Resolution No. 2025-202 General Vacation and Termination of Maintenance of Various Roads within the Badlands Sanitary Landfill Property in the Reche Canyon Area

2025081399

Riverside County

NOE - Notice of Exemption

8/29/2025

8/29/2025

David McMillan

RIVERSIDE COUNTY SURVEYOR’S OFFICE

Riverside County Surveyor

Lead/Public Agency

4080 Lemon Street 8th Floor
Riverside, CA 92501

(951) 955-6800

DMcMilla@RIVCO.ORG

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31, 32

ALL THAT REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, LYING WITHIN SECTIONS 31 AND 32, TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, FURTHER DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: PARCEL “A”: ALL THAT PORTION OF IRONWOOD AVENUE (BADLANDS SANITARY FILL ACCESS ROAD) (88.00 FEET WIDE) AS DESCRIBED IN GRANT DEEDS RECORDED DECEMBER 7, 1965 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 1965-137396, AND MARCH 7, 1966 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 1966-24247, AND INSTRUMENT NO. 1966-24246, ALL LYING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF AND EAST OF THE LAND CONVEYED TO THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE AS DESCRIBED BY DEED RECORDED SEPTEMBER 5, 2003 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2003-689458, ALL OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE RECORDER OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. PARCEL “B”: ALL THAT PORTION OF IRONWOOD AVENUE (REALIGNED) (88 FEET WIDE) BEING PARCEL 0507- 004A (1)-(8) AS DESCRIBED IN FINAL ORDER OF CONDEMNATION RECORDED NOVEMBER 8, 2000 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2000-446876, LYING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LAND CONVEYED TO THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE AS DESCRIBED BY DEED RECORDED SEPTEMBER 5, 2003 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2003-689458, ALL OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE RECORDER OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. PARCEL “C”: ALL THAT PORTION OF THE PAVED EASTERLY EXTENSION OF PARCEL “B” CURRENTLY MAINTAINED LYING WITHIN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER, OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN. SEE EXHIBIT “B” ATTACHED HERETO AND BY THIS REFERENCE MADE A PART HEREOF.

Other

15061(b)(3)

The general vacation and termination of maintenance of various roads has been determined to not be a “project” as defined under State CEQA Guidelines section 15060(c). However, even if it was determined to be a project under CEQA for analysis purposes, the project is exempt from the provisions of CEQA specifically by the State CEQA Guidelines as identified below. The approval to vacate and terminate maintenance of various roads within the Badlands Sanitary Landfill Property in the Reche Canyon Area will not result in any specific or general exceptions to the use of the categorical exemption as detailed under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2. The approval will not cause any impacts to scenic resources, historic resources, or unique sensitive environments. Further, no unusual circumstances or potential cumulative impacts would occur that may reasonably create an environmental impact. The general vacation and termination of maintenance of various roads within the Badlands Sanitary Landfill Property in the Reche Canyon Area will not have an effect on the environment; thus, the County has deemed this does not meet the definition of a “project” under CEQA and no environmental impacts are anticipated to occur. Section 15061(b)(3) - General Rule “Common Sense” Exemption. With certainty, there is no possibility that the proposed project may have a significant effect on the environment. The general vacation and termination of maintenance of various roads within the Badlands Sanitary Landfill Property in the Reche Canyon Area will not require any construction activities, change the use or intensity of the existing site to create a physical environmental impact, and would not lead to any direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical environmental impacts. Therefore, in no way would the approval have the potential to cause a significant environmental impact and the general vacation and termination of maintenance of various roads within the Badlands Sanitary Landfill Property in the Reche Canyon Area is exempt from further CEQA analysis. Based upon the identified exemptions above, the County of Riverside hereby concludes that no physical environmental impacts are anticipated to occur and the project as proposed is exempt under CEQA. No further environmental analysis is warranted.

Other

15060(c)

The general vacation and termination of maintenance of various roads has been determined to not be a “project” as defined under State CEQA Guidelines section 15060(c). However, even if it was determined to be a project under CEQA for analysis purposes, the project is exempt from the provisions of CEQA specifically by the State CEQA Guidelines as identified below. The approval to vacate and terminate maintenance of various roads within the Badlands Sanitary Landfill Property in the Reche Canyon Area will not result in any specific or general exceptions to the use of the categorical exemption as detailed under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2. The approval will not cause any impacts to scenic resources, historic resources, or unique sensitive environments. Further, no unusual circumstances or potential cumulative impacts would occur that may reasonably create an environmental impact. The general vacation and termination of maintenance of various roads within the Badlands Sanitary Landfill Property in the Reche Canyon Area will not have an effect on the environment; thus, the County has deemed this does not meet the definition of a “project” under CEQA and no environmental impacts are anticipated to occur. Section 15060(c) – for purposes of analysis under CEQA, the general vacation and termination of maintenance of various roads is not a “project” under CEQA pursuant to Section 15060(c). An action by a public agency is only a “project” subject to CEQA if the action might result in a physical change in the environment. Based upon a review of the whole action undertaken, supported, or authorized by the County, in no way will the approval increase the use of the site, result in increased development or construction impacts, or lead to any direct, indirect, or cumulative physical environmental impacts. Based upon the identified exemptions above, the County of Riverside hereby concludes that no physical environmental impacts are anticipated to occur and the project as proposed