Placerville Airport: Install New Airport Beacon and Tower Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025090008
Public Agency
El Dorado County
Document Title
Placerville Airport: Install New Airport Beacon and Tower Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/2/2025
Document Description
Install new 55-foot-tall tip-down tower with new rotating beacon on a new concrete foundation (in an extensively disturbed apron shoulder). The concrete foundation will be about 5 feet by 5 feet (square) and up to 60 inches deep. Install new pull box & duct near new tower location (intercept existing floodlight duct with new pull box, install new duct from new pull box to beacon tower [approx. 10-feet of new duct]). Install new cable in existing duct. Electrical upgrades in existing electrical vault.
Contact Information
Name
Jennifer Franich
Agency Name
El Dorado County
Job Title
Deputy Chief Administrative Officer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Cities
Unincorporated area: Placerville
Counties
El Dorado
Regions
Northern California, Unincorporated
Zip
95667
Airports
Placerville Airport
Other Location Info
3501 Airport Road, Placerville
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15303 (Class 3)
Reasons for Exemption
Under Section 15303, Class 3 - (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures), the proposed project is exempt as it would involve the assembly and installation of a small, prefabricated, tip-down structure located on existing highly disturbed apron shoulder and the construction route is located on paved surfaces. There is no reasonable possibility that the project will have a significant effect on the environment due to the unusual circumstances within the meaning of CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2.
County Clerk
El Dorado
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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