Harvest Food Refrigeration System Upgrade
Summary
SCH Number
2026020020
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Harvest Food Refrigeration System Upgrade
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/2/2026
Document Description
This project will install a transcritical CO2 refrigeration system to replace the existing refrigeration system at a frozen food processing facility in Hayward, CA. Replacing the existing refrigeration system will eliminate the use of high global warming potential Freon refrigerant and reduce onsite energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions.
Contact Information
Name
Peter Cook
Agency Name
Harvest Food Products
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Name
Claire Sweeney
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Energy Commission Specialist I
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Hayward
Counties
Alameda
Regions
Citywide, Countywide
Cross Streets
Kidd Ct, Slumber Way
Zip
95724
Other Location Info
2188 Alpine Way, Norden, CA 95724
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15302
Reasons for Exemption
Categorical Exemption - CCR 14, Section 15302 requires that a project must meet all of the following criteria: 1) Consist of replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where 2) the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and 3) the new structure will have the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced.
This project involves the replacement of existing mechanical equipment at an existing food processing facility. This project will replace existing inefficient equipment at an existing food processing facility to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The equipment to be replaced includes compressors, heat exchangers, piping and fittings, and associated control systems at the Recipient's food processing facility. The new equipment will be located on the same site as the equipment replaced and have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the equipment replaced. For these reasons, the project meets the criteria required for categorical exemption CCR 14, Section 15302.
This project does not involve impacts on any particularly sensitive environment; does not involve any cumulative impacts of successive projects of the same type in the same place that might be considered significant; does not involve unusual circumstances that might have a significant effect on the environment; will not result in damage to scenic resources within a highway officially designated as a state scenic highway; the project site is not included on any list compiled pursuant to Government Code section 65962.5; and the project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. Therefore, none of the exceptions to categorical exemptions listed in CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 apply to this project, and this project will not have a significant effect on the environment.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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