Third Amendment to the Master Lease Between Riverside County and CR&R
Summary
SCH Number
2025090388
Public Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Third Amendment to the Master Lease Between Riverside County and CR&R
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/10/2025
Document Description
Approval of the Third Amendment to the Master Lease for the Anza Transfer Station (Project) has been prepared to account for a new lease term (runs concurrent with the Agreement for Franchise Area #8) and minor operational and administrative changes for the Anza Transfer Station
Contact Information
Name
Aliah Mitchell
Agency Name
Riverside County Department of Waste Resources
Job Title
Assistant Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Responsible Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Anza, Riverside
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Countywide, Unincorporated
Zip
92539
Other Location Info
APN: 57610004
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Section 15061(b)(3) – General Rule Exemption And Section 15301 – Existing Facilities
Reasons for Exemption
This Project is exempt under Section 15061(b)(3) because:
The Project addresses a new lease term (runs concurrent with Franchise Area 8) and minor operational and administrative changes for the Anza Transfer Station. The new minor changes to the operations included in the amendment’s new lease term do not involve site area expansion.
The amendment would not affect any sensitive species, protected habitat, or archaeological/cultural resources for the work planned of the minor operational and administrative changes at the site because they are consistent with on-going site operations.
Based upon the entire record, the amendment and new lease term would not result in the potential for any significant effect on the environment. The project does not propose any physical changes, grading, or construction, that is not expected to result in any new or significant environmental impacts. This determination is an issue of fact and sufficient evidence exists in the record that the activity will not have a significant effect on the environment. As such, the exemption applies and no further evaluation under CEQA is required. See Muzzy Ranch Co. v. Solano County Airport Land Use Comm’n (2007) 41 Cal. 4th 372.
This project is exempt under Section 15301 because:
The Project addresses a new lease term (runs concurrent with the Agreement for Franchise Area 8) and minor operational and administrative changes for the Anza Transfer Station, which is an existing facility, involving no expansion of uses beyond that existing at the time the facility was last approved. As discussed, the third amendment to the master lease merely consists revising the lease term and minor changes that improve the existing operations serving the same function and use. These minor changes to the existing permitted operations will not increase the capacity or physical footprint of the facility.
No significant environmental impacts are anticipated. This third amendment will maintain environmental conditions at the Project site. Therefore, the third amendment to the master lease meets the scope and intent of the Class 1 Categorical Exemption.
FINDINGS:
1. Based upon the identified exemptions and justifications above, the RCDWR, on behalf of the County, 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.
2. The proposed Project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to the State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3), and categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to the State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301.
3. It can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this Project would have a direct, indirect, or cumulatively significant effect on the environment; therefore, the activity is exempt under CEQA as previously identified.
County Clerk
Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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