Cooperative Agreement Between the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles and the South Coast Air Quality Management District
Summary
SCH Number
2025110875
Public Agency
Port of Los Angeles
Document Title
Cooperative Agreement Between the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles and the South Coast Air Quality Management District
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/20/2025
Document Description
This project is a Cooperative Agreement among POLA, POLB, (each a Port and collectively, Ports) and SCAQMD requiring the Ports to prepare and
deliver Port Zero Emission Infrastructure Plans (Plans) to provide energy to operate five types of mobile source equipment: (cargo handling, drayage
trucks, ocean going vessels (OGVs), harbor craft and local on- port switcher locomotives). POLA will work with its tenants and/ or the equipment
users to prepare the Plans, which will include design of the infrastructure, and studying electrical demand and capacity, but approval and delivery of
the Plans does not constitute approval of the actual projects to construct and operate the equipment. Future projects involving implementation of the
Infrastructure Plans including construction and operation would be subject to CEQA review before being approved by the Board.
Contact Information
Name
Sarah Workman
Agency Name
Los Angeles Harbor Department
Job Title
Environmental Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Citywide
Other Location Info
Port of Los Angeles Wide
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15306
Reasons for Exemption
The Cooperative Agreement includes responsibilities for the Port to prepare and deliver Plans to provide energy to operate the five types of mobile equipment. POLA will work with tenants and/or the equipment users to prepare the Plans, but not approval and delivery of the actual projects to construct and operate the equipment. Therefore, this action is considered data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource.
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15262
Reasons for Exemption
The Cooperative Agreement includes responsibilities for the Port to prepare and deliver Plans to provide energy to operate the five types of mobile equipment. POLA will work with tenants and/or the equipment users to prepare the Plans, but not approval and delivery of the actual projects to construct and operate the equipment. A project involving only feasibility or planning studies for possible future actions which the agency, board, or commission has not approved, adopted, or funded does not require the preparation of an EIR or negative declaration but does require consideration of environmental factors. This section does not apply to the adoption of a plan that will have a legally binding effect on later activities;
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The Cooperative Agreement includes responsibilities for the Port to prepare and deliver Plans to provide energy to operate the five types of mobile equipment. POLA will work with tenants and/or the equipment users to prepare the Plans, but not approval and delivery of the actual projects to construct and operate the equipment. The activity is covered by the common sense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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