SUNNYSLOPE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT, WATER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION - "MEGA GRANT", URBAN COMMUNITY DROUGHT RELIEF PROJECT
Summary
SCH Number
2025090141
Public Agency
Sunnyslope County Water District
(SCWD)
Document Title
SUNNYSLOPE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT, WATER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION - "MEGA GRANT", URBAN COMMUNITY DROUGHT RELIEF PROJECT
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/4/2025
Document Description
Notice of Exemption describing a pipeline project to install infrastructure needed to consolidate the local water systems. Water system improvements to physically consolidate the Tres Pinos Water District, the Stonegate Potable Water System, and the Venture Estates Mutual Water Company with the SSCWD distribution system. SSCWD will succeed in all three of these water system distribution areas and supply potable water to the existing customers who will become permanent customers of SSCWD. The Tres Pinos and Venture Estates water system wells will be abandoned, and all three water systems will relinquish potable water responsibility in favor of public water service provided by SSCWD. No increased water demand on subservice aquifers will occur as existing wells will be abandoned in favor of other existing wells with sufficient production capacity. Agency agreements have been secured to ensure supplementary water supplies are provided.
Contact Information
Name
Drew A. Lander
Agency Name
Sunnyslope County Water District
Job Title
General Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Parties Undertaking Project / Responsible Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Hollister, Tres Pinos - Unincorporated Area
Counties
San Benito
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Various
Zip
95023
Total Acres
10 Acres Max
Jobs
40
Parcel #
Various
State Highways
Hwy 25
Railways
None
Airports
None
Schools
Rancho Santana Elem, Cerra Visa Elem, Tres Pinos Elem
Waterways
None
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
21080.48
Reasons for Exemption
AB131 effective June 27, 2025 was adopted by the State Legislature modifying PRC Section 21080.48, specifically for the completion of water projects designed to reduce impact on the environment, reduce climate change impacts and provide drought resiliency.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Title 14, Section 15828(k)
Reasons for Exemption
California Code of Regulation, Title 14, Section 15828(k) identifies the installation of new pipeline or maintenance, repair, restoration, removal, or demolition of an existing pipeline as set forth in Section 21080.21 of the Public Resources Code. Piping to be installed within the County right of way, beneath previously disturbed areas now maintained as asphalt roadway or agricultural use. New water tank to be installed adjacent to existing tank. No other changes or impacts to the environment have been identified or can be assumed.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Common Sense Exemption 15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The following exemptions also imply a CEQA Common Sense Exemption as considerations of the design clearly and definitively will not have any significant impact on the environment as presented.
County Clerk
San Benito
Attachments
Notice of Determination
Notice of Exemption
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