Keefer Road Wireless Telecommunications Facility Environmental Review (CEQA25-0002)
Summary
SCH Number
2025091402
Lead Agency
Butte County
Document Title
Keefer Road Wireless Telecommunications Facility Environmental Review (CEQA25-0002)
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Vacant / Public (P) / Public (P)
Document Description
Proposal to establish a lease agreement between Butte County and Verizon Wireless for a 50 x 50-foot (2,500 square feet) lease area within a vacant 6.19-acre County-owned property. Upon execution of the lease, the applicant, Epic Wireless Group LLC (on behalf of Verizon Wireless), will seek approval of a Conditional Use Permit to construct a wireless telecommunications tower. The proposed tower would be up to 100 feet in height and designed as a monopole, monopine, or faux water tank. The final tower design will be determined during the review of the Conditional Use Permit.
Contact Information
Name
Rowland Hickel
Agency Name
Butte County
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Dena Manas
Agency Name
Epic Wireless Group LLC
Job Title
Site Acquisition Specialist
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Chico
Counties
Butte
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Garner Lane
Zip
95973
Total Acres
6.19
Parcel #
047-600-005
State Highways
Hwy 99
Airports
Chico Municipal
Waterways
Rock Creek
Township
23N
Range
1E
Section
29
Base
MDB&M
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Redding Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water
Development Types
Other (Wireless Telecommunication Facility)
Local Actions
Use Permit, County Lease Agreement
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Land Use/Planning
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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