Electric Float and Battery Project at Seaplane Lagoon Ferry Terminal
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025081061
Public Agency
Water Emergency Transportation Authority
Document Title
Electric Float and Battery Project at Seaplane Lagoon Ferry Terminal
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/25/2025
Document Description
Battery electric vessel technology is ready to be used to support existing ferry service between San Francisco and neighborhoods in Alameda. This project includes charging infrastructure at Seaplane Lagoon Ferry Terminal that will support the most effective path to bringing reliable, zero emission ferry transit to the Bay Area but does not change the existing uses at existing ferry terminals. The project encompasses the construction and installation of a fully functional electric charging float with a battery
energy storage system, designed with a total of 1,351 kWh of storage capacity. The electric charging float will directly replace the existing float at the terminal. The project also includes utility upgrades to connect medium voltage power to the electric charging float
Contact Information
Name
Chad Mason
Agency Name
San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority
Job Title
Capital Planning Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Alameda
Counties
Alameda
Regions
San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
1701 Ferry Point Road
Zip
94501
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Statutory Exemption, PRC Section 21080.25, Categorical Exemption, Classes 1, 2 and 11. Section 15301, 15302 and 15311
Reasons for Exemption
Statutory Exemption
Under PRC Section 21080.25(b), projects that "construct or maintain infrastructure to charge or refuel zero-emission ferries" that are carried out by a public agency on property owned by the transit agency, within an existing public right-of-way, or on property owned by a public or private utility are statutorily exempt from CEQA requirements. The proposed Project improvements, which would be carried out
and/or funded by WETA both on WETA property and in the public right-of-way, and which also includes associated utility infrastructure improvements that are consistent with a project "to construct or maintain infrastructure to charge or refuel zero-emission ferries" under PRC 21080.25(b). Therefore, the proposed Project satisfies the requirements of PRC Section 21080.25(b) and is statutorily exempt from CEQA.
Categorical Exemptions
The project is consistent with a Class 1 Categorical Exemption (CEQA Guideline § 15301) because it modifies an existing facility with electrical charging infrastructure but involves negligible or no expansion of existing use. The project is consistent with a Class 2 Categorical Exemption (CEQA Guideline § 15302) because it will replace and reconstruct an existing facility. The new passenger float and charging infrastructure will be located on the same site as an existing facility and will have the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced. The project is consistent with a Class 3 Categorical Exemption (CEQA Guideline § 15303) because it involves constructing, installing, and converting a new small structure or facility to a new use with only minor modifications. The project is consistent with a Class 11 Categorical Exemption (CEQA Guideline § 15311) because it involves constructing or placing minor structures accessory to an existing ferry terminal. The project will not involve cumulative impacts and will have no reasonable possibility of a significant effect due to unusual circumstances or a uniquely sensitive environment.
County Clerk
Alameda
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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