contaminated soil. In addition, there are no successive projects proposed for this location, and the project only involves minimal ground disturbance in an already developed area. As discussed above, during construction, the contractor will be required to employ standard BMPs, as well as the Soil Management Contingency Plan, to minimize environmental impacts. Based on the above analysis, there is no possibility that the sewer lateral repair at 1010 Broadway, will have a significant effect on the environment, and therefore, qualifies for the Common-Sense Exemption (CEQA Guidelines, §15061.b.3.
County Clerk
Humboldt
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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