APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF ASSOCIATE COMMISSION MEMBER AGREEMENT WITH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT AUTHORITY AND RELATED CEQA
Summary
SCH Number
2026030191
Public Agency
San Diego County
Document Title
APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF ASSOCIATE COMMISSION MEMBER AGREEMENT WITH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT AUTHORITY AND RELATED CEQA
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/4/2026
Document Description
[Continued Project Title]: EXEMPTION (DISTRICTS: ALL)
To approve the County’s continued partnership with Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP). The approved partnership would extend through June 30, 2031. Since 2008, the County has been an associate commission member to SCCWRP which is a joint powers authority composed of Southern California’s major wastewater and stormwater agencies along with State and Federal regulatory partners. The coordinated approach improves cost efficiency, strengthens defensibility with regulators, and ensures alignment with regional co-permittees implementing the same permit conditions.
Contact Information
Name
Richard L Whipple
Agency Name
County of San Diego
Job Title
Deputy Director, Public Works
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
San Diego
Counties
San Diego
Regions
Countywide
Other Location Info
Countywide, County of San Diego
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Preliminary Review: Sec G 15060 (c)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
Sections 15060(c)(3) and 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines provide that an activity is not subject to CEQA review where it can be determined that the action will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. The proposed action would authorize the Associate Membership Agreement for Membership in the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority. These activities are purely administrative in nature allowing the County to participate in regional research projects and would have no potential to cause a physical change in the environment; therefore, the action does not meet the definition of a “project” and is not subject to CEQA pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(3) and 15378 of the State CEQA Guidelines.
County Clerk
San Diego
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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