Watt Avenue Access Levee/Waterline Repair
Summary
SCH Number
2025100322
Public Agency
Sacramento County
Document Title
Watt Avenue Access Levee/Waterline Repair
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/8/2025
Document Description
Sacramento County Regional Parks will repair an approximately 1 CO-linear foot section of a waterline and levee at the Watt Avenue access of the American River Parkway. The broken waterline has eroded the levee underneath the asphalt resulting in a sink hole and closure of the Watt Avenue access. Construction will include excavating up to eight feet deep to repair (or replace if necessary) the existing waterline, then soil will be backfilled and compacted to standard levee specifications. An approximately 3,500 square foot patch of asphalt will be repaved. No vegetation is anticipated for removal to complete the repair activities.
Contact Information
Name
Julie Newton
Agency Name
Planning & Environmental Review
Job Title
Environmental Coordinator
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
KC Sorgen
Agency Name
Sacramento County Department of Regional Parks
Job Title
Applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Sacramento
Counties
Sacramento
Regions
Unincorporated
Parcel #
078-0013-006, 078-0013-004
Other Location Info
American River Parkway levee at the Watt Avenue Access, approximately 294 feet north of La Riviera Drive and approximately 31 feet east of Watt Avenue, near the City of Sacramento, in unincorporated Sacramento County.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 - Existing Facilities
Reasons for Exemption
CEQA Guidelines Section 15282 (k) consists of the installation of new pipeline or maintenance, repair, restoration, removal, or demolition of an existing pipeline as set forth in PRC Section 21080.21, as long as the project does not exceed one mile in length. Additionally, CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 consists of the operation, repair, maintenance permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. Subsection (b) includes existing facilities of both investor and publicly owned utilities used to provide electric power, natural gas, sewerage, or other public utility services. The repair of the 100-linear foot section of a waterline is less than one mile in length and will be implemented at the same location as the existing and does not expand the existing use. Therefore, the project is exempt from the provisions of CEQA.
County Clerk
Sacramento
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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